Keith, Laurie, Wood, et al. on Queen Elizabeth’s New Year’s Honours List

Actors Penelope Keith, Hugh Laurie, and John Wood are among the artists on Queen Elizabeth II’s New Year’s Honours List.

Also on the list were Terry Hands, the former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Steven Pimlott, the former artistic director of the Chichester Festival Theatre, Sally Greene, the chief executive of the Old Vic, and costume designer Sue Blane.

Keith received a CBE for her charitable services. She has starred in the West End in such shows as Blithe Spirit and appeared in the British TV versions of The Norman Conquests, Much Ado About Nothing, and Private Lives. Keith is best known to Americans for the sitcom To The Manor Born.

Laurie, who received an OBE for his services to drama, is a veteran of the London stage. He currently stars on the FOX series House, for which he won the 2006 Golden Globe as Best Actor. Laurie is up for that award again this year, and he also received a 2006 Emmy Award nomination.

Wood, who received a CBE for his services to drama, received the Tony Award for Best Actor for Travesties and Tony nominations for Sherlock Holmes and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. He also starred on Broadway in Tartuffe, Deathtrap, and Amadeus. He received an Olivier Award nomination for his performance in The Invention of Love.

In addition, singer Rod Stewart received a CBE for his services to music. In recent years, the rock legend has had phenomenal success with his recordings of popular standards.