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2000: Frank Micelotta/Image Direct Photography; left & 2004: Mark Hill
2000
Ossie Davis &
Ruby Dee
2001
Edward Asner
2002
Clint Eastwood
2003
Karl Malden
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
James Garner
Shirley Temple Black
Julie Andrews
Charles Durning
James Earl Jones
2009
Betty White
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SAG-AFTRA
| Special Issue 2013 | SAGAFTRA.org
2000
In 1995, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
were declared ���national treasures���
when receiving the National
Medal of Arts from President Bill
Clinton and the ���rst lady. Five
years later, they became only the
second husband-and-wife team
to receive the Screen Actors Guild
Life Achievement Award (the ���rst
being Paul Newman and Joanne
Woodward in 1985). In 2008,
three years after Davis��� death, Ruby
Dee went on to win a SAG Award
for Outstanding Performance by a
Female Actor in a Supporting Role
for American Gangster.
To view the entire 2009
actor-to-actor interview
with Betty White
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