Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress of film, television and stage.
Hepburn holds the record for the most Best Actress Oscar wins with four, from 12 nominations. Hepburn won an Emmy Award in 1976 for her lead role in Love Among the Ruins, and was nominated for four other Emmys, two Tony Awards and eight Golden Globes.
2014-05-12
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Barbra Streisand (born Barbara Joan Streisand, April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, director, and songwriter.
She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, and a Peabody Award.
She is one of the most commercially and critically successful entertainers in modern entertainment history.
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2014-04-24
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Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (Apr 5, 1908 – Oct 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television and theater.
Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres.
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2014-04-05
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Dame Jane Morris Goodall, DBE (born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall on 3 April 1934), is a British primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist, and UN Messenger of Peace.
Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is best known for her 45-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania.
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2014-04-03
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Ann Bancroft (born 29 September 1955 in Mendota Heights, Minnesota) is an American author, teacher, and adventurer.
She is the first woman to successfully finish a number of arduous expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic.
September 29, 1955
2014-03-28
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