Singers awarded damehoods

Dame Julie Andrews is an English actress, singer and author. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, three Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards and nominations for three Tony Awards. One of the biggest box office draws of the 1960s, Andrews has been honoured with the Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2007, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2022. She was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2000 New Year Honours.

Spanish operatic soprano (1933–2018)

English and Australian singer (1948-2022)

British singer (1917–2020)

Dame Lesley Lawson (née Hornby; born 19 September 1949), widely known by the nickname Twiggy, is an English model, actress, and singer. She was a British cultural icon and a prominent teenage model during the "swinging sixties" in London. Twiggy was initially known for her thin build and androgynous appearance, considered to result from her big eyes, long eyelashes, and short hair. She was named "The Face of 1966" by the Daily Express and voted British Woman of the Year. By 1967, she had modelled in France, Japan, and the US, and had appeared on the covers of Vogue and The Tatler; her fame had

Welsh singer

Australian soprano (1926-2010)

New Zealand opera singer

German opera soprano (1915–2006)

Australian opera singer (1861–1931)

English singer, stage actress and radio presenter

British opera and concert singer

English jazz singer and actress (1927–2025)

English soprano

British actress, singer and comedian (1898–1979)

Welsh opera singer (1941-2011)

Welsh operatic soprano

Canadian opera soprano (1847-1930)

English Soprano

British singer (1872-1936)

English mezzo-soprano

singer (1892–1990)

English operatic soprano (1888–1976)

New Zealand opera soprano

British operatic soprano

Irish opera singer (1949-)

English mezzo-soprano and music professor

Australian operatic soprano and golfer (1912-1996)

British singer

Scottish opera singer

New Zealand opera singer (1932–2009)