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List of female theater actors
This is an alphabetical list of notable female theater actors from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland. The list includes also female actors from other countries who have played leading or co-leading roles in notorious theaters of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Actors who have become famous playing leading or co-leading parts in musicals are also listed. Further, a certain number of theater actors included in this list are known as movie actors, too.
See also: Actors and List of male theater actors.
List of actors
- Maude Adams
- Debbie Allen
- Mary Anderson
- Julie Andrews
- Maya Angelou
- Margaret Anglin
- Francesca Annis
- Stacy Armstrong
- Peggy Ashcroft
- Elizabeth Ashley
- Jeanne Aubert
- Josephine Baker
- Anne Bancroft
- Tallulah Bankhead
- Christine Baranski
- Ethel Barrymore
- Jodi Benson
- Sarah Bernhardt
- Joan Blondell
- Claire Bloom
- Fanny Brice
- Sarah Brightman
- Betty Buckley
- Marie Cahill
- Mrs Patrick Campbell
- Mrs. Leslie Carter
- Nell Carter
- Carol Channing
- Stockard Channing
- Petula Clark
- Kate Claxton
- Glenn Close
- Claudette Colbert
- Constance Collier
- Fay Compton
- Gladys Cooper
- Katherine Cornell
- Lotta Crabtree
- Charlotte Cushman
- Blythe Danner
- Fanny Davenport
- Judi Dench
- Colleen Dewhurst
- Marlene Dietrich
- Paola Dionisotti
- Ruth Draper
- Marie Dressler
- Mrs. John Drew
- Lindsay Duncan
- Sandy Duncan
- Marguerite Durand
- Eleonora Duse
- Jeanne Eagels
- Maxine Elliott
- Peg Entwistle
- Edith Evans
- Minnie Maddern Fiske
- Lynn Fontanne
- Brigitte Fossey
- Elizabeth Franz
- Gina Gershon
- Mrs. Ann Gilbert
- Hermione Gingold
- Annie Girardo
- Dorothy Gish
- Lillian Gish
- Jane Green
- Tammy Grimes
- Uta Hagen
- Julie Harris
- Helen Hayes
- Anna Held
- Wendy Hiller
- Lena Horne
- May Irwin
- Dana Ivey
- Glenda Jackson
- Peggy Hopkins Joyce
- Judy Kaye
- Lainie Kazan
- Laura Keane
- Diane Keaton
- Fanny Kemble
- Madge Kemble
- Rachel Kempson
- Véra Korčne
- Jane Krakowski
- Judy Kuhn
- Swoosie Kurtz
- Jessica Lange
- Lillie Langtry
- Angela Lansbury
- Linda Lavin
- Carol Lawrence
- Gertrude Lawrence
- Gypsy Rose Lee
- Vivien Leigh
- Lotte Lenya
- Beatrice Lillie
- Patti LuPone
- Jeanette MacDonald
- Shirley MacLaine
- Dinah Manoff
- Julia Marlowe
- Andrea Martin
- Mary Martin
- Jessie Matthews
- Mercedes McCambridge
- Audra McDonald
- Ethel Merman
- Penelope Ann Miller
- Juliet Mills
- Carmen Miranda
- Helen Mirren
- Helena Modjeska
- Debra Monk
- Rita Moreno
- Clara Morris
- Alla Nazimova
- Anna Neagle
- Patricia Neal
- Kate Nelligan
- Bebe Neuwirth
- Julie Newmar
- Paige O'Hara
- Julia Ormond
- Elaine Paige
- Estelle Parsons
- Bernadette Peters
- Olga Petrova
- Mary Pickford
- Louise Pitre
- Joan Plowright
- Amanda Plummer
- Josephine Premice
- Yvonne Printemps
- Lynn Redgrave
- Vanessa Redgrave
- Ada Rehan
- Madeleine Renaud
- Diana Rigg
- Chita Rivera
- Jana Robbins
- Flora Robson
- Roxie Roker
- Philippine de Rothschild
- Mercedes Ruehl
- Margaret Rutherford
- Fiona Shaw
- Sarah Siddons
- Maggie Smith
- Maureen Stapleton
- Frances Sternhagen
- Meryl Streep
- Barbra Streisand
- Elaine Stritch
- Jessica Tandy
- Ellen Terry
- Lynne Thigpen
- Sybil Thorndyke
- Margaret Tyzack
- Joan Van Ark
- Gwen Verdon
- Zoe Wanamaker
- Ethel Waters
- Sigourney Weaver
- Mae West
Last updated: 01-22-2005 01:18:44