page_title: Cecil Beaton
section_title: Honours, awards and medals
hierarchical_section_title: Cecil Beaton / Honours, awards and medals
caption_attribution_description: English: Grave of Sir Cecil Beaton, All Saints' parish churchyard, Broad Chalke, Wiltshire. Born Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton in London on 14 Jan 1904, he died at Reddish House, his home at Broad Chalke, on 18 Jan 1980. Best known for his work as a Royal Court and 'Society' photographer, he was also a most successful film, stage and costume designer. Recognition for his work came in the form of a CBE, and in 1972, a knighthood. A full biography can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Beaton.
context_page_description: Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, CBE was a British fashion, portrait, and war photographer, diarist, painter, and interior designer, as well as an Oscar–winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre.
context_section_description: Tony Award for Best Costume Design for Quadrille (1955)
  CBE (1956)
  Tony Award for Best Costume Design for My Fair Lady (1957)
  Fellow of the Ancient Monuments Society (1957)
  Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Gigi (1958)
  Tony Award for Best Costume Design for Saratoga (1960)
  Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (1960)
  Academy Award for Best Art Direction for My Fair Lady (1964)
  Academy Award for Best Costume Design for My Fair Lady (1964)
  Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain (1965)
  Tony Award for Best Costume Design for Coco 1970
  International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame, named 1970.
  Knighthood (1972)
caption: Sir Cecil Beaton's grave at Broad Chalke Churchyard
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