Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
Awarded for"outstanding achievement in fostering the finest ideals of the acting profession"
CountryUnited States
Presented bySAG-AFTRA
First awarded1962
Currently held byBarbra Streisand (2023)
Websitesagawards.org

The Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award is presented by the Screen Actors Guild's National Honors and Tributes Committee for "outstanding achievement in fostering the finest ideals of the acting profession." It predates the 1st Screen Actors Guild Awards by over thirty years. The award's first recipient was performer and comedian Eddie Cantor, in 1962.[1] Since then, it has been presented every year except 1963, 1981 and 2021. On two occasions, two people received the award the same year: in 1985, when it was presented to actor Paul Newman and actress Joanne Woodward,[2] and in 2000, when it was presented to civil rights activists Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee.[3] The award was not given in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As of 2021, 59 people have received the award, of whom 39 are men and 20 women. Barbara Streissand was announced as the recipient for the 2023 award.

Award recipients[edit]

Year Image Recipient(s) Presenter Nationality Ref.
1962 Eddie Cantor in 1945 Eddie Cantor  USA [1]
1963 Not awarded
1964 Stan Laurel circa 1920 Stan Laurel  UK [4]
1965 Bob Hope in 1978 Bob Hope Charlton Heston  USA [5]
1966 Barbara Stanwyck in 1943 Barbara Stanwyck Ronald Reagan  USA [6]
1967 William Gargan  USA [7]
1968 James Stewart in 1948 James Stewart Henry Fonda  USA [8]
1969 Edward G. Robinson circa 1935 Edward G. Robinson  Romania [9]
1970 Gregory Peck in 1948 Gregory Peck Charlton Heston  USA [10]
1971 Charlton Heston in The President's Lady (1953) Charlton Heston  USA [11]
1972 Frank Sinatra in Pal Joey (1957) Frank Sinatra  USA [12]
1973 Martha Raye in the 1940s Martha Raye  USA [13]
1974 Walter Pidgeon in the 1940s Walter Pidgeon  Canada [14]
1975 Rosalind Russell in 1956 Rosalind Russell  USA [15]
1976 Pearl Bailey circa 1960 Pearl Bailey  USA [16]
1977 James Cagney in 1942 James Cagney  USA [17]
1978 Edgar Bergen with his ventriloquist dummy Charlie McCarthy Edgar Bergen  USA [18]
1979 Katherine Hepburn circa 1941 Katharine Hepburn  USA [19]
1980 Leon Ames  USA [20]
1981 Not awarded
1982 Danny Kaye undated Danny Kaye  USA [21]
1983 Ralph Bellamy in 1971 Ralph Bellamy  USA [22]
1984 Iggie Wolfington  USA [23]
1985 Paul Newman in 1963 Paul Newman  USA [2]
Joanne Woodward in 1960 Joanne Woodward  USA
1986 Nanette February in 1950 Nanette Fabray  USA [24]
1987 Red Skelton in 1960 Red Skelton  USA [25]
1988 Gene Kelly in 1943 Gene Kelly  USA [26]
1989 Jack Lemmon in 1968 Jack Lemmon  USA [27]
1990 Brock Peters in 1961 Brock Peters  USA [28]
1991 Burt Lancaster in 1947 Burt Lancaster  USA [29]
1992 Audrey Hepburn in 1956 Audrey Hepburn  UK [30]
1993 Ricardo Montalbán in Fantasy Island (1977) Ricardo Montalbán Judson Scott  Mexico [31]
1994 George Burns in 1961 George Burns Ann-Margret  USA [32]
1995 Robert Redford in 1969 Robert Redford Tom Skerritt  USA [33]
1996 Angela Lansbury in 1950 Angela Lansbury Glenn Close  UK
 USA
 Ireland
[34]
1997 Elizabeth Taylor in 1956 Elizabeth Taylor Gregory Peck accepted the award on Taylor's behalf as she was hospitalized and unable to attend the awards ceremony.  UK
 USA
[35]
1998 Kirk Douglas circa 1955 Kirk Douglas Michael Douglas  USA [36]
1999 Sidney Poitier in 1968 Sidney Poitier Denzel Washington  Bahamas
 USA
[37]
2000 Ossie Davis in 1966 Ossie Davis Whoopi Goldberg  USA [3]
Rudy Dee in 1972 Ruby Dee  USA
2001 Ed Asner in 1985 Ed Asner Tom Selleck  USA [38]
2002 Clint Eastwood in 2010 Clint Eastwood Ray Romano and Morgan Freeman  USA [39]
2003 Karl Malden circa 1950s Karl Malden Michael Douglas  USA [40]
2004 James Garner in 1959 James Garner Mel Gibson and Julie Andrews  USA [41]
2005 Shirley Temple in 1949 Shirley Temple Jamie Lee Curtis  USA [42]
2006 Julie Andrews in 2013 Julie Andrews Anne Hathaway  UK [43]
2007 Charles Durning in 2008 Charles Durning Burt Reynolds  USA [44]
2008 James Earl Jones in 2013 James Earl Jones Forest Whitaker  USA [45]
2009 Betty White in 2010 Betty White Sandra Bullock  USA [46]
2010 Ernest Borgnine in 2004 Ernest Borgnine Morgan Freeman  USA [47]
2011 Mary Tyler Moore in 2011 Mary Tyler Moore Dick Van Dyke  USA [48]
2012 Dick Van Dyke in 2007 Dick Van Dyke Alec Baldwin  USA [49]
2013 Rita Moreno in 2011 Rita Moreno Morgan Freeman  Puerto Rico [50]
2014 Debbie Reynolds in 1987 Debbie Reynolds Carrie Fisher  USA [51]
2015 Carol Burnett in 2014 Carol Burnett Tina Fey and Amy Poehler  USA [52]
2016 Lily Tomlin in 2014 Lily Tomlin Dolly Parton  USA [53]
2017 Morgan Freeman in 2016 Morgan Freeman Rita Moreno  USA [54]
2018 Alan Alda in 2014 Alan Alda Tom Hanks  USA [55]
2019 Robert De Niro in 2016 Robert De Niro Leonardo DiCaprio  USA [56]
2020 Not awarded (due to the COVID-19 pandemic) [57]
2021 Helen Mirren in 2020 Helen Mirren Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett  UK [58]
2022 Sally Field in 2018 Sally Field Andrew Garfield  USA [59]
2023 Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand Jennifer Aniston and Bradley Cooper  USA [60]

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