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The list was unveiled through a CBS special on June 15, 1999, hosted by Shirley Temple (who is herself honored on the female legends list), with 50 then-current actors making the presentations. [1] AFI defines an "American screen legend" as "an actor or a team of actors with a significant screen presence in American feature-length films (films ...
Of the 49 honorees eleven have been women: Bette Davis (the first female recipient), Lillian Gish, Barbara Stanwyck, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbra Streisand, Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Julie Andrews, and Nicole Kidman. Composer John Williams was the first recipient of the award to not be an actor or director.
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains is a list of the one hundred greatest screen characters (fifty each in the hero and villain categories) as chosen by the American Film Institute in June 2003.
1999: AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars — the 50 greatest American "screen legends" of all time (25 women and 25 men) AFI defined an "American screen legend" as "an actor or a team of actors with a significant screen presence in American feature-length films whose screen debut occurred in or before 1950, or whose screen debut occurred after 1950 ...
Ice-T is being celebrated as the longest-running male actor in a TV series for his role on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. Having joined the series in 2000, with over 400 episodes under his ...
American stage actor, director, playwright, screenwriter and producer [1] Rosa Albach-Retty: 1874–1980: 105: Austrian film and stage actress [2] Jenny Alpha: 1910–2010: 100: French Martinican actress and singer [3] Lukas Ammann: 1912–2017: 104: Swiss actor [4] Nina Andrycz: 1912–2014: 101: Polish actress [5] Nikolay Annenkov: 1899 ...
The American Film Institute Awards (also known as the AFI Awards) are awards presented by the American Film Institute to recognize the top ten films and television programs of the year. Unlike other accolades about the art form, the AFI Awards acknowledge the film and television productions deemed culturally and artistically representative of ...
“General Hospital,” the longest running scripted show currently in production, turns 60 on April 1, and to commemorate that momentous occasion, Variety gathered five of its iconic stars together.