First Emmy award winner
- Who
- Shirley Dinsdale
- What
- First
- Where
- United States
- When
- 25 January 1949
The very first Emmy award winner was Shirley Dinsdale (USA), a 20-year-old ventriloquist who delighted early TV audiences with her dummy, Judy Splinters, in The Judy Splinters Show. She won the award for Most Outstanding Television Personality in 1949.