Awards And Honors
c.1946
c.1946
- DONALDSON AWARD Billion Dollar Baby
1947
1947
- ANTOINETTE PERRY AWARD FOR BEST CHOREOGRAPHER High Button Shoes
- DONALDSON AWARD High Button Shoes
1948
1948
- NEW YORK DRAMA CRITICS AWARD High Button Shoes
- NY DRAMA CRITICS AWARD High Button Shoes
1950
1950
- DANCE MAGAZINE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
1951
1951
- DONALDSON AWARD The King and I
1952
1952
- DONALDSON AWARD Two’s Company
1953
1953
- SYLVANIA AWARD Ford 50th Anniversary Show
1954
1954
- DONALDSON AWARD The Pajama Game
1955
1955
- EMMY AWARD FOR BEST CHOREOGRAPHER Peter Pan (televised)
1956
1956
- LOOK MAGAZINE AWARD Peter Pan (televised)
- BOX OFFICE BLUE RIBBON AWARD King and I (film)
1957
1957
- DANCE MAGAZINE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
1958
1958
- ANTOINETTE PERRY AWARD FOR BEST CHOREOGRAPHER West Side Story (musical)
- LONDON EVENING STANDARD DRAMA West Side Story (musical)
1959
1959
- CITY OF NEW YORK CITATION bestowed by Mayor Wagner Ballets: U.S.A.
- THEATRE DES NATIONS AWARD named Best Choreographer
1961
1961
- ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS & SCIENCES AWARD (Oscar) Best Director – West Side Story (with Robert Wise) Honorary Award for Brilliant Achievements in the Art of Choreography on Film
- LAUREL AWARD, WRITERS’ GUILD OF AMERICA WEST West Side Story (film)
- SBI GOLD OWL AWARD – BEST CHOREOGRAPHY West Side Story (film)
- SCREEN DIRECTORS GUILD AWARD West Side Story (Film)
1964
1964
- CHEVALIER DE L’ORDRE DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES
1965
1965
- ANTOINETTE PERRY AWARD Fiddler on the Roof (Best Director 1965) Fiddler on the Roof (Best Choreographer 1965)
- DRAMA CRITICS AWARD Best Musical – Fiddler on the Roof
1967
1967
- BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY CREATIVE ARTS AWARD Theater
1971
1971
- CITY OF PARIS AWARD International Dance Festival, Best Ballet: Les Noces
1974
1974
- HONORARY DEGREE FROM OHIO UNIVERSITY
1976
1976
- HANDEL MEDALLION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
- CAPEZIO DANCE AWARD
1979
1979
- AMERICA-ISRAEL ARTS, SCIENCES & HUMANITIES AWARD
- THEATRE HALL OF FAME
1980
1980
- HONORARY DOCTORATE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Graduate School and University Center of CUNY
1981
1981
- KENNEDY CENTER HONOREE John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Washington, D.C. December 6, 1981
- INTERNATIONAL DANCE, FILM & VIDEOTAPE FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE Dedicated to Jerome Robbins Sponsored by the Dance Collection of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, and the International Dance Council, Inc./UNESCO
1982
1982
- AMERICA-ISRAEL CULTURAL FOUNDATION’S KING SOLOMON Award for Artistic Achievement
1984
1984
- BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY CREATIVE ARTS AWARD Dance
1985
1985
- AMERICAN ACADEMY & INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND LETTERS Honorary Member
- HONORARY DOCTORATE OF FINE ARTS, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
- ASTAIRE AWARD Lifetime Achievement in Dance — Given by the Anglo-American Contemporary Dance Foundation
1988
1988
- HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN BALLET PRIZE Royal Danish Theatre
- NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS AWARD National Endowment for the Arts
1989
1989
- ANTOINETTE PERRY AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL Jerome Robbins’ Broadway
1990
1990
- COMMONWEALTH AWARD OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN THE DRAMATIC ARTS Bank of Delaware
- COMMANDEUR DE L’ORDRE DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES
1993
1993
- FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES Honorary Member
- Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur
1997
1997
- GOVERNOR’S ARTS AWARD