International Press Academy Salutes Dabney Coleman with its prestigious Mary Pickford Award

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Press Academy (IPA) is proud to name classic character actor Dabney Coleman as the recipient of one of its highest honors, the Mary Pickford Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to the Entertainment Industry at the 22nd Annual Satellite Awards™.

Coleman joins the esteemed ranks of previous honorees that include Rod Steiger, Alan J. Pakula, Francis Ford Coppola, Maximilian Schell, Karl Malden, Arnon Milchan, Robert Evans, Louis Gossett Jr., Kathy Bates, Jodi Foster, Susan Sarandon, Vanessa Williams, Gena Rowlands, Mitzi Gaynor, Martin Landau, Michael York, Terence Stamp, Mike Medavoy, Ellen Burnstyn, Louise Fletcher, and last year's recipient, Edward James Olmos.

Texas native Coleman has personified the role of "the man in charge." While Coleman has delivered memorable performances in many TV shows, it was in the role of the despicable politician Merle Jeeter in 1970's critically acclaimed TV comedy "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," that Coleman donned a mustache and found his niche. He popped as the arrogant soap opera director in Sydney Pollack's "Tootsie," but it was in his most iconic role, Franklin Hart, Jr., the sexist boss to Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton in the 1980's smash hit "Nine to Five," that Coleman put a fine point on the character we "love to hate." His groundbreaking role of the egotistical talk show host, Bill Bittinger, in the "Buffalo Bill" series is lauded as among the very first anti-hero comedic part on television and still influences writers and actors today.

But while these roles may have defined the authoritative, arrogant and misogynistic archetype of a generation, these roles did not define the actor. Co-starring in over 70 movies with Elvis Presley, Sidney Poitier, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman,Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Henry and Jane Fonda and Meg Ryan in diverse films like "The Man with one Red Shoe," "Where the Heart Is," "You've Got Mail," and "On Golden Pond," Coleman brought dexterity and dimension to his work.

Coleman won an Emmy in 1987 and was nominated for an additional five Emmy's, in 1988, he won a Golden Globe, and in 2014 he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The complete press release and a list of the nominees can be found at www.pressacademy.com.

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