Annette Bening. (Rob Rich)

New York City - The Actors Fund's Annual Gala, held on Monday, May 23, 2011 at the Marriott Marquis, honored Tony and Emmy Award winning actress and current star of "The Addams Family," Bebe Neuwirth ("Chicago," "Sweet Charity," "Cheers," "Frasier"); Tony, Emmy and Academy Award winning actor Al Pacino ("The Godfather: Parts I, II and III," "Scent of a Woman," HBO's "Angels in America" and "You Don't Know Jack," "The Merchant of Venice"), and Vice President, Market General Manager for New York City's Marriott & Renaissance Hotels Michael J. Stengel, as the New York Marriott Marquis celebrates its 25th anniversary of commitment to Broadway and Times Square.

Neuwirth was recognized for her 12 years of services as a trustee of The Actors Fund, and the founder of The Dancers' Resource - a program of The Actors Fund aimed at relieving the particular emotional and physical challenges faced by dancers. Both Neuwirth and Stengel will receive The Actors Fund Medal of Honor, and Pacino will receive the Lee Strasberg Artistic Achievement Award.

The Actors Fund is a national human services organization that helps everyone - performers and those behind the scenes - who work in performing arts and entertainment, helping more than 12,000 people directly each year, and hundreds of thousands online. Serving professionals in film, theatre, television, music, opera, radio and dance, The Fund's programs include social services and emergency assistance, health care and insurance, housing, and employment and training services. With offices in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, The Actors Fund has, for nearly 130 years, been a safety net for those in need, crisis or transition.

In attendance were previous Actors Fund Medal of Honor Recipients and honorees Alec Baldwin, Annette Bening, Jonathan Tisch, Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley.