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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 ...
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 ...
The AFI Life Achievement Award was established by the board of directors of the American Film Institute on February 26, 1973, to honor a single individual for their lifetime contribution to enriching American culture through motion pictures and television. [2]
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 ...
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.
Lizabeth Virginia Scott (born Emma Matzo; September 29, 1922 – January 31, 2015) [1] [2] was an American actress, singer and model for the Walter Thornton Model Agency, [3] known for her "smoky voice" [4] and being "the most beautiful face of film noir during the 1940s and 1950s". [5]
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.
Loretta Young (born Gretchen Michaela Young; January 6, 1913 – August 12, 2000) was an American actress.Starting as a child, she had a long and varied career in film from 1917 to 1953.