Film, Stage, TV and Radio

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Fanny Kemble, British Writer and Actress, born 27th November 1809

Sarah Bernhardt, French Actress, born 22nd October 1844

Annie Horniman, British Theatre Patron & Manager, born 3rd October 1860
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Marguerite Durand, French Journalist, Actress & Suffragette, born 24th January 1864
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Elinor Glyn, British Author and Scriptwriter, born 17th October 1864

Flora Finch, British American Actress, Comedian & Producer, born 17th June 1867

Anna Hofman-Uddgren, Swedish Actress and Director, born 23rd February 1868

Alice Guy, French Film-maker and Director, born 1st July 1873

Lilian Mary Baylis, British Founder of the Old Vic, born 9th May 1874

Esme Beringer, British Actress and Swordswoman, born 5th September 1875

Narcisa de Leon, Filipino Film Producer, born 29th October 1877

Alla Nazimova, Crimean American Actress & Producer, born 4th June 1879

Aida Overton Walker, Black American Vaudeville Actress, Choreographer & Dancer, born 14th February 1880
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Pauline Brunius, Swedish Actress and Director, born 10th February 1881

Louella Parsons, American Columnist and Screenwriter, born 6th August 1881

Asta Nielsen, Danish Actress & Studio Owner, born 11th September 1881

Margaret Dumont, American Actress, born 20th October 1882

Ma Rainey, African American Singer and Theatre Owner, born 26th April 1886

Clara Beranger, American Screenwriter, born 14th January 1886
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Jeanie Macpherson, American Actress, Writer & Director, born 18th May 1887

Thea von Harbou, German actress, author & director, born 27th December 1888

Jeanne Roques (Musidora), French Actress, Writer & Director, born 23rd February 1889

Anita Loos, American Screenwriter, Playwright & Author, born 26th April 1889

Katherine MacDonald, American Actress and Producer, born 14th December 1891

Nell Shipman, Canadian Actress, Screenwriter, Director, born 25th October 1892
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Dorothy Fuldheim, American Journalist & TV Anchor, born 26th June 1893

Rowena Cade, British Theatrical Visionary, born 2nd August 1893

Jackie "Moms" Mabley, African American Comedian, born 19th March 1894

Elvira Popescu, Romanian Actress & Theatre Director, born 10th May 1894

Anita Stewart, American Actress and Producer, born 7th February 1895

Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand Writer & Theatre Director, born 23rd April 1895
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Hattie McDaniel, 1st African American Oscar winner, born 10th June 1895
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Ruth Rose, American Screenwriter, born 16th January 1896
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Barbara La Marr, American Actress and Screenwriter, born 28th July 1896

Dorothy Arzner, American Screenwriter & Director, born 3rd January 1897
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Margaret Anglin, Canadian Actress, Producer & Director, born 3rd April 1897

Edith Head, American Costume Designer, born 28th October 1897
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Eva Le Galliene, British American Actress & Director, born 11th January 1899

Lotte Reiniger, German Film Director and Animator, born 2nd 1899

Mary Margaret McBride, American Journalist & Radio Host, born 16th November 1899

Helenka Pantaleoni, American Actress & Humanitarian, born 22nd November 1900
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​Marjorie Eaton, American Actress and Painter, born 5th December 1901
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Leni Riefenstahl, German Director & Photographer, born 22nd August 1902
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Cheryl Crawford, American Theatre Producer & Director, born 24th September 1902

Anne Hummert, American Radio Pioneer, born 19th January 1905

Irene Mayer Selznick, American Film Producer, born 2nd April 1907

Frances Horwich, American Educator & Presenter, born 16th July 1907
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Astrid Lindgren, Swedish Author & Screenwriter, born 14th November 1907

Jacqueline Audry, French Film Director, born 25th September 1908

Marie Menken, American Film-maker & Painter, born 25th May 1909
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Kinuyo Tanaka, Japanese Actress and Director, born 29th November 1909

Kay Linaker, American Actress & Screenwriter, born 13th July 1913

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-American Actress and Inventor, born 9th November 1913

Marguerite Duras, French Writer and Film Director, born 4th April 1914

Esther Eng, Chinese American Film Director, born 24th September 1914

Joan Littlewood, British Playwright & Theatre Director, born 6th October 1914

Helene Hanff, American Author and Screenwriter, born 15th April 1916

Phyllis Diller, American Comedian, born 17th July 1917

Maya Deren, Ukrainian/American Avante Garde Director, born 29th April 1917

Fay Kanin, American Screenwriter, Playwright & Producer, born 9th May 1917

Ida Lupino, Anglo American Actress and Director, born 4th February 1918

Pauline Kael, American Film Critic, born 19th June 1919

Kathleen Ankers, British/American Set Designer, born 22nd October 1919

Beah Richards, Black American Writer & Actress, born 12th July 1920

Selma Diamond, Canadian Actress and Screenwriter, born 5th August 1920

Melina Mercouri, Greek Actress, Singer & Politician, born 18th October 1920

Madelyn Pugh, American TV Producer and Writer, born 15th March 1921

Patricia Hughes, British Radio Presenter, born 26th January 1923

Bernice Rubens, Welsh Teacher, Film Maker & Author, born 26th July 1923
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Cécile Aubry, French Actress, Director & Screenwriter, born 3rd August 1928

Audrey Hepburn, British/Belgian Actress and Humanitarian, born 4th May 1929
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Totie Fields, American Comedian, born 7th May 1930

Essie Coffey, Aboriginal Aussie Activist & Film Maker, born 25th February 1941
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Merata Mita, Māori Film Maker and Activist, born 19th June 1942
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Stephenie McMillan, British Set Decorator, born 20th July 1942