The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1979) | Full Cast

Don Mischer

DIRECTOR

Don Baer

WRITER

George Stevens Jr.

WRITER

Sara Lukinson

WRITER

Tennessee Williams

Himself - Honoree

Joe Williams

Himself

Maureen Stapleton

Herself

William Warfield

Himself

Eric Sevareid

Himself - Master of Ceremonies

Ann Miller

Herself

Michael Moriarty

Himself

Joshua Logan

Himself

Peggy Lee

Herself - Presenter: Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

Herself - Honoree

Jon Hendricks

Himself

Bill Hartung

Ensemble

Martha Graham

Herself - Honoree

Aaron Copland

Himself - Honoree

Rosalynn Carter

Herself

Jimmy Carter

Himself

Count Basie

Himself

Elizabeth Ashley

Herself

Plácido Domingo

Himself

Jane Alexander

Herself

Alan Alda

Himself - Presenter: Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

Himself - Honoree

Gene Kelly

Himself - Presenter: Martha Graham

Mickey Rooney

Himself

Elia Kazan

Himself - Presenter

Art Buchwald

Himself

Leonard Bernstein

Himself - Presenter: Aaron Copland