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Kennedy Center Honors Award
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The Kennedy Center Honors are awarded annually to (usually) five individuals or organisations that have made significant contributions to American cultural life.
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| Aaron Copland | | Composer |
1979
| Adolph Green | | Lyricist |
1991 Part of the writing team Comden & Green
| Adolph Green | | Playwright |
1991 Part of the writing team Comden & Green
| Adolph Green | | Screenwriter |
1991 Part of the writing team Comden & Green
| Adolph Green | | Songwriter |
1991 Part of the writing team Comden & Green
| Agnes De Mille | | Choreographer |
1980
| Agnes De Mille | | Dancer |
1980
| Alexander Schneider | | Conductor |
1988
| Alexander Schneider | | Violinist |
1988
| Alexandra Danilova | | Dancer |
1989 [Prima Ballerina Assoluta]
| Alan Jay Lerner | | Librettist |
1985 Musical comedy writing team with Frederick Lowe
| Alan Jay Lerner | | Lyricist |
1985 Musical comedy writing team with Frederick Lowe
| Alvin Ailey | | Choreographer |
1988
| Alwin Nikolais | | Choreographer |
1987
| Andrew Lloyd Webber | | Composer |
2006
| Andrè Previn | | Composer |
1997
| Andrè Previn | | Conductor |
1997
| Andrè Previn | | Pianist |
1997
| Angela Lansbury | | Actor |
2000
| Antony Tudor | | Choreographer |
1986
| Aretha Franklin | | Singer |
1994
| Arthur Miller | | Playwright |
1984
| Arthur Mitchell | | Choreographer |
1993
| Arthur Rubinstein | | Pianist |
1978
| Barbara Cook | | Actor |
2011
| Barbra Streisand | | Actor |
| Barbra Streisand | | Singer |
2008
| Benny Goodman | | Bandleader |
1982
| Benny Goodman | | Clarinetist |
1982
| Benny Goodman | | Composer |
1982
| Bette Davis | | Actor |
1987
| Betty Comden | | Playwright |
1991 Part of the writing team Comden & Green
| Betty Comden | | Screenwriter |
1991 Part of the writing team Comden & Green
| Betty Comden | | Songwriter |
1991 Part of the writing team Comden & Green
| Beverly Sills | | Singer |
1985 [Operatic Soprano]
| Bill Cosby | | Actor |
1997
| Bill Cosby | | Comedian |
1997. The award was rescinded in 2018 following Cosby's convictions for indecent assault.
| Bill T. Jones | | Choreographer |
2010
| Billy Joel | | Singer |
2013
| Billy Wilder | | Actor |
1990
| Billy Wilder | | Director |
1990
| Brian Wilson | | Singer |
2007
| Carlos Santana | | Musician |
2013
| Carmen De Lavallade | | Choreographer |
2017
| Carmen De Lavallade | | Dancer |
2017
| Carol Burnett | | Actor |
2003
| Carole King | | Musician |
2015
| Cary Grant | | Actor |
1981
| Charlton Heston | | Actor |
1997
| Chita Rivera | | Dancer |
2002
| Chita Rivera | | Singer |
2002
| Cicely Tyson | | Actor |
2015
| Claudette Colbert | | Actor |
1989
| Clint Eastwood | | Actor |
2000
| Clint Eastwood | | Director |
2000
| Clint Eastwood | | Film Producer |
2000
| Count Basie | | Bandleader |
1981
| Count Basie | | Composer |
1981
| Danny Kaye | | Actor |
1984
| David Letterman | | Television Host |
2012
| Diana Ross | | Singer |
2007
| Dolly Parton | | Actor |
2006
| Dolly Parton | | Singer |
2006
| Dolly Parton | | Songwriter |
| Dustin Hoffman | | Actor |
2012
| Edward Albee | | Playwright |
1996
| Edward Villella | | Choreographer |
1997
| Elia Kazan | | Director |
1983
| Elizabeth Taylor | | Actor |
2002
| Ella Fitzgerald | | Singer |
1979
| Elton John | | Singer |
2004
| Eugene Ormandy | | Conductor |
1982
| Eugene Ormandy | | Violinist |
1982
| Fayard Nicholas | | Dancer |
1991 Tap Dancer with brother Harold
| Frederick Loewe | | Composer |
1985 Musical comedy writing team with Alan Jay Lerner
| George Abbott | | Director |
1982
| George Abbott | | Theatre Producer |
1982
| George Balanchine | | Choreographer |
1978
| George Jones | | Singer |
2008
| George Lucas | | Filmmaker |
2015
| Gian Carlo Menotti | | Composer |
1984
| Gloria Estefan | | Musician |
2017
| Gregory Peck | | Actor |
1991
| Harold Nicholas | | Dancer |
1991 Tap Dancer with brother Fayard
| Harold Prince | | Theatre Producer |
1994
| Harry Belafonte | | Activist |
1989
| Harry Belafonte | | Actor |
1989
| Harry Belafonte | | Singer |
1989
| Helen Hayes | | Actor |
1981
| Henry Fonda | | Actor |
1979
| Herbie Hancock | | Musician |
2013
| Hume Cronyn | | Actor |
1986
| Irene Dunne | | Actor |
1985
| Isaac Stern | | Violinist |
1984
| Itzhak Perlman | | Conductor |
2003
| Itzhak Perlman | | Violinist |
2003
| Jack Lemmon | | Actor |
1996
| Jack Nicholson | | Actor |
2001
| James Brown | | Singer |
2003
| James Cagney | | Actor |
1980
| James Earl Jones | | Actor |
2002
| James Levine | | Conductor |
2002
| James Levine | | Pianist |
2002
| James Stewart | | Actor |
1983
| James Taylor | | Musician |
2016
| Jason Robards | | Actor |
1999
| Jerome Robbins | | Director |
1981
| Jerry Herman | | Composer |
2010
| Jessica Tandy | | Actor |
1986
| Jessye Norman | | Singer |
1997 [Operatic Soprano]
| Joanne Woodward | | Actor |
1992
| John Kander | | Composer |
1997 Songwriting team with Fred Ebb
| Johnny Cash | | Singer |
1996 [Country Music]
| John Williams | | Composer |
2004
| Joan Sutherland | | Singer |
2004 [Dramatic Coloratura Soprano]
| Judith Jamison | | Choreographer |
1999
| Judith Jamison | | Dancer |
1999
| Jule Styne | | Songwriter |
1990
| Julie Andrews | | Actor |
2001
| Julie Andrews | | Singer |
2001
| Julie Harris | | Actor |
2005
| Katherine Dunham | | Choreographer |
1983
| Katherine Hepburn | | Actor |
1990
| Kirk Douglas | | Actor |
1994
| Lauren Bacall | | Actor |
1997
| Led Zeppelin | | Rock Band |
2012
| Lena Horne | | Actor |
1984
| Lena Horne | | Singer |
1984
| Leonard Bernstein | | Conductor |
1980
| Leon Fleisher | | Conductor |
2007
| Leon Fleisher | | Pianist |
2007
| Leontyne Price | | Singer |
1980 [Operatic Soprano]
| Lillian Gish | | Actor |
1982
| Lily Tomlin | | Actor |
2014
| Lionel Richie | | Musician |
2017
| Loretta Lynn | | Singer |
2003 [Country Music]
| Luciano Pavarotti | | Singer |
2001 [Opera]
| Lucille Ball | | Actor |
1986
| Lynn Fontaine | | Choreographer |
1980
| Marian Anderson | | Singer |
1978 [Operatic Soprano]
| Marilyn Horne | | Singer |
1995 [Operatic Soprano]
| Marion Williams | | Singer |
1993 [Gospel Music]
| Maria Tallchief | | Dancer |
1996 [Ballerina]
| Martha Argerich | | Musician |
2016
| Martha Graham | | Choreographer |
1979
| Martina Arroyo | | Singer |
2013
| Martin Scorsese | | Director |
2007
| Mary Martin | | Actor |
1989
| Mavis Staples | | Musician |
2016
| Merce Cunningham | | Choreographer |
1985
| Merle Haggard | | Musician |
2010
| Meryl Streep | | Actor |
2011
| Mike Nichols | | Director |
2003
| Mikhail Baryshnikov | | Dancer |
2000 [Ballet]
| Morgan Freeman | | Actor |
2008
| Morton Gould | | Composer |
1994
| Morton Gould | | Conductor |
1994
| Mstislav Rostropovich | | Cellist |
1992
| Mstislav Rostropovich | | Conductor |
1992
| Natalia Makarova | | Choreographer |
2012
| Natalia Makarova | | Dancer |
2012
| Nathan Milstein | | Violinist |
1987
| Neil Diamond | | Musician |
2011
| Neil Simon | | Playwright |
1995
| Norman Lear | | Script Writer |
2017
| Oprah Winfrey | | Television Presenter |
2010
| Ossie Davis | | Activist |
2004
| Ossie Davis | | Actor |
2004
| Ossie Davis | | Director |
2004
| Ossie Davis | | Screenwriter |
2004
| Patricia McBride | | Dancer |
2014
| Paul McCartney | | Musician |
2010
| Paul Newman | | Actor |
1992
| Paul Simon | | Composer |
2002
| Paul Simon | | Guitarist |
2002
| Paul Simon | | Pianist |
2002
| Paul Simon | | Record Producer |
2002
| Paul Simon | | Singer |
2002
| Paul Simon | | Songwriter |
2002
| Paul Taylor | | Choreographer |
1992
| Perry Como | | Singer |
1987
| Pete Seeger | | Activist |
1994
| Pete Seeger | | Singer |
1994
| Pete Seeger | | Songwriter |
1994
| Pete Townshend | | Musician |
2008
| Plácido Domingo | | Singer |
2000 Opera
| Quincy Jones | | Composer |
2001
| Richard Rodgers | | Composer |
1978
| Risë Stevens | | Singer |
1990 [Operatic Soprano]
| Rita Moreno | | Actor |
2015
| Rita Moreno | | Dancer |
2015
| Robert Redford | | Actor |
2005
| Robert Redford | | Director |
2005
| Robert Shaw | | Conductor |
1991
| Roger Daltrey | | Singer |
2008
| Roger L. Stevens | | Theatre Producer |
1988
| Ruby Dee | | Playwright |
2004
| Ruby Dee | | Screenwriter |
2004
| Rudolf Serkin | | Pianist |
1981
| Sean Connery | | Actor |
1999
| Seiji Ozawa | | Conductor |
2015
| Shirley MacLaine | | Actor |
2013
| Shirley Temple Black | | Actor |
1997
| Sidney Poitier | | Activist |
1995
| Sidney Poitier | | Actor |
1995
| Sir Georg Solti | | Conductor |
1993
| Smokey Robinson | | Singer |
2006
| Smokey Robinson | | Songwriter |
2006
| Sonny Rollins | | Musician |
2011
| Stephen Sondheim | | Composer |
1993
| Stephen Sondheim | | Lyricist |
1993
| Steve Martin | | Actor |
2007
| Steven Spielberg | | Director |
2006
| Stevie Wonder | | Singer |
1999
| Suzanne Farrell | | Dancer |
2005 [Ballerina]
| Tennessee Williams | | Author |
1979
| Tina Turner | | Singer |
2005
| Tony Bennett | | Painter |
2005
| Tony Bennett | | Singer |
2005
| Twyla Tharp | | Choreographer |
2008
| Van Cliburn | | Pianist |
2001
| Victor Borge | | Pianist |
1999
| Virgil Thomson | | Composer |
1983
| Warren Beatty | | Actor |
2004
| William Schuman | | Composer |
1989
| Willie Nelson | | Singer |
1997 [Country Music]
| Yehudi Menuhin | | Conductor |
1986
| Yehudi Menuhin | | Violinist |
1986
| Zubin Mehta | | Conductor |
2006
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