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Alice Brady
American actress
Amelia Bence
Argentine actress
Amy Adams
American actress and producer
Angelina Jolie
American actress (born 1975)
Anita Page
American actress
Anjelica Huston
American actress
Anna May Wong
American actress (1905–1961)
Anne Bancroft
American actress, director, writer, and singer (1931–2005)
Anne Baxter
American actress
Anne Hathaway
American actress (born 1982)
Anne Revere
American actress
Ava Gardner
American actress (1922–1990)
Barbara Stanwyck
American actress (1907–1990)
Bette Davis
American actress (1908–1989)
Billie Burke
American stage and film actress
Blanca Estela Pavón
Mexican actress (1926-1949)
Blanche Sweet
American actress (1896–1986)
Brie Larson
American actress (born 1989)
Brittany Murphy
American actress and singer (1977–2009)
Cameron Diaz
American actress (born 1972)
Carole Landis
American actress (1919–1948)
Carole Lombard
American actress
Carrie Fisher
American actress, screenwriter, and novelist
Celeste Holm
American actress
Charlize Theron
South African actress (born 1975)
Chita Rivera
American actress, dancer, and singer
Cicely Tyson
American actress from New York
Claire Trevor
American actress (1910–2000)
Clara Bow
American actress known as "The 'It' Girl"
Clara Kimball Young
American actress and film producer
Claudette Colbert
American actress (1903–1996)
Colleen Moore
American actress
Debbie Reynolds
American actress, singer and dancer
Demi Moore
American actress
Diane Keaton
American film actress
Dianne Wiest
American actress
Dolores del Río
Mexican actress (1904–1983)
Donna Reed
American actress (1921–1986)
Doris Day
American actress, singer, and animal rights activist
Dorothy Lamour
American actress and singer (1914–1996)
Eileen Heckart
American actress
Ellen Burstyn
American actress
Emma Stone
American actress (born 1988)
Estelle Parsons
American actress
Eva Marie Saint
American actress
Eve Arden
American actress (1908–1990)
Fay Bainter
American actress
Fay Wray
American actress
Faye Dunaway
American actress
Florence La Badie
American actress
Florence Lawrence
Canadian-American actress
Florence Turner
American actress
Frances Farmer
American actress (1913–1970)
Frances McDormand
American actor and producer (born 1957)
Gale Sondergaard
American actress (1899–1985)
Geena Davis
American actress, executive producer
Gene Tierney
American actress
Geneviève Bujold
Canadian actress
Geraldine Page
American actress
Glenn Close
American actress (born 1947)
Gloria Grahame
American actress
Gloria Swanson
American actress (1899–1983)
Goldie Hawn
American actress
Grace Kelly
American actress and Princess of Monaco from 1956 to 1982
Greer Garson
British and American actress (1904–1996)
Greta Garbo
Swedish-American actress
Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress
Halle Berry
American actress
Hattie McDaniel
African American actress
Hilary Swank
American actress and film producer
Holly Hunter
American actress
Irene Dunne
American actress
Jamie Lee Curtis
American actress and author (born 1958)
Jane Darwell
Actress
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
Jane Russell
American actress, model, and singer (1921–2011)
Jane Wyman
American actress (1917–2007)
Janet Gaynor
American actress and painter
Janet Leigh
American actress
Jayne Mansfield
American actress and Playmate (1933–1967)
Jean Harlow
American actress
Jean Seberg
American actress (1938–1979)
Jennifer Connelly
American actress
Jennifer Hudson
American singer and actress (born 1981)
Jennifer Jones
American actress
Jennifer Lawrence
American actress (born 1990)
Jessica Lange
American actress (born 1949)
Joan Crawford
American actress (190?–1977)
Joan Fontaine
British-American actress
Joanne Woodward
American actress and producer
Jodie Foster
American actress, film director
Judy Garland
American actress and singer (1922–1969)
Julia Roberts
American actress (born 1967)
Julianne Moore
American actress
Katharine Hepburn
American actress
Kathleen Turner
American actress
Kathy Bates
American actress and director
Kay Francis
American actress
Kim Basinger
American actress, singer and former fashion model
Kim Hunter
American actress
Kim Novak
American actress (born 1933)
Kristen Stewart
American actress (born 1990)
Lana Turner
American actress (1921–1995)
Laura Dern
American actress (born 1967)
Lauren Bacall
American actress (1924–2014)
Lee Grant
American actress and director
Leila Hyams
American actress
Libertad Lamarque
Argentinian actress and singer
Lillian Gish
American actress
Linda Hunt
American actress (born 1945)
Lindsay Lohan
American actress and singer
Liv Tyler
American actress, producer and former model
Liza Minnelli
American actress and singer
Loretta Young
American actress (1913–2000)
Louise Brooks
American film actress and dancer
Louise Fletcher
American actress
Lupe Vélez
Mexican actress (1908–1944)
Mae West
American actress (1893–1980)
Marcia Gay Harden
American actress
Margot Kidder
Canadian-American actress and activist
María Félix
Mexican actress and singer (1914-2002)
María Rojo
Mexican actress and politician
Marie Prevost
Canadian actress
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
Marisa Tomei
American actress (born 1964)
Marlee Matlin
American actress, author and activist
Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1917)
American actress (1917–2022)
Martita Hunt
British actress
Mary Astor
American actress
Mary Pickford
Canadian actress and producer (1892–1979)
Mary Steenburgen
American actress
Maureen O'Hara
Irish-American actress and singer
Maureen Stapleton
American actress
Megan Fox
American actress (born 1986)
Melanie Griffith
American actress
Mercedes McCambridge
American actress
Mercedes Ruehl
American actress
Meryl Streep
American actress (born 1949)
Mia Farrow
American actress, singer, humanitarian and former fashion model
Mira Sorvino
American actress
Molly Ringwald
American actor, singer, dancer, and author
Mo'Nique
Actress, comedienne
Myrna Loy
American actress
Natalie Portman
Israeli and American actress (born 1981)
Natalie Wood
American actress (1938–1981)
Nita Naldi
American actress
Norma Shearer
Canadian-American actress (1902–1983)
Norma Talmadge
American actress
Octavia Spencer
American actress, author, and producer
Olive Thomas
American actress
Olivia de Havilland
British-American actress
Olympia Dukakis
American actress (1931–2021)
Patricia Arquette
American actress
Patricia Neal
American stage and film actress
Patty Duke
American actress
Pearl White
American actress
Peggy Ann Garner
American actress
Raquel Welch
American actress and international sex symbol
Reese Witherspoon
American actress (born 1976)
Regina King
American actress and director
Renée Zellweger
American actress
Rita Hayworth
American actress, dancer, pin-up girl (1918–1987)
Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican singer, dancer, and actress
Rosalind Russell
American actress, model, comedian, screenwriter and singer (1907–1976)
Ruby Dee
American actress
Ruth Gordon
American actress and writer
Sally Field
American actress
Salma Hayek
Mexican and American actress and producer
Sandra Bullock
American actress and film producer (born 1964)
Scarlett Johansson
American actress (born 1984)
Sharon Stone
American actress (born 1958)
Sharon Tate
American actress and model (1943–1969)
Shelley Winters
American actress
Shirley Jones
American actress and singer
Shirley MacLaine
American actress, singer, dancer, activist, and author
Shirley Temple
American actress and diplomat (1928–2014)
Sigourney Weaver
American actress (born 1949)
Sissy Spacek
American actress and singer
Sônia Braga
Brazilian actress
Susan Hayward
American actress (1917–1975)
Susan Sarandon
American actor (born 1946)
Tatum O'Neal
American actress
Teresa Wright
American actress
Theda Bara
American actress (1885–1955)
Thelma Ritter
American actress
Tippi Hedren
American actress, animal rights activist, and model
Uma Thurman
American actress and model
Veronica Lake
American actress (1922–1973)
Viola Davis
American actress and producer (born 1965)
Winona Ryder
American actress (born 1971)