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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 ...
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 ...
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 but whose death has marked a completed body of work." [2] 2000: AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs — funniest American 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.
Natalie Wood (née Zacharenko; July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was an American actress who began her career in film as a child and successfully transitioned to young adult roles.
Frances Hardman Conroy [1] [2] (born March 15, 1953) is an American retired actress. She is best known for playing Ruth Fisher on the television series Six Feet Under (2001–2005), for which she won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and received four Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
Lee Patrick (November 22, 1901 – November 21, 1982) was an American actress whose career began in 1922 on the New York stage with her role in The Bunch and Judy which headlined Adele Astaire and featured Adele's brother Fred Astaire.
Nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Supporting Actress in 1979 [10] and for Lead Actress in 1987, [11] Reid was awarded a Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. [2] [3] She won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Actress in a Mature Role in 1978, [12] 1979, [13] 1984, [14] and 1985, [15] and was inducted into the Television Academy's archives in 2003.