The Kennedy Center Honors

  • Premiered: Dec 1978
  • Episodes: 46
  • Followers: 6
  • Running
  • CBS
  • Wednesday at 20
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Season 1
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The Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 28, 1978
Marian Anderson, Fred Astaire, George Balanchine, Richard Rodgers, and Arthur Rubinstein
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2nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 29, 1979
Aaron Copland, Ella Fitzgerald, Henry Fonda, Martha Graham, and Tennessee Williams
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3rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 27, 1980
Leonard Bernstein, James Cagney, Agnes de Mille, Lynn Fontanne, and Leontyne Price
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4th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 05, 1981
Count Basie, Cary Grant, Helen Hayes, Jerome Robbins, and Rudolf Serkin
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5th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 04, 1982
George Abbott, Lillian Gish, Benny Goodman, Gene Kelly, and Eugene Ormandy
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6th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 03, 1983
Katherine Dunham, Elia Kazan, Frank Sinatra, James Stewart, and Virgil Thomson
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7th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 01, 1984
Lena Horne, Danny Kaye, Gian Carlo Menotti, Arthur Miller, and Isaac Stern
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8th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 09, 1985
Merce Cunningham, Irene Dunne, Bob Hope, Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe, and Beverly Sills
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9th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 07, 1986
Lucille Ball, Ray Charles, Hume Cronyn & Jessica Tandy, Yehudi Menuhin, and Antony Tudor
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10th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 30, 1987
Perry Como, Bette Davis, Sammy Davis, Jr., Nathan Milstein, and Alwin Nikolais
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11th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 30, 1988
Alvin Ailey, George Burns, Myrna Loy, Alexander Schneider, and Roger L. Stevens
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12th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 29, 1989
Harry Belafonte, Claudette Colbert, Alexandra Danilova, Mary Martin, and William Schuman
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13th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 28, 1990
Dizzy Gillespie, Katharine Hepburn, Risë Stevens, Jule Styne, and Billy Wilder
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14th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 26, 1991
Roy Acuff, Betty Comden & Adolph Green, Fayard & Harold Nicholas, Gregory Peck, and Robert Shaw
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15th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 30, 1992
Lionel Hampton, Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward, Ginger Rogers, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Paul Taylor
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16th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 29, 1993
Johnny Carson, Arthur Mitchell, Georg Solti, Stephen Sondheim, and Marion Williams
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17th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 28, 1994
Kirk Douglas, Aretha Franklin, Morton Gould, Harold Prince, and Pete Seeger
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18th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 27, 1995
Jacques d'Amboise, Marilyn Horne, B.B. King, Sidney Poitier, and Neil Simon
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19th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 26, 1996
Edward Albee, Benny Carter, Johnny Cash, Jack Lemmon, and Maria Tallchief
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20th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 26, 1997
Lauren Bacall, Bob Dylan, Charlton Heston, Jessye Norman, and Edward Villella
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21st Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 30, 1998
Bill Cosby, Fred Ebb & John Kander, Willie Nelson, André Previn, and Shirley Temple Black
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22nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 29, 1999
Victor Borge, Sean Connery, Judith Jamison, Jason Robards, and Stevie Wonder
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23rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 27, 2000
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Chuck Berry, Plácido Domingo, Clint Eastwood, and Angela Lansbury
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24th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 26, 2001
Julie Andrews, Van Cliburn, Quincy Jones, Jack Nicholson, and Luciano Pavarotti
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25th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 27, 2002
James Earl Jones, James Levine, Chita Rivera, Paul Simon, and Elizabeth Taylor
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26th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 26, 2003
James Brown, Carol Burnett, Loretta Lynn, Mike Nichols, and Itzhak Perlman
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27th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 21, 2004
Warren Beatty, Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee, Elton John, Joan Sutherland, and John Williams
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28th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 27, 2005
Tony Bennett, Suzanne Farrell, Julie Harris, Robert Redford, and Tina Turner
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29th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 26, 2006
Zubin Mehta, Dolly Parton, Smokey Robinson, Steven Spielberg, and Andrew Lloyd Webber
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30th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 26, 2007
Leon Fleisher, Steve Martin, Diana Ross, Martin Scorsese, and Brian Wilson
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31st Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 30, 2008
Morgan Freeman, George Jones, Barbra Streisand, Twyla Tharp, and The Who (Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey)
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32nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 29, 2009
Mel Brooks, Dave Brubeck, Grace Bumbry, Robert De Niro, and Bruce Springsteen
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33rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 26, 2010
Merle Haggard, Jerry Herman, Bill T. Jones, Paul McCartney, and Oprah Winfrey
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34th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 27, 2011
Barbara Cook, Neil Diamond, Yo-Yo Ma, Sonny Rollins and Meryl Streep are the honorees at the 34th annual celebration hosted by Caroline Kennedy. Performers and presenters include Bill .. show full overview
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35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 26, 2012
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced the selection of the seven individuals who will receive the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors. Recipients to be honored at the .. show full overview
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36th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 29, 2013
The Kennedy Center celebrates five extraordinary individuals who have spent their lives elevating the cultural vibrancy of our nation and the world," said Kennedy Center Chairman David .. show full overview
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37th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 30, 2014
El Centro John F. Kennedy para las Artes Escénicas anunció hoy la selección de las cinco personas que recibirán el 2014 Kennedy Center Honors. Los galardonados en la 37a celebración .. show full overview
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38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 29, 2015
The Kennedy Center announced the selection of the six Honorees who will receive the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors. Recipients to be honored at the 38th annual national celebration of the .. show full overview
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39th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 27, 2016
The 2016 Kennedy Center Honors recipients to be honored at the 39th annual national celebration of the arts are: Argentine pianist Martha Argerich, rock band the Eagles, screen and stage .. show full overview
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40th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 26, 2017
The 40th Kennedy Center Honors presented awards to American dancer and choreographer Carmen de Lavallade, Cuban American singer-songwriter and actress Gloria Estefan, American hip hop .. show full overview
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41st Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 26, 2018
On December 2, 2018, the Kennedy Center held its 41st annual national celebration of the arts — The Kennedy Center Honors. The 2018 Honorees include singer and actress Cher, composer and .. show full overview
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42nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 15, 2019
R&B collective Earth, Wind & Fire, actress Sally Field, singer Linda Ronstadt, children's television program Sesame Street, and conductor and musical visionary Michael Tilson Thomas are .. show full overview
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43rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Jun 06, 2021
The year's honorees are choreographer and actress Debbie Allen, singer-songwriter and activist Joan Baez, country singer-songwriter Garth Brooks, violinist Midori, and actor Dick Van Dyke.
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44th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 22, 2021
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is proud to celebrate the 44th Honorees for lifetime artistic achievements: operatic bass-baritone Justino Díaz, Motown founder, .. show full overview
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The 45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 28, 2022
In a star-studded celebration on the Kennedy Center Opera House, the 2022 Honorees including George Clooney, U2, Gladys Knight, Amy Grant, and Tania León will be saluted by today’s .. show full overview
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46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
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Dec 27, 2023
Entertainers receive recognition at the annual ceremony; the year's honorees are comic Billy Crystal, soprano Renée Fleming, singer-songwriter Barry Gibb, actress Queen Latifah and singer Dionne Warwick; Gloria Estefan hosts.

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