The Cecil B. DeMille Award is an annual prize given at the Golden Globes for “outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment.” The Hollywood Foreign Press Association selects its recipients from a wide variety of actors, directors, writers and producers.
The award is named for legendary filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille, who was its very first recipient in 1952. Only twice since 1952 has the award not been given: once in 1976 and again in 2008. The 2008 omission was due to the Writer’s Guild strike which forced the HFPA to cancel its annual telecast. That year’s recipient, Steven Spielberg, was deferred to the 2009 ceremony.
Tour through our photo gallery to see a history of every recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award, including the 2023 recipient Eddie Murphy, plus previous honorees Jane Fonda, Tom Hanks, Jeff Bridges, Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington, George Clooney and more.
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Eddie Murphy (2023)
Image Credit: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images Eddie Murphy became the 69th recipient in 2023. He is an actor and comedian best known for “48 HRS,” “Beverly Hills Cop,” “Coming to America,” “The Nutty Professor,” “Doctor Dolittle,” “Shrek,” “Dreamgirls” and “Dolemite Is My Name.”
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Jane Fonda (2021)
Image Credit: Tyler Boye/WWD Jane Fonda became the 68th recipient in 2021. She is an actress best known for “Barbarella” (1968), “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” (1969), “Klute” (1971) “Coming Home” (1978), “Julia” (1977), “The China Syndrome” (1979), “On Golden Pond” (1981) and “The Morning After” (1986).
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Tom Hanks (2020)
Image Credit: Art Streiber for Variety Tom Hanks became the 67th recipient in 2020. He is an actor best known for “Splash” (1984), “Big” (1988), “Philadelphia” (1993), “Forrest Gump” (1994), “Saving Private Ryan” (1998), “Catch Me If You Can” (2002), “The Terminal” (2004), “Bridge of Spies” (2015), “The Post” (2017), “Sleepless in Seattle” (1993), “You’ve Got Mail” (1998), “Apollo 13” (1995), “The Green Mile” (1999), “Cast Away” (2000), “Road to Perdition” (2002), “Cloud Atlas” (2012), “Charlie Wilson’s War” (2007), “Captain Phillips” (2013), “Saving Mr. Banks” (2013), “Sully” (2016) and “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” (2019).
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Jeff Bridges (2019)
Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety Jeff Bridges became the 66th recipient in 2019. He is an actor known for “The Last Picture Show” (1971), “Thunderbolt and Lightfoot” (1974), “Starman” (1984), “The Contender” (2000), “True Grit” (2010), “Hell or High Water” (2016), “King Kong” (1976), “Tron” (1982), “Iron Man” (2008), “The Fabulous Baker Boys” (1989), “The Fisher King” (1991), “The Big Lebowski” (1998) and “Crazy Heart” (2009)
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Oprah Winfrey (2018)
Image Credit: Rob Latour/Variety Oprah Winfrey became the 65th recipient in 2017. She is an actress, producer, and talk show host, best known for “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” “The Color Purple,” “Beloved,” “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” and “Selma.”
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Meryl Streep (2017)
Image Credit: Lexie Moreland/WWD Meryl Streep became the 64th recipient in 2017. She is an actress, best known for “The Deer Hunter” (1978), “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1979), “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” (1981), “Sophie’s Choice” (1982), “Silkwood” (1983), “Out of Africa” (1985), “The Bridges of Madison County” (1995), “Adaptation” (2002), “Doubt” (2008), and “The Iron Lady” (2011).
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Denzel Washington (2016)
Image Credit: Variety Denzel Washington became the 63rd recipient in 2016. He is an actor and director, best known for “Cry, Freedom” (1987), “Glory” (1989), “Malcolm X” (1992), “Philadelphia” (1993), “Crimson Tide” (1995), “The Hurricane” (1999), “Training Day” (2001), “American Gangster” (2007), “Flight” (2012), and “Fences” (2016).
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George Clooney (2015)
Image Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Hutchins Photo/Newscom/The Mega Agency George Clooney became the 62nd recipient in 2015. He is an actor and director, best known for “Out of Sight” (1998), “Three Kings” (1999), “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” (2000), “Ocean’s Eleven” (2001), “Good Night, and Good Luck” (2005), “Syriana” (2005), “Michael Clayton” (2007), “Up in the Air” (2009), “The Descendants” (2011), and “Gravity” (2013).
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Woody Allen (2014)
Image Credit: Debby Wong Woody Allen became the 61st recipient in 2014. He is an actor, writer and director, best known for “Sleeper” (1973), “Annie Hall” (1977), “Manhattan” (1979), “The Purple Rose of Cairo” (1985), “Hannah and Her Sisters” (1986), “Crimes and Misdemeanors” (1989), “Husbands and Wives” (1992), “Bullets Over Broadway” (1994), “Match Point” (2005), and “Midnight in Paris” (2011).
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Jodie Foster (2013)
Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety Jodie Foster became the 60th recipient in 2013. She is an actress and director, best known for “Taxi Driver” (1976), “Freaky Friday” (1976), “Foxes” (1980), “The Accused” (1988), “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991), “Little Man Tate” (1991), “Nell” (1994), “Contact” (1997), “Panic Room” (2002), and “Inside Man” (2006).
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Morgan Freeman (2012)
Image Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Hutchins Photo/Newscom/The Mega Agency Morgan Freeman became the 59th recipient in 2012. He is an actor, best known for “Street Smart” (1987), “Driving Miss Daisy” (1989), “Glory” (1989), “Unforgiven” (1992), “The Shawshank Redemption” (1994), “Se7en” (1995), “Amistad” (1997), “Million Dollar Baby” (2004), “The Dark Knight” (2008), and “Invictus” (2009).
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Robert De Niro (2011)
Image Credit: Stephen Lovekin Robert De Niro became the 58th recipient in 2011. He is an actor and director, best known for “Mean Streets” (1973), “The Godfather, Part II” (1974), “Taxi Driver” (1976), “The Deer Hunter” (1978), “Raging Bull” (1980), “GoodFellas” (1990), “Awakenings” (1990), “Casino” (1995), “Heat” (1995), and “Silver Linings Playbook” (2012).
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Martin Scorsese (2010)
Image Credit: Andrew H. Walker/WWD Martin Scorsese became the 57th recipient in 2010. He is a director and writer, best known for “Mean Streets” (1973), “Taxi Driver” (1976), “Raging Bull” (1980), “The Last Temptation of Christ” (1988), “GoodFellas” (1990), “Gangs of New York” (2002), “The Aviator” (2004), “The Departed” (2006), “The Wolf of Wall Street” (2013), and “Silence” (2016).
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Steven Spielberg (2009)
Image Credit: Agostino Fabio / MEGA Steven Spielberg became the 56th recipient in 2009. He is a director, best known for “Jaws” (1975), “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (1977), “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981), “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial” (1982), “Jurassic Park” (1993), “Schindler’s List” (1993), “Saving Private Ryan” (1998), “A.I.: Artificial Intelligence” (2001), “Munich” (2005), and “Lincoln” (2012).
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Warren Beatty (2007)
Image Credit: PMC Warren Beatty became the 55th recipient in 2007. He is an actor, writer and director, best known for “Splendor in the Grass” (1961), “Bonnie and Clyde” (1967), “McCabe & Mrs. Miller” (1971), “The Parallax View” (1974), “Shampoo” (1975), “Heaven Can Wait” (1978), “Reds” (1987), “Dick Tracy” (1990), “Bugsy” (1991), and “Bulworth” (1998).
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Anthony Hopkins (2006)
Image Credit: Newscom/(Mega Agency TagI Anthony Hopkins became the 54th recipient in 2006. He is an actor, best known for “The Lion in Winter” (1968), “A Bridge Too Far” (1977), “Magic” (1978), “The Elephant Man” (1980), “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991), “Howards End” (1992), “The Remains of the Day” (1993), “Nixon” (1995), “Amistad” (1997), and “Titus” (2000).
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Robin Williams (2005)
Image Credit: Donato Sardella/WWD Robin Williams became the 53rd recipient in 2005. He was an actor, best known for “Good Morning, Vietnam” (1987), “Dead Poets Society” (1989), “Awakenings” (1990), “The Fisher King” (1991), “Aladdin” (1992), “Mrs. Doubtfire” (1993), “The Birdcage” (1996), “Good Will Hunting” (1997), “One Hour Photo” (2002), and “Insomnia” (2002).
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Michael Douglas (2004)
Image Credit: Tyler Boye/WWD Michael Douglas became the 52nd recipient in 2004. He is an actor, best known for “The China Syndrome” (1979), “Romancing the Stone” (1984), “Fatal Attraction” (1987), “Wall Street” (1987), “The War of the Roses” (1989), “Basic Instinct” (1992), “The American President” (1995), “The Game” (1997), “Wonder Boys” (2000), and “Traffic” (2000).
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Gene Hackman (2003)
Image Credit: Vera Anderson/WireImage Gene Hackman became the 51st recipient in 2003. He is an actor, best known for “Bonnie and Clyde” (1967), “The French Connection” (1971), “The Conversation” (1974), “Hoosiers” (1986), “Mississippi Burning” (1988), “Unforgiven” (1992), “Crimson Tide” (1995), “Get Shorty” (1995), “The Birdcage” (1996), and “The Royal Tenenbaums” (2001).
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Harrison Ford (2002)
Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety Harrison Ford became the 50th recipient in 2002. He is an actor, best known for “Star Wars” (1977), “Apocalypse Now” (1979), “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981), “Blade Runner” (1982), “Witness” (1985), “The Mosquito Coast” (1986), “Working Girl” (1988), “Patriot Games” (1992), “The Fugitive” (1993), and “Air Force One” (1997).
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Al Pacino (2001)
Image Credit: Michael Buckner/VAR Al Pacino became the 49th recipient in 2001. He is an actor, best known for “The Godfather” (1972), “Serpico” (1973), “The Godfather, Part II” (1974), “Dog Day Afternoon” (1975), “Scarface” (1983), “Glengarry Glen Ross” (1992), “Scent of a Woman” (1992), “Heat” (1995), “Donnie Brasco” (1997), and “The Insider” (1999).
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Barbra Streisand (2000)
Image Credit: Russell James for Variety Barbra Streisand became the 48th recipient in 2000. She is an actress and director, best known for “Funny Girl” (1968), “Hello, Dolly!” (1969), “What’s Up, Doc?” (1972), “The Way We Were” (1973), “A Star is Born” (1976), “Yentl” (1983), “Nuts” (1987), “The Prince of Tides” (1991), “The Mirror Has Two Faces” (1996), and “Meet the Fockers” (2004).
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Jack Nicholson (1999)
Image Credit: Donato Sardella/WWD Jack Nicholson became the 47th recipient in 1999. He is an actor, best known for “Easy Rider” (1969), “Five Easy Pieces” (1970), “The Last Detail” (1973), “Chinatown” (1974), “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975), “The Shining” (1980),“Terms of Endearment” (1983), “As Good as It Gets” (1997), “About Schmidt” (2002), and “The Departed” (2006).
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Shirley MacLaine (1998)
Image Credit: Frank Diernhammer/WWD Shirley MacLaine became the 46th recipient in 1998. She is an actress, best known for “Some Came Running” (1958), “The Apartment” (1960), “The Children’s Hour” (1961), “Irma La Douce” (1963), “The Turning Point” (1977), “Being There” (1979), “Terms of Endearment” (1983), “Steel Magnolias” (1989), “Postcards From the Edge” (1990), and “Bernie” (2011).
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Dustin Hoffman (1997)
Image Credit: PMC Dustin Hoffman became the 45th recipient in 1997. He is an actor, best known for “The Graduate” (1967), “Midnight Cowboy” (1969), “Straw Dogs” (1971), “Lenny” (1974), “Marathon Man” (1976), “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1979), “Tootsie” (1982), “Rain Man” (1988), “Wag the Dog” (1997), and “I Heart Huckabees” (2004).
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Sean Connery (1996)
Image Credit: Ron Sachs - CNP/Newscom/The Mega Agency Sean Connery became the 44th recipient in 1996. He is an actor, best known for “Dr. No” (1962), “Goldfinger” (1964), “Murder on the Orient Express” (1974), “The Wind and the Lion” (1975), “The Man Who Would Be King” (1975), “The Untouchables” (1987), “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” (1989), “The Hunt for Red October” (1990), “The Rock” (1996), and “Finding Forrester” (2000).
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Sophia Loren (1995)
Image Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Hutchins Photo/Newscom/The Mega Agency Sophia Loren became the 43rd recipient in 1995. She is an actress, best known for “The Pride and the Passion” (1957), “Houseboat” (1958), “Two Women” (1961), “El Cid” (1961), “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” (1963), “The Fall of the Roman Empire” (1964), “Marriage Italian Style” (1964), “A Special Day” (1977), “Ready to Wear” (1994), and “Nine” (2009).
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Robert Redford (1994)
Image Credit: Steve Eichner/WWD Robert Redford became the 42nd recipient in 1994. He is an actor and director, best known for “Barefoot in the Park” (1967), “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (1969), “The Way We Were” (1973), “The Sting” (1973), “All the President’s Men” (1976), “Ordinary People” (1980), “Out of Africa” (1985), “A River Runs Through It” (1992), “The Horse Whisperer” (1998), and “All Is Lost” (2013).
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Lauren Bacall (1993)
Image Credit: Lynn Karlin/wwd Lauren Bacall became the 41st recipient in 1993. She was an actress, best known for “To Have and Have Not” (1944), “The Big Sleep” (1946), “Key Largo” (1948), “How to Marry a Millionaire” (1953), “Written on the Wind” (1956), “Designing Women” (1957), “Murder on the Orient Express” (1974), “Misery” (1990), “The Mirror Has Two Faces” (1996), and “Dogville” (2003).
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Robert Mitchum (1992)
Image Credit: Donato Sardella/WWD Robert Mitchum became the 40th recipient in 1992. He was an actor, best known for “The Story of G.I. Joe” (1945), “Crossfire” (1947), “Out of the Past” (1947), “The Night of the Hunter” (1955), “Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison” (1957), “Cape Fear” (1962), “The Longest Day” (1962), “El Dorado” (1967), “The Friends of Eddie Coyle” (1973), and “Dead Man” (1995).
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Jack Lemmon (1991)
Image Credit: Frank Diernhammer/WWD Jack Lemmon became the 39th recipient in 1991. He was an actor, best known for “Mister Roberts” (1955), “Some Like It Hot” (1959), “The Apartment” (1960), “Days of Wine and Roses” (1962), “The Odd Couple” (1968), “Save the Tiger” (1973), “The China Syndrome” (1979), “Missing” (1982), “Glengarry Glen Ross” (1992), and “Short Cuts” (1993).
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Audrey Hepburn (1990)
Image Credit: Thomas Iannaccone/WWD Audrey Hepburn became the 38th recipient in 1990. She was an actress, best known for “Roman Holiday” (1953), “Sabrina” (1954), “Funny Face” (1957), “The Nun’s Story” (1959), “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (1961), “The Children’s Hour” (1961), “Charade” (1963), “My Fair Lady” (1964), “Wait Until Dark” (1967), and “Two for the Road” (1967).
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Doris Day (1989)
Image Credit: Rogers, Cowan, & Brenner-public relations, Beverly Hills., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Doris Day became the 37th recipient in 1989. She is an actress, best known for “Calamity Jane” (1953), “Love Me or Leave Me” (1955), “The Man Who Knew Too Much” (1956), “The Pajama Game” (1957), “Pillow Talk” (1959), “Lover Come Back” (1961), “That Touch of Mink” (1962), “The Thrill of It All’ (1963), and “Send Me No Flowers” (1964).
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Clint Eastwood (1988)
Image Credit: Steve Eichner/wwd Clint Eastwood became the 36th recipient in 1988. He is an actor and director, best known for “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” (1968), “Dirty Harry” (1971), “The Outlaw Josey Wales” (1976), “Bird” (1988), “Unforgiven” (1992), “The Bridges of Madison County” (1995), “Mystic River” (2003), “Million Dollar Baby” (2004), “Letters from Iwo Jima” (2006), and “American Sniper” (2014).
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Anthony Quinn (1987)
Image Credit: Tracey Silva/WWD Anthony Quinn became the 35th recipient in 1987. He was an actor, best known for “The Ox-Bow Incident” (1943), “Viva Zapata!” (1952), “La Strada” (1954), “Lust for Life” (1956), “Wild Is the Wind” (1957), “The Guns of Navarone” (1961), “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962), “Requiem for a Heavyweight” (1962), “Zorba the Greek” (1964), and “Jungle Fever” (1991).
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Barbara Stanwyck (1986)
Image Credit: Alan Berliner/WWD Barbara Stanwyck became the 34th recipient in 1986. She was an actress, best known for “Stella Dallas” (1937), “Ball of Fire” (1941), “The Lady Eve” (1941), “Meet John Doe” (1941), “Double Indemnity” (1944), “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers” (1946), “Sorry, Wrong Number” (1948), “The Furies” (1950), “Titanic” (1953), and “Executive Suite” (1954).
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Elizabeth Taylor (1985)
Image Credit: Courtesy Image Elizabeth Taylor became the 33rd recipient in 1985. She was an actress, best known for “National Velvet” (1944), “Father of the Bride” (1950), “A Place in the Sun” (1951), “Ivanhoe” (1952), “Giant” (1956), “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” (1958), “Suddenly, Last Summer” (1959), “Butterfield 8” (1960), “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (1966), and “Reflections in a Golden Eye” (1967).
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Paul Newman (1984)
Image Credit: Studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Paul Newman became the 32nd recipient in 1984. He was an actor and director, best known for “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” (1958), “The Hustler” (1961), “Hud” (1963), “Cool Hand Luke” (1967), “Rachel, Rachel” (1968), “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (1969), “The Sting” (1973), “The Verdict” (1982), “The Color of Money” (1986), and “Road to Perdition” (2002).
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Laurence Olivier (1983)
Image Credit: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Laurence Olivier became the 31st recipient in 1983. He was an actor and director, best known for “Wuthering Heights” (1939), “Rebecca” (1940), “Henry V” (1946), “Hamlet” (1948), “Richard III” (1956), “Spartacus” (1960), “Othello” (1965), “Sleuth” (1972), “Marathon Man” (1976), and “The Boys from Brazil” (1978).
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Sidney Poitier (1982)
Image Credit: Tyler Boye/WWD Sidney Poitier became the 30th recipient in 1982. He is an actor and director, best known for “No Way Out” (1950), “Blackboard Jungle” (1955), “The Defiant Ones” (1958), “Porgy and Bess” (1959), “A Raisin in the Sun” (1961), “Lilies of the Field” (1963), “In the Heat of the Night” (1967), “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” (1967), “To Sir, With Love” (1967), and “Stir Crazy” (1980).
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Gene Kelly (1981)
Image Credit: WWD Gene Kelly became the 29th recipient in 1981. He was an actor and director, best known for “Anchors Aweigh” (1945), “Ziegfeld Follies” (1945), “The Pirate” (1948), “On the Town” (1949), “An American in Paris” (1951), “Singin’ in the Rain” (1952), “Brigadoon” (1954), “Les Girls” (1957), “Inherit the Wind” (1960), and “Hello, Dolly!” (1969).
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Henry Fonda (1980)
Image Credit: Studio publicity still, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Henry Fonda became the 28th recipient in 1980. He was an actor, best known for “Young Mr. Lincoln” (1939), “The Grapes of Wrath” (1940), “The Lady Eve” (1941), “The Ox-Bow Incident” (1943), “My Darling Clementine” (1946), “Fort Apache” (1948), “The Wrong Man’ (1956), “12 Angry Men” (1957), “Once Upon a Time in the West” (1968), and “On Golden Pond” (1981).
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Lucille Ball (1979)
Image Credit: Studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Lucille Ball became the 27th recipient in 1979. She was an actress, best known for “I Love Lucy” (1951-1957), “Stage Door” (1937), “Du Barry Was a Lady” (1943), “Lover Come Back” (1946), “The Long, Long Trailer” (1954), “Forever, Darling” (1956), “The Facts of Life” (1960), “Critic’s Choice” (1963), “Yours, Mine and Ours” (1968), and “Mame” (1974).
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Red Skelton (1978)
Image Credit: Macfadden Publications, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Red Skelton became the 26th recipient in 1978. He was an actor, best known for “The Red Skelton Show” (1951-1971), “The People vs. Dr. Kildare” (1941), “Lady Be Good” (1941), “Ziegfeld Follies” (1945), “The Show-Off” (1946), “The Fuller Bush Man” (1948), “Three Little Words” (1950), “The Clown” (1953), “Around the World in 80 Days” (1956), and “Oceans 11” (1960).
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Walter Mirisch (1977)
Image Credit: Alan Berliner/WWD Walter Mirisch became the 25th recipient in 1977. He is a producer and executive, best known for “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (1956), “The Magnificent Seven” (1960), “West Side Story” (1961), “The Pink Panther” (1963), “In the Heat of the Night” (1967), “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” (1967), “The Thomas Crown Affair” (1968), “The Landlord” (1970), “Fiddler on the Roof” (1971), and “Same Time, Next Year” (1978).
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Hal B. Wallis (1975)
Image Credit: Fairchild Archive/WWD Hal B. Wallis became the 24th recipient in 1975. He was a producer, best known for “The Letter” (1940), “The Maltese Falcon” (1941), “Sergeant York” (1941), “High Sierra” (1941), “Casablanca” (1943), “The Rose Tattoo” (1955), “Becket” (1964), “Anne of the Thousand Days” (1969), “True Grit” (1969), and “Mary, Queen of Scots” (1971).
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Bette Davis (1974)
Image Credit: The Print Collector/Heritage Images/Newscom/TheMegaAgency Bette Davis became the 23rd recipient in 1974. She was an actress, best known for “Of Human Bondage” (1934), “Dangerous” (1935), “Jezebel” (1938), “Dark Victory” (1939), “The Letter” (1940), “The Little Foxes” (1941), “Now, Voyager” (1942), “Mr. Skeffington” (1944), “All About Eve” (1950), and “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” (1962).
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Samuel Goldwyn (1973)
Image Credit: Underwood & Underwood, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Samuel Goldwyn became the 22nd recipient in 1973. He was a producer, best known for “Dodsworth” (1936), “Dead End” (1937), “Wuthering Heights” (1939), “The Little Foxes” (1941), “Ball of Fire” (1941), “The Pride of the Yankees” (1942), “The Best Years of Our Lives” (1946), “The Bishop’s Wife” (1947), “Guys and Dolls” (1955), and “Porgy and Bess” (1959).
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Alfred Hitchcock (1972)
Image Credit: Nick Ackerman/WWD Alfred Hitchcock became the 21st recipient in 1972. He was a director best known for Rebecca (1940), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Suspicion (1941), Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Notorious (1946), Strangers on a Train (1951) Dial M For Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959) and Psycho (1960).
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Frank Sinatra (1971)
Image Credit: Guy Delort/WWD Frank Sinatra became the 20th recipient in 1971. He was an actor, best known for “Anchors Aweigh” (1945), “On the Town” (1949), “From Here to Eternity” (1953), “Guys and Dolls” (1955), “The Man with the Golden Arm” (1955), “Some Came Running” (1958), “Oceans 11” (1960), “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962), “Come Blow Your Horn” (1963), and “Von Ryan’s Express” (1965).
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Joan Crawford (1970)
Image Credit: Studio publicity still, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Joan Crawford became the 19th recipient in 1970. She was an actress, best known for “Grand Hotel” (1932), “The Women” (1939), “Mildred Pierce” (1945), “Possessed” (1947), “The Damned Don’t Cry” (1950), “Sudden Fear” (1952), “Johnny Guitar” (1954), “Autumn Leaves” (1956), “The Best of Everything” (1959), and “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” (1962).
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Gregory Peck (1969)
Image Credit: Alan Berliner/WWD Gregory Peck became the 18th recipient in 1969. He was an actor, best known for “Spellbound” (1945), “The Yearling” (1946), “Gentleman’s Agreement” (1947), “12 O’Clock High” (1949), “Roman Holiday” (1953), “The Guns of Navarone” (1961), “Cape Fear” (1961), “To Kill a Mockingbird” (1962), “The Omen” (1976), and “The Boys from Brazil” (1978).
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Kirk Douglas (1968)
Image Credit: Frank Diernhammer/WWD Kirk Douglas became the 17th recipient in 1968. He is an actor, best known for “Out of the Past” (1947), “Champion” (1948), “Detective Story” (1951), “Ace in the Hole” (1951), “The Bad and the Beautiful” (1952), “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” (1954), “Lust for Life” (1956), “Paths of Glory” (1957), “Spartacus” (1960), and “Seven Days in May” (1964).
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Charlton Heston (1967)
Image Credit: Courtesy Image Charlton Heston became the 16th recipient in 1967. He was an actor, best known for “The Ten Commandments” (1956), “Touch of Evil” (1958), “Ben-Hur” (1959), “El Cid” (1961), “The Agony and the Ecstasy” (1965), “Planet of the Apes” (1968), “The Omega Man” (1971), “Soylent Green” (1973), “Tombstone” (1993), and “Hamlet” (1996).
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John Wayne (1966)
Image Credit: George Greenwell / Mirrorpix/Newscom/The Mega Agency John Wayne became the 15th recipient in 1966. He was an actor, best known for “Stagecoach” (1939), “The Long Voyage Home” (1940), “They Were Expendable” (1945),“Sands of Iwo Jima” (1949), “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” (1949), “The Quiet Man” (1952), “The Searchers” (1956), “Rio Bravo” (1959), “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence” (1962), and “True Grit” (1969).
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James Stewart (1965)
Image Credit: Studio publicity still, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons James Stewart became the 14th recipient in 1965. He was an actor, best known for “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” (1939), “The Philadelphia Story” (1940), “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946), “Harvey” (1950), “Winchester ’73” (1950), “Rear Window” (1954), “Vertigo” (1958), “Anatomy of a Murder” (1959), “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence” (1962), and “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965).
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Joseph E. Levine (1964)
Image Credit: Peter Simins/WWD Joseph E. Levine became the 13th recipient in 1964. He was a producer and executive, best known for “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” (1962), “Contempt” (1963), “Marriage Italian Style” (1964), “Darling” (1965), “The Graduate” (1967), “The Producers” (1968), “The Lion in Winter” (1968), “Carnal Knowledge” (1970), “A Bridge Too Far” (1977), and “Magic” (1978).
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Bob Hope (1963)
Image Credit: Guy Delort/WWD Bob Hope became the 12th recipient in 1963. He was an actor, best known for “Road to Singapore” (1940), “Nothing But the Truth” (1941), “Road to Morocco” (1942), “Road to Utopia” (1945), “Road to Rio” (1947), “The Paleface” (1948), “The Lemon Drop Kid” (1951), “Casanova’s Big Night” (1950), “The Facts of Life” (1960), and “Critic’s Choice” (1963).
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Judy Garland (1962)
Image Credit: Warner Bros., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Judy Garland became the 11th recipient in 1962. She was an actress, best known for “The Wizard of Oz” (1939), “Babes in Arms” (1939), “Meet Me in St. Louis” (1944), “The Clock” (1945), “The Harvey Girls” (1946), “Easter Parade” (1948), “The Pirate” (1948), “A Star is Born” (1954), “Judgement at Nuremberg” (1961), and “A Child is Waiting” (1963).
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Fred Astaire (1961)
Image Credit: Studio publicity still, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Fred Astaire became the 10th recipient in 1961. He was an actor, best known for “Top Hat” (1935), “Swing Time” (1936), “Holiday Inn” (1942), “Easter Parade” (1948), “Royal Wedding” (1951), “The Band Wagon” (1953), “Funny Face” (1957), “On the Beach” (1959), “Finian’s Rainbow” (1968), and “The Towering Inferno” (1974).
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Bing Crosby (1960)
Image Credit: Courtesy Image Bing Crosby became the 9th recipient in 1960. He was an actor, best known for “Holiday Inn” (1942), “Road to Morocco” (1942), “Going My Way” (1944), “The Bells of St. Mary’s” (1945), “Road to Utopia” (1945), “Road to Rio” (1947), “White Christmas” (1954), “The Country Girl” (1954), “Anything Goes” (1956), and “High Society” (1956).
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Maurice Chevalier (1959)
Image Credit: William Morris Agency (management)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Maurice Chevalier became the 8th recipient in 1959. He was an actor, best known for “The Love Parade” (1929), “The Big Pond” (1930), “Love Me Tonight” (1932), “The Merry Widow” (1934), “A Royal Affair” (1949), “Love in the Afternoon” (1957), “Gigi” (1958), “Pepe” (1960), “Can-Can” (1960), and “Fanny” (1961).
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Buddy Adler (1958)
Image Credit: Courtesy Image Buddy Adler became the 7th recipient in 1958. He was a producer, best known for “From Here to Eternity” (1953), “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” (1955), “Soldier of Fortune” (1955), “House of Bamboo” (1955), “Bus Stop” (1956), “Anastasia” (1956), “Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison” (1957), “A Hatful of Rain” (1957), “South Pacific” (1958), and “The Inn of the Sixth Happiness” (1958).
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Mervyn LeRoy (1957)
Image Credit: Lynn Karlin/WWD Mervyn LeRoy became the 6th recipient in 1957. He was a director, best known for “Little Caesar” (1931), “I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang” (1932), “Anthony Adverse” (1936), “Random Harvest” (1942), “Quo Vadis” (1951), “Mister Roberts” (1955), “The Bad Seed” (1956), “No Time for Sergeants” (1958), “A Majority of One” (1961), and “Gypsy” (1962).
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Jack L. Warner (1956)
Image Credit: Press photo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Jack L. Warner became the 5th recipient in 1956. He was a producer and studio head, best known for “Yankee Doodle Dandy” (1942), “Casablanca” (1943), “To Have and Have Not” (1944), “Arsenic and Old Lace” (1944), “Mildred Pierce” (1945), “The Big Sleep” (1946), “Possessed” (1947), “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (1948), “My Fair Lady” (1964), and “Camelot” (1967).
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Jean Hersholt (1955)
Image Credit: Universal Studios, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Jean Hersholt became the 4th recipient in 1955. He was an actor, best known for “Greed” (1924), “Torment” (1924), “Grand Hotel” (1932), “Private Lives” (1931), “The Mask of Fu Manchu” (1932), “Dinner at Eight” (1933), “The Painted Veil” (1934), “Heidi” (1937), “Seventh Heaven” (1937), and “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” (1938).
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Darryl F. Zanuck (1954)
Image Credit: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Darryl F. Zanuck became the 3rd recipient in 1954. He was a producer and studio head, best known for “In Old Chicago” (1937), “The Grapes of Wrath” (1940), “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), “Wilson” (1944), “12 O’Clock High” (1949), “No Way Out” (1950), “All About Eve” (1950), “Viva Zapata!” (1952), “The Longest Day” (1962), and “Tora! Tora! Tora!” (1970).
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Walt Disney (1953)
Image Credit: Boy Scouts of America, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Walt Disney became the 2nd recipient in 1953. He was a producer, animator, and studio head, best known for “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (1937), “Fantasia” (1940), “Pinocchio” (1940), “Bambi” (1941), “Dumbo” (1941), “Cinderella” (1950), “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” (1954), “101 Dalmatians” (1961), “Mary Poppins” (1964), and “The Jungle Book” (1967).
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Cecil B. DeMille (1952)
Image Credit: Columbia Broadcasting System-CBS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Cecil B. DeMille became the 1st recipient in 1952. He was a director, best known for “The King of Kings” (1927), “The Squaw Man” (1931), “The Sign of the Cross” (1932), “Cleopatra” (1934), “The Buccaneer” (1938), “Union Pacific” (1939), “Reap the Wild Wind” (1942), “Samson and Delilah” (1949), “The Greatest Show on Earth” (1952), and “The Ten Commandments” (1956).
