Jennifer Aniston presents formerly estranged father John with Lifetime Achievement Emmy

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Friends star Jennifer Aniston presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to her father John Aniston yesterday.She graciously paid tribute to her father, from whom she had been previously estranged, at the Daytime Emmy Awards.

Jennifer, 53, is a hugely successful Hollywood actress, but she is also the daughter of Days of Our Lives star John, 88.John spent nearly four decades on Days Of Our Lives, which was frequently parodied on Friends.The Greek-born American actor was not able to attend last night’s ceremony, so instead Jennifer delivered a video address in honour of her “great and well-respected” father.Her speech was accompanied by a clip reel that gave the audience an overview of John’s long television career.She said: “It's an opportunity to not only pay tribute to a true icon in the daytime television world, but it's also a chance to recognise the lifelong achievements of a great and well-respected actor who also happens to be my dad.“John Aniston has been working in television consistently for over half a century,” Jennifer added.“He started acting in 1962, garnering roles on all types of now-classic television programs like Combat!, Mission: Impossible, Kojak and later made many guest appearances on shows like Airwolf, Gilmore Girls, The West Wing, Star Trek: Voyager, Mad Men, the list goes on.“All while simultaneously appearing in nearly every soap opera imaginable.

You name it, I'm sure he's been on it,” she joked. Jennifer then went on to note her father’s career-defining role on Days of Our Lives.“But since 1985, his TV home has been with the cast and crew of the long-running soap opera Days Of Our Lives,” she continued.“Where he has given masterful performances as the dangerously handsome, perpetually handsome.