Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
The Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year award is bestowed annually by the Hasty Pudding Theatricals society at Harvard University. The award was created in 1951, and its first recipient was Gertrude Lawrence, an English actress, singer, and dancer. It has since been awarded annually by the society members of the Hasty Pudding to performers deemed to have made a "lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment".
The Woman of the Year recipient is traditionally treated to a day of celebrations in her honor, including a parade through Harvard Square accompanied by members of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals and Pudding-affiliated Organizations. This is usually followed by a celebratory dinner and entertainment by the Harvard Krokodiloes.
Below is a list of the women who have received the award:[1]
Woman of the Year recipients
- 2020 – Elizabeth Banks
- 2019 – Bryce Dallas Howard
- 2018 – Mila Kunis
- 2017 – Octavia Spencer
- 2016 – Kerry Washington
- 2015 – Amy Poehler
- 2014 – Helen Mirren
- 2013 – Marion Cotillard
- 2012 – Claire Danes
- 2011 – Julianne Moore
- 2010 – Anne Hathaway
- 2009 – Renée Zellweger
- 2008 – Charlize Theron
- 2007 – Scarlett Johansson
- 2006 – Halle Berry
- 2005 – Catherine Zeta-Jones
- 2004 – Sandra Bullock
- 2003 – Anjelica Huston
- 2002 – Sarah Jessica Parker
- 2001 – Drew Barrymore
- 2000 – Jamie Lee Curtis
- 1999 – Goldie Hawn
- 1998 – Sigourney Weaver
- 1997 – Julia Roberts
- 1996 – Susan Sarandon
- 1995 – Michelle Pfeiffer
- 1994 – Meg Ryan
- 1993 – Whoopi Goldberg
- 1992 – Jodie Foster
- 1991 – Diane Keaton
- 1990 – Glenn Close
- 1989 – Kathleen Turner
- 1988 – Lucille Ball
- 1987 – Bernadette Peters
- 1986 – Sally Field
- 1985 – Cher
- 1984 – Joan Rivers
- 1983 – Julie Andrews
- 1982 – Ella Fitzgerald
- 1981 – Mary Tyler Moore
- 1980 – Meryl Streep
- 1979 – Candice Bergen
- 1978 – Beverly Sills
- 1977 – Elizabeth Taylor
- 1976 – Bette Midler
- 1975 – Valerie Harper
- 1974 – Faye Dunaway
- 1973 – Liza Minnelli
- 1972 – Ruby Keeler
- 1971 – Carol Channing
- 1970 – Dionne Warwick
- 1969 – Carol Burnett
- 1968 – Angela Lansbury
- 1967 – Lauren Bacall
- 1966 – Ethel Merman
- 1965 – Lee Remick
- 1964 – Rosalind Russell
- 1963 – Shirley MacLaine
- 1962 – Piper Laurie
- 1961 – Jane Fonda
- 1960 – Carol Lawrence
- 1959 – Joanne Woodward
- 1958 – Katharine Hepburn
- 1957 – Carroll Baker
- 1956 – Peggy Ann Garner
- 1955 – Debbie Reynolds
- 1954 – Shirley Booth
- 1953 – Mamie Eisenhower
- 1952 – Barbara Bel Geddes
- 1951 – Gertrude Lawrence
See also
References
- ^ "Men and Women of the Year". Hasty Pudding Theatricals. Retrieved 16 September 2017.