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The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

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Governors Awards - Humanitarian Award

Given to an individual in the motion picture industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry by promoting human welfare and contributing to rectifying inequities.

YearWinner
1956 (29th) Y. Frank Freeman
1957 (30th)Samuel Goldwyn 
1959 (32nd)Bob Hope
1960 (33rd)Sol Lesser
1961 (34th)George Seaton
1962 (35th)Steve Broidy
1965 (38th)Edmond L. DePatie
1966 (39th)George Bagnall
1967 (40th) Gregory Peck
1968 (41st) Martha Raye
1969 (42nd)George Jessel
1970 (43rd)Frank Sinatra
1972 (45th)Rosalind Russell
1973 (46th)Lew Wasserman
1974 (47th)Arthur B. Krim
1975 (48th) Dr. Jules C. Stein
1977 (50th)Charlton Heston
1978 (51st)Leo Jaffe
1979 (52nd)Robert Benjamin 
1981 (54th)Danny Kaye
1982 (55th)Walter Mirisch
1983 (56th)M. J. Frankovich
1984 (57th)David L. Wolper
1985 (58th) Charles "Buddy" Rogers
1989 (62nd)Howard W. Koch
1992 (65th)Audrey Hepburn
1992 (65th)Elizabeth Taylor
1993 (66th)Paul Newman
1994 (67th)Quincy Jones
2001 (74th)Arthur Hiller
2004 (77th)Roger Mayer
2006 (79th)Sherry Lansing
2008 (81st)Jerry Lewis
2011 (84th)Oprah Winfrey
2012 (85th)Jeffrey Katzenberg
2013 (86th)Angelina Jolie
2014 (87th)Harry Belafonte
2015 (88th) Debbie Reynolds
2019 (92nd)Geena Davis
2020 (93rd)Tyler Perry
2020 (93rd)Motion Picture & Television Fund
2021 (94th)Danny Glover
2022 (95th)Michael J. Fox
2023 (96th)Michelle Satter

 

Given to an individual in the motion picture industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry by promoting human welfare and contributing to rectifying inequities.

YearWinner
1956 (29th) Y. Frank Freeman
1957 (30th)Samuel Goldwyn 
1959 (32nd)Bob Hope
1960 (33rd)Sol Lesser
1961 (34th)George Seaton
1962 (35th)Steve Broidy
1965 (38th)Edmond L. DePatie
1966 (39th)George Bagnall
1967 (40th) Gregory Peck
1968 (41st) Martha Raye
1969 (42nd)George Jessel
1970 (43rd)Frank Sinatra
1972 (45th)Rosalind Russell
1973 (46th)Lew Wasserman
1974 (47th)Arthur B. Krim
1975 (48th) Dr. Jules C. Stein
1977 (50th)Charlton Heston
1978 (51st)Leo Jaffe
1979 (52nd)Robert Benjamin 
1981 (54th)Danny Kaye
1982 (55th)Walter Mirisch
1983 (56th)M. J. Frankovich
1984 (57th)David L. Wolper
1985 (58th) Charles "Buddy" Rogers
1989 (62nd)Howard W. Koch
1992 (65th)Audrey Hepburn
1992 (65th)Elizabeth Taylor
1993 (66th)Paul Newman
1994 (67th)Quincy Jones
2001 (74th)Arthur Hiller
2004 (77th)Roger Mayer
2006 (79th)Sherry Lansing
2008 (81st)Jerry Lewis
2011 (84th)Oprah Winfrey
2012 (85th)Jeffrey Katzenberg
2013 (86th)Angelina Jolie
2014 (87th)Harry Belafonte
2015 (88th) Debbie Reynolds
2019 (92nd)Geena Davis
2020 (93rd)Tyler Perry
2020 (93rd)Motion Picture & Television Fund
2021 (94th)Danny Glover
2022 (95th)Michael J. Fox
2023 (96th)Michelle Satter