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pop quiz: Name the 26 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom from the film/theater industry since 1964.

Posted by Max Jun 20 '20, 14:55

The 26 were awarded by eight presidents. Eight of the 26 were women, two African-American.

Responses:

List, according to Wikipedia - Max Jun 20, 15:55
Mamet? -- nm - Mara Jun 20, 15:50 1
- (nope) -- nm - Max Jun 20, 15:51
Tennessee Williams? -- nm - Mara Jun 20, 15:49 1
- (literature) -- nm - Max Jun 20, 15:49
James Cagney, Coppola, Billy Wilder, Jack Lemon, Denzel Washington. -- nm - pmb Jun 20, 15:48 1
- #10 - Reagan, (nopes) -- nm - Max Jun 20, 15:49
Sondheim? -- nm - Mara Jun 20, 15:44 1
- (music) -- nm - Max Jun 20, 15:46
Leontyne Price, Streep, Newman, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers. -- nm - pmb Jun 20, 15:39 3
- (music), #21 - Obama, nope, (music), nope -- nm - Max Jun 20, 15:41 2
  - They don't count musical theater or opera as theater? -- nm - pmb Jun 20, 15:44 1
    - Well, this is a simplified wikipedia grouping, and as far as I see the film/theater group is actors and directors. AFAIK the official medal does not group. -- nm* - Max Jun 20, 15:45
Film director Ford, o -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 20, 15:32 1
- #7 - Nixon -- nm - Max Jun 20, 15:33
Jimmy Stewart? -- nm - Roger More Jun 20, 15:31 1
- #11 - Reagan -- nm - Max Jun 20, 15:33
What category does Ellen DeGenetes fall under? -- nm - Roger More Jun 20, 15:31 1
- Wikipedia has a separate group for Television industry. -- nm - Max Jun 20, 15:32
Adam Sandler, but not for his good roles. - spamlet Jun 20, 15:24 1
- Trump has given out 15 medals but none to film/theater people. -- nm - Max Jun 20, 15:26
John Wayne? -- nm - Roger More Jun 20, 15:21 1
- #8 - Jimmy Carter -- nm - Max Jun 20, 15:22
Crosby Stills & Nash -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 20, 15:20 2
- oops. their music -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 20, 15:20
- nope -- nm - Max Jun 20, 15:20
Sorry, I only know 24 of them. -- nm - Spawn Jun 20, 15:20
Tom Hanks. James Earl Jones. Kathryn Hepburn, Henry Fonda, George Lucas. -- nm - pmb Jun 20, 15:16 1
- #25 - Obama, nope, #14 - GHW Bush, nope, nope -- nm - Max Jun 20, 15:20
Springsteen, Aretha Franklin -- nm* - prayformojo Jun 20, 15:05 1
- count them under the Music industry group, not this one (using Wikipedia). Bah, they count Streisand as music too - Max Jun 20, 15:16
Spielberg -- nm - prayformojo Jun 20, 14:57 1
- #22 - 2015 - Obama -- nm - Max Jun 20, 14:57

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