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Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1957

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Actor of the Year, Sir Laurence Olivier

Film Actor of the Year, Alec Guinness

Personality of the Year, Frankie Vaughan
Presented by Janet Blair

Actress of the Year, Yvonne Mitchell

Most Promising Newcomer, Heather Sears

King for the Day, Richard Attenborough
Chief Barker Sir Tom O'Brien, M.P.

An edited film of yesterday's lunch at the Savoy Hotel.

Contributors

Award winner:
Sir Laurence Olivier
Presented by:
Mike Frankovich
Award winner:
Alec Guinness
Presented by:
Mike Frankovich
Award winner:
Frankie Vaughan
Presented by:
Janet Blair
Award winner:
Yvonne Mitchell
Presented by:
David Tomlinson
Award winner:
Heather Sears
Presented by:
Robert Beatty
King for the Day:
Richard Attenborough
Chief Barker:
Sir Tom O'Brien
Presented for television by:
Alan Sleath

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