Susan Lucci hosted the evening, but the other Susan — Susan Flannery (Stephanie, The Bold and the Beautiful) — walked away with the Outstanding Lead Actress statuette at the 27th annual Daytime Emmy Awards, handed out Friday night at Radio City Music Hall in New York. You only saw half the show if you just watched the telecast, so here's a look at what some of the winners said to the press backstage:
Flannery, who has played B&B's steel-willed matriarch for 13 years, was just as cool as her soap character when she realized she'd won Emmy gold — but her pal wasn't so calm. "When they said my name, I hugged Ian Buchanan (ex-James, B&B) and he was shaking! And I thought, 'Wait a minute, who won?' "
Actually, Flannery maintains that all five nominees in her category are champs. "We had lunch today — Hillary [B. Smith, Nora on One Life to Live] and Jess [Walton, The Young and the Restless's Jill] and Jeanne [Cooper, Katherine on Y&R] and Finola [Hughes, Alex on All My Children] all came. I thought it would be nice for us to have this time before the person who did win is announced, because until that time, we're all winners."
TV guide online, May 18th 2000.