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 well-known 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.
Contents: Top – 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
- Maude Adams
- Debbie Allen
- Mary Anderson
- Julie Andrews
- Maya Angelou
- Margaret Anglin
- Francesca Annis
- Peggy Ashcroft
- Elizabeth Ashley
- Jeanne Aubert
B
- Josephine Baker
- Anne Bancroft
- Tallulah Bankhead
- Christine Baranski
- Ethel Barrymore
- Nora Bayes
- Jodi Benson
- Sarah Bernhardt
- Joan Blondell
- Clara Bloodgood
- Claire Bloom
- Mrs. D. P. Bowers
- Fanny Brice
- Sarah Brightman
- Georgia Brown
- Betty Buckley
- Billie Burke
C
- Marie Cahill
- Mrs Patrick Campbell
- Mrs. Leslie Carter
- Nell Carter
- Carol Channing
- Stockard Channing
- Marguerite Clark
- Petula Clark
- Kate Claxton
- Glenn Close
- Claudette Colbert
- Constance Collier
- Fay Compton
- Gladys Cooper
- Katherine Cornell
- Jane Cowl
- Lotta Crabtree
- Laura Hope Crews
- Charlotte Cushman
D
- 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
E
F
- Lotta Faust
- Elsie Ferguson
- Minnie Maddern Fiske
- Lynn Fontanne
- Brigitte Fossey
- Kristine Fraelich
- Elizabeth Franz
G
- Gina Gershon
- Mrs. Ann Gilbert
- Hermione Gingold
- Annie Girardo
- Dorothy Gish
- Lillian Gish
- Jane Green
- Tammy Grimes
H
I
- May Irwin
- Dana Ivey
J
- Glenda Jackson
- Peggy Hopkins Joyce
K
- Judy Kaye
- Lainie Kazan
- Laura Keane
- Diane Keaton
- Fanny Kemble
- Madge Kemble
- Rachel Kempson
- Véra Korène
- Jane Krakowski
- Judy Kuhn
- Swoosie Kurtz
L
- Jessica Lange
- Lillie Langtry
- Angela Lansbury
- Linda Lavin
- Carol Lawrence
- Gertrude Lawrence
- Gypsy Rose Lee
- Vivien Leigh
- Lotte Lenya
- Beatrice Lillie
- Patti LuPone
M
- Jeanette MacDonald
- Shirley MacLaine
- Dinah Manoff
- Julia Marlowe
- Andrea Martin
- Mary Martin
- Jessie Matthews
- Mercedes McCambridge
- Audra McDonald
- Siobhan McKenna
- Ethel Merman
- Penelope Ann Miller
- Juliet Mills
- Carmen Miranda
- Helen Mirren
- Helena Modjeska
- Debra Monk
- Rita Moreno
- Clara Morris
- Anna Cora Mowatt
N
- Alla Nazimova
- Anna Neagle
- Patricia Neal
- Kate Nelligan
- Bebe Neuwirth
- Julie Newmar
- Michelle Nicastro
O
P
- Elaine Paige
- Estelle Parsons
- Bernadette Peters
- Olga Petrova
- Mary Pickford
- Louise Pitre
- Joan Plowright
- Amanda Plummer
- Josephine Premice
- Yvonne Printemps
Q-R
- Gabrielle Ray
- 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
S
- Lea Salonga
- Fiona Shaw
- Sarah Siddons
- Alexis Smith
- Maggie Smith
- Maureen Stapleton
- Frances Sternhagen
- Meryl Streep
- Barbra Streisand
- Elaine Stritch
- Jeanne Stuart
T
- Jessica Tandy
- Fay Templeton
- Ellen Terry
- Lynne Thigpen
- Sybil Thorndyke
- Margaret Tyzack
U
V
W
X-Y-Z
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