Poll: Queen Elizabeth II Appointed Celebrity Dames

Results of 205 votes:

1. 1.
   

   Helen Mirren

    

   She refused a title as Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1996. But later in 2003 she was appointed to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
2. 2.
   

   Maggie Smith

    

   Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 1970. Dame Commander of the British Empire since 1990. Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour since 2014.
3. 3.
   

   Judi Dench

    

   Officer of the Order of the British Empire since 1970. Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 1988. Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour since 2005.
4. 4.
   

   Julie Andrews

    

   Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 1999.
5. 5.
   

   Elizabeth Taylor

    

   Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 1999.
6. 6.
   

   Agatha Christie

    

   Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 1971.
7. 7.
   

   Jane Goodall

    

   Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 2004.
8. 8.
   

   Diana Rigg

    

   Commander of the British Empire since 1987. Dame Commander of the British Empire since 1994.
9. 9.
   

   Margaret Thatcher

    

   Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council since 1970. Member of the Order of Merrit since 1983. Dame of Order of Justice of Saint John since 1991. Life Peer as Baroness Thatcher of Kesteve…
10. 10.
    

    Emma Thompson

     

    Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 2018.
11. 11.
    

    Angelina Jolie

     

    Honorary Dame Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George since 2014.
12. 12.
    

    Patricia Routledge

     

    Officer of the Order of the British Empire since 1993. Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 2004. Dame Commander of the British Empire since 2017.
13. 13.
    

    Margaret Rutherford

     

    Officer of the Order of the British Empire since 1961. Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 1967.
14. 14.
    

    Olivia de Havilland

     

    Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 2017.
15. 15.
    

    Olivia Newton-John

     

    Officer of the Order of the British Empire since 1979. Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 2020.
16. 16.
    

    Angela Lansbury

     

    Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 2014.
17. 17.
    

    Kristin Scott Thomas

     

    Officer of the Order of the British Empire since 2003. Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 2015.
18. 18.
    

    Wendy Hiller

     

    Officer of the Order of the British Empire since 1971. Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 1975.
19. 19.
    

    Violet Bonham Carter

     

    Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 1953 coronation hours. She was appointed posthumously. Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury, is the grandmother of Helena Bonham C…
20. 20.
    

    Twiggy

     

    Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 2019.
21. 21.
    

    Penelope Wilton

     

    Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 2016.
22. 22.
    

    Joanna Lumley

     

    Officer of the Order of the British Empire since 1995. Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 2022.
23. 23.
    

    Julie Walters

     

    Officer of the Order of the British Empire since 1999. Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 2008. Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 2017.
24. 24.
    

    Kelly Holmes

     

    Member of the Order of the British Empire since 1998. Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 2005.
25. 25.
    

    Ann Murray

     

    Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 2002.
26. 26.
    

    Melinda Gates

     

    Honorary Dame Commender of the Order of the British Empire since 2013.
27. 27.
    

    Shirley Bassey

     

    Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 1999.
28. 28.
    

    Harriet Walter

     

    Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 1999. Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 2010.
29. 29.
    

    Vanessa Redgrave

     

    Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 2022.
30. 30.
    

    Joan Collins

     

    Officer of the Order of the British Empire since 1997. Dame Commander of the Order of the Britsh Empire since 2015.
31. 31.
    

    Anna Wintour

     

    Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 2017.
32. 32.
    

    Iris Murdoch

     

    Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 1976. Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 1987.
33. 33.
    

    Peggy Ashcroft

     

    Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 1951. Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 1956.
34. 34.
    

    Flora Robson

     

    Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 1952. Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 1960.
35. 35.
    

    Hélène Hayman

     

    Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire since 2012.