Jean Smart turned 70 years old on Sept. 13 and she got a belated present Sunday night. As predicted, she won the Best Comedy Actress Emmy for “Hacks” and is now the category’s second oldest winner.
Smart dethroned 2020 champ Catherine O’Hara (“Schitt’s Creek”) in more ways than one because O’Hara became the second oldest winner at 66 years, 6 months and 17 days old on Emmy night last year. Neither Smart nor O’Hara come close to the oldest winner in the category, Ruth Gordon, who was 82 years, 10 months and 11 days old when she triumphed for “Taxi” in 1979. That’s not all because Gordon was also born in the 19th century (1896).
Gordon’s victory is asterisked though. The Oscar-winning actress and screenwriter was merely a guest star on “Taxi” and won for the only episode in which she appeared during the show’s five-season run (Carol Kane was also a “Taxi” guest star...
Smart dethroned 2020 champ Catherine O’Hara (“Schitt’s Creek”) in more ways than one because O’Hara became the second oldest winner at 66 years, 6 months and 17 days old on Emmy night last year. Neither Smart nor O’Hara come close to the oldest winner in the category, Ruth Gordon, who was 82 years, 10 months and 11 days old when she triumphed for “Taxi” in 1979. That’s not all because Gordon was also born in the 19th century (1896).
Gordon’s victory is asterisked though. The Oscar-winning actress and screenwriter was merely a guest star on “Taxi” and won for the only episode in which she appeared during the show’s five-season run (Carol Kane was also a “Taxi” guest star...
- 9/20/2021
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
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