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Rutina Wesley
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1979 -
Rutina Wesley is an African-American actress known for her role as Tara Thornton on the HBO vampire series True Blood.
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(1979-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Mae West
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Pin-up / 1893 - 1980
Mae West started in Vaudeville and on the stage in New York, and later moved to Hollywood to star in films known for their blunt sexuality and steamy settings.
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(1893-1980)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Pin-up
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Pearl White
Women's Rights Activist, Film Actress / 1889 - 1938
Pearl White was an American silent film actress best known for her role in The Perils of Pauline, in which she did her own stunt work.
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(1889-1938)
Women's Rights Activist, Film Actress
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Dianne Wiest
Film Actress, Television Actress / 1948 -
Dianne Wiest is an actress known for roles in films such as The Lost Boys and on the TV show In Treatment.
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(1948-)
Film Actress, Television Actress
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Kristen Wiig
Film Actress, Television Actress, Comedian / 1973 -
Comedian Kristen Wiig's Saturday Night Live characters Penelope and Gilly, and spot-on impressions of Suze Orman and Nancy Pelosi, have become fan favorites.
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(1973-)
Film Actress, Television Actress, Comedian
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Cindy Williams
Film Actress, Television Actress / 1947 -
Actress Cindy Williams played Shirley Feeney in ABC's long-running hit series Laverne & Shirley. She was also in George Lucas's classic film American Graffiti.
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(1947-)
Film Actress, Television Actress
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Esther Williams
Film Actress, Entrepreneur, Pin-up, Professional Swimmer / 1921 -
Actress Esther Williams, nicknamed “America’s Mermaid,” helped popularize synchronized swimming through a string of hugely popular films in the 1940s and 1950s.
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(1921-)
Film Actress, Entrepreneur, Pin-up, Professional Swimmer
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Michelle Williams
Film Actress, Television Actress / 1980 -
Michelle Williams first came to stardom as a star of teen drama Dawson's Creek. She rose to critical acclaim with films such as Blue Valentine and Brokeback Mountain.
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(1980-)
Film Actress, Television Actress
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Vanessa Williams
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Singer / 1963 -
Vanessa Williams is an actress and singer known for her Miss America scandal and her roles on TV shows such as Ugly Betty.
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(1963-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Singer
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Chandra Wilson
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1969 -
Actress Chandra Wilson is perhaps best know for her role as Dr. Miranda Bailey on ABC’s hit prime-time series Grey’s Anatomy.
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(1969-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Oprah Winfrey
Film Actress, Entrepreneur, Producer, Philanthropist, Talk Show Host, Television Producer / 1954 -
Billionaire Oprah Winfrey has hosted her own internationally popular talk show since 1986. She is also an actress, philanthropist, publisher, and producer.
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(1954-)
Film Actress, Entrepreneur, Producer, Philanthropist, Talk Show Host, Television Producer
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Kate Winslet
Film Actress / 1975 -
Oscar winner Kate Winslet has starred in a number of acclaimed dramas and comedies. She first gained fame in the blockbuster Titanic.
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(1975-)
Film Actress
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Shelley Winters
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Pin-up / 1920 - 2006
Shelley Winters was a popular American actress who is perhaps most remembered for her starring role in the 1951 film A Place in the Sun, for which won an Oscar.
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(1920-2006)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Pin-up
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Natalie Wood
Film Actress / 1938 - 1981
Actress Natalie Wood starred in the films Rebel Without a Cause with James Dean and in West Side Story as Maria. She drowned during a boating trip in 1981.
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(1938-1981)
Film Actress
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Joanne Woodward
Film Actress / 1930 -
Joanne Woodward is an award-winning American actress best known for her roles in The Three Faces of Eve (1957), Rachel Rachel (1968) and Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973). Woodward is the widow of actor Paul Newman.
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(1930-)
Film Actress
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Irene Worth
Film Actress, Theater Actress / 1916 - 2002
Irene Worth was an American and English actress, widely respected for her vast versatility. She was a leading actress on London and Broadway stages.
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(1916-2002)
Film Actress, Theater Actress
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Robin Wright
Film Actress / 1966 -
Robin Wright was born in Dallas, Texas on April 8, 1966 but grew up in San Diego, California. The daughter of a pharmaceutical executive and an independent executive sales director for Mary Kay cosmetics, Wright was a natural beauty and began modeling
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(1966-)
Film Actress
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Michelle Yeoh
Film Actress / 1962 -
Michelle Yeoh is a Chinese actress and dancer known for her roles in Hong Kong action and martial arts films and for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
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(1962-)
Film Actress
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Sean Young
Film Actress, Television Actress / 1959 -
Sean Young is an American actress best known for her roles in the films Blade Runner (1982) and No Way Out (1987).
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(1959-)
Film Actress, Television Actress
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Renee Zellweger
Film Actress, Producer / 1969 -
Texas-born actress Renee Zellweger first gained wide-spread attention for her role in the film Jerry Maguire and later Bridget Jones's Diary.
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(1969-)
Film Actress, Producer
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Zhang Ziyi
Film Actress / 1979 -
Zhang Ziyi is a celebrated film actress known for starring in films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Rush Hour 2, 2046 and Memoirs of a Geisha.
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(1979-)
Film Actress