is a specific kind of: actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian.

is a broader term that covers: leading lady | starlet | tragedienne.

instances of which are: Ball, Lucille Ball | Bankhead, Tallulah Bankhead | Barrymore, Georgiana Barrymore, Georgiana Emma Barrymore | Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore | Bergman, Ingrid Bergman | Bernhardt, Henriette Rosine Bernard, Sarah Bernhardt | Black, Shirley Temple, Shirley Temple Black | Cornell, Katherine Cornell | Crawford, Joan Crawford | Bette Davis, Davis | Dietrich, Maria Magdalene von Losch, Marlene Dietrich | Duse, Eleonora Duse | Fonda, Jane Fonda | Fontanne, Lynn Fontanne | Garbo, Greta Garbo, Greta Louisa Gustafsson | Garland, Judy Garland | Gish, Lillian Gish | Harlean Carpenter, Harlow, Jean Harlow | Hayes, Helen Hayes | Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton Hepburn | Horne, Lena Calhoun Horne, Lena Horne | Glenda Jackson, Jackson | Grace Kelly, Grace Patricia Kelly, Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco | Emilie Charlotte le Breton, Jersey Lillie, Langtry, Lillie Langtry | Gertrude Lawrence, Lawrence | Eva Le Gallienne, Le Gallienne | Leigh, Vivien Leigh | Beatrice Lillie, Lady Peel, Lillie | Loren, Sofia Scicolone, Sophia Loren | Martin, Mary Martin | Anna Amalia Mercouri, Melina Mercouri, Mercouri | Marilyn Monroe, Monroe, Norma Jean Baker | Alla Nazimova, Nazimova | Gladys Smith, Mary Pickford, Pickford | Ginger Rogers, Rogers, Virginia Katherine McMath, Virginia McMath | Moira Shearer, Shearer | Sarah Kemble Siddons, Sarah Siddons, Siddons | Cornelia Otis Skinner, Skinner | Meryl Streep, Streep | Barbra Joan Streisand, Barbra Streisand, Streisand | Gloria May Josephine Svensson, Gloria Swanson, Swanson | Jessica Tandy, Tandy | Elizabeth Taylor, Taylor | Dame Alice Ellen Terry, Dame Ellen Terry, Terry | Dame Sybil Thorndike, Thorndike | Ethel Waters, Waters | Mae West, West | Natalie Wood, Wood | Loretta Young, Young ... show more.