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 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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