Barbara Cook
American actress and singer who first came to prominence in the 1950s as the lead in the original Broadway musicals Plain and Fancy (1955), Candide (1956) and The Music Man (1957) among others, winning a Tony Award for the last.
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Amina Claudine Myers
From her early beginnings as a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), Amina Claudine Myers has gained acclaim as a skilled composer for voice and instruments, often displaying her gospel influences. Her move to New York City in the 1970s led her to prioritize her compositional work and to take on theatrical production projects.
Emma Orczy
Novelist and playwright best known for The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905)
Marguerite Jeanne Cordier de Launay
1700s French writer of memoirs, letters, and two comedies
Agnes Bernelle
German singer and actress
Winifred Letts
Irish novelist and playwright
Silvia Pinal
Celebrated Mexican actress
Rachel Burrows
20th century Irish actress, broadcaster and teacher
Susanna Centlivre
British actor, poet and comedy playwright
Susannah Cibber
1700s British singer and actor