Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series 1981

33rd Primetime Emmy Awards · held September 13, 1981 · 6 nominees

• Winner Barbara Babcock · Hill Street Blues
• Nominee Linda Gray · Dallas
• Nominee Barbara Bel Geddes · Dallas
• Nominee Stefanie Powers · Hart to Hart
• Nominee Veronica Hamel · Hill Street Blues
• Nominee Michael Learned · Nurse

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