Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn (born Szmuel Gelbfisz; Yiddish: שמואל
געלבפֿיש; August 17, 1879 – January 31, 1974), also known
as Samuel Goldfish, was a Polish American film producer of Jewish
descent. He was most well known for being the founding contributor and
executive of several motion picture studios in Hollywood.[1] His
awards include the 1973 Golden Globe
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille Award,[2] the
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1947, and the Jean Hersholt
Humanitarian Award in 1958.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Paramount
3 Goldwyn Pictures
4
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
5 Oscar
6 Awards
7 Death
8 Marriages
9 Grandchildren
10 Nephew
11 The
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn Foundation
12 The
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn Company
13 Goldwynisms
14 References
15 External links
Early life[edit]
Goldwyn was born Szmuel Gelbfisz[3] in Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland,
Russian Empire, to a Hasidic,
Polish Jewish
Polish Jewish family. His parents were
Aaron Dawid Gelbfisz (1852-1895), a peddler, and his wife, Hanna Reban
(née Jarecka; 1855-1924).[4] At an early age, he left
Warsaw
Warsaw on foot
and penniless. He made his way to Birmingham, England, where he
remained with relatives for a few years using the name Samuel
Goldfish. He was 16 when his father died.
In 1898, he emigrated to the United States, but fearing refusal of
entry, he got off the boat in Nova Scotia, Canada, before moving on to
New York in January 1899. He found work in upstate Gloversville, New
York, in the bustling garment business. Soon his innate marketing
skills made him a very successful salesman at the Elite Glove Company.
After four years, as vice-president of sales, he moved back to New
York City and settled at 10 West 61st Street.[5]
Paramount[edit]
Main article: Paramount Pictures
In 1913, Goldfish along with his brother-in-law Jesse L. Lasky, Cecil
B. DeMille, and Arthur Friend formed a partnership, The Jesse L. Lasky
Feature Play Company, to produce feature-length motion pictures. Film
rights for a stage play, The Squaw Man, were purchased for $4,000 and
Dustin Farnum
Dustin Farnum was hired for the leading role. Shooting for the first
feature film made in
Hollywood
Hollywood began on December 29, 1913.[6]
In 1914, Paramount was a film exchange and exhibition corporation
headed by W. W. Hodkinson. Looking for more movies to distribute,
Paramount signed a contract with the Lasky Company on June 1, 1914 to
supply 36 films per year. One of Paramount's other suppliers was
Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Company. The two companies merged on
June 28, 1916 forming The
Famous Players-Lasky
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. Zukor had
been quietly buying Paramount stock, and two weeks prior to the
merger, became president of
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation and had
Hodkinson replaced with Hiram Abrams, a Zukor associate.[7]
With the merger, Zukor became president of both Paramount and Famous
Players-Lasky, with Goldfish being named chairman of the board of
Famous Players-Lasky, and
Jesse Lasky
Jesse Lasky first vice-president. After a
series of conflicts with Zukor, Goldfish resigned as chairman of the
board, and as member of the executive committee of the corporation on
September 14, 1916. Goldfish was out as an active member of
management, although he still owned stock and was a member of the
board of directors.
Famous Players-Lasky
Famous Players-Lasky would later become part of
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation, and Paramount would become one of
Hollywood's major studios.[8]
Goldwyn Pictures[edit]
In 1916, Goldwyn partnered with Broadway producers Edgar and Archibald
Selwyn, using a combination of both names to call their movie-making
enterprise Goldwyn Pictures. Seeing an opportunity, he then had his
name legally changed to Samuel Goldwyn, which he used for the rest of
his life.
Goldwyn Pictures
Goldwyn Pictures proved successful but it is their "Leo the
Lion" trademark for which the organization is most famous.
On April 10, 1924,
Goldwyn Pictures
Goldwyn Pictures was acquired by
Marcus Loew
Marcus Loew and
merged into his Metro Pictures Corporation. Despite the inclusion of
his name, Goldwyn had no role in the management or production at
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn Productions[edit]
From the trailer for The Hurricane (1937)
Main article:
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Before the sale and merger of
Goldwyn Pictures
Goldwyn Pictures in April 1924, Goldwyn
had established
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Samuel Goldwyn Productions in 1923 as a
production-only operation (with no distribution arm). Their first
feature was Potash and Perlmutter, released in September 1923 through
First National Pictures. Some of the early productions bear the name
"Howard Productions", named for Goldwyn's wife Frances Howard.
For 35 years, Goldwyn built a reputation in filmmaking and developed
an eye for finding the talent for making films.
William Wyler
William Wyler directed
many of his most celebrated productions, and he hired writers such as
Ben Hecht, Sidney Howard, Dorothy Parker, and Lillian Hellman.
(According to legend, at a heated story conference Goldwyn scolded
someone—in most accounts Mrs. Parker, who recalled he had once been
a glove maker—with the retort: "Don't you point that finger at me. I
knew it when it had a thimble on it!"[9])
During that time, Goldwyn made numerous films and reigned as the most
successful independent producer in the US. Many of his films were
forgettable; his collaboration with John Ford, however, resulted in
Best Picture Oscar nomination for Arrowsmith (1931).
William Wyler
William Wyler was
responsible for most of Goldwyn's highly lauded films, with Best
Picture Oscar nominations for Dodsworth (1936), Dead End (1937),
Wuthering Heights (1939), The Little Foxes (1941) and The Best Years
of Our Lives (1946). The leading actors in several of Goldwyn films,
especially those directed by William Wyler, were also Oscar-nominated
for their performances.
Throughout the 1930s, Goldwyn released all his films through United
Artists, but beginning in 1941, and continuing almost through the end
of his career, Goldwyn released his films through RKO Radio Pictures.
Oscar[edit]
See also: Academy Awards
In 1946, the year he was honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, Goldwyn's
drama, The Best Years of Our Lives, starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March,
Teresa Wright
Teresa Wright and Dana Andrews, won the Academy Award for Best
Picture. In the 1950s
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn turned to making a number of
musicals including the 1952 hit Hans Christian Andersen (his last with
Danny Kaye, with whom he had made many others), and the 1955 hit Guys
and Dolls starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, and
Vivian Blaine, which was based on the equally successful Broadway
musical. This was the only independent film that Goldwyn ever released
through MGM.
In his final film, made in 1959,
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn brought together
African-American actors Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy
Davis, Jr. and
Pearl Bailey
Pearl Bailey in a film rendition of the George Gershwin
opera, Porgy and Bess. Released by Columbia Pictures, the film was
nominated for three Oscars, but won only one. It was also a critical
and financial failure, and the Gershwin family reportedly disliked the
film and eventually pulled it from distribution. The film turned the
opera into an operetta with spoken dialogue in between the musical
numbers. Its reception was a huge disappointment to Goldwyn, who,
according to biographer Arthur Marx, saw it as his crowning glory and
had wanted to film
Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess since he first saw it onstage in
1935.
Awards[edit]
In 1957, Goldwyn was awarded the
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for
his outstanding contributions to humanitarian causes.
On March 27, 1971, Goldwyn was presented with the Presidential Medal
of Freedom by President Richard Nixon.[10]
Death[edit]
Goldwyn died at his home in
Los Angeles
Los Angeles in 1974. In the 1980s, Samuel
Goldwyn Studio was sold to
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. There is a theater named after
him in Beverly Hills and he received a star on the
Hollywood
Hollywood Walk of
Fame at 1631
Vine Street
Vine Street for his contributions to motion pictures on
February 8, 1960.[11][12]
Marriages[edit]
From 1910 to 1915, Goldwyn was married to Blanche Lasky, a sister of
Jesse L. Lasky. The marriage produced a daughter, Ruth. In 1925, he
married actress Frances Howard to whom he remained married for the
rest of his life. Their son, Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., would eventually
join his father in the business.
Grandchildren[edit]
Samuel Goldwyn's grandchildren include:
Francis Goldwyn, founder of the Manhattan Toy Company and managing
member of Quorum Associates.
Tony Goldwyn, actor, producer and director, currently starring as
President Fitzgerald Grant III in the TV series Scandal.
John Goldwyn, film producer
Peter Goldwyn, the current vice-president of
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Catherine Goldwyn, created Sound Art, a non-profit organization that
teaches popular music all over Los Angeles
Liz Goldwyn, has a film on
HBO
HBO called Pretty Things, featuring
interviews with queens from the heyday of American burlesque.[13] Her
book, an extension of the documentary titled Pretty Things: The Last
Generation of American Burlesque Queens, was published in October 2006
by HarperCollins.[14]
Rebecca Goldwyn (August 15, 1955 – September 1, 1955)
Nephew[edit]
Goldwyn's relatives include Fred Lebensold, an award-winning architect
(best known as the designer of multiple concert halls in
Canada
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Canada and
the United States). Fred was the son of Sam's younger sister, Manya
(who, despite the best efforts of Sam and his brother Ben in 1939 and
1940, could not be extricated from the
Warsaw
Warsaw Ghetto and perished in
the Holocaust).[citation needed]
The
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn Foundation[edit]
Samuel Goldwyn's will created a multimillion-dollar charitable
foundation in his name. Among other endeavors, the Samuel Goldwyn
Foundation funds the
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards, provided
construction funds for the Frances Howard Goldwyn
Hollywood
Hollywood Regional
Library, and provides ongoing funding for the Motion Picture &
Television Country House and Hospital.
The
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn Company[edit]
Main article: The
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn Company
Several years after the Sr. Goldwyn's death, his son, Samuel Goldwyn
Jr., initiated an independent film and television distribution company
dedicated to preserving the integrity of Goldwyn's ambitions and work.
The company's assets were later acquired by Orion Pictures, and in
1997, passed on to Orion's current parent company, MGM. Several years
later, the
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Family Trust and
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. acquired
the rights to all the Goldwyn-produced films except The Hurricane,
which was returned to
MGM
MGM division United Artists.
Goldwynisms[edit]
Wikiquote has quotations related to: Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn was also known for malapropisms, paradoxes, and other
speech errors called 'Goldwynisms' ("A humorous statement or phrase
resulting from the use of incongruous or contradictory words,
situations, idioms, etc.") being frequently quoted. For example, he
was reported to have said, "I don't think anybody should write his
autobiography until after he's dead."[15] and "Include me out." Some
famous Goldwyn quotations are misattributions. For example, the
statement attributed to Goldwyn that "a verbal contract isn't worth
the paper it's written on" is actually a well-documented misreporting
of an actual quote praising the trustworthiness of a colleague: "His
verbal contract is worth more than the paper it's written on". The
identity of the colleague is variously reported as Joseph M.
Schenk[16] or Joseph L. Mankiewicz[17] Goldwyn himself was reportedly
aware of—and pleased by—the misattribution.
Upon being told that a book he had purchased for filming, The Well of
Loneliness, couldn't be filmed because it was about lesbians, he
reportedly replied: "That's all right, we'll make them Hungarians."
The same story was told about the 1934 rights to The Children's Hour
with the response "That's okay; we'll turn them into Armenians."[18]
Upon being told that a dictionary had included the word "Goldwynism"
as synonym for malapropism, he raged: "Goldwynisms! They should talk
to Jesse Lasky!"[citation needed]
Having many writers in his employ, Goldwyn may not have come up with
all of these on his own. In fact
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin took credit for
penning the line, "In two words: im-possible"; and the quote, "the
next time I send a damn fool for something, I go myself," has also
been attributed to Michael Curtiz.[citation needed]
In the Grateful Dead's Scarlet Begonias,[19] the line "I ain't often
right but I've never been wrong" appears in the bridge—this is very
similar to Goldwyn's "I’m willing to admit that I may not always be
right, but I am never wrong."
References[edit]
^ Obituary Variety, February 6, 1974, p. 63.
^ Jang, Meena (January 31, 2015). "Samuel Goldwyn: Remembering the
Movie Mogul on the Anniversary of His Death". The
Hollywood
Hollywood Reporter.
Retrieved August 8, 2015.
^ The sz-spelling is a not-uncommon Polish transliteration for the
Yiddish sh-sound, which only requires a single letter in that
language.
^ "Goldwyn".
^ A. Scott Berg, Goldwyn, a Biography
^ A.Scott Berg, Goldwyn, a Biography. pp. 31–35, 41.
^ A.Scott Berg, Goldwyn, a Biography. pp. 49, 58
^ A.Scott Berg, Goldwyn, a Biography. pp. 58, 59, 63
^ Silverstein, Stuart Y., ed. (1996). Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems of
Dorothy Parker. New York: Scribner. p. 42, n. 75.
ISBN 0-7432-1148-0. CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list
(link)
^ Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Richard Nixon,
1971. 1971. p. 490. ISBN 0160588634. Retrieved
2013-04-01.
^ "
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn
Hollywood
Hollywood Walk of Fame". www.walkoffame.com.
Retrieved 2016-06-28.
^ "Samuel Goldwyn". latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
^ "Pretty Things". Liz Goldwyn Films. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
^ Goldwyn, Liz (2006). Pretty Things: The Last Generation of American
Burlesque Queens. HarperCollins.
^ Quoted in Arthur Marx, Goldwyn: The Man Behind the Myth (1976),
prologue.
^ Paul F. Boller, John George, They Never Said It (1990), p. 42.
^ Carol Easton, The Search for Sam Goldwyn (1976).
^ These Three
^ "The Annotated "Scarlet Begonias"". ucsc.edu.
External links[edit]
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The films of Samuel Goldwyn
1910s
The Pest (1919)
1920s
Slave of Desire
Slave of Desire (1923)
Potash and Perlmutter
Potash and Perlmutter (1923)
The Eternal City (1923)
Cytherea (1924)
In
Hollywood
Hollywood with
Potash and Perlmutter
Potash and Perlmutter (1924)
A Thief in Paradise (1925)
His Supreme Moment
His Supreme Moment (1925)
The Dark Angel (1925)
Stella Dallas (1925)
The Winning of Barbara Worth
The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
Partners Again (1926)
The Night of Love (1927)
The Magic Flame
The Magic Flame (1927)
The Devil Dancer
The Devil Dancer (1927)
Two Lovers (1928)
The Awakening (1928)
Condemned (1929)
The Rescue (1929)
This Is Heaven (1929)
Bulldog Drummond (1929)
1930s
Raffles (1930)
Whoopee! (1930)
The Devil to Pay! (1930)
One Heavenly Night
One Heavenly Night (1931)
Street Scene (1931)
Palmy Days
Palmy Days (1931)
The Unholy Garden
The Unholy Garden (1931)
Arrowsmith (1931)
Tonight or Never (1931)
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)
The Kid From Spain (1932)
Cynara (1932)
The Masquerader (1933)
Roman Scandals
Roman Scandals (1933)
We Live Again
We Live Again (1934)
Nana (1934)
Kid Millions
Kid Millions (1934)
The Dark Angel (1935)
The Wedding Night
The Wedding Night (1935)
Barbary Coast (1935)
Splendor (1935)
These Three
These Three (1936)
Dodsworth (1936)
Come and Get It (1936)
Strike Me Pink (1936)
Beloved Enemy
Beloved Enemy (1936)
Woman Chases Man (1937)
Stella Dallas (1937)
Dead End (1937)
The Hurricane (1937)
The Adventures of Marco Polo
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
The Goldwyn Follies
The Goldwyn Follies (1938)
They Shall Have Music
They Shall Have Music (1939)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
The Real Glory
The Real Glory (1939)
1940s
The Westerner (1940)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Ball of Fire
Ball of Fire (1941)
The Pride of the Yankees
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
They Got Me Covered
They Got Me Covered (1943)
The North Star (1943)
Up in Arms
Up in Arms (1944)
The Princess and the Pirate
The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
Wonder Man (1945)
The Kid From Brooklyn (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Bishop's Wife
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
A Song Is Born (1948)
Enchantment (1948)
Roseanna McCoy (1949)
My Foolish Heart (1949)
1950s
Our Very Own (1950)
Edge of Doom
Edge of Doom (1950)
I Want You (1951)
Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
Guys and Dolls
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess (1959)
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Jean Hersholt
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Y. Frank Freeman (1956)
Samuel Goldwyn (1957)
Bob Hope (1959)
Sol Lesser (1960)
George Seaton (1961)
Steve Broidy (1962)
Edmond L. DePatie (1965)
George Bagnall (1966)
Gregory Peck (1967)
Martha Raye (1968)
George Jessel (1969)
Frank Sinatra (1970)
Rosalind Russell (1972)
Lew Wasserman (1973)
Arthur B. Krim (1974)
Jules C. Stein (1975)
Charlton Heston (1977)
Leo Jaffe (1978)
Robert Benjamin (1979)
Danny Kaye (1981)
Walter Mirisch (1982)
M. J. Frankovich (1983)
David L. Wolper (1984)
Charles "Buddy" Rogers (1985)
Howard W. Koch (1989)
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn / Elizabeth Taylor (1992)
Paul Newman (1993)
Quincy Jones (1994)
Arthur Hiller (2001)
Roger Mayer (2005)
Sherry Lansing (2007)
Jerry Lewis (2009)
Oprah Winfrey (2011)
Jeffrey Katzenberg (2012)
Angelina Jolie (2013)
Harry Belafonte (2014)
Debbie Reynolds (2015)
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Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Darryl F. Zanuck
Darryl F. Zanuck (1938)
Hal B. Wallis
Hal B. Wallis (1939)
David O. Selznick
David O. Selznick (1940)
Walt Disney
Walt Disney (1942)
Sidney Franklin (1943)
Hal B. Wallis
Hal B. Wallis (1944)
Darryl F. Zanuck
Darryl F. Zanuck (1945)
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn (1947)
Jerry Wald
Jerry Wald (1949)
Darryl F. Zanuck
Darryl F. Zanuck (1951)
Arthur Freed (1952)
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille (1953)
George Stevens
George Stevens (1954)
Buddy Adler (1957)
Jack L. Warner
Jack L. Warner (1959)
Stanley Kramer
Stanley Kramer (1962)
Sam Spiegel
Sam Spiegel (1964)
William Wyler
William Wyler (1966)
Robert Wise
Robert Wise (1967)
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock (1968)
Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman (1971)
Lawrence Weingarten (1974)
Mervyn LeRoy
Mervyn LeRoy (1976)
Pandro S. Berman
Pandro S. Berman (1977)
Walter Mirisch (1978)
Ray Stark (1980)
Albert R. Broccoli
Albert R. Broccoli (1982)
Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg (1986)
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder (1988)
David Brown and
Richard D. Zanuck
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Richard D. Zanuck (1991)
George Lucas
George Lucas (1992)
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood (1995)
Saul Zaentz
Saul Zaentz (1997)
Norman Jewison
Norman Jewison (1999)
Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty (2000)
Dino De Laurentiis
Dino De Laurentiis (2001)
John Calley (2009)
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola (2010)
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Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille Award
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille (1952)
Walt Disney
Walt Disney (1953)
Darryl F. Zanuck
Darryl F. Zanuck (1954)
Jean Hersholt
Jean Hersholt (1955)
Jack L. Warner
Jack L. Warner (1956)
Mervyn LeRoy
Mervyn LeRoy (1957)
Buddy Adler (1958)
Maurice Chevalier
Maurice Chevalier (1959)
Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby (1960)
Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire (1961)
Judy Garland
Judy Garland (1962)
Bob Hope
Bob Hope (1963)
Joseph E. Levine
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Joseph E. Levine (1964)
James Stewart
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James Stewart (1965)
John Wayne
John Wayne (1966)
Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston (1967)
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas (1968)
Gregory Peck
Gregory Peck (1969)
Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford (1970)
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra (1971)
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock (1972)
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn (1973)
Bette Davis
Bette Davis (1974)
Hal B. Wallis
Hal B. Wallis (1975)
Walter Mirisch (1977)
Red Skelton
Red Skelton (1978)
Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball (1979)
Henry Fonda
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Henry Fonda (1980)
Gene Kelly
Gene Kelly (1981)
Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier (1982)
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier (1983)
Paul Newman
Paul Newman (1984)
Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor (1985)
Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck (1986)
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn (1987)
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood (1988)
Doris Day
Doris Day (1989)
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn (1990)
Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon (1991)
Robert Mitchum
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Robert Mitchum (1992)
Lauren Bacall
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Lauren Bacall (1993)
Robert Redford
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Robert Redford (1994)
Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren (1995)
Sean Connery
Sean Connery (1996)
Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman (1997)
Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine (1998)
Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson (1999)
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand (2000)
Al Pacino
Al Pacino (2001)
Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford (2002)
Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman (2003)
Michael Douglas
Michael Douglas (2004)
Robin Williams
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Robin Williams (2005)
Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Hopkins (2006)
Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty (2007)
Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg (2009)
Martin Scorsese
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Martin Scorsese (2010)
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro (2011)
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman (2012)
Jodie Foster
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Jodie Foster (2013)
Woody Allen
Woody Allen (2014)
George Clooney
George Clooney (2015)
Denzel Washington
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Denzel Washington (2016)
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep (2017)
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey (2018)
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