AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Meryl Streep will present Shirley MacLaine with the American Film Institute.s 40th Life Achievement Award . America.s highest honor for a career in film. The private black tie gala will be held at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City on June 7 and will air on TV Land on Sunday, June 24 at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt.
Streep, who was honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2004, played MacLaine.s daughter in Postcards From The Edge (1990). Both actresses are multiple Academy Award recipients. Streep, nominated a record 17 times, including for Postcards From The Edge, won for The Iron Lady (2011), Sophie.S Choice (1982) and Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979) while MacLaine, nominated six times, won for her portrayal of Aurora Greenway in Terms Of Endearment (1983).
Luminaries from across the film community will join Streep to celebrate the career of Shirley MacLaine, one of America.s treasured motion picture artists.
Streep, who was honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2004, played MacLaine.s daughter in Postcards From The Edge (1990). Both actresses are multiple Academy Award recipients. Streep, nominated a record 17 times, including for Postcards From The Edge, won for The Iron Lady (2011), Sophie.S Choice (1982) and Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979) while MacLaine, nominated six times, won for her portrayal of Aurora Greenway in Terms Of Endearment (1983).
Luminaries from across the film community will join Streep to celebrate the career of Shirley MacLaine, one of America.s treasured motion picture artists.
- 5/23/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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