Julie Taymor
Stage and screen director
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Joan Didion
Writer of in five novels and five screenplays, and in thirteen books of nonfiction that sprawl across the genre, from personal essays and memoir, to criticism and political reportage, and to hybrids of these that have stretched our cultural understanding of what nonfiction can be.
Eva Le Gallienne
English-American theater actor, producer, director, translator and author
Lucy Kroll
American theatrical and literary agent
Mae West
American theater and film actor, writer, director and producer
Ruth Gordon
Film and theater actor and writer
Vera Zambonelli
Founder and executive director of Hawaiʻi Women in Filmmaking
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton is one of country music’s most creative singer-songwriters.
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep’s contributions to American art and culture as an actress of the stage and screen are unrivaled. With more Academy Award nominations than any other actor in history, she is widely considered one of the most talented and respected actors of our time.
Cyd Charisse
Cyd Charisse is one of Hollywood’s greatest dancers best known for two acclaimed dance sequences, the “Broadway Melody Ballet” from the movie Singin’ in the Rain with Gene Kelly and the “Girl Hunt Ballet” from The Band Wagon.