AFI Life Achievement Award
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The AFI Life Achievement Award was established by the board of directors of the American Film Institute on February 26, 1973, to honor a single individual for their lifetime contribution to enriching
John Ford 1946
James cagney promo photo
Orson Welles 1937
William Wyler portrait
Diane Keaton
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Diane Keaton was an American actress. Her career spanned more than five decades, during which she rose to prominence in the New Hollywood movement. She collaborated frequently with Woody Allen, appear
AFI Life Achievement Award
…Davis (the first female recipient), Lillian Gish, Barbara Stanwyck, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbra Streisand, Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Julie Andrews, and Nicole Kidman. Composer John Williams was the first award recipient not to be an actor or director…
Keaton in 2012
Keaton with Woody Allen and Jerry Lacy in the play Play It Again, Sam
Keaton (right) at the White House with First Lady Nancy Reagan and Warren Beatty (December 1981)
Keaton in 2007