4th Screen Actors Guild Awards

The 4th Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 1997, took place on March 8, 1998. The ceremony was held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California, and was televised live by TNT.

The nominees were announced on January 27, 1998, by Melissa Joan Hart and David Paymer.

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



Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

 * Elizabeth Taylor

In Memoriam
Gloria Stuart presented this segment in which the guild remembered its most famous members who died last year:


 * Richard Jaeckel
 * Brian Keith
 * Jack Lord
 * William Hickey
 * Audra Lindley
 * Ferdy Mayne
 * Denver Pyle
 * Philip Abbott
 * Ted Bessell
 * Red Skelton
 * Pat Paulsen
 * Stubby Kaye
 * Chris Farley
 * Sonny Bono
 * Henny Youngman
 * Burgess Meredith
 * Paul Lambert
 * Charles Hallahan
 * Reid Shelton
 * Edward Mulhare
 * John Denver
 * J. T. Walsh
 * Toshiro Mifune
 * Jacques Cousteau
 * Robert Mitchum
 * James Stewart