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Poll: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Favorite Recipient (2000-Present)

A poll by Dibyayan_Chakravorty
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award is awarded periodically by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) at the Governors Awards ceremonies for an individual's outstanding contributions to humanitarian causes. The award category was instituted in 1956.

The award is named after Danish American screen actor and humanitarian Jean Hersholt, who served as president of the Motion Picture Relief Fund for 18 years. He also served as president of AMPAS from 1945 to 1949.

Who of these people is your favorite recipient of the prestigious Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from 2000 to present day?

[Note: No Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award was given in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018.]

Discuss the poll here

Results of 219 votes:

  1. 1.

    Angelina Jolie

     
    Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 2014 Recipient.
  2. 2.

    Jerry Lewis

     
    Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 2009 Recipient.
  3. 3.

    Geena Davis

     
    Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 2019 Recipient.
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