AceShowbiz - If Oscars once had a streaker leave his footprints in the show's history , the Emmy Awards was once crashed by an impostor. In 1985, Betty Thomas was announced as the winner of the best supporting actress in a drama series prize. As she made her way to the stage to accept the award, she was shocked to find someone else had taken her statue and was standing at the podium.

The man named Barry Breman (later dubbed The Great Imposter) told the audience that Thomas couldn't attend the ceremony, so he was accepting the award on her behalf. Realizing something was wrong, producers went to commercial before resuming with Thomas standing at the podium. Joking about the bit, she said, "Well, it is definitely hard to follow an act like that."