PARIS (AP) — Meryl Streep was awarded France’s highest artistic honor, and she thanked the country for “loving women of a certain age — in movies and in life.”
France’s culture minister, Jean-Jacques Aillagon, named Streep, 53, a commander of the order of arts and letters, praising her “courage, delicacy, sensitivity and determination.” He said she’s been a star in France since 1985’s “Out of Africa.”
Streep thanked her fans in both French and English.
“Usually, America doesn’t reward people of my age, either in day-to-day life or for their performances,” she said.
“I hope they’ll understand,” she joked.
Streep and fellow American, director Spike Lee, won honorary “Cesar” awards — France’s equivalent of an Oscar.
Streep receives Artistic Honor
February 25, 2003
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