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- 1940: Katharine Hepburn. When it comes to pop culture royalty of 1940, Katharine Hepburn was the queen. It was in that year that, following several box office flops, the actor staged her comeback by getting the rights to and starring in The Philadelphia Story alongside Cary Grant.
- 1941: Barbara Stanwyck. In 1941, Barbara Stanwyck starred in Ball of Fire, a performance that earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She also starred in three other movies that year: You Belong to Me, Meet John Doe, and The Lady Eve, in which she managed to "completely upstage" her co-star, Henry Fonda, according to The Guardian.
- 1942: Ingrid Bergman. The world was introduced to one of the most iconic romantic movies of all time in 1942: Casablanca. And as one of its stars, Ingrid Bergman was easily the biggest and most well-known female icon of the year.
- 1943: Lena Horne. In 1943, actor and singer Lena Horne's rendition of "Stormy Weather" from the film of the same name topped the Billboard charts. As NPR later wrote, Horne "broke down racial barriers and paved the way for many of today's black entertainers."
- Pamela Abdy. Co-Chair & CEO, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group. Abdy and her co-chair, Michael De Luca, got their first major win in 2023. Barbie, distributed by the studio, was done shooting when Abdy arrived from MGM, but she worked closely with Greta Gerwig in postproduction and helped oversee the film’s inescapable marketing and rollout — as she did with The Nun and The Meg sequels.
- Adele. Singer. Even on her day off, Adele, the regular person, can’t escape Adele, the superstar singer. It’s Monday, and she rolls into one of her favorite Beverly Hills restaurants for lunch, makeup-free with her hair pulled back.
- Lauren Anderson. Head of AVOD and Unscripted Programming, Amazon MGM Studios. The Anderson-overseen Amazon Prime offshoot, Freevee, went from ad-supported oddity to industry darling with Jury Duty.
- Jennifer Aniston. Actor & Producer. Aniston and Adam Sandler’s Murder Mystery 2, produced by her Echo Films banner, made its mark as Netflix’s second-biggest opening weekend for a comedy in March.
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Elizabeth Chase "Lizzie" Olsen (born February 16, 1989) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films Silent House (2011), Liberal Arts (2012), Godzilla (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), and Captain America: Civil War (2016). For her role in the critically-acclaimed Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), she was nominated for ...
- Lauren Bacall. Betty Joan Perske was the daughter of New York-based Jewish immigrants. She began her career as a model and caught the attention of the wife of director Howard Hawks.
- Anne Baxter. Anne Baxter was the granddaughter of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, but as a very young girl, she decided on a different career for herself: At 13, she was already appearing on the Broadway stage.
- Ingrid Bergman. Swedish- born Bergman was one of Hollywood’s most celebrated actresses. During her legendary career she won two Best Actress Oscars – for Anastasia and Gaslight – and one as a Supporting player in 1974’s Murder on the Orient Express.
- Claudette Colbert. Born Émilie Claudette Chauchoin in Saint Mandé, the French actress would move to the USA with her family in 1906, when she was just 3 years old.
250 people. Sort by List order. 1. Linda Blair. Actress. Producer. Additional Crew. The Exorcist (1973) From the age of five, Linda Blair had to get used to the spotlight, first as a child model and then as an actress, when out of 600 applicants she was picked for the role of Regan, the possessed child, in The Exorcist (1973).
Frida (2002) Salma Hayek was born on September 2, 1966 in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. Her father is of Lebanese descent and her mother is of Mexican/Spanish ancestry. After having seen Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) in a local movie theater, she decided she wanted to become an actress.
Maleficent (2014) Angelina Jolie is an Academy Award-winning actress who rose to fame after her role in Girl, Interrupted (1999), playing the title role in the "Lara Croft" blockbuster movies, as well as Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Wanted (2008), Salt (2010) and Maleficent (2014).
