Streep Gets Betty Davis Award

Meryl Streep's latest award puts her in lofty company. She is the first-ever recipient of the Bette Davis Lifetime Achievement Award.

"I can't even begin to say how thrilled I am to even be mentioned in the same breath as Bette Davis. It's sort of a dream come true," Streep said at Boston University, where the award was presented.

"I think women are sexual, spiritual, physical, artistic, miserable, ambitious, religious, musical, hardworking, magical creatures," she said. "But most often in the movies they are asked to be sexual and fashionable."

The award recognizes an actress whose career "distinctly parallels the high professional standards set by Bette Davis."

Streep, 49, won Academy Awards for Kramer vs. Kramer and Sophie's Choice.

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