SORORITY WOMEN WHO HAVE WON EMMY AWARDS

Here is a list of past Emmy winners who are sorority women, as best as I could determine. Additions, corrections, etc. are welcomed and appreciated as I’d like to make this a complete list. Please note that I’ve included regional Emmy winners as well; after all, an Emmy is an Emmy. I’ve limited this to the women who have won; there are many others who have been nominated.

Fran Allison, Alpha Gamma Delta

Adrienne Alpert, Gamma Phi Beta

Tracy Anderson, Sigma Gamma Rho

Catherine Anaya, Alpha Phi

Kathy Bates, Alpha Delta Pi

Julie Marie Berman, Kappa Kappa Gamma

Kate Blatherwick Pickert, Pi Beta Phi

Jodi Brooks, Alpha Phi

Kathryn Burns, Pi Beta Phi

Jann Carl, Kappa Kappa Gamma

Kristin Chenoweth, Gamma Phi Beta

Lisa Colagrossi, Alpha Phi

Olivia Cole, Alpha Kappa Alpha

Joan Ganz Cooney, Kappa Alpha Theta

Dorothy Cooper-Foote, Chi Omega

Eleanor Coppola, Alpha Chi Omega

Kim Cornell, Zeta Tau Alpha

Katie Couric, Delta Delta Delta

Catherine Crier, Delta Delta Delta

Dawn Davenport, Alpha Chi Omega

Agnes deMille, Kappa Alpha Theta

Donna DeVarona, Kappa Kappa Gamma

Natalie Doerr, Pi Beta Phi

Ann Elder, Kappa Kappa Gamma

Susan Gabbard, Phi Sigma Sigma

Phyllis George, Zeta Tau Alpha

Leeza Gibbons, Delta Delta Delta

Jennifer Gilbert, Alpha Phi

Cathy Guisewite, Delta Delta Delta

Maura Hayes, Kappa Delta

Edith Head, Delta Zeta

Patricia Heaton, Delta Gamma

Eileen Heckart, Pi Beta Phi

Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Delta Sigma Theta*

Lisa Jackson, Pi Beta Phi 

Sara James, Kappa Delta

Hope Jordan-Halliburton, Alpha Kappa Alpha

Ginger Kathrens, Gamma Phi Beta

Angela Kinsey, Chi Omega

Susan Koeppen, Alpha Xi Delta

Hota Kotb, Delta Delta Delta

Christine Lahti, Delta Gamma

Melanie Lawson, Alpha Kappa Alpha

Cloris Leachman, Gamma Phi

Natalia Livingston, Delta Delta Delta

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Delta Gamma

Ann Martin, Alpha Phi

Rue McClanahan, Kappa Alpha Theta

Erin Moriarty, Kappa Kappa Gamma

Cindy Morrison, Kappa Alpha Theta

Julia Murphy, Gamma Phi Beta

Terry Murphy, Delta Gamma

Agnes Nixon, Alpha Chi Omega

Deborah Norville, Delta Delta Delta

Soledad O’Brien, Delta Sigma Theta

Gail Patrick, Delta Zeta

Mary Kay Place, Kappa Alpha Theta

Esther Rolle, Zeta Phi Beta

Gina Rowlands, Kappa Kappa Gamma

Marilyn Salenger, Sigma Delta Tau

Dinah Shore, Alpha Epsilon Phi

Jean Smart, Alpha Delta Pi

Kim Stanley, Kappa Kappa Gamma

Marlo Thomas, Kappa Alpha Theta

Kathy Times, Alpha Kappa Alpha

Cicely Tyson, Delta Sigma Theta

Anita Vogel, Delta Gamma

Marcia Wallace, Delta Zeta

Sela Ward, Chi Omega

Lynn Whitfield, Alpha Kappa Alpha

Nancy Wilson, Delta Sigma Theta (Her show, the Nancy Wilson Show, won an Emmy)

Joanne Woodward, Chi Omega

 

Chi Omegas Sela Ward and Lyn Harris

Chi Omegas Sela Ward and Lyn Harris, Chi Omega’s  National Archivist


 

* Here is a wonderful article about her Delta affiliation http://www.theroot.com/views/night-i-met-lena-horne

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