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 bySally Field (2022)
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. 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, and in 2000, when it was presented to civil rights activists Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. 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. Sally Field was announced as the recipient for the 2022 award.

Award recipients

Year Image Recipient(s) Presenter Nationality Ref.
1962 Eddie Cantor in 1945 Eddie Cantor  USA
1963 Not awarded
1964 Stan Laurel circa 1920 Stan Laurel  UK
1965 Bob Hope in 1978 Bob Hope Charlton Heston  USA
1966 Barbara Stanwyck in 1943 Barbara Stanwyck Ronald Reagan  USA
1967 William Gargan  USA
1968 James Stewart in 1948 James Stewart Henry Fonda  USA
1969 Edward G. Robinson circa 1935 Edward G. Robinson  Romania
1970 Gregory Peck in 1948 Gregory Peck Charlton Heston  USA
1971 Charlton Heston in The President's Lady (1953) Charlton Heston  USA
1972 Frank Sinatra in Pal Joey (1957) Frank Sinatra  USA
1973 Martha Raye in the 1940s Martha Raye  USA
1974 Walter Pidgeon in the 1940s Walter Pidgeon  Canada
1975 Rosalind Russell in 1956 Rosalind Russell  USA
1976 Pearl Bailey circa 1960 Pearl Bailey  USA
1977 James Cagney in 1942 James Cagney  USA
1978 Edgar Bergen with his ventriloquist dummy Charlie McCarthy Edgar Bergen  USA
1979 Katherine Hepburn circa 1941 Katharine Hepburn  USA
1980 Leon Ames  USA
1981 Not awarded
1982 Danny Kaye undated Danny Kaye  USA
1983 Ralph Bellamy in 1971 Ralph Bellamy  USA
1984 Iggie Wolfington  USA
1985 Paul Newman in 1963 Paul Newman  USA
Joanne Woodward in 1960 Joanne Woodward  USA
1986 Nanette February in 1950 Nanette Fabray  USA
1987 Red Skelton in 1960 Red Skelton  USA
1988 Gene Kelly in 1943 Gene Kelly  USA
1989 Jack Lemmon in 1968 Jack Lemmon  USA
1990 Brock Peters in 1961 Brock Peters  USA
1991 Burt Lancaster in 1947 Burt Lancaster  USA
1992 Audrey Hepburn in 1956 Audrey Hepburn  UK
1993 Ricardo Montalbán in Fantasy Island (1977) Ricardo Montalbán Judson Scott  Mexico
1994 George Burns in 1961 George Burns Ann-Margret  USA
1995 Robert Redford in 1969 Robert Redford Tom Skerritt  USA
1996 Angela Lansbury in 1950 Angela Lansbury Glenn Close  UK
 USA
 Ireland
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
1998 Kirk Douglas circa 1955 Kirk Douglas Michael Douglas  USA
1999 Sidney Poitier in 1968 Sidney Poitier Denzel Washington  Bahamas
 USA
2000 Ossie Davis in 1966 Ossie Davis Whoopi Goldberg  USA
Rudy Dee in 1972 Ruby Dee Whoopi Goldberg  USA
2001 Ed Asner in 1985 Ed Asner Tom Selleck  USA
2002 Clint Eastwood in 2010 Clint Eastwood Ray Romano and Morgan Freeman  USA
2003 Karl Malden circa 1950s Karl Malden Michael Douglas  USA
2004 James Garner in 1959 James Garner Mel Gibson and Julie Andrews  USA
2005 Shirley Temple in 1949 Shirley Temple Jamie Lee Curtis  USA
2006 Julie Andrews in 2013 Julie Andrews Anne Hathaway  UK
2007 Charles Durning in 2008 Charles Durning Burt Reynolds  USA
2008 James Earl Jones in 2013 James Earl Jones Forest Whitaker  USA
2009 Betty White in 2010 Betty White Sandra Bullock  USA
2010 Ernest Borgnine in 2004 Ernest Borgnine Morgan Freeman  USA
2011 Mary Tyler Moore in 2011 Mary Tyler Moore Dick Van Dyke  USA
2012 Dick Van Dyke in 2007 Dick Van Dyke Alec Baldwin  USA
2013 Rita Moreno in 2011 Rita Moreno Morgan Freeman  Puerto Rico
2014 Debbie Reynolds in 1987 Debbie Reynolds Carrie Fisher  USA
2015 Carol Burnett in 2014 Carol Burnett Tina Fey and Amy Poehler  USA
2016 Lily Tomlin in 2014 Lily Tomlin Dolly Parton  USA
2017 Morgan Freeman in 2016 Morgan Freeman Rita Moreno  USA
2018 Alan Alda in 2014 Alan Alda Tom Hanks  USA
2019 Robert De Niro in 2016 Robert De Niro Leonardo DiCaprio  USA
2020 Not awarded (due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
2021 Helen Mirren in 2020 Helen Mirren Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett  UK
2022 Sally Field in 2018 Sally Field Andrew Garfield  USA

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