Charlotte Wolter
One of the great tragic actresses of the 1800s, who excelled in a rich repertory of classic, poetic and historical characters.
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Daisy Bannard Cogley
Irish theatre director and producer, actor and singer
Fanny Kemble
English actress and author
Alice Brown
American novelist and dramatist. She wrote a biography of Mercy Otis Warren (1896), some verse, and a book on English travels, but is better known for her artistic analysis of New England characters and consciences, in her short stories and novels.
Ada Rehan
Irish-American actress of the late 1800s
Rosetta Buckingham
Star of the the Buckingham Family entertainers troupe
Kathleen O’Brien
For most of the 1950s Kathleen O’Brien was the only woman directing films in New Zealand.
Catherine Duncan
Catherine Duncan was an actor, playwright, film-maker and author who became the first woman credited as director in an Australian film since the McDonagh sisters in the 1930s.
Margaret Escott
Margaret Escott is best remembered as the author of the novel Show down.
Dorothy Hewett
Hewett’s frank and often personal depiction of female sexuality and strength was at times controversial, but cemented her reputation as a leading feminist, politically aware Australian writer who mastered many genres.