The Kennedy Center Honors
The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.
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CASTS
Katherine Dunham
Sidney Poitier
Gregory Peck
Rudolf Serkin
Sean Connery
Joan Sutherland
Marion Williams
Robert Redford
Leon Fleisher
Luciano Pavarotti
Lynn Fontanne
Isaac Stern
Perry Como
Merce Cunningham
Marilyn Horne
Twyla Tharp
Jessica Tandy
Shirley Temple
Morton Gould
Plácido Domingo
Fayard Nicholas
Mstislav Rostropovich
Nathan Milstein
Maria Tallchief
Judith Jamison
Jerome Robbins
Danny Kaye
Tina Turner
Beverly Sills
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Alexandra Danilova
Aretha Franklin
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
Smokey Robinson
Claudette Colbert
Leontyne Price
Elizabeth Taylor
Diana Ross
Pete Townshend
Hume Cronyn
Alexander Schneider
Carol Burnett
Ella Fitzgerald
Robert Shaw
Jack Nicholson
Bob Dylan
Lionel Hampton
Victor Borge
Pete Seeger
Count Basie
Alwin Nikolais
Chuck Berry
Tony Bennett
Lillian Gish
Johnny Cash
Julie Andrews
Bette Davis
Stevie Wonder
Jack Lemmon
James Cagney
Irene Dunne
Benny Goodman
William Howard Schuman
James Brown
Julie Harris
Arthur Mitchell
James Stewart
Elton John
Roy Acuff
Joanne Woodward
Kirk Douglas
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
Dolly Parton
Johnny Carson
Yehudi Menuhin
Risë Stevens
Jason Robards
Loretta Lynn
Bob Hope
Angela Lansbury
Harry Belafonte
Lena Horne
Sammy Davis Jr.
Paul Newman
Gene Kelly
George Burns
Bill Cosby
B.B. King
Myrna Loy
Lucille Ball
Ginger Rogers
Ossie Davis
Jessye Norman
Jacques d'Amboise
Cher
Emily Blunt
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
Mickey Hart
Bill Kreutzmann
Phil Lesh
Bob Weir
Bonnie Raitt
Walter Cronkite
Aleksandra Danilova
Don Ameche
Larry Hagman
Bernadette Peters
Lynn Redgrave
Seasons
Season 1 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 1978-12-28.
Season 2 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 1979-12-29.
Season 3 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 1980-12-27.
Season 4 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 1981-12-26.
Season 5 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 1982-12-25.
Season 6 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 1983-12-27.
Season 7 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 1984-12-25.
Season 8 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 1985-12-27.
Season 9 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 1986-12-26.
Season 10 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 1987-12-30.
Season 11 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 1988-12-30.
Season 12 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 1989-12-29.
Season 13 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 1990-12-28.
Season 14 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 1991-12-26.
Season 15 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 1992-12-30.
Season 16 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 1993-12-29.
Season 17 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 1994-12-28.
Season 18 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 1995-12-27.
Season 19 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 1996-12-26.
Season 20 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 1997-12-26.
Season 21 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 1998-12-30.
Season 22 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 1999-12-29.
Season 23 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 2000-12-27.
Season 24 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 2001-12-26.
Season 25 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 2002-12-27.
Season 26 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 2003-12-26.
Season 27 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 2004-12-21.
Season 28 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 2005-12-27.
Season 29 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 2006-12-26.
Season 30 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 2007-12-26.
Season 31 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 2008-12-30.
Season 32 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 2009-12-29.
Season 33 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 2010-12-28.
Season 34 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 2011-12-27.
Season 37 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 2014-12-30.
Season 38 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 2015-12-29.
Season 40 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 2017-12-27.
Season 41 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 2018-12-26.
Season 42 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 2019-12-15.
Season 43 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 2021-06-06.
Season 44 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 2021-12-05.
The 45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors celebrates the lifetime of contributions to American culture from the five honorees.
In a star-studded celebration at the Kennedy Center Opera House, the 2023 Honorees including Billy Crystal, Renée Fleming, Barry Gibb, Queen Latifah, and Dionne Warwick will be saluted by today’s leading performers from New York, Hollywood, and the arts capitals of the world. They will accept the recognition and gratitude of their peers through show-stopping performances and emotional tributes. Additionally, former Kennedy Center Honoree (2017) Gloria Estefan returns as host, marking her third time hosting the special.
CBS presents The 47th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, an entertainment special celebrating lifetime artistic achievement in a star-studded celebration at the Kennedy Center Opera House stage. Honored recipients include acclaimed director and filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola; the legendary American rock band the Grateful Dead.
Season 48 of The Kennedy Center Honors premiered on 2025-12-23.
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