BROKEN GLASS - HONOREES ANNOUNCED

The Fourth Annual Broken Glass Awards are pleased to announce this year’s honorees.

SHIRLEY JONES Oscar® winner for Supporting Actress in 1961 in Elmer Gantry, Shirley’s career has spanned Broadway musicals such as South Pacific to iconic Hollywood musicals Oklahoma and Music Man to the wildly popular Television series The Partridge Family.

RAQUEL WELCH “Contrary to popular myth, I didn’t just hatch out of an eagle’s nest circa One Million Years B.C. clad in a doe-skin bikini.” So opens “Raquel: Beyond the Cleavage,” her recently published autobiography. She is a film, television and stage actress having starred in more than 45 films as well as Broadway musicals.

BARBARA KELLER Barbara received the Outstanding Volunteer Award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals; the Palm Springs Athena Award; she is on the Board of the Desert AIDS Project, for which she co-chairs the Steve Chase Gala; and the Board of Jewish Family Service of the Desert. She has served as an Honorary Chair of Michael Childers’ One Night Only charity event. She and her husband, Jerry Keller own two restaurants, Rancho Mirage’s Acqua Pazza and Palm Springs’ LULU.

KIM WALTRIP Kim is Vice Chair of Kim and Jim Productions. Recent feature titles include “Outrun,“ “Expecting Mary,“ “Adopt a Sailor,“ “I Didn’t Come Here to Die” and “A Thousand Cuts.“ She has been honored with the “Angel of the Year” award by the Olive Crest Foundation for abused and neglected children, was the District Director for Congresswoman Mary Bono and was an international model for Wilhelmina.

JENNIFER YUH NELSON Jennifer Yuh Nelson made her feature film directorial debut with “Kung Fu Panda 2” the sequel to the Academy Award®-nominated original film from 2008. When the film crossed $645 million at the worldwide box-office, she became the highest-grossing female director at the global box office.

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