About The Kennedy Center Honors
- Released on December 28, 1978
The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.
Full Cast of The Kennedy Center Honors
Rudolf Serkin plays Self (1 episode)
James Levine plays Self (1 episode)
Mike Nichols plays Self (1 episode)
Andrew Lloyd Webber plays Self (1 episode)
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musi...
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Sean Connery plays Self (1 episode)
Joan Sutherland plays Self (1 episode)
Marion Williams plays Self (1 episode)
Robert Redford plays Self (1 episode)
Charles Robert Redford Jr. (born August 18, 1936) is an American actor, director and activist. Throughout his career,...
See Robert Redford's other roles →Leon Fleisher plays Self (1 episode)
Mary Martin plays Self (1 episode)
Luciano Pavarotti plays Self (1 episode)
Luciano Pavarotti Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian operatic tenor who during the late part of his career c...
See Luciano Pavarotti's other roles →Lynn Fontanne plays Self (1 episode)
Isaac Stern plays Self (1 episode)
Perry Como plays Self (1 episode)
Merce Cunningham plays Self (1 episode)
Marilyn Horne plays Self (1 episode)
Twyla Tharp plays Self (1 episode)
George Abbott plays Self (1 episode)
George Balanchine plays Self (1 episode)
Jessica Tandy plays Self (1 episode)
Shirley Temple plays Self (1 episode)
Aaron Copland plays Self (1 episode)
Morton Gould plays Self (1 episode)
Plácido Domingo plays Self (1 episode)
Although born in Madrid, Spain, Placido Domingo spent a major portion of his life living in Mexico City where he grad...
See Plácido Domingo's other roles →Virgil Thomson plays Self (1 episode)
Billy Wilder plays Self (1 episode)
Fayard Nicholas plays Self (1 episode)
Mstislav Rostropovich plays Self (1 episode)
Katherine Dunham plays Self (2 episodes)
Nathan Milstein plays Self (1 episode)
Maria Tallchief plays Self (1 episode)
Judith Jamison plays Self (1 episode)
Jerome Robbins plays Self (1 episode)
Danny Kaye plays Self (1 episode)
John Kander plays Self (1 episode)
Tina Turner plays Self (1 episode)
Tina Turner (November 26, 1939 - May 24, 2023) was an American singer and actress whose career spanned more than 50 y...
See Tina Turner's other roles →Eugene Ormandy plays Self (1 episode)
Beverly Sills plays Self (1 episode)
Mikhail Baryshnikov plays Self (1 episode)
Alexandra Danilova plays Self (1 episode)
Georg Solti plays Self (1 episode)
Aretha Franklin plays Self (1 episode)
Martin Scorsese plays Self (1 episode)
James Earl Jones plays Self (1 episode)
James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is a multi-award-winning American actor of theater and film, well known for ...
See James Earl Jones's other roles →Lauren Bacall plays Self (1 episode)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) ...
See Lauren Bacall's other roles →Van Cliburn plays Self (1 episode)
Agnes de Mille plays Self (1 episode)
Paul Taylor plays Self (1 episode)
Ruby Dee plays Self (1 episode)
Antony Tudor plays Self (1 episode)
Ed Bradley plays Self (1 episode)
Itzhak Perlman plays Self (1 episode)
Harold Nicholas plays Self (1 episode)
Alvin Ailey plays Self (1 episode)
Morgan Freeman plays Self (1 episode)
Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, director, and narrator. Noted for his distinctive deep voice...
See Morgan Freeman's other roles →Stephen Sondheim plays Self (1 episode)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Stephen Joshua Sondheim (March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021) was an American ...
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Claudette Colbert plays Self (1 episode)
John Williams plays Self (1 episode)
John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. Widely regarded as one ...
See John Williams's other roles →Leontyne Price plays Self (1 episode)
Elizabeth Taylor plays Self (1 episode)
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor, DBE (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-American actress. From h...
See Elizabeth Taylor's other roles →Diana Ross plays Self (1 episode)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer, actress, and record pr...
See Diana Ross's other roles →Pete Townshend plays Self (1 episode)
Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend (born 19 May 1945) is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and aut...
See Pete Townshend's other roles →Hume Cronyn plays Self (1 episode)
Alexander Schneider plays Self (1 episode)
Carol Burnett plays Self (1 episode)
Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American actress, comedienne, singer, dancer and writer. Burnett ...
See Carol Burnett's other roles →Ella Fitzgerald plays Self (1 episode)
Gian Carlo Menotti plays Self (1 episode)
Robert Shaw plays Self (1 episode)
Jack Nicholson plays Self (1 episode)
Bob Dylan plays Self (1 episode)
Elia Kazan plays Self (1 episode)
Lionel Hampton plays Self (1 episode)
Victor Borge plays Self (1 episode)
Alan Jay Lerner plays Self (1 episode)
Pete Seeger plays Self (1 episode)
Count Basie plays Self (1 episode)
Alwin Nikolais plays Self (1 episode)
Chuck Berry plays Self (1 episode)
André Previn plays Self (1 episode)
Neil Simon plays Self (1 episode)
Tony Bennett plays Self (1 episode)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Anthony Dominick Benedetto (August 3, 1926 - July 21, 2023), known profession...
See Tony Bennett's other roles →Richard Rodgers plays Self (1 episode)
Lillian Gish plays Self (1 episode)
Johnny Cash plays Self (1 episode)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John R. "Johnny" Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 200...
See Johnny Cash's other roles →Julie Andrews plays Self (1 episode)
Dame Julia Elizabeth Andrews, DBE is a British film and stage actress, singer, and author. She is the recipient of Go...
See Julie Andrews's other roles →Arthur Miller plays Self (1 episode)
Bette Davis plays Self (1 episode)
Stevie Wonder plays Self (1 episode)
Jack Lemmon plays Self (1 episode)
John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor and musician. He starred in mor...
See Jack Lemmon's other roles →James Cagney plays Self (1 episode)
Irene Dunne plays Self (1 episode)
Roger L. Stevens plays Self (1 episode)
Tennessee Williams plays Self (1 episode)
Benny Goodman plays Self (1 episode)
Fred Ebb plays Self (1 episode)
William Howard Schuman plays Self (1 episode)
James Brown plays Self (1 episode)
James Brown (May 3, 1933 - December 25, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter, eventually referred to as "The G...
See James Brown's other roles →Julie Harris plays Self (1 episode)
Arthur Mitchell plays Self (1 episode)
James Stewart plays Self (1 episode)
Elton John plays Self (1 episode)
Elton John is an English singer, pianist and composer. He has made appearances in numerous films such as "Born to Bo...
See Elton John's other roles →Roy Acuff plays Self (1 episode)
Joanne Woodward plays Self (1 episode)
Kirk Douglas plays Self (1 episode)
Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor, producer, director...
See Kirk Douglas's other roles →Steven Spielberg plays Self (1 episode)
Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American film director, writer and producer. A major figure of ...
See Steven Spielberg's other roles →Brian Wilson plays Self (1 episode)
Fred Astaire plays Self (1 episode)
Katharine Hepburn plays Self (1 episode)
Edward Villella plays Self (1 episode)
Clint Eastwood plays Self (1 episode)
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and former p...
See Clint Eastwood's other roles →Helen Hayes plays Self (1 episode)
Chita Rivera plays Self (1 episode)
Ray Charles plays Self (1 episode)
George Jones plays Self (1 episode)
Steve Martin plays Self (1 episode)
Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, mus...
See Steve Martin's other roles →Cary Grant plays Self (1 episode)
Charlton Heston plays Self (1 episode)
Charlton Heston was an American actor of film, theatre and television. Heston is known for heroic roles in films such...
See Charlton Heston's other roles →Warren Beatty plays Self (1 episode)
Willie Nelson plays Self (1 episode)
Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American country singer-songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist....
See Willie Nelson's other roles →Paul Simon plays Self (1 episode)
Roger Daltrey plays Self (1 episode)
Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE (born 1 March 1944), is an English singer-songwriter and actor, best known as the founder an...
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Frank Sinatra plays Self (1 episode)
Edward Albee plays Self (1 episode)
Dolly Parton plays Self (1 episode)
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress...
See Dolly Parton's other roles →Johnny Carson plays Self (1 episode)
Johnny Carson was born on October 23, 1925 and passed away 19 years ago at the age of 79 on January 23, 2005.
See Johnny Carson's other roles →Quincy Jones plays Self (1 episode)
Yehudi Menuhin plays Self (1 episode)
Risë Stevens plays Self (1 episode)
Jason Robards plays Self (1 episode)
Loretta Lynn plays Self (1 episode)
Bob Hope plays Self (1 episode)
Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope KBE, KC*SG, KSS (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was an American comedian, actor, and entertai...
See Bob Hope's other roles →Angela Lansbury plays Self (1 episode)
Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury DBE (October 16, 1925 - October 11, 2022) was a British-American actress and singer who h...
See Angela Lansbury's other roles →Sidney Poitier plays Self (1 episode)
Leonard Bernstein plays Self (1 episode)
Harry Belafonte plays Self (1 episode)
Lena Horne plays Self (1 episode)
Sammy Davis Jr. plays Self (1 episode)
Paul Newman plays Self (1 episode)
Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, human...
See Paul Newman's other roles →Gene Kelly plays Self (1 episode)
George Burns plays Self (1 episode)
Bill Cosby plays Self (1 episode)
B.B. King plays Self (1 episode)
Myrna Loy plays Self (1 episode)
Lucille Ball plays Self (1 episode)
Adolph Green plays Self (1 episode)
Ginger Rogers plays Self (1 episode)
Ossie Davis plays Self (1 episode)
Gregory Peck plays Self (1 episode)
Jessye Norman plays Self (1 episode)
Jule Styne plays Self (1 episode)
Jacques d'Amboise plays Self (1 episode)
Cher plays Self (1 episode)
Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian; May 20, 1946) is an American singer and actress. Commonly referred to as the Goddess o...
See Cher's other roles →Betty Comden plays Self (1 episode)
Emily Blunt plays Self (1 episode)
Emily Olivia Leah Blunt (born 23 February 1983) is a British actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, incl...
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Reba McEntire plays Self (1 episode)
Reba Nell McEntire (born March 28, 1955), also known mononymously as Reba, is an American country music singer and ac...
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Martha Graham plays Self (1 episode)
George Clooney plays Self - Honoree (1 episode)
George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of numerous accolad...
See George Clooney's other roles →Amy Grant plays Self - Honoree (1 episode)
Amy Lee Grant is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress. She is known for per...
See Amy Grant's other roles →Gladys Knight plays Self - Honoree (1 episode)
Gladys Knight was born on May 28, 1944 and is currently 80 years old.
See Gladys Knight's other roles →Tania Leon plays Self - Honoree (1 episode)
Bono plays Self - Honoree (1 episode)
Paul David Hewson, better known by his stage name Bono, is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician, venture capitalist, ...
See Bono's other roles →Adam Clayton plays Self - Honoree (1 episode)
Adam Charles Clayton (born 13 March 1960), is an English-born Irish musician who is the bass guitarist of the rock ba...
See Adam Clayton's other roles →Larry Mullen Jr. plays Self - Honoree (1 episode)
Larry Mullen Jr. was born on October 31, 1961 and is currently 62 years old.
See Larry Mullen Jr.'s other roles →The Edge plays Self - Honoree (1 episode)
David Howell Evans (born 8 August 1961), better known by his stage name The Edge (or just Edge), is an Irish musician...
See The Edge's other roles →Joe Biden plays Self (1 episode)
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American politician who is currently serving as the 46th President of the United Sta...
See Joe Biden's other roles →Jill Biden plays Self (1 episode)
Jill Tracy Biden is an American educator. She is the wife of the 47th Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden,...
See Jill Biden's other roles →Kamala Harris plays Self (1 episode)
Kamala Harris is an American politician who is the 49th Vice president of the United States.
See Kamala Harris's other roles →Marian Anderson plays Self (1 episode)
Crew of The Kennedy Center Honors
Discover the backstage crew of The Kennedy Center Honors →
- Rudolf Serkin
- James Levine
- Mike Nichols
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Benny Carter
- Sean Connery
- Joan Sutherland
- Marion Williams
- Robert Redford
- Leon Fleisher
- Mary Martin
- Luciano Pavarotti
- Lynn Fontanne
- Isaac Stern
- Perry Como
- Merce Cunningham
- Marilyn Horne
- Twyla Tharp
- George Abbott
- George Balanchine
- Jessica Tandy
- Shirley Temple
- Aaron Copland
- Morton Gould
- Plácido Domingo
- Virgil Thomson
- Billy Wilder
- Fayard Nicholas
- Mstislav Rostropovich
- Katherine Dunham
- Nathan Milstein
- Maria Tallchief
- Judith Jamison
- Jerome Robbins
- Danny Kaye
- John Kander
- Tina Turner
- Eugene Ormandy
- Beverly Sills
- Mikhail Baryshnikov
- Alexandra Danilova
- Georg Solti
- Aretha Franklin
- Martin Scorsese
- James Earl Jones
- Lauren Bacall
- Van Cliburn
- Agnes de Mille
- Paul Taylor
- Ruby Dee
- Antony Tudor
- Ed Bradley
- Itzhak Perlman
- Harold Nicholas
- Alvin Ailey
- Morgan Freeman
- Stephen Sondheim
- Smokey Robinson
- Claudette Colbert
- John Williams
- Leontyne Price
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Diana Ross
- Pete Townshend
- Hume Cronyn
- Alexander Schneider
- Carol Burnett
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Gian Carlo Menotti
- Robert Shaw
- Jack Nicholson
- Bob Dylan
- Elia Kazan
- Lionel Hampton
- Victor Borge
- Alan Jay Lerner
- Pete Seeger
- Count Basie
- Alwin Nikolais
- Chuck Berry
- André Previn
- Neil Simon
- Tony Bennett
- Richard Rodgers
- Lillian Gish
- Johnny Cash
- Julie Andrews
- Arthur Miller
- Bette Davis
- Stevie Wonder
- Jack Lemmon
- James Cagney
- Irene Dunne
- Roger L. Stevens
- Tennessee Williams
- Benny Goodman
- Fred Ebb
- William Howard Schuman
- James Brown
- Julie Harris
- Arthur Mitchell
- James Stewart
- Elton John
- Roy Acuff
- Joanne Woodward
- Kirk Douglas
- Steven Spielberg
- Brian Wilson
- Fred Astaire
- Katharine Hepburn
- Edward Villella
- Clint Eastwood
- Helen Hayes
- Chita Rivera
- Ray Charles
- George Jones
- Steve Martin
- Cary Grant
- Charlton Heston
- Warren Beatty
- Willie Nelson
- Paul Simon
- Roger Daltrey
- Henry Fonda
- Frank Sinatra
- Edward Albee
- Dolly Parton
- Johnny Carson
- Quincy Jones
- Yehudi Menuhin
- Risë Stevens
- Jason Robards
- Loretta Lynn
- Bob Hope
- Angela Lansbury
- Sidney Poitier
- Leonard Bernstein
- Harry Belafonte
- Lena Horne
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Paul Newman
- Gene Kelly
- George Burns
- Bill Cosby
- B.B. King
- Myrna Loy
- Lucille Ball
- Adolph Green
- Ginger Rogers
- Ossie Davis
- Gregory Peck
- Jessye Norman
- Jule Styne
- Jacques d'Amboise
- Cher
- Betty Comden
- Emily Blunt
- Philip Glass
- Reba McEntire
- Wayne Shorter
- Martha Graham
- George Clooney
- Amy Grant
- Gladys Knight
- Tania Leon
- Bono
- Adam Clayton
- Larry Mullen Jr.
- The Edge
- Joe Biden
- Jill Biden
- Kamala Harris
- Marian Anderson