Special Honors

Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman of the Year and Man of the Year

The Hasty Pudding Theatricals of Harvard University, an organization of undergraduates, has presented the Woman of the Year award since 1951 and the Man of the Year award since 1967 to performers who have made a “lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment.”

year

name

1951

Gertrude Lawrence

1952

Barbara Bel Geddes

1953

Mamie Eisenhower

1954

Shirley Booth

1955

Debbie Reynolds

1956

Peggy Ann Garner

1957


Carroll Baker

1958

Katharine Hepburn

1959

Joanne Woodward

1960

Carol Lawrence

1961

Jane Fonda

1962

Piper Laurie

1963

Shirley MacLaine

1964

Rosalind Russell

1965

Lee Remick

1966

Ethel Merman

1967

Lauren Bacall and Bob Hope

1968

Angela Lansbury and Paul Newman

1969

Carol Burnett and Bill Cosby

1970

Dionne Warwick and Robert Redford

1971

Carol Channing and James Stewart

1972

Ruby Keelerand Dustin Hoffman

1973

Liza Minnelli and Jack Lemmon

1974

Faye Dunawayand Peter Falk

1975

Valerie Harper and Warren Beatty

1976

Bette Midler and Robert Blake

1977

Elizabeth Taylor and Johnny Carson

1978

Beverly Sills and Richard Dreyfuss

1979

Candice Bergen and Robert De Niro

 

year

name

1980

Meryl Streep and Alan Alda

1981

Mary Tyler Moore and John Travolta

1982

Ella Fitzgerald and James Cagney

1983

Julie Andrews and Steven Spielberg

1984

Joan Rivers and Sean Connery

1985

Cher and Bill Murray

1986

Sally Field and Sylvester Stallone

1987

Bernadette Peters and Mikhail Baryshnikov

1988

Lucille Ball and Steve Martin

1989

Kathleen Turner and Robin Williams

1990

Glenn Close and Kevin Costner

1991

Diane Keaton and Clint Eastwood

1992

Jodie Foster and Michael Douglas

1993

Whoopi Goldberg and Chevy Chase

1994

Meg Ryan and Tom Cruise

1995

Michelle Pfeiffer and Tom Hanks

1996

Susan Sarandon and Harrison Ford

1997

Julia Roberts and Mel Gibson

1998

Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline

1999

Goldie Hawn and Samuel L. Jackson

2000

Jamie Lee Curtis and Billy Crystal

2001

Drew Barrymore and Anthony Hopkins

2002

Sarah Jessica Parker and Bruce Willis

2003

Anjelica Huston and Martin Scorsese

2004

Sandra Bullock and Robert Downey, Jr.

2005

Catherine Zeta-Jones and Tim Robbins

2006

Halle Berry and Richard Gere

2007

Scarlett Johansson and Ben Stiller

2008

Charlize Theron and Christopher Walken

The tables that follow contain the significant information about the top contests of all the major sports that are international in character, as well as some professional and amateur sports that attract a huge national following—such as baseball in the United States and cricket in the United Kingdom, Australia, India, and the other Test Match countries— and some sports, such as rowing, in which national competition overshadows international events. In many sports the Olympic Games held every four years constitute the world championships; they are included in the listings below.

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