Classic Stars - Female

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Julie Andrews OOO

Birth: October 1, 1935

Movie: Mary Poppins (1964), The Sound of Music (1965)

Remark: One-time Academy Award Best Actress Winner

 

Jean Arthur O

Birth: October 17, 1900

Death: June 19, 1991

Movie: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), You Can't Take It With You (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

 

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Lauren Bacall O

Nickname: The Look, Betty, Baby

Birth: September 16, 1924

Movie: To Have and Have Not (1945), Dark Passage (1947)

Remark: Actor Humphrey Bogart's wife

 

Lucille Ball OO

Death: 1989

Movie: Ziegfeld Follies (1946)

 

Tallulah Bankhead OO

Movie: Devil and the Deep (1932), Lifeboat (1944)

 

Anne Baxter

Movie: All About Eve (1950), The Ten Commandments (1956)

 

Ingrid Bergman OOO

Birth: August 29, 1915

Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden

Death: August 29, 1982

Movie: Casablanca (1942), Gaslight (1944), Notorious (1946). Anastasia (1956), Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

Remark: Mother of Actress/Model Isabella Rossellini; two-times Academy Award Best Actress winner (1944, 1956).

 

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Leslie Caron O

Movie: An American in Paris (1951), Daddy Long Legs, Gigi (1958)

 

Cyd Charisse O

Movie: Singin' in the Rain (1952), Brigadoon (1954)

 

Rosemary Clooney

Movie: White Christmas (1954)

Remark: Aunt of actor George Clooney

 

Claudette Colbert O

Birth: September 13, 1903

Death: July 30, 1996

Movie: It Happened One Night (1934)

 

Joan Crawford

Birth: March 23, 1905

Death: May 10, 1977

Movie: Grand Hotel (1932), Mildred Pierce (1945)

Remark: One-time Academy Best Actress Winner

 

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Bette Davis OOO

Birth: April 5, 1908

Death: October 6, 1989

Movie: Dangerous (1935), Jezebel (1938), Dark Victory (1939), The Little Foxes (1941), All About Eve (1950)

Remark: Two-times Academy Award Best Actress Winner

 

Doris Day

Movie: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Pillow Talk (1959)

 

Olivia de Havilland O

Birth: July 1, 1916

Movie: Gone with the Wind (1939), The Strawberry Blonde (1941)

Remark: Older Sister of Actress, Joan Fontaine; they were born in Tokyo, Japan; two-times Academy Award Best Actress Winner

 

Marlene Dietrich O

Birth: December 27, 1901

Death: May 6, 1992

Movie: Morocco (1930), Angel (1937)

 

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Joan Fontaine O

Birth: October 22, 1917

Movie: Rebecca (1940), Suspicion (1941)

Remark: Younger sister of Olivia de Havilland; they were born in Tokyo, Japan; one-time Academy Award Best Actress Winner

 

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Greta Garbo O

Birth: September 18, 1905

Death: April 15, 1990

Movie: Grand Hotel (1932), Ninotchka (1939)

Received: Received Honorary Oscar in 1955

 

Ava Gardner

Death: January 25, 1990

Movie: Showboat (1951), Mogambo (1953)

Remark: She was married and divorced three times -- to Mickey Rooney, Frank Sinatra, and Artie Shaw

 

Betty Garrett O

Movie: Take Me to the Ball Game, On the Town

 

Greer Garson

Birth: September 29, 1908

Death: April 6, 1996

Movie: Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), Pride and Prejudice (1940), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Mrs. Parkington (1944)

Remark: One-time Academy Award Best Actress Award Winner

 

Judy Garland OOO

Birth: June 10, 1922

Death: June 22, 1969

Movie: Wizard of Oz (1939), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Easter Parade (1948), A Star is Born (1954), I Could Go On Singing (1963)

Remark: Ex-wife of director, Vincente Minnelli; mother of actress, Liza Minnelli

 

Kathryn Grayson

Movie: Anchors Aweigh (1945), Showboat (1951), Kiss Me Kate (1953)

 

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Jean Hagen

Movie: Singin' in the Rain (1952), The Shaggy Dog (1959)

 

Jean Harlow

Nickname: Baby

Birth: March 3, 1911

Death: June 7, 1937

Movie: Hell's Angels

 

Rita Hayworth

Nickname: The Love Goddess

Birth: October 17, 1918

Death: May 14, 1987

Movie: Only Angels Have Wings (1939), Cover Girl (1944), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Pal Joey (1957), Circus World (1964)

 

Audrey Hepburn OOO

Birth: May 4, 1929

Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium

Death: January 20, 1993

Movie: Roman Holiday (1953), Sabrina (1954), War and Peace (1956), Funny Face (1956), Love in the Afternoon (1957), The Nun's Story (1959), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Charade (1963). My Fair Lady (1964), How to Steal a Million (1966)

Remark: One-time Academy Award Best Actress Winner; received Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

 

Katharine Hepburn OO

Nickname: First Lady of Cinema

Birth: May 12, 1907

Death: June 29, 2003

Movie: Little Women (1933), Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Woman of the Year (1942), The African Queen (1951), The Rainmaker (1956), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (1967), On Golden Pond (1981)

Remark: Four-time Academy Award Best Actress Winner

 

Celeste Holm OOO

Birth: April 29, 1919

Movie: Gentlemen's Agreement (1947), All About Eve (1950), The Tender Trap (1955), High Society (1956)

 

Lena Horne

Movie: Ziegfeld Follies (1946), Till the Clouds Roll By (1957), Words and Music (1948)

 

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Grace Kelly OOO

Birth: November 12, 1929

Death: September 14, 1982

Movie: High Noon (1952), The Country Girl (1954), High Society (1956) ,  Rear Window (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955)

Remark: Princess of Monaco; wife of Prince Rainer; one-time Academy Award Best Actress Winner

 

Deborah Kerr

Movie: Black Narcissus (1946), From Here to Eternity (1953), The King and I (1956), An Affair to Remember (1957)

Remark: Received Honourary Oscar for Career Achievement in 1993

 

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Veronica Lake

Death: 1973

Movie: Sullivan's Travels (1942)

 

Hedy Lamar

Movie: Comrade X (1940), Zeigfeld Girls (1941)

 

Angela Lansbury O

Birth: 1925

Movie: The Harvey Girls (1946), Something for Everyone (1970), Beauty and the Beast (1991, voice)

 

Janet Leigh OO

Movie: Little Women (1949), Psycho (1960), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Bye Bye Bride (1963)

Remark: Actress, Jamie Lee Curtis' mother

 

Vivien Leigh OOO

Birth: November 5, 1913

Death: July 7, 1967

Movie: Gone with the Wind (1939), Caesar and Cleopatra (1946), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

Remark: Two-times Academy Award Best Actress Winner; she was born in India; ex-wife of actor, Laurence Olivier.

 

Sophia Loren

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Jeanette MacDonald

Movie: The Love Parade (1929), The Merry Widow (1934)

 

Vera Miles

Movie: The Searchers (1955), The Wrong Man (1959), Psycho (1960)

 

Ann Miller OO

Birth: 1925

Movie: Easter Parade (1948), On the Town (1949), Kiss Me Kate (1953)

 

Marilyn Monroe

Birth: June 1, 1926

Death: August 5, 1962

Movie: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), The Seven Year Itch (1955), Some Like It Hot (1959)

 

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Kim Novak OO

Real Name: Marilyn Pauline Novak

Movie: The Picnic (1955), Pal Joey (1957), Vertigo (1958)

 

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Margaret O'Brien OO

Birth: January 15, 1937

Movie: Babes on Broadway (1941), Jane Eyre (1944), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Little Women (1949), The Secret Garden (1949)

 

Maureen O'Hara OOO

Birth: August 17, 1920

Birthplace: Ranelagh, Ireland

Movie: How Green was My Valley (1941), Miracle on 34th Street (1947), The Quiet Man (1952), The Parent Trap (1961), Only the Lonely (1991)

 

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Mary Pickford

Birth: 1892

Death: 1979

 

Jane Powell

Birth: 1929

Movie: Two Weeks With Love (1950), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Hit the Deck (1955)

 

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Donna Reed

Death: 1995

Movie: It's a Wonderful Life (1946), From Here to Eternity (1953)

 

Debbie Reynolds OO

Birth: April 1, 1932

Movie: Two Weeks With Love (1950), Singin' in the Rain (1952), The Tender Trap (1955), How the West was Won (1962),  The Unskinable Molly Brown (1964) 

 

Thelma Ritter

Movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947), All About Eve (1950), Rear Window (1954)

 

Ginger Rogers O

Birth: July 16, 1911

Death: April 25, 1995

Movie: The Gay Divorcee (1934), The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)

 

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Norma Shearer

Movie: The Divorcee (1930), The Women (1939)

Remark: One-time Academy Award Winner (1930)

 

Ann Sheridan

Movie: Angel with Dirty Faces (1938), Kings Row (1942)

 

Jean Simmons

Birth: January 31, 1929

Movie: Great Expectations (1946), Hamlet (1948)

 

Barbara Stanwyck

Birth: July 16, 1907

Death: January 20, 1990

Movie: Lady Eve (1941), Ball of Fire (1942)

 

Gloria Swanson O

Birth: March 27, 1899

Death: April 4, 1983

Movie: Sunset Boulevard (1950)

 

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Elizabeth Taylor

Birth: February 27, 1932

Birthplace: London, England

Movie: Lassie Come Home (1943), Little Women (1949), The Place in the Sun (1951), Giant (1956), Cleopatra (1963), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Remark: Two-times Academy Award Best Actress Winner

 

Shirley Temple O

Birth: 1928

Movie: Heidi (1937), The Little Princess (1939)

 

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Vera-Ellen

Movie: On the Town (1949), White Christmas (1954)

 

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Esther Williams

Movie: Bathing Beauty (1944), Million Dollar Maid (1952), Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)

Remark: Former Olympic swimmer.

 

Natalie Wood O

Born: 1938

Death: 1981

Movie: Rebel Without a Cause (1955), West Side Story (1961), Splendor in the Glass (1961), Gypsy (1962), Inside Daisy Cover (1965)

 

Teresa Wright OOO

Birth: October 27, 1918

Movie: The Little Foxes (1941), The Pride of the Yankees (1942), Shadow of a Doubt (1943), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Somewhere in Time (1980), The Rainmaker (1997)

Remark: One-time Academy Award Best Actress Winner

 

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Loretta Young

Birth: 1913

Death: 2000

Movie: The Farmer's Daughter

Remark: One-time Academy Award Best Actress Winner

 

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