History of the 3rd SAG Awards
On February 22, 1997 the 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® was telecast live on NBC from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. Star studded, the actor friendly event saw Glenn Close present the Life Achievement Award to Angela Lansbury.
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Other highlights of the evening included the reuniting of Michael Cole, Peggy Lipton and Clarence Williams III of the "Mod Squad" to present the Outstanding Performance of an Ensemble of a Drama Series, and LeVar Burton, Cicely Tyson, and Edward Asner, cast members of "Roots", the most watched miniseries in television history, to present the awards for Outstanding Performances by a Male and a Female in a movie or miniseries.
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The show also saluted
stunt women and background singers. Following the evenings events, the
Awards Show guests moved onto the stage of the Shrine Auditorium for a
post-awards gala benefiting the Screen Actors Guild Foundation, hosted
by the Entertainment Industry Foundation and People Magazine.
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- Inaugural Screen Actors Guilds Awards®
- 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
- 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
- 4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
- 5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
- 6th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
- 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
- 8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
- 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
- 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
- 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
- 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
- 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
- 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®












