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AWARDS
1995
Women's International Center's Living Legacy Awards,
an award recognizing stunning contributions to humanity
and the enduring legacies they have given to humankind.
Other recipients include Helen
Hayes, Janet Reno, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Kate
Smith, Betty Ford, and Mother Teresa, among others.
1992 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
Kennedy Center Honors, an award recognizing the lifelong
accomplishments and extraordinary talents of America's
most prestigious artists. Other recipients include Ella
Fitzgerald, Shirley Temple, Lillian
Gish, Bette
Davis, Frank Sinatra and Chuck
Berry, among others.
1991 Friends of Childhelp, Lifetime Achievement Award.
1991 Houston International Film Festival, Lifetime Achievement
Award.
1972 Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts at Austin College
in Sherman, Texas.
1952 Golden Globe Nomination for her role in Monkey
Business.
1940 Best Actress in a Leading Role Academy Award for
her dramatic performance in Kitty
Foyle, where she played a
young lady from the wrong side of the tracks.
1936 Commission as the only woman admiral of the Texas
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