Jackée Harry's 1987 Emmy win and HILARIOUS acceptance speech | Television Academy Throwback 

She was and is.

She fifty rich now

And that THANK YOU! 😂

This is what brought me here.

@@anthonygreen7182 me too!

Same here

She said on wwhl that she's actually the first (and only) black actress to win supporting actress in a comedy.

Lisa totally came out when she screamed Thank you 😆

But to me she’ll always be Sandra Clark

That sister sister role ruined her image to me!! She was the iconic bombshell!!

@@MoorenaEl It didn't ruin her image. She didn't want to be stuck as one dimensional. She was more than just Sandra.

Estelle Getty won her best supporting comedy Emmy the following year (1988), along with Bea Arthur for the Golden Girls. 1987 was the year of the flub. Bruce Willis messed up Jackee (Jackay) by calling her Jackie. Likewise, Howie Mandel called fellow winner Rue McClanahan “McCalahan”.

@Angel Johnson so the people in your industry that look better than you should be getting paid more just for that reason?

Sheryl Lee Ralph became the second last night.

@@DavidRichardson95 She most certainly did, and from the little I did see of Abbott Elementary, it was very well deserved.

Isabel Sanford REMAINS the only African American female to win lead actress in a comedy

@Angel Johnson Bernadette was definitely more beautiful and a dancer she just wasn't asked to carry her role like Jackée was. Harry literally had to pull off a sexy but funny AND independent young D.C "mack mama". That's not easy to do and she did it masterfully. Other than being the show's subtle eye candy Stanis' role as Thelma was overshadowed by the supporting cast...especially Jimmy Walker putting her on the same tier as her little brother.

Sad facts in 2021

Only black person person man or woman.

@@boking8575 That's not true. Robert Guillaume won in this category for SOAP in 1979.

@@ChrisC709 She is noted for being the first and only African-American to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series! Keep learning gud try doe! Benson bruh 😂.

@@boking8575 You dummy. You said "only black person man or woman" to win. That simply is NOT true. So laugh at that.

Ok Calm Down

It's amazing how the presenters, and other people who speak in various forums, do not proof-read their copy before going on the air.

I thought it was Isabel Sanford , when she won it back in 1981 for her role in the Jeffersons

She wasn’t the first there were a few before her.

Cicely Tyson won two for "Jane Pittman."

That’s incorrect. Gail Fisher was the first black actress to win an Emmy in 1970 for her role in “Mannix” in the Supporting Actress - Drama category. Several other black actresses won Emmys prior to Jackeé. Jackeé was, however, the first black actress to win the Emmy in the Supporting Actress - Comedy category, but Marla Gibbs was the first to be nominated.

@@mysky Good call- yes, the lovely Ms. Fisher predates them all.

I don't think it was anything personal against Jackée. This was Duffy's fourth consecutive nomination for _Newhart_ (1984, 1985, 1986, 1987). She would go on to receive three more nods but never win (1988, 1989, 1990).