The 12th Annual
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards (also known as SAG Awards) are accolades given by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). The award was founded in 1995 to recognize outstanding performances in movie an ...
ceremony, honoring the best in film and television acting achievement for the year 2005, took place on January 29, 2006, at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center, in
Los Angeles
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,
California
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. It was the 10th consecutive year the ceremony was held at the center. The nominees were announced on January 5, 2006, and the event was televised live by both
TNT
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and
TBS. It was the first ever year TBS televised the ceremony, while it was the 9th consecutive year that TNT had aired it.
Among the contenders for the film awards ''
Brokeback Mountain
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'' received the highest number of nominations with four. ''
Capote'' and ''
Crash'' received the second highest number with three each. No film however received more than one award. In the television categories the mini-series ''
Empire Falls'' and the spin-off series ''
Boston Legal
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'' led the nominees with four nominations each. ''
Desperate Housewives
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'' was the only series which won more than one award, two in total.
The
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
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was presented to the former child actress
Shirley Temple Black
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.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
The Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award is presented by the Screen Actors Guild's National Honors and Tributes Committee for "outstanding achievement in fostering the finest ideals of the acting profession." It predates the 1st Screen Acto ...
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Shirley Temple Black
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Film
Television
In Memoriam
Samuel L. Jackson presented a visual salute to the members of the guild who died in 2005:
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Sandra Dee
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Eddie Albert
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Barbara Bel Geddes
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Bob Denver
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James Doohan
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Dana Elcar
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Wendie Jo Sperber
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J. D. Cannon
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Harold J. Stone
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Sheree North
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Don Adams
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Teresa Wright
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Lloyd Bochner
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Mason Adams
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Lane Smith
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Thurl Ravenscroft
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John Raitt
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Lou Rawls
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John Vernon
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Len Dressler
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John Fiedler
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Barney Martin
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Ruth Hussey
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Ford Rainey
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Brock Peters
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John Mills
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Frances Langford
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She was known as the "GI Nightinga ...
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June Haver
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Dan O'Herlihy
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Geraldine Fitzgerald
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Anthony Franciosa
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Stephen Elliot
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Paul Winchell
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Frank Gorshin
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Shelley Winters
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Anne Bancroft
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Louis Nye
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Vincent Schiavelli
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John Spencer
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Pat Morita
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Richard Pryor
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References
External links
SAG Awards official site
DigitalHit.com 12th Annual SAG Awards Photos
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