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20th-century American actresses

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Jane Powell
American actress, dancer, and singer (1929-2021)
Florence Lawrence
Canadian-American actress (1886-1938)
Wendie Malick
American film, television and voice actress
Roselyn Sánchez
Puerto Rican actress, producer, writer, singer-songwriter, and model (born 1973)
Ruth Chatterton
American actress (1892–1961)
Jill St. John
American actress
Betty Compson
American actress (1897–1974)
Gloria Vanderbilt
American businesswoman, fashion designer, socialite and writer (1924-2019)
Jorja Fox
American actress
Fanny Brice
American actress, singer and comedian (1891–1951)
Danica McKellar
American actress and writer
Zelda Rubinstein
American actress (1933-2010)
Christine Jorgensen
Christine Jorgensen was an American actress, singer, and transgender activist. A trans woman, she was the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex reassignment surgery.
Kathy Griffin
American actress and comedian
Linda Evans
American actress
Ethel Waters
American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress (1896-1977)
Janice Dickinson
American model and actress
Amanda Bearse
American actress, comedian and director (born 1958)
Shannon Lee
American actress
Alexis Arquette
American actress (1969–2016)
Sandra Bernhard
American actress (born 1955)
Ann Miller
American actress and dancer (1923–2004)
Joanna Garcia
American actress and businesswoman (born 1979)
Lupe Vélez
Mexican actress, dancer and vedette (1908—1944)
Corinne Griffith
American actress, film producer, author (1894–1979)
Heather Langenkamp
American actress
Grace Moore
American operatic soprano and actress in musical theatre and film (1898-1947)
Stephanie Seymour
American model and actress (born 1968)
Clea DuVall
American actress
Michelle Forbes
American actress
Camryn Manheim
American actress
Kathryn Morris
American actress
Zoë Wanamaker
American-born British actress
Geraldine Farrar
American soprano opera singer and film actress (1882–1967)
Monica
American singer and rapper (born 1980)
Liza Weil
American actress
Jane Kaczmarek
Jane Frances Kaczmarek is an American actress. Her role as Lois on the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006) earned her three Golden Globe nominations and seven Primetime Emmy nominations. She also appeared as Linda Bauer in Equal Justice (1990–1991), Judge Trudy Kessler in Raising the Bar (2008–2009), Ann in Falling in Love (1984), Emily in The Heavenly Kid (1985), and Gayle in 6 Balloons (2018). She had recurring roles as Holly in Cybill and as Maureen Cutler in Frasier. Kaczmarek was a replacement for the character of Bella in the Broadway production of Neil Simon's Lost In Yonkers.
Nika Futterman
American actress (born 1969)
Marilyn Chambers
American pornographic actress (1952-2009)
Jane Curtin
American comedian and actor
Patti LuPone
American actress and singer (born 1949)
Kathryn Joosten
American actress (1939–2012)
Lana Wood
American actress
The Andrews Sisters
American close harmony singing group
Dorothy Gish
American actress (1898–1968)
Gracie Allen
American actress and entertainer (1896–1964)
Anita Page
American actress (1910-2008)
Leigh-Allyn Baker
American actress
Valerie Harper
American actress (1939-2019)
Nana Visitor
American actress (born 1957)
Kim Raver
American actress and producer
Maura Tierney
American actress
Marion Ross
American actress (born 1928)
Mary Stuart Masterson
American actress and director
Evelyn Keyes
American film actress
Faith Evans
Faith Renée Evans is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Born in Lakeland, Florida, and raised in New Jersey, she relocated to Los Angeles in 1991 in pursuit of a recording career. Evans initially performed as a backing vocalist for R&B singers Al B. Sure! and Christopher Williams, and by the age of 20, signed with Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records as the label's first female artist in 1994. Following her uncredited appearance on labelmate the Notorious B.I.G.'s single "One More Chance", she released her debut studio album, Faith (1995), to critical acclaim and moderate commercial reception. Evans then guest performed alongside 112 on Combs' 1997 single "I'll Be Missing You," which won Best Rap Performance at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards and became the first hip hop song to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100. Her second and third albums, Keep the Faith (1998) and Faithfully (2001), peaked at numbers six and 14 on the Billboard 200, respectively, and saw further critical praise.
Gladys George
American actress (1904–1954)
Linda Gray
American actress
Leah Remini
American actress (born 1970)
Ann Sothern
American actress (1909–2001)