When former “30 Rock” cast member Jane Krakowski earned Emmy recognition in 2015 for her work on the inaugural season of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” she became only the third recipient of Best Comedy Supporting Actress nominations for multiple series. Factoring in the corresponding male category, the total number of such cases currently stands at nine. Scroll through our photo gallery to learn who else belongs to this special group.
Half a dozen of the men and women on this roster managed to win for at least one of their respective series. Art Carney, who co-founded this club with Carl Reiner nearly seven decades ago, remains its sole dual honoree, having achieved consecutive victories for “The Jackie Gleason Show” (1954-1955) and its spinoff, “The Honeymooners” (1956).
Although featured comedy series performers were not permanently afforded genre-specific categories until 1970, those who contended for earlier generic honors such as “Best Series Supporting Actor” are counted here.
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Art Carney
Image Credit: CBS; CBS “The Jackie Gleason Show” (1954-1955; 1957)
“The Honeymooners” (1956)Results:
1954-1956 – won
1957 – lost to Carl Reiner, “Caesar’s Hour” -
Carl Reiner
Image Credit: NBC; NBC “Your Show of Shows” (1954)
“Caesar’s Hour” (1956-1958)Results:
1954 – lost to Art Carney, “The Jackie Gleason Show”
1956 – lost to Art Carney, “The Honeymooners”
1957-1958 – won -
Marion Lorne
Image Credit: NBC; NBC; ABC “Mister Peepers” (1954-1955)
“Sally” (1958)
“Bewitched” (1967-1968)Results:
1954 – lost to Vivian Vance, “I Love Lucy”
1955 – lost to Audrey Meadows, “The Jackie Gleason Show”
1958 – lost to Ann B. Davis, “The Bob Cummings Show”
1967 – lost to Frances Bavier, “The Andy Griffith Show”
1968 – won -
Gale Gordon
Image Credit: CBS; CBS; CBS “Our Miss Brooks” (1955)
“The Lucy Show” (1967-1968)
“Here’s Lucy” (1971)Results:
1955 – lost to Art Carney, “The Jackie Gleason Show”
1967 – lost to Don Knotts, “The Andy Griffith Show”
1968 – lost to Werner Klemperer, “Hogan’s Heroes”
1971 – lost to Ed Asner, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” -
Harry Morgan
Image Credit: CBS; CBS “December Bride” (1959)
“M*A*S*H” (1976-1983)Results:
1959 – lost to Tom Poston, “The Steve Allen Show”
1976 – lost to Ted Knight, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”
1977 – lost to Gary Burghoff, “M*A*S*H”
1978 – lost to Rob Reiner, “All in the Family”
1979 – lost to Robert Guillaume, “Soap”
1980 – won
1981 – lost to Danny DeVito, “Taxi”
1982-1983 – lost to Christopher Lloyd, “Taxi” -
Tom Poston
Image Credit: ABC; CBS “The Steve Allen Show” (1959)
“Newhart” (1984; 1986-1987)Results:
1959 – won
1984 – lost to Pat Harrington Jr., “One Day at a Time”
1986-1987 – lost to John Larroquette, “Night Court” -
Jeffrey Tambor
Image Credit: HBO; Fox “The Larry Sanders Show” (1993; 1996-1998)
“Arrested Development” (2004-2005)Results:
1993; 1997 – lost to Michael Richards, “Seinfeld”
1996 – lost to Rip Torn, “The Larry Sanders Show”
1998; 2004 – lost to David Hyde Pierce, “Frasier”
2005 – lost to Brad Garrett, “Everybody Loves Raymond” -
Betty White
Image Credit: CBS; TV Land “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” (1975-1977)
“Hot in Cleveland” (2011)Results:
1975-1976 – won
1977 – lost to Mary Kay Place, “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman”
2011 – lost to Julie Bowen, “Modern Family” -
Jane Krakowski
Image Credit: NBC; Netflix “30 Rock” (2009-2011; 2013)
“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” (2015)Results:
2009 – lost to Kristin Chenoweth, “Pushing Daisies”
2010 – lost to Jane Lynch, “Glee”
2011 – lost to Julie Bowen, “Modern Family”
2013 – lost to Merritt Wever, “Nurse Jackie”
2015 – lost to Allison Janney, “Mom”
