77 SAG -AF TR A
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Special Issue 2018
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SAGAFTRA.org
HONORING
LEGENDS
2000s
2000 Ossie Davis &
Ruby Dee
2001 Edward Asner
2002 Clint Eastwood
2003 Karl Malden
2004 James Garner
2005 Shirley Temple Black
2006 Julie Andrews
2007 Charles Durning
2008 James Earl Jones
2009 Betty White*
Be y Whi te
"Seventy-one years ago, when I sang on an experimental
thing and it was called television, who would have dreamed
it would culminate in an evening like this? I should be
presenting an award to you for the privilege of working
in this wonderful business all this time. Being in show
business is like living in a small town: People greet you like
neighbors, not like strangers. And through the mail you
form friendships that last for years, with people you've
never even met. Back when I first started, it would never
even have occurred to me to imagine such a thing as this
moment. And I still can't believe I'm standing here. This
is the highest point of my entire professional life. To the
[union], to each and every one of you, thank you from the
bottom of my heart. Thank you."
46
th
LIFE
ACHIEVEMENT
RECIPIENT, 2009
