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Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Award
Award
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award |
| awarded_for | "outstanding contributions to humanitarian causes" |
| presenter | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |
| country | United States |
| year | 1957 |
| website |
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award is awarded periodically by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) at the Governors Awards ceremonies for an individual's "outstanding contributions to humanitarian causes". Prior to 2009 and in 2021, this award was presented during the main Oscars ceremony. The award category was instituted in 1956 and first awarded at the 29th Academy Awards, in March 1957. Unlike the Academy Award of Merit, the awards are restricted with the nomination and voting limited to industry professionals that are members of the Board of Governors of AMPAS.
History
The award is named after Danish American screen actor and humanitarian Jean Hersholt (1886–1956), who served as president of the Motion Picture Relief Fund for 18 years. He also served as president of AMPAS from 1945 to 1949. Winners of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award are presented with an Academy Award Oscar statuette. As of the 92nd Academy Awards, there have been 39 awards presented, two of which were posthumous.
List of recipients
| Indicates posthumous award |
|---|
| Year | Image | Recipient | Nationality | Ref. | Michael J. Fox | Michelle Satter | Richard Curtis | Dolly Parton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | [[File:Y Frank Freeman in 1910.jpg | 75px | alt=Y. Frank Freeman circa 1910]] | USA | ||||||||
| 1957 | [[File:Samuel Goldwyn - Jul 1919 EH.jpg | 75px | alt=Samuel Goldwyn in 1919]] | Poland | ||||||||
| USA | ||||||||||||
| 1959 | [[File:Bob Hope, 1978.jpg | 75px | alt=Bob Hope in 1978]] | UK | ||||||||
| USA | ||||||||||||
| 1960 | USA | |||||||||||
| 1961 | ||||||||||||
| 1962 | ||||||||||||
| 1965 | – | |||||||||||
| 1966 | – | |||||||||||
| 1967 | [[File:Gregory Peck 1948.jpg | 75px | alt=Gregory Peck in 1948]] | |||||||||
| 1968 | [[File:Martha Raye - still.JPG | 75px | alt=Martha Raye in the 1940s]] | |||||||||
| 1969 | [[File:GeorgeJesselStageDoorCanteen.jpg | 75px | alt=George Jessel in the film Stage Door Canteen (1943)]] | |||||||||
| 1970 | [[File:Frank Sinatra '57.jpg | 75px | alt=Frank Sinatra in Pal Joey (1957)]] | |||||||||
| 1972 | [[File:Rosalind Russell 1956.JPG | 75px | alt=Rosalind Russell in 1956]] | |||||||||
| 1973 | ||||||||||||
| 1974 | [[File:Arthur_B._Krim_JFKWHP-KN-C20810_(cropped).jpg | 75px | alt=Arthur B. Krim in 1962]] | |||||||||
| 1975 | – | |||||||||||
| 1977 | [[File:Charlton Heston - 1953.jpg | 75px | alt=Charlton Heston in The President's Lady (1953)]] | |||||||||
| 1978 | [[File:Leo-Jaffe-1963.jpg | 75px]] | ||||||||||
| 1979 | – | |||||||||||
| 1981 | [[File:Kaye, Danny.jpg | 75px | alt=Danny Kaye undated]] | |||||||||
| 1982 | – | |||||||||||
| 1983 | [[File:M. J. Frankovich.jpg | 75px]] | ||||||||||
| 1984 | ||||||||||||
| 1985 | [[File:Charles Buddy Rogers by Richee.jpg | 75px | alt=Charles "Buddy" Rodgers in 1929]] | |||||||||
| 1989 | [[File:Howard W. Koch 1966.jpg | 75px | alt=Howard W. Koch in 1966]] | |||||||||
| 1992 | [[File:Audrey Hepburn 1956om (3x4 cropped).jpg | 75px | alt=Audrey Hepburn in 1956]] | UK | ||||||||
| [[File:Taylor, Elizabeth posed.jpg | 75px | alt=Elizabeth Taylor in 1956]] | USA | |||||||||
| 1993 | [[File:Paul Newman - 1963.jpg | 75px | alt=Paul Newman in 1963]] | |||||||||
| 1994 | [[File:Quincy Jones May 2014.jpg | 75px | alt=Quincy Jones in 2014]] | |||||||||
| 2001 | [[File:Arthur Hiller-1970.jpg | 75px | alt=Arthur Hiller in 1970]] | Canada | ||||||||
| 2004 | – | USA | ||||||||||
| 2006 | [[File:Sherry Lansing 2002.jpg | 75px | alt=Sherry Lansing in 2002]] | |||||||||
| 2008 | [[File:Jerry Lewis 1973.JPG | 75px | alt=Jerry Lewis in 1973]] | |||||||||
| 2011 | [[File:Oprah in 2014.jpg | 75px | alt=Oprah Winfrey in 2014]] | |||||||||
| 2012 | [[File:Jeffrey_Katzenberg,_World_Travel_&_Tourism_Council,_Global_Summit_2014-1_(cropped).jpg | 75px | alt=Jeffrey Katzenberg in 2014]] | |||||||||
| 2013 | [[File:Angelina Jolie 2 June 2014 (cropped).jpg | 75px | alt=Angelina Jolie in 2014]] | |||||||||
| 2014 | [[File:Belafonte-cropped.png | 75px | alt=Harry Belafonte in 2011]] | |||||||||
| 2015 | [[File:Debbie_Reynolds_1998.jpg | 75px | alt=Debbie Reynolds in 1998]] | |||||||||
| 2019 | [[File:Geena_Davis_2013_(cropped).jpg | 75px | alt=Geena Davis in 2019]] | |||||||||
| 2021 | [[File:Tyler_Perry_Interview_2016.jpg | 75px | alt=Tyler Perry in 2016]] | |||||||||
| – | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | [[File:Danny_Glover_2014.jpg | 75px | alt=Danny Glover in 2014.]] | |||||||||
| 2023 | [[File:Michael_J_Fox_2020.jpg | 75px | alt=Michael J. Fox in 2020.]] | Canada | ||||||||
| USA | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | [[File:Michelle Satter at a CFC event in L.A. - Honouring John Fawcett and Graeme Manson (16947588355).jpg | 75px | alt=Michelle Satter in 2015.]] | USA | ||||||||
| 2025 | [[File:Richard Curtis MFF 2016.jpg | 75px]] | UK | |||||||||
| 2026 | [[File:Dolly_Parton_accepting_Liseberg_Applause_Award_2010_portrait.jpg | 110x110px]] | USA |
Notes
References
References
- "Honorary Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- (February 2018). "Academy Awards Database – AMPAS". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Milliken, Mary. (November 17, 2013). "Angelina Jolie receives humanitarian award from Academy". Reuters.
- (August 28, 2014). "Harry Belafonte, Jean-Claude Carrière, Hayao Miyazaki And Maureen O'Hara To Receive Academy's Governors Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- (27 August 2015). "Governors Awards: Spike Lee, Debbie Reynolds & Gena Rowlands Get 2015 Honors".
- (June 3, 2019). "THE ACADEMY TO HONOR GEENA DAVIS, DAVID LYNCH, WES STUDI AND LINA WERTMÜLLER AT 2019 GOVERNORS AWARDS". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- (January 14, 2021). "Tyler Perry, MPTF To Receive Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards At The 93rd Oscar Show April 25". [[Deadline Hollywood]].
- (24 June 2021). "Oscars: Academy To Honor Danny Glover, Samuel L. Jackson, Elaine May & Liv Ullmann At 2022 Governors Awards". [[Deadline Hollywood]].
- Feinberg, Scott. (2022-06-21). "Academy’s Governors Awards: Michael J. Fox Tapped for Hersholt Award, Diane Warren, Peter Weir and Euzhan Palcy Set for Honorary Oscars".
- Davis, Clayton. (2023-06-26). "Angela Bassett Finally Gets Her Oscar as Academy Announces 2023 Honorary Winners, Including Mel Brooks".
- (2024-06-12). "The Academy to honor Richard Curtis, Quincy Jones, Juliet Taylor, Michael G. Wilson & Barbara Broccoli at 15th Governors Awards".
- "THE ACADEMY TO HONOR DEBBIE ALLEN, TOM CRUISE, DOLLY PARTON AND WYNN THOMAS AT THE 2025 GOVERNORS AWARDS".
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