List of female movie actors (L-Z): Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

This is an alphabetical list of notable female movie actors.

A certain number of actors of this list are also well-known because of their roles in television films and series, and are therefore included in both, this list and the list of television actors.

See also:   Actors ,   List of male movie actors ,   List of male television actors   and   List of female television actors .

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• Florence La Badie (1888-1917)
• Diane Ladd (born 1932)
• Christine Lahti (born 1950)
• Ricki Lake (born 1968)
• Veronica Lake (1919-1973)
• Hedy Lamarr (1913-2000)
• Barbara La Marr (1896-1926)
• Dorothy Lamour (1914-1996)
• Elsa Lanchester (1902-1986)
• Diane Lane (born 1965)
• Hope Lange (1931-2003)
• Jessica Lange (born 1949)
• Lillie Langtry (1853-1929)
• Angela Lansbury (born 1925)
• Piper Laurie (born 1932)
• Lucy Lawless (born 1968)
• Carol Lawrence (born 1934)
• Florence Lawrence (1886-1938)
• Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952)
• Cloris Leachman (born 1926)
• Zarah Leander (1907-1981)
• Peggy Lee (1920-2002)
• Vivien Leigh (1913-1967)
• Janet Leigh (born 1927)
• Laura Leighton (born 1968)
• Margaret Leighton (1922-1976)
• Lotte Lenya (1898-1981)
• Ruth Leuwerik (born 1926)
• Juliette Lewis (born 1973)
• Beatrice Lillie (1894-1989)
• Audra Lindley (1918-1997)
• Laura Linney (born 1964)
• Peggy Lipton (born 1947)
• Virna Lisi (1937-1963)
• Lucy Liu (born 1968)
• Margaret Livingston (1900-1984)
• Sondra Locke (born 1947)
• June Lockhart (born 1925)
• Heather Locklear (born 1961)
• Margaret Lockwood (1916-1990)
• Barbara Loden (born 1932)
• Lindsay Lohan (born 1986)
• Gina Lollobrigida (born 1927)
• Carole Lombard (1908-1942)
• Julie London (born 1926)
• Shelley Long (born 1949)
• Adamari Lopez (born 1973)
• Jennifer Lopez (born 1970)
• Traci Lords (born 1968)
• Sophia Loren (born 1934)
• Trinity Loren (1964-1998)
• Dorothy Loudon (1933-2003)
• Bessie Love (1898-1986)
• Linda Lovelace (1949-2002)
• Myrna Loy (1905-1993)
• Susan Lucci (born 1946)
• Daniela Lujan (born 1988)
• Joanna Lumley (born 1946)
• Ida Lupino (1914-1995)

• Jeanette MacDonald (1903-1965)
• Andie MacDowell (born 1958)
• Ali MacGraw (born 1938)
• Dorothy Mackaye (1899-1940)
• Shirley MacLaine (born 1934)
• Norma Macmillan (1921-2001)
• Sheila MacRae (born 1924)
• Madhubala
• Madonna (born 1958)
• Anna Magnani (1908-1973)
• Jacqueline Maillan (born 1923)
• Marjorie Main (1890-1975)
• Hema Malini (born 1948)
• Dorothy Malone (born 1925)
• Jena Malone (born 1984)
• Barbara Mandrell (born 1948)
• Silvana Mangano (1930-1989)
• Jayne Mansfield (1933-1967)
• Sophie Marceau (born 1966)
• Nancy Marchand (1928-2000)
• June Marlowe (1903-1984)
• Andrea Marcovicci (born 1948)
• Miriam Margolyes (born 1941)
• Ann Margret (born 1941)
• Julianna Margulies (born 1966)
• Rose Marie (born 1923)
• Penny Marshall (born 1942)
• Jean Marsh (born 1934)
• Mary Martin (1913-1990)
• Elsa Martinelli (born 1932)
• Millicent Martin (born 1934)
• Marsha Mason (born 1942)
• Lea Massari (born 1933)
• Heather Matarazzo (born 1982)
• Marlee Matlin (born 1965)
• Virginia Mayo (born 1920)
• Rachel McAdams (born 1986)
• Mercedes McCambridge (born 1918)
• Maureen McCormick (born 1956)
• Frances McDormand (born 1957)
• Elizabeth McGovern (born 1961)
• Dorothy McGuire (1919-2001)
• Crystal McKellar (born 1976)
• Danica McKellar (born 1975)
• Julia McKenzie (born 1941)
• Maggie McNamara (1928-1978)
• Kristy McNichol (born 1962)
• Butterfly McQueen (1911-1995)
• Jayne Meadows (born 1920)
• Anne Meara (born 1929)
• Lucia Mendez (born 1955)
• Vivien Merchant (1929-1983)
• Melina Mercouri (1920-1994)
• Una Merkel (1903-1986)
• Dina Meyer (born 1968)
• Inge Meysel (born 1910)
• Karla Michelle (born 1985)
• Bette Midler (born 1945)
• Alyssa Milano (born 1972)
• Sarah Miles (born 1941)
• Vera Miles (born 1929)
• Hayley Mills (born 1946)
• Juliet Mills (born 1941)
• Ming-Na (born 1963)
• Liza Minnelli (born 1946)
• Carmen Miranda (1914-1955)
• Lalaine Miranda (born 1987)
• Helen Mirren (born 1945)
• Yvonne Mitchell (1925-1979)
• Alfonsina Molinary
• Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962)
• Meredith Monroe (born 1976)
• Pilar Montenegro
• Maria Montez (1912-1951)
• Elizabeth Montgomery (1933-1995)
• Demi Moore (born 1962)
• Grace Moore (1898-1947)
• Julianne Moore (born 1960)
• Mary Tyler Moore (born 1936)
• Melba Moore (born 1945)
• Terry Moore (born 1929)
• Agnes Moorehead (1900-1974)
• Jeanne Moreau (born 1928)
• Rebecca De Mornay (born 1962)
• Rita Moreno (born 1931)
• Helen Morgan (1900-1941)
• Cathy Moriarty (born 1960)
• Ali Morse (born 1986)
• Carrie-Anne Moss (born 1967)
• Tia and Tamera Mowry (born 1978)
• Bridget Moynahan (born 1972)
• Rani Mukherjee (born 1978)
• Diana Muldaur (born 1938)
• Kate Mulgrew (born 1955)
• Liliana Mumy (born 1995)
• Brittany Murphy (born 1977)
• Ornella Muti (born 1955)

• Kathy Najimy (born 1957)
• Mildred Natwick (1905-1994)
• Anna Neagle (1904-1986)
• Patricia Neal (born 1926)
• Pola Negri (1897-1987)
• Tracy Nelson (born 1963)
• Francesca Neri (born 1964)
• Evelyn Nesbit (1884-1967)
• Friederike Caroline Neuber (1697-1760)
• Thandie Newton (born 1972)
• Olivia Newton-John (born 1948)
• Anna Q. Nilsson (died 1974)
• Jeanette Nolan (1911-1998)
• Gena Lee Nolin (born 1971)
• Kim Novak (born 1933)
• Nutan (1936-1991)
• France Nuyen (born 1939)

• Merle Oberon (1911-1979)
• Maureen O'Hara (born 1920)
• Maureen O'Sullivan (1911-1998)
• Renée O'Connor (born 1971)
• Rosie O'Donnell (born 1962)
• Jennifer O'Neill (born 1948)
• Lena Olin (born 1956)
• Susan Olsen (born 1961)
• Julia Ormond (born 1965)
• Heather O'Rourke (1975-1988)
• Marie Osmond (born 1959)
• Miranda Otto (born 1967)
• Maria Ouspenskaya (1876-1949)
• Kati Outinen (born 1961)

• Geraldine Page (1924-1987)
• Betsy Palmer (born 1929)
• Lilli Palmer (1914-1986)
• Gwyneth Paltrow (born 1972)
• Silvana Pampanini (born 1925)
• Irene Papas (born 1929)
• Anna Paquin (born 1982)
• Suzy Parker (1932-2003)
• Eleanor Parker (born 1922)
• Estelle Parsons (born 1927)
• Christine Pascale (1953-1996)
• Virginia Pearson (1886-1958)
• Elizabeth Pena (born 1959)
• Piper Perabo
• Rosie Pérez (born 1964)
• Elizabeth Perkins (born 1960)
• Valerie Perrine (born 1943)
• Bernadette Peters (born 1948)
• Jean Peters (born 1926)
• Amanda Peterson (born 1971)
• Cassandra Peterson (born 1951)
• Michelle Pfeiffer (born 1957)
• Michelle Phillips (born 1944)
• Peg Phillips (born 1918)
• Sian Phillips (born 1934)
• Mary Pickford (1892-1979)
• Molly Picon (1898-1992)
• Rebecca Pidgeon (born 1963)
• Rosamund Pike (born 1979)
• Zazu Pitts (1894-1963)
• Dana Plato (1964-1999)
• Suzanne Pleshette (born 1937)
• Joan Plowright (born 1929)
• Erika Pluhar (born 1939)
• Dusa Pockaj (1924-1982)
• Sarah Polley (born 1979)
• Henny Porten (1890-1960)
• Natalie Portman (born 1981)
• Parker Posey (born 1968)
• Majda Potokar (1930-2001)
• Eleanor Powell (1912-1982)
• Jane Powell (born 1928)
• Stefanie Powers (born 1942)
• Pérette Pradier (born 1938)
• Kyla Pratt (born 1986)
• Priscilla Presley (born 1945)
• Jaime Pressly (born 1977)
• Kelly Preston (born 1962)
• Marie Prevost (1898-1937)
• Alice Prin (1901-1953)
• Victoria Principal (born 1945)
• Yvonne Printemps (1895-1977)
• Juliet Prowse (1936-1996)
• Edna Purviance (1895-1958)

• Mae Questel (1908-1998)

• Aishwarya Rai (born 1973)
• Luise Rainer (born 1910)
• Charlotte Rampling (born 1945)
• Anne Ramsey (1929-1988)
• Raven-Symone (born 1985)
• Martha Raye (1916-1994)
• Vanessa Redgrave (born 1937)
• Lynn Redgrave (born 1943)
• Donna Reed (1921-1986)
• Maricarmen Regueiro (born 1965)
• Ann Reinking (born 1949)
• Lee Remick (1935-1991)
• Debbie Reynolds (born 1932)
• Christina Ricci (born 1980)
• Beah Richards (1920-2000)
• Denise Richards (born 1972)
• Joely Richardson (born 1965)
• Miranda Richardson (born 1958)
• Natasha Richardson (born 1963)
• Irene Rich (1891-1988)
• Cathy Rigby (born 1952)
• Diana Rigg (born 1938)
• Ita Rina (1907-1979)
• Molly Ringwald (born 1968)
• Kelly Ripa (born 1970)
• Fay Ripley (born 1968)
• Ilse Ritter (born 1941)
• Thelma Ritter (1905-1969)
• Chita Rivera (born 1933)
• Doris Roberts (born 1929)
• Julia Roberts (born 1967)
• Kathleen Robertson (born 1973)
• Rachel Roberts (1927-1980)
• Eva Robins
• Holly Robinson (born 1964)
• Flora Robson (1902-1984)
• May Robson (1858-1942)
• Gladys Rodriguez
• Michelle Rodriguez (born 1978)
• Ginger Rogers (1911-1995)
• Mimi Rogers (born 1956)
• Esther Rolle (1920-1998)
• Ruth Roman (1922-1999)
• Christy Romano (born 1984)
• Johanna Rosaly (born 1948)
• Rebecca Romijn-Stamos (born 1972)
• Jamie Rose (born 1959)
• Diana Ross (born 1944)
• Isabella Rossellini (born 1952)
• Marion Ross (born 1928)
• Patricia Routledge (born 1929)
• Gena Rowlands (born 1930)
• Jane Russell (born 1921)
• Lillian Russell (1860-1922)
• Rosalind Russell (1907-1976)
• Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972)
• Irene Ryan (1902-1973)
• Meg Ryan (born 1961)
• Lisa Ryder (born 1970)
• Winona Ryder (born 1971)

• Sabrina (born 1936)
• Roselyn Sanchez (born 1970)
• Laura Sadler (1980-2003)
• Eva Marie Saint (born 1924)
• Susan Saint James (born 1946)
• Emma Samms (born 1960)
• Laura San Giacomo (born 1962)
• Dominique Sanda (born 1948)
• Stefania Sandrelli (born 1946)
• Cristina Saralegui (born 1948)
• Susan Sarandon (born 1946)
• Savannah (1970-1994)
• Greta Scacchi (born 1960)
• Prunella Scales (born 1932)
• Maria Schell (born 1926)
• Romy Schneider (1938-1982)
• Carly Schroeder (born 1990)
• Katja Schuurman (born 1975)
• Hanna Schygulla (born 1943)
• Martha Scott (1912-2003)
• Jean Seberg (1938-1979)
• Edie Sedgwick (1943-1971)
• Kyra Sedgwick (born 1965)
• Emmanuelle Seigner (born 1966)
• Chloë Sevigny (born 1974)
• Jane Seymour (born 1951)
• Delphine Seyrig (1932-1990)
• Fiona Shaw (born 1958)
• Alia Shawkat (born 1989)
• Athole Shearer (1900-1985)
• Moira Shearer (born 1926)
• Norma Shearer (1902-1983)
• Ally Sheedy (born 1962)
• Deborah Shelton (born 1952)
• Cybill Shepherd (born 1950)
• Brooke Shields (born 1965)
• Nell Shipman (1892-1970)
• Talia Shire (born 1946)
• Anne Shirley (1918-1993)
• Elisabeth Shue (born 1963)
• Jane Sibbett (born 1961)
• Sarah Siddons (1755-1831)
• Simone Signoret (1921-1985)
• Alicia Silverstone (born 1976)
• Jean Simmons (born 1929)
• Joan Sims (died 2001)
• Penny Singleton (1908-2003)
• Lilia Skala (1896-1994)
• Erika Slezak (born 1946)
• Alexis Smith (1921-1993)
• Jaclyn Smith (born 1947)
• Jada Pinkett Smith (born 1971)
• Maggie Smith (born 1934)
• Samantha Smith (1972-1985)
• Sonya Smith (born 1971)
• Carrie Snodgress (born 1946)
• Leelee Sobieski (born 1982)
• Suzanne Somers (born 1946)
• Elke Sommer (born 1940)
• Gale Sondergaard (1899-1985)
• Mira Sorvino (born 1967)
• Ann Sothern (1909-2001)
• Soundarya (died 2004)
• Catherine Spaak (born 1945)
• Sissy Spacek (born 1949)
• Tori Spelling (born 1973)
• Georgina Spelvin (born 1936)
• Kim Stanley (born 1925)
• Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990)
• Jean Stapleton (born 1923)
• Maureen Stapleton (born 1925)
• Koo Stark (born 1956)
• Barbara Steele (born 1937)
• Mary Steenburgen (born 1953)
• Frances Sternhagen (born 1930)
• Connie Stevens (born 1938)
• Inger Stevens (1934-1970)
• Stella Stevens (born 1936)
• Juliet Stevenson (born 1956)
• Beatrice Straight (1914-2001)
• Jill St. John (born 1940)
• Sharon Stone (born 1958)
• Gale Storm (born 1922)
• Kirsten Storm (born 1984)
• Madeleine Stowe (born 1958)
• Susan Strasberg (1938-1999)
• Dorothy Stratten (1960-1980)
• Meryl Streep (born 1949)
• Barbra Streisand (born 1942)
• Elaine Stritch (born 1925)
• Gloria Stuart (born 1910)
• Imogen Stubbs (born 1961)
• Barbara Sukowa (born 1950)
• Margaret Sullavan (1911-1960)
• Susan Sullivan (born 1944)
• Suraiya (1929-2004)
• Valeska Suratt (1882-1962)
• Mena Suvari (born 1979)
• Janet Suzman (born 1939)
• Hilary Swank (born 1974)
• Gloria Swanson (1897-1983)
• Jodie Sweetin (born 1982)
• Loretta Swit (born 1937)

• Constance Talmadge (1897-1973)
• Norma Talmadge (1893-1957)
• Jessica Tandy (1909-1994)
• Sharon Tate (1943-1969)
• Audrey Tautou (born 1978)
• Elizabeth Taylor (born 1932)
• Estelle Taylor (1894-1958)
• Jeannine Taylor
• Lili Taylor (born 1967)
• Lyle Tayo (1889-1971)
• Shirley Temple (born 1928)
• Fay Templeton (1865-1939)
• Ellen Terry (1848-1928)
• Charlize Theron (born 1975)
• Tiffani-Amber Thiessen (born 1974)
• Marlo Thomas (born 1938)
• Olive Thomas (1894-1920)
• Emma Thompson (born 1959)
• Lea Thompson (born 1961)
• Sada Thompson (born 1929)
• Sybil Thorndike (1882-1976)
• Uma Thurman (born 1970)
• Gene Tierney (1920-1991)
• Nadja Tiller (born 1929)
• Jennifer Tilly (born 1958)
• Thelma Todd (1905-1935)
• Marisa Tomei (born 1964)
• Lily Tomlin (born 1939)
• Michelle Trachtenberg (born 1985)
• Nancy Travis (born 1961)
• Gloria Trevi (born 1970)
• Claire Trevor (1908-2000)
• Marie Trintignant (1962-2003)
• Jeanne Tripplehorn (born 1963)
• Rachel True (born 1966)
• Olga Tschechowa (1897-1980)
• Robin Tunney (born 1972)
• Florence Turner (1885-1946)
• Guinevere Turner (born 1968)
• Janine Turner (born 1962)
• Kathleen Turner (born 1954)
• Lana Turner (1920-1995)
• Helen Twelvetrees (1908-1958)
• Judy Tyler (1933-1957)
• Liv Tyler (born 1977)
• Cicely Tyson (born 1933)

• Liv Ullmann (born 1938)

• Brenda Vaccaro (born 1939)
• Caterina Valente (born 1931)
• Vampira (born 1921)
• Vivian Vance (1909-1979)
• Mamie Van Doren (born 1931)
• Nia Vardalos (born 1962)
• Isidra Vega (born 1979)
• Jaci Velazquez (born 1979)
• Patricia Velazquez (born 1971)
• Vera-Ellen (1921-1981)
• Gwen Verdon (1925-2000)
• Christina Vidal (born 1984)
• Louise Leveque de Vilmorin (1902-1969)
• Monica Vitti (born 1931)
• Thea von Harbou (1888-1954)
• Lark Voorhies (born 1974)

• Caitlin Wachs (born 1989)
• Julie Walters (born 1950)
• Amy Walz
• Zoe Wanamaker (born 1949)
• Rachel Ward (born 1957)
• Lesley Ann Warren (born 1946)
• Ruth Warrick (born 1915)
• Mona Washbourne (1903-1988)
• Ethel Waters (1896-1977)
• Emily Watson (born 1967)
• Emma Watson (born 1990)
• Naomi Watts (born 1968)
• Sigourney Weaver (born 1949)
• Fay Webb (1907-1936)
• Helene Weigel (1900-1971)
• Grethe Weiser (1903-1970)
• Rachel Weisz (born 1971)
• Raquel Welch (born 1940)
• Ilse Werner (born 1921)
• Mae West (1893-1980)
• Betty White (born 1922)
• Pearl White (1889-1938)
• June Whitfield (born 1925)
• Mae Whitman (born 1988)
• Dianne Wiest (born 1948)
• Cindy Williams (born 1947)
• Cynda Williams (born 1966)
• Esther Williams (born 1921)
• JoBeth Williams (born 1948)
• Kimberly Williams (born 1971)
• Marie Wilson (1916-1972)
• Nancy Wilson (born 1937)
• Peta Wilson (born 1970)
• Rita Wilson (born 1958)
• Marie Windsor (1919-2000)
• Oprah Winfrey (born 1954)
• Debra Winger (born 1955)
• Kate Winslet (born 1975)
• Shelley Winters (born 1922)
• Reese Witherspoon (born 1976)
• Alicia Witt (born 1975)
• Ewelyne Wohlfeiler (born 1951)
• Alfre Woodard (born 1953)
• Natalie Wood (1938-1981)
• Victoria Wood (born 1953)
• Joanne Woodward (born 1930)
• Irene Worth (born 1916)
• Fay Wray (born 1907)
• Amy Wright (born 1950)
• Robin Wright-Penn (born 1966)
• Teresa Wright (born 1918)
• Kari Wuhrer (born 1967)
• Jane Wyatt (born 1911)
• Jane Wyman (born 1914)
• Diana Wynyard (1906-1964)

• Michelle Yeoh (born 1962)
• Susannah York (born 1941)
• Loretta Young (1913-2000)
• Sean Young (born 1959)

• Pia Zadora (born 1954)
• Moon Unit Zappa (born 1967)
• Renée Zellweger (born 1969)
• Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 1969)
• Preity Zinta (born 1974)
• Zhang Ziyi (born 1980)