Doris Waters
As ‘Gert and Daisy’, the Waters sisters became stalwarts of seaside variety shows, music halls, Royal Variety performances, and the occasional film, although radio was where they found a natural home and made their best work.
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Laura Bayley
Early comedic actress and director of the English film industry
Dorothea Jordan
“As an actress in comedy Dorothy Jordan can have had few equals, and no woman of the stage was ever more extravagantly praised by the eminent critics of her time.”
Ada Rehan
Irish-American actress of the late 1800s
Wendy Blacklock
Wendy Blacklock acted in some of the most iconic Australian television series of the 1970s, including Skippy, Homicide and Boney and also had a long-running role as ‘Mummy’ in the popular Australian television series Number 96 (1972-1977).
Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball was an American actress and pioneer in comedy. She was the star of the popular television series, I Love Lucy. As an entertainer and businesswoman, Ball continuously broke barriers for women in entertainment business.
Hanna Maron
Hanna Maron was a German-born Israeli actor, comedian and theater personality who held the world record for the longest career in theater.
Shazia Mirza
Shazia Mirza is an English stand-up comedian, actress, and writer.
Aparna Nancherla
Aparna Nancherla is an American comedian and actor.
Mae Martin
Mae Martin is a comedian, actor and writer who identies as gender fliud, alternating between she and they pronouns.