Order of the British Empire

...positive health practices and respect for diversity Jane Seymore, a multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor, as well as an Officer of the British Empire, who remains actively involved in the J and J Foundation benefiting children in...

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...earned him a 1987 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Dramatic TV Series and four Emmy Award nominations from 1986 to 1990. He was made an Order of the British Empire in 1978. Woodward's most recent roles included a part in 2007 comedy Hot...

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...real character." MARY RAND Six days later, her room-mate Ann Packer won gold in the 800 metres. Rand was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1965 New Year's Honours List and voted BBC Sports Personality of...

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...comedy version of Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit," with Tammy Grimes and Beatrice Lillie. Woodward, who was named an officer of the Order of the British Empire, also recorded 12 solo albums as a singer and won an Emmy as host of the 1989...

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I don't go anywhere without them," he says. Ejiofor, 35, has a dry, understated sense of humor. When asked about being named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his theater and film work in his homeland, Ejiofor jokes...

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His book The Empty Space about the theatre is highly influential. Brook has received numerous major awards and distinctions including Commander of the Order of the British Empire, the Legion d'honneur and the Companion of Honour. Last year...

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..."Hang on." That happened again Saturday night when Te Kanawa (or Dame Kiri, as Her Majesty's subjects would say -- she was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire 27 years ago) gave what was billed as her "farewell" DC recital,...

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...England and Wales in 1983, a position he held for eight years. He was knighted in 1971, made a Privy Counsellor in 1980 and awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in 1990 and the Knight of St John (KStJ) in...

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...Australia, where the exhibit debuted before traveling to the Brooklyn Museum earlier this year. The "MBE" refers to Member of the Order of the British Empire awarded to the artist in 2005. Born in Britain to Nigerian parents who moved...

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...its most respected banks. The company's current Chairman David Li is one of the founder's grandsons, educated at Cambridge and appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1991. David Li, together with his family, control...

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