Knighthoods
1960 DBE
(Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
(Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Judith Anderson
2000 DBE
(Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
(Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Julie Andrews
1948 Knights Bachelor
Michael Balcon
2003 Knights Bachelor
1996 CBE
(Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
1996 CBE
(Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Alan Bates
2000 Knights Bachelor
1992 CBE
(Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
1992 CBE
(Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Michael Caine
1975 KBE
(Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
(Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Charlie Chaplin
2000 KBE
(Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
(Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Sean Connery
1967 DBE
(Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
(Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Gladys Cooper
1946 DBE
(Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
(Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Edith Evans
1949 Honorary KBE
(Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
(Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
February 1 DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Gracie Fields
1959 Knights Bachelor
1955 CBE
(Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
1955 CBE
(Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Alec Guinness
1934 Knights Bachelor
Cedric Hardwicke
1975 DBE
(Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
1971 OBE
(Officer of the Order of the British Empire)
(Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
1971 OBE
(Officer of the Order of the British Empire)
Wendy Hiller
1980 KBE
(Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
(Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Alfred Hitchcock
1998 Honorary KBE
(Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
(Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Bob Hope
1993 Knights Bachelor
1987 CBE
(Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
1987 CBE
(Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Anthony Hopkins
1942 Knights Bachelor
Alexander Korda
1984 Knights Bachelor
1973 CBE
(Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
1973 CBE
(Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
David Lean
1976 Knight Bachelor
1960 CBE
(Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
1960 CBE
(Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
John Mills
1969 Dame of the Order of the British Empire
DBE
DBE
Anna Neagle
1947 Knights Bachelor
Laurence Olivier
1974 KBE
(Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
(Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Sidney Poitier
1985 Knights Bachelor
1952 CBE
(Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
1952 CBE
(Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Anthony Quayle
1949 Knights Bachelor
1961 KBE
(Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire)
1961 KBE
(Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire)
Basil Rathbone
1953 Knights Bachelor
Carol Reed
1947 Knights Bachelor
Ralph Richardson
1960 DBE
(Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
1952 CBE
(Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
(Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
1952 CBE
(Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Flora Robson
1967 DBE
(Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
1961 OBE
(Officer of the Order of the British Empire)
(Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
1961 OBE
(Officer of the Order of the British Empire)
Margaret Rutherford
1990 DBE
(Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
1970 CBE
(Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
(Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
1970 CBE
(Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Maggie Smith
1995 Knights Bachelor
Robert Stephens
2000 DBE
(Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
(Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Elizabeth Taylor
1990 Knights Bachelor
1975 CBE
(Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
1975 CBE
(Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Peter Ustinov
1918 DBE
(Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
(Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
May Whitty
2004 Honorary KBE
(Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
(Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire)