actress
Noun
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A female actor (synset 109787123)
subtypes:
- leading lady - actress who plays the leading female role
- starlet - a young (film) actress who is publicized as a future star
- tragedienne - an actress who specializes in tragic roles
specific instances:- ball, lucille ball - United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)
- bankhead, tallulah bankhead - uninhibited United States actress (1903-1968)
- barrymore, georgiana barrymore, georgiana emma barrymore - United States actress; daughter of John Drew and wife of Maurice Barrymore; mother of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1854-1893)
- barrymore, ethel barrymore - United States actress; daughter of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1879-1959)
- bergman, ingrid bergman - Swedish film actress (1915-1982)
- bernhardt, henriette rosine bernard, sarah bernhardt - French actress (1844-1923)
- black, shirley temple, shirley temple black - popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
- cornell, katherine cornell - United States actress noted for her performances in Broadway plays (1893-1974)
- crawford, joan crawford - United States film actress (1908-1977)
- bette davis, davis - United States film actress (1908-1989)
- dietrich, maria magdalene von losch, marlene dietrich - United States film actress (born in Germany) who made many films with Josef von Sternberg and later was a successful cabaret star (1901-1992)
- duse, eleonora duse - Italian actress best known for her performances in tragic roles (1858-1924)
- fonda, jane fonda - United States film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937)
- fontanne, lynn fontanne - United States actress (born in England) who married Alfred Lunt and performed with him in many plays (1887-1983)
- garbo, greta garbo, greta louisa gustafsson - United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990)
- garland, judy garland - United States singer and film actress (1922-1969)
- gish, lillian gish - United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993)
- harlean carpenter, harlow, jean harlow - United States film actress who made several films with Clark Gable (1911-1937)
- hayes, helen hayes - acclaimed actress of stage and screen (1900-1993)
- hepburn, katharine hepburn, katharine houghton hepburn - United States film actress who appeared in many films with Spencer Tracy (1907-2003)
- horne, lena calhoun horne, lena horne - United States singer and actress (born in 1917)
- glenda jackson, jackson - English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936)
- grace kelly, grace patricia kelly, kelly, princess grace of monaco - United States film actress who retired when she married into the royal family of Monaco (1928-1982)
- emilie charlotte le breton, jersey lillie, langtry, lillie langtry - British actress and mistress of the prince who later became Edward VII (1853-1929)
- gertrude lawrence, lawrence - English actress (1898-1952)
- eva le gallienne, le gallienne - United States actress (born in England) (1899-1991)
- leigh, vivien leigh - English film actress (1913-1967)
- beatrice lillie, lady peel, lillie - British actress (born in Canada) (1898-1989)
- loren, sofia scicolone, sophia loren - Italian film actress (born in 1934)
- martin, mary martin - United States actress (1913-1990)
- anna amalia mercouri, melina mercouri, mercouri - Greek film actress (1925-1994)
- marilyn monroe, monroe, norma jean baker - United States film actress noted for sex appeal (1926-1962)
- alla nazimova, nazimova - United States actress (born in Russia) (1879-1945)
- gladys smith, mary pickford, pickford - United States film actress (born in Canada) who starred in silent films (1893-1979)
- ginger rogers, rogers, virginia katherine mcmath, virginia mcmath - United States dancer and film actress who partnered with Fred Astaire (1911-1995)
- moira shearer, shearer - Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926)
- sarah kemble siddons, sarah siddons, siddons - English actress noted for her performances in Shakespearean roles (1755-1831)
- cornelia otis skinner, skinner - United States actress noted for her one-woman shows (1901-1979)
- meryl streep, streep - United States film actress (born in 1949)
- barbra joan streisand, barbra streisand, streisand - United States singer and actress (born in 1942)
- gloria may josephine svensson, gloria swanson, swanson - United States actress in many silent films (1899-1983)
- jessica tandy, tandy - United States actress (born in England) who made many stage appearances, often with her husband Hume Cronyn (1909-1994)
- elizabeth taylor, taylor - United States film actress (born in England) who was a childhood star; as an adult she often co-starred with Richard Burton (born in 1932)
- dame alice ellen terry, dame ellen terry, terry - English actress (1847-1928)
- dame sybil thorndike, thorndike - English actress (1882-1976)
- ethel waters, waters - United States actress and singer (1896-1977)
- mae west, west - United States film actress (1892-1980)
- natalie wood, wood - United States film actress (1938-1981)
- loretta young, young - United States film and television actress (1913-2000)
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