| leading lady; starlet; tragedienne; Ball, Lucille Ball; Bankhead, Tallulah Bankhead; Barrymore, Georgiana Barrymore, Georgiana Emma Barrymore; Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore; Bergman, Ingrid Bergman; Bernhardt, Sarah Bernhardt, Henriette Rosine Bernard; Black, Shirley Temple Black, Shirley Temple; Cornell, Katherine Cornell; Crawford, Joan Crawford; Davis, Bette Davis; Dietrich, Marlene Dietrich, Maria Magdalene von Losch; Duse, Eleonora Duse; Fonda, Jane Fonda; Fontanne, Lynn Fontanne; Garbo, Greta Garbo, Greta Louisa Gustafsson; Garland, Judy Garland; Gish, Lillian Gish; Harlow, Jean Harlow, Harlean Carpenter; Hayes, Helen Hayes; Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton Hepburn; Jackson, Glenda Jackson; Kelly, Grace Kelly, Grace Patricia Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco; Langtry, Lillie Langtry, the Jersey Lillie, Emilie Charlotte le Breton; Lawrence, Gertrude Lawrence; Le Gallienne, Eva Le Gallienne; Leigh, Vivien Leigh; Lillie, Beatrice Lillie, Lady Peel; Loren, Sophia Loren, Sofia Scicolone; Martin, Mary Martin; Mercouri, Melina Mercouri, Anna Amalia Mercouri; Monroe, Marilyn Monroe, Norma Jean Baker; Nazimova, Alla Nazimova; Pickford, Mary Pickford, Gladys Smith; Rogers, Ginger Rogers, Virginia McMath; Shearer, Moira Shearer; Siddons, Sarah Siddons, Sarah Kemble Siddons; Skinner, Cornelia Otis Skinner; Streep, Meryl Streep; Streisand, Barbra Streisand, Barbra Joan Streisand; Swanson, Gloria Swanson, Gloria May Josephine Svensson; Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor; Terry, Dame Ellen Terry, Dame Alice Ellen Terry; Thorndike, Dame Sybil Thorndike; Waters, Ethel Waters; West, Mae West; Wood, Natalie Wood; Young, Loretta Young |