Dame Helen Mirren named Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 18 January 2014
Dame Helen Mirren has been named Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year 2014 and will be honoured at the Cambridge, Boston campus in Massachusetts on January 30.
Dame Helen Mirren has been named Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year 2014.
The 'Hitchcock' actress will be honoured for her contributions to film by the prestigious university's undergraduate drama society in a ceremony at its Cambridge campus near Boston, Massachusetts on January 30.
The Oscar-winning star, 68, will be the subject of a roast before she is presented with her award at Farkas Hall.
Speaking about the accolade, the British actress said: ''How very saucy of the Hasty Pudding organisation to offer me their award. As someone who adores Pudding in all its manifestations ... Suet, Christmas, Treacle, Bread and Butter, Yorkshire, Plum, Figgy, etc., etc., I am so looking forward to the famous Hasty Pudding.''
'The Queen' star joins an elite club of Hollywood starlets to be given the Hasty Pudding award.
The Woman of the Year honour is given to performers who have made lasting contributions to entertainment.
Previous honourees include Meryl Streep, Katharine Hepburn, Julia Roberts, Jodie Foster, Elizabeth Taylor, Anne Hathaway, Claire Danes and French actress Marion Cotillard, who was celebrated last year.
The Man of the Year recipient will be announced at a later date and will be honoured on February 7.
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