About AFI Life Achievement Award

On June 24 TV Land presents the 40th AFI Life Achievement Award to Shirley MacLaine adding yet another high honor to the hefty resume of the award-winning actress and author. Past honorees include Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Meryl Streep and Al Pacino.

The AFI Life Achievement award was established in 1973 to honor an individual whose career in motion pictures or TV has greatly contributed to the enrichment of American culture. The criteria state that "the recipient should be one whose talent has in a fundamental way advanced the film art; whose accomplishment has been acknowledged by scholars, critics, professional peers and the general public; and whose work has stood the test of time."