The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts - Production & Contact Info

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1979)
TV Special | 95 min | Music

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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1979)

TV Special | 95 min | Music

Director

Don Mischer

Writers

Don Baer | Sara Lukinson (film sequences) | George Stevens Jr.

Producers

Bernard Sofronski | George Stevens Jr. | Nick Vanoff

Composer

Glen Roven

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Updated Dec 29, 1979

Release date

Dec 29, 1979 (United States)

Awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 2 wins

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Cast	+ Add Cast
27 cast members

Name	Known for
Eric Sevareid Self - Master of Ceremonies Self - Master of Ceremonies See fewer	The Right Stuff (1983)
Aaron Copland Self - Honoree Self - Honoree See fewer	He Got Game (1998)
Ella Fitzgerald Self - Honoree Self - Honoree See fewer	Sphere (1998)
Henry Fonda Self - Honoree Self - Honoree See fewer	12 Angry Men (1957)
Martha Graham Self - Honoree Self - Honoree See fewer	Lamentation (1976)
Tennessee Williams Self - Honoree Self - Honoree See fewer	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Alan Alda Self - Presenter: Henry Fonda Self - Presenter: Henry Fonda See fewer	MAS*H (1972)
Jane Alexander Self Self See fewer	Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Elizabeth Ashley Self Self See fewer	Happiness (1998)
Count Basie Self Self See fewer	Pearl Harbor (2001)
Leonard Bernstein Self - Presenter: Aaron Copland Self - Presenter: Aaron Copland See fewer	New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (1958)
Art Buchwald Self Self See fewer	Playtime (1967)
Jimmy Carter Self Self See fewer	The American President (2000)
Rosalynn Carter Self Self See fewer	Americans (1978)
Plácido Domingo Self Self See fewer	The Book of Life (2014)
Bill Hartung Ensemble Ensemble See fewer	Striking Distance (1993)
Jon Hendricks Self Self See fewer	White Men Can't Jump (1992)
Elia Kazan Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	On the Waterfront (1954)
Gene Kelly Self - Presenter: Martha Graham Self - Presenter: Martha Graham See fewer	Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Peggy Lee Self - Presenter: Ella Fitzgerald Self - Presenter: Ella Fitzgerald See fewer	Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Joshua Logan Self Self See fewer	Fanny (1961)
Ann Miller Self Self See fewer	Mulholland Drive (2001)
Michael Moriarty Self Self See fewer	Courage Under Fire (1996)
Mickey Rooney Self Self See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Maureen Stapleton Self Self See fewer	Reds (1981)
William Warfield Self Self See fewer	Show Boat (1951)
Joe Williams Self Self See fewer	Iron Man 3 (2013)