1968 Actor of the Year award recipient was  Celeste Holm (I) (qv). In 1973, during the Sarah Siddons Society  Anniversary Gala, an honorary Sarah Siddons award was presented to  Bette Davis (qv), even though she never appeared in a play in  Chicago. Around 1960 Davis did appear in the  Tennessee Williams (qv) play "The Night of the Iguana" at the  Blackstone in Chicago.