British Dames
by Sylviastel | created - 05 Oct 2012 | updated - 2 weeks ago | Public
1. Sybil Thorndike
Actress | The Prince and the Showgirl
This distinguished theatrical tragedienne will be remembered forever if only for the fact George Bernard Shaw wrote his classic "Saint Joan" work specifically for her. Her over six-decade career allowed for a gallery of sterling, masterful portrayals, both classic and contemporary, performing all ...
2. Ellen Terry
Actress | Pillars of Society
Legendary British stage actress who made a few silent film appearances. The daughter of strolling players, she was born in Coventry into an almost exclusively theatrical family. Her grandparents were actors, as were all six of her siblings. But only her son, Edward Gordon Craig, would in any way ...
3. Edith Evans
Actress | The Whisperers
Edith Evans was the greatest actress on the English stage in the 20th century, treading the boards for over half-a-century. She made her professional stage debut in 1912 and excelled in both classic and modern roles in the West End of London and on Broadway, as well as the Shakespeare Memorial ...
4. Gladys Cooper
Actress | My Fair Lady
Gladys Cooper was the daughter of journalist William Frederick Cooper and his wife Mabel Barnett. As a child she was very striking and was used as a photographic model beginning at six years old. She wanted to become an actress and started on that road in 1905 after being discovered by Seymour ...
5. Cicely Courtneidge
Actress | Aunt Sally
Cicely Courtneidge was born on April 1, 1893 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for Along Came Sally (1934), Things Are Looking Up (1935) and The Ghost Train (1931). She was married to Jack Hulbert. She died on April 26, 1980 in Putney, London, England, UK.
6. Barbara Cartland
Writer | Duel of Hearts
Barbara Cartland was born on July 9, 1901 in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Duel of Hearts (1991), The Lady and the Highwayman (1988) and The Flame Is Love (1979). She was married to Hugh Rowley McCorquodale and Alexander George McCorquodale. She died on May 21, ...
7. Agatha Christie
Writer | Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie
Agatha was born as "Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller" in 1890 to Frederick Alvah Miller and Clara Boehmer. Agatha was of American and British descent, her father being American and her mother British. Her father was a relatively affluent stockbroker. Agatha received home education from early childhood ...
8. Judi Dench
Actress | Skyfall
Dame Judi Dench was born Judith Olivia Dench in York, England, to Eleanora Olive (Jones), who was from Dublin, Ireland, and Reginald Arthur Dench, a doctor from Dorset, England. She attended Mount School in York, and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She has performed with the ...
9. Maggie Smith
Actress | Gosford Park
One of the world's most famous and distinguished actresses, Dame Maggie Smith was born Margaret Natalie Smith in Essex. Her Scottish mother, Margaret (Hutton), worked as a secretary, and her English father, Nathaniel Smith, was a teacher at Oxford University. Smith has been married twice: to actor ...
10. Jacqueline Wilson
Writer | The Dumping Ground
Jacqueline Wilson was born on December 17, 1945 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK. She is a writer and actress, known for The Dumping Ground (2013), Double Act (2002) and Hetty Feather: Live on Stage (2019).
11. A.S. Byatt
Writer | Three Thousand Years of Longing
A.S. Byatt was born on August 24, 1936 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022), Possession (2002) and Angels and Insects (1995). She was married to Peter John Duffy and Ian Charles Rayner Byatt. She died on November 16, 2023 in ...
12. Margaret Drabble
Writer | A Touch of Love
Margaret Drabble was born on June 5, 1939 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK. She is a writer, known for A Touch of Love (1969), Isadora (1968) and It's a Woman's World (1964). She has been married to Michael Holroyd since 1982. She was previously married to Clive Swift.
13. Joan Plowright
Actress | The Spiderwick Chronicles
Dame Joan Ann Plowright, the Baroness Olivier, is one of the most distinguished actors of her generation. She may be best remembered as the third wife and widow of Laurence Olivier, generally considered the greatest anglophone actor of the 20th Century, but she had a distinguished career of her own...
14. Diana Rigg
Actress | Last Night in Soho
British actress Dame Diana Rigg was born on July 20, 1938 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England. She has had an extensive career in film and theatre, including playing the title role in "Medea", both in London and New York, for which she won the 1994 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.
Rigg made her ...
15. Helen Mirren
Actress | The Queen
Dame Helen Mirren was born in Queen Charlotte's Hospital in West London. Her mother, Kathleen Alexandrina Eva Matilda (Rogers), was from a working-class English family, and her father, Vasiliy Petrovich Mironov, was a Russian-born civil servant, from Kuryanovo, whose own father was a diplomat. ...
16. Thora Hird
Actress | Lost for Words
In a career than spanned eight decades, Thora Hird was widely-regarded as one of Britain's finest character actresses. She made over 100 films as well as starring in a host of TV comedies and, as a straight actress, excelled in the works of playwright Alan Bennett. Even in her 90s, she was working ...
17. Gwen Ffrangcon Davies
Actress | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
Gwen Ffrangcon Davies was born on January 25, 1891 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991), Nine Days a Queen (1936) and Paul Krüger (1956). She died on January 27, 1992 in Stambourne, Essex, England, UK.
18. Monica Mason
Actress | Romeo and Juliet
Monica Mason was born on September 6, 1941 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is an actress, known for Romeo and Juliet (1966), Nijinsky (1980) and The Rite of Spring (1962).
19. Margot Fonteyn
Actress | Romeo and Juliet
Peggy Hookham was always destined to be a dancer. Her Brazilian/Irish mother groomed her for stardom from almost as soon as she could walk. When she was aged 8 her father's work took the family to Shanghai. Peggy and her Mother returned to the UK when she was 14. Her father stayed in Shanghai and ...
20. Ninette de Valois
Actress | The Female Swindler
It has been rightly suggested that Dame Ninette de Valois is one of the most important women of the century. It was due to her drive and ambition that the modern English ballet was created. In that respect she changed history single handed. Born in Ireland, young Ninette (her stage name was her ...
21. Joan Sutherland
Actress | Live from the Metropolitan Opera
Joan Sutherland was born on November 7, 1926 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977), Spectre (2015) and Carlito's Way (1993). She was married to Richard Bonynge. She died on October 10, 2010 in Montreux, Switzerland.
22. Janet Baker
Soundtrack | Morgan
Janet Baker was born on August 21, 1933 in York, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Morgan (2016), Byzantium (2012) and Happiness (1998).
23. Margaret Price
Actress | Aida
Margaret Price was born on April 13, 1941 in Blackwood, Wales, UK. She was an actress, known for Aida (1981), God's Comedy (1995) and Verdi: Requiem (2009). She died on January 28, 2011 in Moyle Grove, Wales, UK.
24. Suzi Leather
Self | The Money Programme
Suzi Leather was born on April 5, 1956 in Uganda. She is married to Iain Hampsher-Monk. They have three children.
25. Ann Leslie
Writer | Think of England
Ann Leslie was born on January 28, 1941 in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. She was a writer, known for Think of England (1991), University Challenge (1962) and What the Papers Say (1956). She was married to Michael Fletcher. She died on June 25, 2023.
26. Mary Peters
Self | Amazing Greys
Mary Peters was born on July 6, 1939 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK.
27. Kelly Holmes
Actress | Absolutely Fabulous
Kelly Holmes was born on April 19, 1970 in Pembury, Kent, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Absolutely Fabulous (1992), Superstars (2008) and Ten Count.
28. Anita Roddick
Self | Da Ali G Show
Anita Roddick was born on October 23, 1942 in Littlehampton, Sussex, England, UK. She was married to Gordon Roddick. She died on September 10, 2007 in Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK.
29. Elizabeth Taylor
Actress | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was considered one of the last, if not the last, major star to have come out of the old Hollywood studio system. She was known internationally for her beauty, especially for her violet eyes, with which she captured audiences early in her youth and kept the world hooked ...
30. Julie Andrews
Actress | The Sound of Music
Julia Elizabeth Wells was born on October 1, 1935, in England. Her mother, Barbara Ward (Morris), and stepfather, both vaudeville performers, discovered her freakish but undeniably lovely four-octave singing voice and immediately got her a singing career. She performed in music halls throughout her...
31. Beryl Grey
Actress | Producers' Showcase
Beryl Grey was born on June 11, 1927 in Highgate, London, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for Producers' Showcase (1954), This Is the BBC (1959) and Chelsea at Nine (1957). She was married to Sven Svensson. She died on December 10, 2022 in England, UK.
32. Beryl Bainbridge
Actress | Rookery Nook
Beryl Bainbridge was born on November 21, 1932 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for Rookery Nook (1953), Sweet William (1980) and An Awfully Big Adventure (1995). She was married to Austin Howard Davies. She died on July 2, 2010 in London, England, UK.
33. Iris Murdoch
Writer | The Italian Girl
Iris Murdoch was born on July 15, 1919 in Dublin, Ireland. She was a writer and actress, known for The Italian Girl, Television Theater (1953) and A Severed Head (1971). She was married to John Bayley. She died on February 8, 1999 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
34. Daphne Sheldrick
Daphne Sheldrick was born on June 4, 1934 in Kenya. She is known for The Flame Trees of Thika (1981), Bloody Ivory (1978) and For the Love of Elephants (2010). She was married to Bill Woodley and David Sheldrick. She died on April 12, 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya.
35. Shirley Bassey
Soundtrack | Moonraker
Shirley Bassey was born in Tiger Bay, Cardiff, Wales, and raised in the nearby working class neighborhood of Splott. Her mother was originally from Yorkshire, and her father was a Nigerian seaman who left the family when she was less than two. She later helped to support her family by working in an...
36. Cleo Laine
Soundtrack | The Third Alibi
Cleo Laine was born on October 28, 1927 in Southall, Middlesex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Third Alibi (1961), The Concrete Jungle (1960) and The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961). She was previously married to John Dankworth and George Langridge.
37. Peggy Ashcroft
Actress | A Passage to India
Academy Award-winning, legendary English actress - who maintained her status in the British acting elite for decades. Made a Dame of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1956. Almost always on stage, she appeared rarely in film, her first being The Wandering Jew (1933). On stage she was cast...
38. Judith Anderson
Actress | Rebecca
Dame Judith Anderson was born Frances Margaret Anderson on February 10, 1897 in Adelaide, South Australia. She began her acting career in Australia before moving to New York in 1918. There she established herself as one of the greatest theatrical actresses and was a major star on Broadway ...
39. Eileen Atkins
Actress | Gosford Park
Eileen Atkins was born in a Salvation Army Women's Hostel in north London. Her father was a gas meter reader; her mother, a seamstress and barmaid. A drama teacher taught her how to drop her Cockney accent, and she studied Shakespeare and Greek tragedies. Her breakthrough role in "The Killing of ...
40. Wendy Hiller
Actress | A Man for All Seasons
Wendy Hiller, daughter of Frank and Marie Hiller, was born on 15th August 1912 in Bramhall, near Stockport, Cheshire, England. She was educated at Winceby House School, Bexhill then moved on to Manchester Repertory Theatre. She appeared on stage in Sir John Barry's tour of Evensong, then as Sally ...
41. Vera Lynn
Soundtrack | Hellboy
Vera Lynn was born on March 20, 1917 in East Ham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Hellboy (2004), Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) and Lolita (1997). She was married to Harry Lewis. She died on June 18, 2020 in Ditchling, East Sussex, England, UK.
42. Celia Johnson
Actress | Brief Encounter
Celia Johnson was an English actress, once nominated for an Academy Award. Johnson was born in the town of Richmond, Surrey in 1908. Richmond was incorporated into Greater London in 1965, as part of an administrative reform. Celia's parents were John Robert Johnson and Ethel Griffiths. Neither of ...
43. Janet Suzman
Actress | Nicholas and Alexandra
This alert and classy actress seemed poised for Hollywood stardom in the early 1970s. Although it wasn't meant to be, Janet Suzman has remained one of the more respected classical stage players of her time. Born in 1939, she was raised in a staunchly liberal household in South Africa at a time when...
44. Harriet Walter
Actress | Sense and Sensibility
Dame Harriet Mary Walter DBE is a British actress. She has received a Laurence Olivier Award as well as numerous nominations including for a Tony Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2011, she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) ...
45. Rosamunde Pilcher
Writer | Rosamunde Pilcher
Rosamunde Pilcher was born on September 22, 1924 in Lelant, Cornwall, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Rosamunde Pilcher (1993), September (1996) and Another View (1995). She was married to Graham Pilcher. She died on February 6, 2019 in Scotland, UK.
46. Margaret Rutherford
Actress | The V.I.P.s
Rare is the reference to Margaret Rutherford that doesn't characterize her as either jut-chinned, eccentric, or both. The combination of those most mundane of attributes has led some to suggest that she was made for the role of Agatha Christie's indomitable sleuth, Jane Marple, whom Rutherford ...
47. Dorothy Tutin
Actress | The Importance of Being Earnest
Dame Dorothy Tutin's esteemed company of peers included other remarkable dames, including Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. Unlike these others, Dorothy had limited screen time over the years and would develop the respect but not the stardom afforded the other two outside the realm of the theatre. ...
48. May Whitty
Actress | The Lady Vanishes
Born Mary Whitty on June 19, 1865, to a Liverpool newspaper editor and his wife, she became known as May Whitty to the world. She first stepped onto the London stage in 1882 at which she worked as an understudy at the St. James Theatre and then began playing leading roles when she joined a ...
49. Flora Robson
Actress | Clash of the Titans
Flora Robson knew she was no beauty, but her wise and sympathetic face would become a familiar - indeed, shining - ornament of the 1930s and '40s silver screen. Though not sure of acting as a career in her early years, she first appeared on stage when 5 years old. She was educated at Palmer's Green...
50. Muriel Spark
Writer | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Muriel Spark was born on February 1, 1918 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. She was a writer, known for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), The Driver's Seat (1974) and Teletale (1963). She was married to Sidney Oswald Spark. She died on April 13, 2006 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
51. Jane Goodall
Writer | Jane
After her school education, she initially attended a school for secretaries, but in 1957, at the invitation of a former schoolmate, she realized her long-held dream of getting to know Africa and traveled to Kenya. She found a job at the Kenya National Museum and came into contact with its director ...
52. Whina Cooper
Self | Te Matakite o Aotearoa: The Maori Land March
Whina Cooper was born on December 9, 1895 in Te Karaka, New Zealand. She was married to William Cooper and Richard Gilbert. She died on March 26, 1994 in Hokianga, New Zealand.
53. Myra Hess
Soundtrack | Lucky Bastard
Myra Hess was born on February 25, 1890 in London, England, UK. She was a composer, known for Lucky Bastard (2014), These Two Hands (1949) and Myra Hess (1945). She died on November 26, 1965 in London, England, UK.
54. Dame Susan Devoy
Self | A Question of Sport
Dame Susan Devoy was born on January 1, 1964 in Rotorua, New Zealand.
55. Gwyneth Jones
Actress | Quartet
Gwyneth Jones was born on November 7, 1936 in Pontnewynydd, Wales, UK. She is an actress, known for Quartet (2012), Der Ring des Nibelungen (1980) and Fidelio (1970).
56. Felicity Lott
Actress | Der Rosenkavalier
Felicity Lott was born on May 8, 1947 in Cheltenham, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Der Rosenkavalier (1994), Anna Karenina (1977) and Mozart's The Magic Flute (1978). She is married to Gabriel Woolf. They have one child.
57. Evelyn Glennie
Soundtrack | Elle
Dame Evelyn Glennie, who was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2007 New Year Honours List, is one of the best-known figures in contemporary British music. An extraordinarily virtuosic percussionist as well as an engaging personality, she has long been subject to ...
58. Tanni Grey-Thompson
Actress | Twenty Twelve
Tanni Grey-Thompson was born on July 26, 1969 in Cardiff, Wales, UK. She is an actress, known for Twenty Twelve (2011), Absolutely Fabulous (1992) and Game On: The Unstoppable Rise of Women's Sport (2023). She has been married to Ian Thompson since 1999. They have one child.
59. Jenni Murray
Actress | W1A
Jenni Murray was born on May 12, 1950 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for W1A (2014), Muse (2019) and Rides (1992). She is married to David Forgham-Bailey. They have two children. She was previously married to Brian Murray.
60. Vivienne Westwood
Costume_department | Leaving Las Vegas
Vivienne Westwood was born on April 8, 1941 in Glossop, Derbyshire, England, UK. She was a costume designer and writer, known for Leaving Las Vegas (1995), Shadowboxer (2005) and Twenty-One (1991). She was married to Andreas Kronthaler and Derek Westwood. She died on December 29, 2022 in Clapham, ...
61. Kiri Te Kanawa
Actress | Die Fledermaus
Kiri Te Kanawa studied voice in New Zealand, where she was a popular singer as a teenager. She enrolled in the London Opera Center in 1966, and had her Covent Garden debut 1 December 1971. Although her acting ability is highly regarded on the operatic stage, she has made few theatrical films.
62. Ellen MacArthur
Self | South at Six
Ellen MacArthur was born on July 8, 1976 in Derbyshire, England, UK.
63. Marie Rambert
Actress | The Red Shoes
A pioneer figure in British ballet since the 1920's. Marie was recruited by Diaghilev to assist Nijinsky with his choreography for The Rite of Spring. She settled in London and formed her own company, The Ballet Rambert. Based at the tiny Mercury Theatre she managed to create many notable ballets ...
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64. Merle Park
Actress | Pineapple Poll
Merle Park was born on October 8, 1937 in Salisbury, Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]. She is an actress, known for Pineapple Poll (1959), The Nutcracker (1968) and Producers' Showcase (1954). She was previously married to Sidney Bloch and James Monahan.
65. Gracie Fields
Actress | Holy Matrimony
A comedienne and singer in the British Music Halls, she was the top box-office draw and the highest paid actress in Britain in the 1930's. Her Northern, working-class girl character was a favourite during the inter-war years.
66. Mary Durack
Writer | Kings in Grass Castles
Mary Durack was born on February 20, 1913 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. She was a writer, known for Kings in Grass Castles (1998) and A Life (1992). She was married to H.C. Miller. She died on December 16, 1994 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
67. Lilian Braithwaite
Actress | The Gay Lord Quex
Lilian Braithwaite was born on March 9, 1873 in Ramsgate, Kent, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Gay Lord Quex (1917), Because (1918) and The Woman Who Was Nothing (1917). She was married to Gerald Lawrence. She died on September 17, 1948 in London, England, UK.
68. Laurentia McLachlan
Writer | The Best of Friends
Laurentia McLachlan was born on January 11, 1866 in Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. Laurentia was a writer, known for The Best of Friends (1991). Laurentia died in 1953.
69. Penelope Lively
Writer | Shadows
Penelope Lively was born on March 17, 1933 in Cairo, Egypt. She is a writer, known for Shadows (1975), Jackanory (1965) and Late Night Drama (1974).
70. Marie Tempest
Actress | Mrs. Plum's Pudding
Marie Tempest was born on July 15, 1862 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Mrs. Plum's Pudding (1915), Yellow Sands (1938) and English Nell (1900). She was married to W. Graham Brown, Cosmo Gordon Lennox and Alfred E. Izard. She died on October 15, 1942 in London, England, UK.
71. P.D. James
Writer | Children of Men
P.D. James was born on August 3, 1920 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK. She was a writer and producer, known for Children of Men (2006), Death in Holy Orders (2003) and Dalgliesh (2021). She was married to Ernest Connor Bantry White. She died on November 27, 2014 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England,...
72. Felicity Palmer
Actress | BBC Proms
Felicity Palmer was born on April 6, 1944 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for BBC Proms (2012), The Mikado or the Town of Titipu (1987) and The Gondoliers (1997).
73. Irene Vanbrugh
Actress | The Gay Lord Quex
Irene Vanbrugh was born on December 2, 1872 in Exeter, Devon, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Gay Lord Quex (1917), Knight Without Armor (1937) and Youthful Folly (1934). She was married to Dion Boucicault Jr.. She died on November 30, 1949 in London, England, UK.
74. Anna Neagle
Actress | The Courtneys of Curzon Street
Dame Anna Neagle, the endearingly popular British star during WWII, was born Florence Marjorie Robertson and began dancing as a professional in chorus lines at age 14. She starred with actor Jack Buchanan in the musical "Stand Up and Sing" in the West End and earned her big break when producer/...
75. Rebecca West
Actress | Reds
Rebecca West was born on December 21, 1892 in London, England, UK. She was a writer and actress, known for Reds (1981), They Forgot to Read the Directions (1924) and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962). She was married to Henry Maxwell Andrews. She died on March 15, 1983 in London, England, UK.
76. Daphne Du Maurier
Writer | The Birds
Daphne Du Maurier was one of the most popular English writers of the 20th Century, when middle-brow genre fiction was accorded a higher level of respect in a more broadly literate age. For her services to literature, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1969, the ...
77. Antonia Fraser
Writer | Jemima Shore Investigates
Antonia Fraser was born on August 27, 1932 in London, England, UK. She is a writer and actress, known for Jemima Shore Investigates (1983), Tales of the Unexpected (1979) and Armchair Thriller (1978). She was previously married to Harold Pinter and Hugh Charles Patrick Joseph Fraser.
78. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Soundtrack | Closer
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was born on December 9, 1915 in Jarotschin, Prussia, Germany [now Jarocin, Wielkopolskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Closer (2004), Der Rosenkavalier (1961) and Nacht ohne Abschied (1943). She was married to Walter Legge. She died on August 3, 2006 in Schruns, ...
79. Nellie Melba
Soundtrack | Country Life
Nellie Melba was born on May 19, 1861 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia. She was married to Charles Frederick Nisbett Armstrong. She died on February 23, 1931 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
80. Alicia Markova
Actress | Giselle
Alicia Markova was born on December 1, 1910 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Giselle (1952), A Song for Miss Julie (1945) and Dr. Coppelius (1966). She died on December 2, 2004 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK.
81. Dame Jean Loach
82. Miriam Rothschild
Self | Women of Our Century
Miriam Rothschild was born on August 5, 1908 in Ashton Wold, Northamptonshire, England, UK. She was married to George Henry Lane. She died on January 20, 2005 in Ashton Wold, Northamptonshire, England, UK.
83. Sandra Burslem
Self | Reel History of Britain
84. Peggy Van Praagh
Peggy Van Praagh was born on September 1, 1910 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Music for You (1951), BP Super Show (1959) and Table d'Hote (1939). She died on January 15, 1990 in Melbourne, Australia.
85. Margot Turner
Self | This Is Your Life
Margot Turner was born on May 10, 1910. She died on October 2, 1993.
86. Sue Street
Self | Live 8: Twenty Years Ago Today
She was awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her services to the arts.
87. Janet Smith
Self | Days That Shook the BBC
89. Shirley Porter
Self | World in Action
90. Janet Paraskeva
Self | Dispatches
She was awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to Public Service. She is the First Civil Service Commissioner and Chair of the Child Maintenance Enforcement Commission.
91. Dame Frances Campbell-Preston
Self | Legends
Dame Frances Campbell-Preston was born on September 2, 1918 in the UK. She was married to Patrick Campbell-Preston. She died on November 22, 2022 in the UK.
92. Thea Muldoon
Self | Politicians Wives
94. Wendy Hall
Self | Horizon
95. Mary Gilmore
Self | They Chose Peace
96. Bridget D'Oyly Carte
Bridget D'Oyly Carte was born on March 25, 1908 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Three Men in a Boat (1956), Patience (1965) and Omnibus (1952). She died on May 2, 1985 in Chalfont St. Giles, England, UK.
98. Anne Evans
Actress | Siegfried
Anne Evans was born on August 20, 1941 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Siegfried (1993), Götterdämmerung (1992) and Die Walküre (1993).
99. Joan Bakewell
Actress | Iris
Joan Bakewell was born on April 16, 1933 in Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK. She is a writer and actress, known for Iris (2001), The Touchables (1968) and Screen One (1985). She was previously married to Jack Emery and Michael Bakewell.
100. Nancy Astor
Self | Royal Cavalcade
Nancy Astor was born on May 19, 1879 in Danville, Virginia, USA. She was married to Waldorf Astor and Robert Gould Shaw II. She died on May 2, 1964 in Grimsthorpe Castle, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, UK.
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