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  1. Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
    2: subject_name=Diana, Princess of Wales|
    3: image_name=Diana, Princess of Wales.jpg |
    11: ...at title, as it would imply that she was a [[princess]] by [[birthright]] rather than by marriage.
    13: ...biographies, magazine articles and television movies.
    15: ...he world. To her admirers, Diana, Princess of Wales was a [[role model]] — after her death, the...
  2. Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
    3: ...he became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]].
    5: ...in many melodramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
    9: ... reflected her own age, rather than teenage heroines.
    11: ... star. The phrase "by the clock" became a secret message of their love; as the couple was driving and ...
    13: ...plagued with marital problems. Her stressful business schedule and Fairbanks' extramarital affair with...
  3. Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
    4: ... image_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for her [[philosophy]] of [[Objectivist ph...
    11: ...press goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
    12: #That man must choose his values and actions by reason;
    14: #That no one has the right to seek values from others by physical force, or impose ideas on...
    19: ...m Ayn's cousin in which she claims to have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter...
  4. Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
    1: ...[August 7]], [[1980]]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[aviatrix]].
    4: ...s and driving personality to obtain a job at a prestigious salon in [[Saks Fifth Avenue]] department ...
    6: ...ed Press]] named her "''Woman of the Year in Business''."
    8: ...g her products. Years later, her husband used his Hollywood connections to get [[Marilyn Monroe]] to endorse ...
    10: ... adopted to avoid dealing with the reality of her estranged and impoverished family.
  5. Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
    4: ... born in [[Newport News, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers, New York]]. She w...
    6: ...to hire her. She started singing with Webb's Orchestra in [[1935]], in Harlem's [[Savoy Ballroom]]. S...
    8: ...the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
    10: ...ctly [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s voice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
    12: ...George Gershwin]] (with [[Nelson Riddle]]'s [[orchestra]]), [[Irving Berlin]], [[Cole Porter]], [[Jero...
  6. Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
    1: ...;width:200px;margin-left:5px"><center>[[Image:AimeeSempleMcPherson.jpeg|150px|Photograph of McPherson]...
    7: ...n hired to nurse his wife during her terminal illness. (The age difference had caused a scandal in the...
    9: ...ple who worked with the [[Salvation Army]]. As a result, Aimee was raised in an atmosphere of strong [...
    11: ...;margin-right:5px;text-align:center">[[Image:Semples.jpeg]]<small><br>Robert and Aimee Semple, 1910</s...
    13: ... 17, after which she returned to the [[United States]].
  7. Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
    2: ...e star]] of the [[1940s]], she became one of the best and most popular stars in American history.
    5: ...ence. Right then, Ball decided that she needed to escape the traumas of her life.
    7: ...royalty" honor with [[Macdonald Carey]], who was designated as her "king".
    9: ...ff immediately and eloped the same year to much press attention. However, Arnaz's philandering and dri...
    11: ...uple's [[Desilu]] production company, so the Arnazes toured the road in a [[vaudeville]] act with Luci...
  8. Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
    2: ...]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[actor|actress]], talk-show host, and bon vivant, born in [[Hun...
    4: ...House]] [[1936]]-[[1940]]), niece of [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[John H. Bankhead II]] ([[1872]...
    6: ...Tallulah Bankhead won a movie-magazine beauty contest & convinced her family to let her move to New Yo...
    8: During these early New York years, she became a peripheral me...
    10: ...d]]'s -- and [[England]]'s -- best-known celebrities.
  9. Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
    1: ...my Award]]-winning [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Actor|actress]].
    3: ...rmous success and "Sweden's illustrious gift to [[Hollywood]]" had arrived.
    5: ...'' ([[1945]]). She would receive another Best Actress nomination for ''[[Joan of Arc (movie)|Joan of A...
    7: ...ini's and Bergman's children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
    9: ... It is considered to be among her best performances.
  10. Sarah Bernhardt (3531 bytes)
    2: ...26]], [[1923]]) was a [[France|French]] stage actress.
    4: ...ed the career of an actress with that of a [[courtesan]] - at the time, the two were considered scanda...
    6: ... arguably, she may have been the most famous actress of the [[19th century]].
    8: ...io de La Gandara]]. She was also to publish a series of books and plays throughout her life.
    10: ...ied Greek-born actor Aristides Damala (aka [[Jacques Damala]]) in London in [[1882]], but the marriage...
  11. Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
    1: ...''This article is about '''Bette Davis''' the actress; there is also singer named [[Betty Davis]].''
    3: ...]] winning [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
    5: ... raised by their mother, who aspired to be an actress. Davis was denied admission to [[Eva LeGallienne...
    7: ...as the outrage that she received many write-in votes from disgruntled Academy members.
    9: ...rved from October to December [[1941]], when she resigned. Her career began to stagnate through the [...
  12. Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
    3: ...], [[1990]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[actor|actress]].
    5: ...tafsson''' in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], the youngest of three children born to Karl Alfred Gustafsson...
    7: ==Becoming an actress==
    10: ...[stage name]] Greta Garbo. She starred in two movies in [[Sweden]] and one in [[Germany]].
    12: When Stiller went to the [[United States]] in [[1925]] to work for [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]...
  13. Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
    2: ...]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
    6: ...] and [[Mario Cabr靝, industrialist [[Howard Hughes]], and actor [[George C. Scott]], in the mid-[[19...
    8: ... was nominated, albeit in the best supporting actress category.
    12: ...den, [[Frank Sinatra]] paid all her medical expenses. She died of [[pneumonia]] in [[London]], [[Engla...
    16: ... a film by [[Martin Scorsese]] about [[Howard Hughes]].
  14. Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
    2: ... Film Institute]] ranked Hepburn the greatest actress of all time.
    5: ...heir parents' encouragement, were unafraid of expressing their frank views on various topics, includin...
    7: ...zed for her athletic physicality &mdash; she fearlessly performed her own pratfalls in films such as '...
    10: ...adway]] after landing a bit part in ''[[Night Hostess]]''.
    12: ...nds. They divorced in [[1934]] after Hepburn was established as a film star.
  15. Helen Hunt (3298 bytes)
    3: ...]] [[actor|actress]]. She was born in [[Los Angeles, California]], the daughter of an acting coach.
    7: ...for which she won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1998]].
    9: In 1998, Hunt became the first actress to win both an [[Emmy]] and an [[Academy Award]]...
    29: *''[[In the Company of Darkness]]'' (Made for TV) (1993)
    43: *''[[Miles from Home]]'' (1988)
  16. Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
    1: ...my Award]] winning [[Australia|Australian]] [[actress]], [[producer]], and [[singer]].
    2: ...acNeille). At the time, her father was a cancer research specialist in [[Washington, D.C]].
    3: ... four years old, when Tony Kidman took on a lectureship at the [[University of Technology, Sydney]].
    8: ...s Kidman concentrated on her family responsibilities until her mother's recovery.
    10: ...alm]]'' which gained her notice in the United States.
  17. Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
    3: ...in [[Roehampton]], England, along with fellow actress-to-be [[Maureen O'Sullivan]]. She then went on t...
    7: ...ting "talent search" in which many popular actresses were considered for the role opposite [[Clark Gab...
    9: ...ime, both were married (Olivier to actress [[Jill Esmond]] who was pregnant when the affair began).
    11: ... year of Blanche DuBois in ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]''.
    13: ...also been plagued by [[Bipolar Disorder|manic-depression]] for some time, which was believed to be a f...
  18. Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
    3: ...actress of all time and, at the age of 70, continues to be a top sex symbol.
    5: ... up in poverty in wartime [[Pozzuoli]] near [[Naples]].
    7: ...egional beauty contests, were she won several prizes and was discovered by her future husband, film pr...
    9: ...Nights with Cleopatra]]'' and ''[[It's Him, Yes! Yes!]]''), her acting career took off upon meeting [[...
    11: ...unt Studios]]. Among her films at this time: ''[[Desire Under the Elms]]'' with [[Anthony Perkins]] (b...
  19. Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
    2: ...]] of the [[20th century]]. Her sizzling screen presence, stunning good looks and mysterious [[death]]...
    6: ... seemed to be [[Charles Stanley Gifford]], a [[salesman]] for the studio where Marilyn's mother, Glady...
    8: ...nia|Hawthorne]], southwest of [[Downtown Los Angeles]], where she lived until she was seven. The Bolen...
    12: ...ligent and more unhappy than her screen image suggested.
    16: ... mysterious death - she still generates huge interest in her life and brilliant career.
  20. Isabella Rossellini (2696 bytes)
    3: ... is a [[model (person)|model]] and an [[Actor|actress]], daughter of [[Ingrid Bergman]] and [[Roberto ...
    5: As an actress is probably best known for her role as Dorothy Vallens in [[David...
    6: ...usin, Cousine</i>, and Nimue in the 1998 mini-series, ''Merlin''.
    8: ...pisode of ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]''.
    10: ...uring [[1979]]-[[1983]] to director [[Martin Scorsese]], and later married to [[John Wiedemann]] with ...

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