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Actresses of Stage & Screen Prints, & Photographs, pg 1/5
for threatre, drama, social studies classrooms, home schoolers, and inspirational art for the studio.
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educational posters > women > actresses 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 < social studies
An actress is a woman who plays a role or character, usually fictional, in a dramatic, musical, or comedic production for stage, film, television, or radio. The word acting is from the Latin agere which means to “to do”.
Notable actresses: Maude Adams, Pilar Arcos, Jean Arthur, Pearl Bailey, Lucille Ball, Tallulah Bankhead, Ethel Barrymore, Blanche Bates, Constance Benson, Ingrid Bergman, Sarah Bernhardt, Jessie Bond, Clara Bow, Lilian Braithwaite, and Louise Brooks.
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BOOKS ABOUT
ACTING & ACTRESSES
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Pilar Arcos
b. 6-6-1893; Havana, Cuba
d. 1-10-1990; California
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Jean Arthur
née Gladys Georgianna Greene
b. 10-17-1900; New York
d. 6-19-1991; California
Jean Arthur is most often described as the best “screwball” comedy actress.
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Pearl Bailey
b. 3-29-1918; Virginia
d. 8-17-1990; Philadelphia (heart disease)
Pearl Bailey was a singer and actress in such notable stage and film musicals as St. Louis Woman, Carmen Jones, Porgy and Bess, St. Louis Blues, and Hello Dolly!.
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Blanche Bates
b. 8-25-1873; Portland OR
d. 12-25-1941; San Francisco
Blanche Bates performed numerous stage roles such as Nora in A Doll's House, Cigarette in Under the Two Flags, Mirtza in The Great Ruby, the Girl in The Girl of the Golden West, and the lead in the stage play Madam Butterfly by Long and Belasco, on which the opera Madama Butterfly is based.
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Constance Benson (née Featherstonhaugh, English Actress, wife of Frank R. Benson.
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