AFI Life Achievement Award AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Billy Wilder (Season 1, Episode 14)
TV Episode | 72 min | Documentary

AFI Life Achievement Award

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Billy Wilder (Season 1, Episode 14)

TV Episode | 72 min | Documentary

Legendary filmmaker Billy Wilder becomes the 14th recipient of The American Film Institute Life Achievement Award as clips from a number of his classic films are unreeled: "The Major and the Minor," "Double Indemnity," "The Lost Weekend," ...See moreLegendary filmmaker Billy Wilder becomes the 14th recipient of The American Film Institute Life Achievement Award as clips from a number of his classic films are unreeled: "The Major and the Minor," "Double Indemnity," "The Lost Weekend," "Sunset Blvd.," "Ace in the Hole," "Stalag 17," "Sabrina," "Love in the Afternoon," "Some Like it Hot," "The Apartment," "Irma La Douce," "The Fortune Cookie," and "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes." Host Jack Lemmon welcomes Walter Matthau, Ginger Rogers, Tony Curtis, Shirley MacLaine, Don Ameche, Charles Durning, Jessica Lange, Whoopi Goldberg, Fred MacMurray, Carol Burnett and Audrey Hepburn to kid and salute him. A loving tribute to the remarkable Mr. Wilder. Written by alfiehitchie See less

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44 cast members

Name	Known for
Billy Wilder Self - Guest of Honor Self - Guest of Honor See fewer	The Apartment (1960)
Don Ameche Self Self See fewer	Cocoon (1985)
Lucille Ball Self Self See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
Carol Burnett Self Self See fewer	The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
Johnny Carson Self Self See fewer	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Richard Chamberlain Self Self See fewer	The Towering Inferno (1974)
Tony Curtis Self Self See fewer	Some Like It Hot (1959)
Ted Danson Self Self See fewer	Cheers (1982)
Tony Danza Self Self See fewer	Don Jon (2013)
Angie Dickinson Self Self See fewer	Dressed to Kill (1980)
Charles Durning Self Self See fewer	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Linda Evans Self Self See fewer	Dynasty (1981)
Sally Field Self Self See fewer	Lincoln (2012)
Shirlee Fonda Self - (uncredit) Self - (uncredit) See fewer	Joanne Carson's VIPs (1972)
John Forsythe Self Self See fewer	The Trouble with Harry (1955)
Zsa Zsa Gabor Self Self See fewer	The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Teri Garr Self Self See fewer	Tootsie (1982)
Whoopi Goldberg Self Self See fewer	Ghost (1990)
Peter Graves Self Self See fewer	Stalag 17 (1953)
Gene Hackman Self Self See fewer	The French Connection (1971)
June Haver Self - (uncredit) Self - (uncredit) See fewer	The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950)
Audrey Hepburn Self Self See fewer	Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Amy Irving Self Self See fewer	Traffic (2000)
Jessica Lange Self Self See fewer	Tootsie (1982)
Jack Lemmon Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	The Apartment (1960)
Shelley Long Self Self See fewer	Cheers (1982)
Shirley MacLaine Self Self See fewer	Terms of Endearment (1983)
Fred MacMurray Self Self See fewer	Double Indemnity (1944)
Walter Matthau Self Self See fewer	The Odd Couple (1968)
Brigitte Nelson Self Self See fewer	Demons (2007)
Nancy Olson Self - (uncredit) Self - (uncredit) See fewer	Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Gregory Peck Self Self See fewer	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Priscilla Presley Self Self See fewer	The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Ginger Rogers Self Self See fewer	Kitty Foyle (1940)
Wayne Rogers Self Self See fewer	MAS*H (1972)
Sam Shepard Self Self See fewer	August: Osage County (2013)
Sylvester Stallone Self Self See fewer	Rocky (1976)
James Stewart Self Self See fewer	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Andy Williams Self Self See fewer	Nobody (I) (2021)
Ernest Borgnine Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	Marty (1955)
Sherry Lansing Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited) See fewer	Indecent Proposal (1993)
Roberta Olden Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	Antiques Roadshow (1997)
Sidney Poitier Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited) See fewer	In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Steven Spielberg Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	Schindler's List (1993)