LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� 鈥淪cream Queen鈥� Jamie Lee Curtis will be this year's recipient of AARP The Magazine鈥檚 Awards career achievement honor.
Curtis will receive the honor at the AARP鈥檚 annual Best Movies and TV for Grownups ceremony, the group announced Thursday. Alan Cumming returns to host the ceremony, which will be telecast on 鈥淕reat Performances鈥� on PBS on Feb. 17 at 9 p.m. Eastern.
鈥淛amie Lee Curtis鈥� longstanding, ever-increasing career shatters Hollywood鈥檚 outmoded stereotypes about aging, and it exemplifies what AARP鈥檚 Movies for Grownups program is all about,鈥� AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins said in a statement.
Since stepping into the role of Laurie Strode in 鈥淗alloween鈥� in 1978, the 64-year-old horror queen starred in her last installment of the slasher series and the blockbuster indie film, this year.
鈥淲e are delighted to honor Curtis, who at 19 became an iconic 鈥榮cream queen鈥� in 鈥楬alloween,鈥� then grew up to be a master in comic and dramatic roles, too," Jenkins said.
Curtis, whose other credits include, 鈥淭rue Lies,鈥� 鈥淎 Fish Called Wanda,鈥� 鈥淔reaky Friday,鈥� 鈥淜nives Out鈥� and the television series 鈥淪cream Queens,鈥� is an Emmy nominee and a British Academy Film Award winner. Her films have, over her four-decade-long career, earned $2.5 billion at the box office, the statement said.
The AARP鈥檚 Movies for Grownups program champions movies that resonate with viewers 50 and over, and fights ageism in the entertainment industry. Previous honorees include Lily Tomlin, George Clooney, Annette Bening, Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro and Michael Douglas.
The Associated Press
