3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards

The 3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 1996, took place on February 22, 1997. The ceremony was held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California, and was televised live by NBC. The nominees were announced on January 23, 1997.

Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.



Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

 * Angela Lansbury

In Memoriam
It was presented a memorial to the SAG's members who died during last year:


 * Dorothy Lamour
 * Whit Bissell
 * Ben Johnson
 * Jack Weston
 * Dana Hill
 * Ray Combs
 * Bibi Besch
 * Brigitte Helm
 * Jeremy Sinden
 * Natividad Vacío
 * Jon Pertwee
 * Marcello Mastroianni
 * Virginia Christine
 * Vince Edwards
 * Vito Scotti
 * Joanne Dru
 * Claudette Colbert
 * Greer Garson
 * Robert Ridgely
 * Greg Morris
 * Morey Amsterdam
 * Joe Seneca
 * Lew Ayres
 * Michael Fox
 * Gene Nelson
 * Sheldon Leonard
 * Larry Gates
 * Jason Bernard
 * Gene Kelly
 * George Burns