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Pearl Bailey
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Singer, Journalist / 1918 - 1990
Pearl Bailey was a Tony Award-winning singer and actress known for her roles in works like Carmen Jones, House of Flowers, Hello, Dolly! and Porgy and Bess.
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(1918-1990)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Singer, Journalist
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Bernadette Peters
Film Actress, Theater Actress / 1948 -
With bright eyes and bee-sting lips, Bernadette Peters is best know for her comedic musical performances, especially in period roles.
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(1948-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress
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Mary Pickford
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Producer, Screenwriter / 1892 - 1979
Mary Pickford was a legendary silent film actress and was known as "America’s sweetheart." She was a founder of United Artists and helped establish the Academy.
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(1892-1979)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Producer, Screenwriter
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Suzanne Pleshette
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1937 - 2008
Suzanne Pleshette was an Emmy Award-nominated actress known for roles in films like The Geisha Boy and The Birds, as well as the television series The Bob Newhart Show.
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(1937-2008)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Joan Plowright
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1929 -
Dame Joan Plowright is an English stage and film actress. She was married to Sir Laurence Olivier.
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(1929-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Amy Poehler
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Comedian / 1971 -
Amy Poehler is an actress and comedian famous for her work on Saturday Night Live and Parks and Recreation.
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(1971-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Comedian
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Parker Posey
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1968 -
Parker Posey, or “Queen of the Indies,” built her career on offbeat characters in indie films. She also appeared in mainstream films such as You’ve Got Mail.
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(1968-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Annie Potts
Film Actress, Theater Actress / 1952 -
Fondly remembered as the sassy secretary in Ghostbusters (1984), actress Annie Potts also appeared in Pretty in Pink.
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(1952-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress
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Laura Prepon
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1980 -
Actress Laura Prepon played Donna opposite Topher Grace, Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, on That 70's Show.
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(1980-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Phylicia Rashad
Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1948 -
Phylicia Rashad is an Toby-winning African American actress who is best known as Clair Huxtable on NBC sitcom The Cosby Show.
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(1948-)
Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Lynn Redgrave
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1943 - 2010
Lynn Redgrave was an actress from the five generations of Redgrave actors known for her work on both stage and screen.
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(1943-2010)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Dana Reeve
Theater Actress, Television Actress, Singer, Philanthropist / 1961 - 2006
Dana Reeve was an actress and the wife of actor Christopher Reeve. She established and chaired the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center.
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(1961-2006)
Theater Actress, Television Actress, Singer, Philanthropist
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Lee Remick
Film Actress, Theater Actress / 1935 - 1991
Actress Lee Remick appeared with Andy Griffith in Elia Kazan's A Face in the Crowd and starred opposite Jack Lemmon in Days of Wine and Roses.
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(1935-1991)
Film Actress, Theater Actress
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Natasha Richardson
Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1963 - 2009
British actress of stage and screen Natasha Richardson won a Tony for her work in the Broadway show Cabaret before she died in a tragic skiing accident.
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(1963-2009)
Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Cathy Rigby
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Gymnast, Musician / 1952 -
Cathy Rigby is best known as a medal-winning American gymnast and Tony nominated actress for her theatrical production in Peter Pan.
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(1952-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Gymnast, Musician
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Diana Rigg
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Pin-up, Television Personality, Journalist / 1938 -
Dame Diana Rigg belonged to the Royal Shakespeare Company, played Emma Peel on the 1960s British spy show The Avengers, and was a James Bond girl.
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(1938-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Pin-up, Television Personality, Journalist
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Molly Ringwald
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1968 -
Molly Ringwald is an American actress known for the series of teen films she did with directer John Hughes in the 1980s, including Sixteen Candles.
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(1968-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Emmanuelle Riva
Film Actress, Theater Actress / 1927 -
French actress Emmanuelle Riva first attracted international attention with the 1959 film Hiroshima Mon Amour. She later received an Academy Award nomination for 2012's Amour.
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(1927-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress
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Ginger Rogers
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Dancer, Pin-up / 1911 - 1995
Ginger Rogers was a prolific Oscar-winning actress, singer and dancer who was revered for her cinematic footwork with Fred Astaire.
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(1911-1995)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Dancer, Pin-up
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Esther Rolle
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1920 - 1998
A stage, film and TV actress, Esther Rolle is best remembered as Florida Evans -- a character she played on two comedy series, Maude and Good Times.
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(1920-1998)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Mercedes Ruehl
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1948 -
Mercedes Ruehl is an actress of Cuban and Irish descent. She won a Tony Award for Lost in Yonkers and an Oscar for The Fisher King.
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(1948-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Rosalind Russell
Film Actress, Theater Actress / 1907 - 1976
Theater and film actress Rosalind Russell costarred in His Girl Friday with Cary Grant, and played Auntie Mame in both the Broadway play and the movie version.
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(1907-1976)
Film Actress, Theater Actress
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Amy Ryan
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1969 -
Amy Ryan is an American actress from Queens, New York known for her roles in Gone Baby Gone, and television's The Wire and The Office.
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(1969-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Isabel Sanford
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1917 - 2004
Isabel Sanford was an American actress, best known for her role as Louise "Weezy" Jefferson on the hit TV sitcoms All in the Family and The Jeffersons.
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(1917-2004)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Kyra Sedgwick
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1965 -
Actress Kyra Sedgwick's career took a new turn when she was cast as the lead in the TNT crime drama The Closer, which premiered in 2005.
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(1965-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Singer, Writer / 1981 -
Jamie Lynn-Sigler is an American actress best known for her role as Meadow Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos.
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(1981-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Singer, Writer
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Simone Signoret
Film Actress, Theater Actress / 1921 - 1985
German actress Simone Signoret performed in films like Room at the Top and Les Diaboliques, and met with international stardom. She married Yves Allegret in 1944, and later wed Yves Montand.
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(1921-1985)
Film Actress, Theater Actress
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Jean Stapleton
Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1923 -
Jean Stapleton is an American actress best known for her award-winning role as Edith Bunker in the TV hit series All in the Family.
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(1923-)
Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Maureen Stapleton
Film Actress, Theater Actress / 1925 - 2006
Maureen Stapleton was an American actress known primarily for her stage work in the plays of Tennessee Williams.
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(1925-2006)
Film Actress, Theater Actress
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Mary Steenburgen
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1953 -
Mary Steenburgen is an Oscar-winning actress best known for her roles in Melvin and Howard and Parenthood.
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(1953-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Joan Sutherland
Theater Actress, Singer / 1926 - 2010
Dame Joan Sutherland is an Australian operatic soprano internationally acclaimed for her coloratura roles.
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(1926-2010)
Theater Actress, Singer
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Jessica Tandy
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1909 - 1994
Jessica Tandy was an English-born U.S. actress well known for her role in Broadway's Foxfire and her Oscar-winning performance in the film Driving Miss Daisy.
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(1909-1994)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Laurette Taylor
Theater Actress / 1884 - 1946
Laurette Taylor was an American actress whose stage career spanned more than 30 years. Her first significant work was in a Boston production of The Child Wife.
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(1884-1946)
Theater Actress
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Lily Tomlin
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Comedian, Writer / 1939 -
Lily Tomlin is an actress and comedian known for roles on TV shows such as Laugh-In and films such as Nashville.
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(1939-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Comedian, Writer
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Toni Braxton
Theater Actress, Television Actress, Singer / 1967 -
Toni Braxton is an R&B singer-songwriter and actress best known for the hits "Un-Break My Heart," "You Mean the World to Me" and "Breathe Again."
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(1967-)
Theater Actress, Television Actress, Singer
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Sophie Tucker
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Singer / 1886 - 1966
Sophie Tucker, also known as "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas," was a Russian-American singer, comedian, actress and Vaudeville performer.
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(1886-1966)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Singer
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Kathleen Turner
Film Actress, Theater Actress / 1954 -
Actress Kathleen Turner made her film debut in Body Heat and received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her role in Peggy Sue Got Married.
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(1954-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress
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Cicely Tyson
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1933 -
Cicely Tyson is an Academy Award nominated and Emmy winning actress committed to presenting positive images of strong African American women.
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(1933-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Nancy Walker
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1922 - 1992
Actress Nancy Walker appeared in films and on stage before playing Ida Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rosie in the Bounty paper towel commercials.
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(1922-1992)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Ethel Waters
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Singer / 1896 - 1977
Ethel Waters was a blues and jazz singer and dramatic actress whose singing, based in the blues tradition, featured her full-bodied voice and slow vibrato.
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(1896-1977)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Singer
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Jacki Weaver
Film Actress, Theater Actress / 1947 -
Veteran Australian actress Jacki Weaver has received Academy Award nominations for her work in such films as Animal Kingdom (2010) and Silver Linings Playbook (2012).
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(1947-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress
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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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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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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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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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Jane Wyatt
Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1910 - 2006
Emmy-award winning actress Jane Wyatt is best known for her role as housewife and mother Margaret Anderson on the CBS television sitcom Father Knows Best.
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(1910-2006)
Theater Actress, Television Actress