The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1979) | Full Cast

Don Mischer

DIRECTOR

Bill Hartung

Ensemble

Martha Graham

Herself - Honoree

Plácido Domingo

Himself

Leonard Bernstein

Himself - Presenter: Aaron Copland

Joe Williams

Himself

Ann Miller

Herself

Rosalynn Carter

Herself

Henry Fonda

Himself - Honoree

Gene Kelly

Himself - Presenter: Martha Graham

Eric Sevareid

Himself - Master of Ceremonies

Count Basie

Himself

Elia Kazan

Himself - Presenter

Maureen Stapleton

Herself

Peggy Lee

Herself - Presenter: Ella Fitzgerald

Aaron Copland

Himself - Honoree

Elizabeth Ashley

Herself

William Warfield

Himself

Joshua Logan

Himself

Ella Fitzgerald

Herself - Honoree

Jon Hendricks

Himself

Jane Alexander

Herself

Alan Alda

Himself - Presenter: Henry Fonda

Mickey Rooney

Himself

Art Buchwald

Himself

Tennessee Williams

Himself - Honoree

Michael Moriarty

Himself

Jimmy Carter

Himself