Find out more about the greatest 19th Century Actresses, including Mae West, Mary Pickford, Gloria Swanson, Sarah Bernhardt and Hattie McDaniel.
Mae West17 August 1893, American
Actress
Mary Pickford08 April 1892, Canadian, American
Actress, Producer, Screenwriter
Gloria Swanson27 March 1899, American
Sarah Bernhardt22 October 1844, French
Actress
Hattie McDaniel10 June 1895, American
Actress
Irene Dunne20 December 1898, American
Actress
Kathrine Narducci22 November 1965, American
Actress
Ruth Chatterton24 December 1892, American
Actress
Shirley Booth30 August 1898, American
Actress
Ethel Barrymore15 August 1879, American
Actress
Marie Dressler09 November 1868, Canadian, American
Actress
Bessie Love10 September 1898, American
Actress
Anna Held08 March 1872, French
Actress, Singer
Jeanne Eagels26 June 1890, American
Actress
Pearl White04 March 1889, American
Actress
Lynn Fontanne06 December 1887, British, American
Actress
Grace Moore05 December 1898, American
Opera Singer & Actress
Corinne Griffith21 November 1894, American
Actress
Betty Compson19 March 1897, American
Actress
Elisabeth Bergner22 August 1897, British
Actress
Josephine Earp1861 AD, American
actor
Nell Carter01 March 1887, British
Actress
Billie Burke07 August 1884, American
Actress
Molly Malone07 December 1888, American
Actress
Lillie Langtry13 October 1853, American
Actress
Virginia Dare06 August 1882, American
Actress
Connie Smith29 April 1875, British, American
Actress
Ethel Waters31 October 1896, American
Actor, Singer, Jazz musician, Stage actor
Adele Astaire10 September 1896, American
Actor, Dancer, Stage actor
Emmy Göring24 March 1893, German
Stage actor, Film actor
Lola Montez17 February 1821, Irish, British
Stage dancer
Gracie Fields09 January 1898, British
Actor, Comedian, Singer
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Lotte Lenya18 October 1898, Austrian
Singer, Stage actor, Film actor
Mabel Normand09 November 1892, American
Actress
Judith Anderson10 February 1897, Australian
stage actor, film actor
Alla Nazimova03 June 1879, American
Film producer, Screenwriter, Writer, Stage actor,
Sophie Tucker13 January 1884, Ukrainian, American, Russian
Actress
Dorothy Gish11 March 1898, American
Actress
Gertrude Lawrence04 July 1898, British, American
Actress
Maud Gonne21 December 1866, Irish, British
Actress
Edna Purviance21 October 1895, American
Actress
Dorothea Jordan22 November 1761, Irish, British
Actress
Ellen Terry27 February 1847, British
Actress
Alice Guy-Blaché01 July 1873, French
Film producer, Actor, Film director, Screenwriter
Loie Fuller15 January 1862, American
Actor, Lighting designer, Choreographer, Artist,
Maude Adams11 November 1872, American
Actress
Margaret Dumont20 October 1882, American
Actress
Olga Baclanova19 August 1900, Russian
actor
Colleen Moore19 August 1899, American
Actress
Eleonora Duse03 October 1858
Actor, Screenwriter, Stage actor
Elinor Glyn17 October 1864, British
Actor, Novelist, Writer, Screenwriter
Martita Hunt30 January 1899, British
Actor, Stage actor
Elsie de Wolfe20 December 1865, American
Actor, Architect, Socialite
Polaire14 May 1874, French
Actor, Singer, Stage actor
Anita Berber10 June 1899, German
Actor, Stage actor, Model
Mary Garden20 February 1874, American
Singer, Opera singer, Actor
Dame Gladys Cooper18 December 1888, British
Actress
Dame Margaret Rutherford11 May 1892, British
British actress
Georgiana Barrymore11 July 1856, American
Actress