The 12th Annual

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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

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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 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 ''

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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'' led the nominees with four nominations each. ''

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'' was the only series which won more than one award, two in total. The Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award was presented to the former child actress Shirley Temple Black.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Philip Seymour Hoffman 2011

Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

* Shirley Temple Black

Film

Television

In Memoriam

Samuel L. Jackson presented a visual salute to the members of the guild who died in 2005: *

Sandra Dee Sandra Dee (born Alexandra Zuck; April 23, 1942 – February 20, 2005) was an American actress. Dee began her career as a child model, working first in commercials and then film in her teenage years. Best known for her portrayal of ingénues ...

* Eddie Albert *

Barbara Bel Geddes Barbara Bel Geddes (October 31, 1922 – August 8, 2005) was an American stage and screen Actor, actress, artist, and children's author whose career spanned almost 5 decades. She was best known for her starring role as Miss Ellie Ewing in th ...

* Bob Denver * James Doohan *

Dana Elcar Ibsen Dana Elcar (October 10, 1927 – June 6, 2005) was an American television and film character actor. He appeared in about 40 films as well as in the 1960s television series ''Dark Shadows'' as Sheriff George Patterson and the 1980s and 1 ...

* Wendie Jo Sperber * J. D. Cannon * Harold J. Stone * Sheree North * Don Adams * Teresa Wright * Lloyd Bochner * Mason Adams * Lane Smith * Thurl Ravenscroft * John Raitt * Lou Rawls * John Vernon * Len Dressler * John Fiedler * Barney Martin *

Ruth Hussey Ruth Carol Hussey (October 30, 1911 – April 19, 2005) was an American actress best known for her Academy Award-nominated role as photographer Elizabeth Imbrie in '' The Philadelphia Story''. Early life Hussey was born in Providence, Rho ...

* Ford Rainey * Brock Peters * John Mills *

Frances Langford Julia Frances Newbern-Langford (April 4, 1913 – July 11, 2005) was an American singer and actress who was popular during the Golden Age of Radio and made film and television appearances for over two decades. She was known as the "GI Nightinga ...

June Haver June Haver (born Beverly June Stovenour; June 10, 1926 – July 4, 2005) was an American film actress, singer and dancer. Once groomed by 20th Century Fox to be "the next Betty Grable," Haver appeared in a string of Musical film, musicals, but sh ...

* Dan O'Herlihy * Geraldine Fitzgerald * Anthony Franciosa * Stephen Elliot *

Paul Winchell Paul Winchell (''Birth name, né'' Wilchinsky; December 21, 1922 – June 24, 2005) was an American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, humanitarian, and inventor whose career flourished in the 1950s and 1960s. From 1950 to 1954, he hosted ''The Pa ...

* Frank Gorshin *

Shelley Winters Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift; August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American film actress whose career spanned seven decades. She won Academy Awards for ''The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film), The Diary of Anne Frank'' (1959) and ' ...

Anne Bancroft Anne Bancroft (born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano; September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an American actress. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft received an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, tw ...

* Louis Nye * Vincent Schiavelli * John Spencer * Pat Morita *

Richard Pryor Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Known for reaching a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, he is widely regarded ...

References

External links

SAG Awards official site

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