Empire Award for Best British Actress Empire Award for Best British Actress The Empire Award for Best British Actress was an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine "Empire" to honor a British actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry. The Empire Award for Best British Actress was first introduced at the 1st Empire Awards ceremony in 1996 with Kate Winslet receiving the award for her role in "Heavenly Creatures" and last presented at the 10th Empire Awards ceremony in 2005. It was one of three Best British awards retired that year (the others
Mildred Natwick of cancer at her home in Manhattan at the age of 89. She is interred at Lorraine Park Cemetery in Baltimore. Mildred Natwick Mildred Natwick (June 19, 1905 – October 25, 1994) was an American stage, film and television actress. In 1967, she earned an Academy Award nomination for her supporting role in "Barefoot in the Park". She was nominated for two Tony Awards in 1957 and 1972 and won a Primetime Emmy Award for her work in the miniseries "The Snoop Sisters", opposite Helen Hayes. Natwick was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Joseph and Mildred Marion Natwick