Comedian Ellen DeGeneres receives America’s highest civilian honour

Comedian Ellen DeGeneres was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is America’s highest civilian honour. President Obama honoured 21 people with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the White House including actors, performers, scientists, athletes, among others. The prominent awardees were actors Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, Robert Redford and Cicely Tyson, musicians Bruce Springsteen and Diana Ross, Philanthropists ..

Topics: Actors • American people of German descent • Awards • Bruce Springsteen • Civil awards and decorations of the United States • Ellen DeGeneres • Entertainers • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar • Presidential Medal of Freedom • Robert De Niro • Robert Redford • Tom Hanks