 Both the BBC and ITV made special programs to celebrate her 80th birthday in 1982, and the BBC ran a short season of her best films.She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as Angelique Buiton, a Haitian maid, in "Saratoga Trunk" (1945).She was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1952 New Year Honours, and raised to Dame Commander (DBE) in the 1960 Birthday Honours.