'Grey Gardens,' HBO Dominates Movie Emmys

Thomas Umstead -- Multichannel News, 9/20/2009 10:11:49 PM

As expected, cable dominated the Emmys television movies category, with HBO's Grey Gardens winning three statuettes.

The film, about two eccentric relatives of Jacqueline Onassis; won top honors for best telemovie. Jessica Lange beat out Grey Gardens co-star Drew Barrymore for the best actress in a movie or miniseries award.  Ken Howard took home the best supporting actor Emmy for his performance in the movie. .

Also, Shohreh Aghdashloo won for best supporting actress role in a movie or miniseries for HBO's House Of Sadaam,  while Brendan Gleeson won for best actor in the category for his performance in HBO's Into The Storm.

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