Who was the Emmy that the Emmy Award is named after?

Dreamer61dpl

Dreamer61dpl says: The Emmy is not named after a person but the statuette was modelled after the designer's wife. See the blurb below from the Emmy website. Emmy Statuette The name Emmy is a feminization of 'Immy', a term commonly used for the early image orthicon camera tube. The statue was designed by Louis McManus, an engineer at Culver City's Cascade Pictures. He used his wife, Dorothy, as his model. McManus's design was the last of 48 entries in an Emmy design competition. His prize was a plaque of appreciation, no an Emmy. The Emmy is fifteen inches tall from base to tip. She weighs 5 pounds and is made of pewter, iron, zinc and gold. Fri Mar 01 07:30:53 CST 2002 (To fix characters - McG) May 27 03, 12:32 PM