Miss Lou

1960       Title of Member of the British Empire (MBE) for her work in Jamaican literature and theatre.
1964       Institute of Jamaica Musgrave Silver Medal for her research and contribution to Jamaica’s
               cultural studies and folklore.
1972       Norman Manley Foundation Award for Excellence in the field of the Performing Arts.
1974       Order of Jamaica (OJ) for her contribution to the development of the Arts in Jamaica and the
               Caribbean.
1979       Institute of Jamaica Musgrave Gold Medal and the Institute of Jamaica Centenary Medal.
1983       Honorary Doctor of Letters (D. Litt.) from the University of the West Indies. Her composition
               ‘You’re Going Home’ won a nomination from the Academy of Canadian Cinema and
               Television, for the best original song in the movie, Milk and Honey.
1986       Jamaican American Caribbean Magazine Award in the field of the Performing Arts.
1987       April 28, Miss Lou was given the keys to the City of Kingston at a Civic Ceremony held in her
               honour at the Ward Theatre in appreciation for 50 years in theatre. The KSAC also named
               the day Miss Lou Day.
1989       Jamaica’s Ambassador-at-large for Culture.
1998       Honorary Doctor of Letters from York University, Toronto, Canada in recognition of ‘her
               achievement as a poet, dramatist and storyteller and for reminding everyone of Jamaica’s
               great contribution to Canadian and world culture’.
2001       Member of the Order of Merit (OM) for her invaluable and distinguished contribution to the
               development of the Arts and Culture.
               The Actor Boy Award Lifetime Achievement Award.
               The Jamaican Theatre Personality of the Millennium.
2003        Miss Lou was inducted as Fellow of the Institute of Jamaica, the only female for that year.