A: Allen, Gracie; Anderson, Laurie; Anderson, Marian; Arden, Eve; Arthur, Jean
B: Bacall, Lauren; Baez, Joan; Bailey, Pearl; Baker, Josephine; Ball, Lucille; Bankhead, Tallulah; Bara, Theda; Barrymore, Ethel; Berg, Gertrude; Bergen, Candice; Bergman, Ingrid; Bow, Clara; Brice, Fanny; Brooks, Louise; Burnett, Carol
C: Callas, Maria; Carpenter, Karen; Carroll, Diahann; Carter, Maybelle; Castle, Irene; Charisse, Cyd; Cher; Cline, Patsy; Colbert, Claudette; Crawford, Joan; Cushman, Charlotte
D: Dandridge, Dorothy; Davis, Bette; Day, Doris; De Mille, Agnes; DeGeneres, Ellen; Del Rio, Dolores; Dietrich, Marlene; Diller, Phyllis; Duncan, Isadora; Dunham, Katherine
E: Estefan, Gloria F: Farrell, Suzanne; Finley, Karen; Fitzgerald, Ella; Fonda, Jane; Foster, Jodie; Franklin, Aretha
G: Garbo, Greta; Gardner, Ava; Garland, Judy; Gish, Dorothy; Gish, Lillian; Goldberg, Whoopi; Grable, Betty; Graham, Martha
H: Harlow, Jean; Hayes, Helen; Hayworth, Rita; Henie, Sonja; Hepburn, Audrey; Hepburn, Katharine; Holiday, Billie; Horne, Lena; Houston, Whitney; Humphrey, Doris
J: Jackson, Mahalia; James, Etta; Jamison, Judith; Joplin, Janis
K: Kelly, Grace; Kemble, Fanny
L: Lee, Gypsy Rose; Leginska, Ethel; Leigh, Vivien; Leitzel, Lillian; Lombard, Carole; Lupino, Ida; Lynn, Loretta


M: Mabley, Moms; MacDonald, Jeanette; Madonna; Martin, Mary; McDaniel, Hattie; Merman, Ethel; Midler, Bette; Mills, Florence; Minnelli, Liza; Miranda, Carmen; Mitchell, Joni; Monk, Meredith; Monroe, Marilyn; Montez, Lola; Moore, Mary Tyler; Moreno, Rita
N: Norman, Jessye; Normand, Mabel
O: Oakley, Annie P: Parton, Dolly; Pearl, Minnie; Pickford, Mary; Powell, Eleanor; Powell, Maud; Price, Florence; Price, Leontyne
R: Radner, Gilda; Rainey, Ma; Rand, Sally; Rivers, Joan; Roberts, Julia; Rogers, Ginger; Roseanne; Ross, Diana; Russell, Lillian; Russell, Rosalind
S: Sainte-Marie, Buffy; Sarandon, Susan; Shore, Dinah; Sills, Beverly; Slick, Grace; Smith, Bessie; Smith, Patti; St. Denis, Ruth; Stanwyck, Barbara; Streep, Meryl; Streisand, Barbra; Swanson, Gloria
T: Tallchief, Maria; Talmadge, Norma; Tamiris, Helen; Tandy, Jessica; Tanguay, Eva; Taylor, Elizabeth; Temple, Shirley; Tharp, Twyla; Thornton, Big Mama; Tomlin, Lily; Tucker, Sophie; Turner, Lana; Turner, Tina
V: Vaughan, Sarah; Verdon, Gwen
W: Warwick, Dionne; Washington, Dinah; Waters, Ethel; West, Mae; Winfrey, Oprah; Wong, Anna May; Wood, Natalie; Wynette, Tammy
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