The Kennedy Center Honors have been awarded annually since 1978. The recipients, by year, are:
1978: Marian Anderson, Fred Astaire, George Balanchine, Richard Rogers and Arthur Rubinstein
1979: Aaron Copland, Ella Fitzgerald, Henry Fonda, Martha Graham and Tennessee Williams
1980: Leonard Bernstein, James Cagney, Agnes deMille, Lynn Fontanne and Leontyne Price
1981: Count Basie, Cary Grant, Helen Hayes, Jerome Robbins and Rudolf Serkin
1982: George Abbott, Lillian Gish, Benny Goodman, Gene Kelly and Eugene Ormandy
1983: Katherine Dunham, Elia Kazan, Frank Sinatra, James Stewart and Virgil Thomson
1984: Lena Horne, Danny Kaye, Gian Carlo Menotti, Arthur Miller and Isaac Stern
1985: Merce Cunningham, Irene Dunne, Bob Hope, Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe and Beverly Sills
1986: Lucille Ball, Ray Charles, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Yehudi Menuhin and Antony Tudor
1987: Perry Como, Bette Davis, Sammy Davis, Jr., Nathan Milstein and Alwin Nikolais
1988: Alvin Ailey, George Burns, Myrna Loy, Alexander Schneider and Roger L. Stevens
1989: Harry Belafonte, Claudette Colbert, Alexandra Danilova, Mary Martin and William Schuman
1990: Dizzy Gillespie, Katharine Hepburn, Rise Stevens, Jule Styne and Billy Wilder
1991: Roy Acuff, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Fayard Nicholas, Harold Nicholas, Gregory Peck and Robert Shaw
1992: Lionel Hampton, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Ginger Rogers, Mstislav Rostropovich and Paul Taylor
1993: Johnny Carson, Arthur Mitchell, George Solti, Stephen Sondheim and Marion Williams
1994: Kirk Douglas, Aretha Franklin, Morton Gould, Harold Prince and Pete Seeger
1995: Jacques d'Amboise, Marilyn Horne, Riley B.B. King, Sidney Poitier and Neil Simon
1996: Edward Albee, Benny Carter, Johnny Cash, Jack Lemmon and Maria Tallchief
1997: Lauren Bacall, Bob Dylan, Charlton Heston, Jessye Norman and Edward Villella
1998: Bill Cosby, Fred Ebb & John Kander, Willie Nelson, Andre Previn and Shirley Temple Black
1999: Victor Borge, Sean Connery, Judith Jamison, Jason Robards and Stevie Wonder
2000: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Chuck Berry, Placido Domingo, Clint Eastwood and Angela Lansbury
2001: Julie Andrews, Van Cliburn, Quincy Jones, Jack Nicholson and Luciano Pavarotti
2002: James Earl Jones, James Levine, Chita Rivera, Paul Simon and Elizabeth Taylor
2003: James Brown, Carol Burnett, Loretta Lynn, Mike Nichols and Itzhak Perlman
2004: Warren Beatty, Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee, Elton John, Joan Sutherland and John Williams
2005: Tony Bennett, Suzanne Farrell, Julie Harris, Robert Redford and Tina Turner
2006: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Zubin Mehta, Dolly Parton, Smokey Robinson and Steven Spielberg
2007: Steve Martin, Diana Ross, Leon Fleisher, Martin Scorsese and Brian Wilson
2008: Morgan Freeman, George Jones, Barbara Streisand, Twyla Tharp, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltry
The cast of Christmas at Kennedy Center with Leontyne Price - 1982 includes: Leontyne Price as herself Richard Thomas as Himself - Host
The cast of VH1 Rock Honors - 2006 includes: Jillian Barberie as Herself - Black Carpet Host Jim Breuer as himself Natasha Henstridge as herself Jamie Kennedy as himself Jaime Pressly as Herself - Host Brittany Snow as herself Kiefer Sutherland as himself
Ashley Dru Douglass has: Played Young Drug Addict in "New York Undercover" in 1994. Played Nurse in "Everybody Loves Raymond" in 1996. Played Dancer in "The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts" in 1996. Played Church Patron in "Sekai Gyoten News" in 2000. Played Art History Student in "Mona Lisa Smile" in 2003.
Rob Besserer has: Played Drosselmeier in "Great Performances" in 1971. Played Modern Dance Performer in "Small Time Crooks" in 2000. Played himself in "The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts" in 2000. Played Erick Hawkins in "Ghostlight" in 2003. Played Agamemnon in "The Metropolitan Opera HD Live" in 2006. Played the Prompter in "The Metropolitan Opera HD Live" in 2006.
The Queens birthday honors list is one of two days a year that Queen Elizabeth II bestows honors upon worthy persons mostly of the British commonwealth. There are many honors ranging from knighthoods to MBE (MEMBER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE). There are medals for community service and for exceptional military / civil service. The one other day that honors are regularly bestowed is the New Years Honors list.
Kennedy Center Honors was created in 1978.
When will the 2012 kennedy center honors air on television
The Kennedy Center Honors - 2012 TV was released on: USA: 26 December 2012
Three bronze clips have 1. Kennedy Center Honors, 2. Honoree's name, and 3. date the honor was given.
Each year the board-of-trustees-of-the-kennedy-centerreceives a list of nominations for the kennedy-center-honorsfrom former award recipients and members of the john-f-kennedy-center-for-the-performing-artsnational artists committee. The Board of Trustees then decides who will receive the honors. An annual event since 1978, the Kennedy Center Honors are considered one of the most prestigious awards an artist can receive for his or her contributions to American culture. This year's honors were presented two weeks ago, in a gala affair, to honorees mel-brooks, dave-brubeck, grace-bumbry, robert-deniroand bruce-springsteen. The awards ceremony will be broadcast tonight at 9 PM ET on CBS-TV.
The Kennedy Center Honors - 2013 TV was released on: USA: 29 December 2013
The Kennedy Center Honors A Celebration of the Performing Arts - 1978 TV was released on: USA: December 1978
The Kennedy Center Honors A Celebration of the Performing Arts - 2000 TV was released on: USA: 27 December 2000
The Kennedy Center Honors A Celebration of the Performing Arts - 2001 TV was released on: USA: 26 December 2001
The Kennedy Center Honors A Celebration of the Performing Arts - 2002 TV was released on: USA: 27 December 2002
The Kennedy Center Honors A Celebration of the Performing Arts - 2003 TV was released on: USA: 26 December 2003
The Kennedy Center Honors A Celebration of the Performing Arts - 2004 TV was released on: USA: 21 December 2004