Honours, Awards and Appointments
Redgrave twice (1958 and 1963) won Best Actor trophies in the Evening Standard Awards and twice received the Variety Club of Great Britain 'Actor of the Year' Award (in the same years).
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1952 and was knighted in 1959. He was also appointed Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog, Denmark in 1955.
Redgrave became the First President of the English Speaking Board in 1953, and President of the Questors Theatre, Ealing in 1958.
In 1966 he received an honorary DLitt degree from the University of Bristol.
The Redgrave Theatre in Farnham, Surrey, 1974–1998, was named in his honour.
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