British Dames in Waiting
by Sylviastel | created - 27 Dec 2011 | updated - 3 months ago | PublicWomen who should be awarded British Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire but aren't at the moment. If they haven't been honored at all, now is the time to start the process that takes about two years. Anyway, some have been honored prior in recent years but still that doesn't mean that they can't get damehood. In fact on the honours list, the British dames are the smallest list in comparison to the male knights awarded in the list.
While this list is long and varied by experiences, I think some of these ladies deserve damehood or something whether it's another honor such as an MBE, OBE, or CBE just something to honor and respect their contributions and services to the entertainment world.
Anybody who declines a lesser honor isn't listed here since there are so many possible willing recipients. It's their loss in the first place.
Previously on this list but passed away.
Faith Brook; Joyce Redman; Dinah Sheridan;Dora Bryan OBE;
Elspet Gray; Edna Dore; Stella Tanner; Lila Kaye;
Renee Asherson; Billie Whitelaw CBE; Anne Kirkbride;
Cilla Black OBE; Jackie Collins OBE; Meg Mundy;
Victoria Wood CBE OBE; Jean Alexander; Liz Smith MBE;
Jane Freeman; Jeanne Moreau; Elizabeth Dawn MBE;
Rosemary Leach; Barbara Bryne; Irene Sutcliffe
Declined
Dawn French (declined OBE).
Jennifer Saunders (declined OBE).
Nigella Lawson (declined OBE).
Julie Christie (declined a CBE)
Caryl Churchill declined an OBE.
Pam Gems declined an OBE.
Estelle Kohler declined an OBE.
Honor Blackman declined a CBE.
Awarded Damehood since I started the list.
Joan Collins OBE; Angela Lansbury CBE; Barbara Windsor MBE;
Penelope Keith CBE OBE; Kristin Scott-Thomas OBE;
Harriet Walter CBE; Gillian Lynne CBE; Sian Phillips CBE;
Penelope Wilton OBE; Patricia Routledge CBE OBE;
Anna Wintour OBE; Julie Walters CBE OBE; June Whitfield CBE OBE
If you would like to nominate any lady below or anybody else. Please visit https://www.gov.uk/honours
101. J.K. Rowling
Writer | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Joanne Rowling was born in Yate, near Bristol, a few miles south of a town called Dursley ("Harry Potter"'s Muggle-family). Her father Peter Rowling was an engineer for Rolls Royce in Bristol at this time. Her mother, Anne, was half-French and half-Scottish. They met on a train as it left King's ...
An OBE recipient. Who is going to argue with the author who has given Harry Potter and a world of imagination in his books? She was awarded the coveted and prestigious Companion of Honour (only 65 recipients at a time) which makes me wonder if she declined damehood.
102. Emily Watson
Actress | Gosford Park
Emily Watson was born and raised in London, the daughter of Katharine (Venables), an English teacher, and Richard Watson, an architect. After a self-described sheltered upbringing, Watson attended university for three years in Bristol, studying English literature. She applied to drama school and ...
OBE
103. Josephine Blake
Actress | Rumpole of the Bailey
Gutsy London stage performer who made only a handful of films. The closest thing Britain had to Chita Rivera, she appeared in the UK premiere of "Follies", "Applause", "Oh Kay!", "Chicago", "Stepping Out" and original London productions of "How To Succeed...", "Sweet Charity", "Jean Seberg" and "...
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