There is nothing like a DAME

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Right,a complete list of all actresses created Dame and also a list of all Dames who have "acted" in films or comedy/drama tv. In the order they were created Dame with dates of birth and death. Key S = stage, F = film, TV = television ,PC = privy councillor,OM = order of merit,CH =companion of honour
ACTRESSES
DAME MAY WHITTY 1865 - 1948 S,F,TV
DAME GENEVIEVE WARD 1837 - 1972 S
DAME ELLEN TERRY 1847 - 1928 S,F
DAME MADGE KENDAL 1848 - 1935 S
DAME SYBIL THORNDIKE CH 1882 - 1976 S ,F,TV
DAME MARIE TEMPEST 1864 - 1942 S,F,TV
DAME IRENE VANBRUGH 1872 - 1949 S,F,TV
DAME LILIAN BRAITHWAITE 1873 - 1948 S,F
DAME EDITH EVANS 1888 - 1976 S,F,TV
DAME PEGGY ASHCROFT 1907 - 1991 S,F,TV
DAME MAGGIE TEYTE 1888 - 1976 S
DAME REBECCA WEST 1892 - 1983 S,F
DAME JUDITH ANDERSON 1897 1992 S,F,TV
DAME NGAIO MARSH 1895 - 1982 S
DAME GLADYS COOPER 1888 - 1971 S,F,TV
DAME MARGARET RUTHERFORD - 1892 - 1972 S,F,TV
DAME ANNA NEAGLE 1904 - 1986 S,F,TV
DAME CICELY COURTNEIDGE 1893 - 1980 S,F,TV
DAME WENDY HILLER 1912 - 2003 S,F,TV
DAME GRACIE FIELDS 1898 - 1979 S,F,TV
DAME CELIA JOHNSON 1908 - 1982 S,F,TV
DAME DORIS FITTON 1897 - 1986 S,F
DAME JUDI DENCH 1934 S,F,TV
DAME MAGGIE SMITH 1934 S,F,TV
DAME GWEN FFRANCGON DAVIES 1891 - 1992 S,F,TV
DAME PAT EVISON 1924 S,F,TV
DAME THORA HIRD 1911 - 2003 S,F,TV
DAME DIANA RIGG 1938 S,F,TV
DAME JULIE ANDREWS 1935 S,F,TV
DAME BERYL BAINBRIDGE 1935 S,F,TV
DAME ELIZABETH TAYLOR 1932 S,F,TV
DAME DOROTHY TUTIN 1930 - 2001 S,F,TV
DAME EILEEN ATKINS 1934 S,F,TV
DAME HELEN MIRREN 1945 S,F,TV
DAME JOAN PLOWRIGHT 1929 S,F,TV
BARONESS BETTY BOOTHROYD OM PC (not a dame but a peer was a stage performer) TV
PERFORMING ARTS
DAME MYRA HESS 1890 - 1965 F
DAME NINETTE DE VALOIS OM CH 1898 - 2001 F
DAME MARGOT FONTEYN 1919 - 1991 F
DAME ALICIA MARKOVA 1910 - 2004 F,TV
DAME PEGGY VAN PRAAGH 1910 - 1990 TV
DAME VERA LYNN 1917 F,TV
DAME JOAN SUTHERLAND OM 1926 F
DAME KIRI TE KANAWA 1944 F
DAME MERLE PARK 1937 F
DAME GWYNETH JONES 1936 TV
DAME ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF 1915 - 2006 F
DAME JOSEPHINE BARSTOW 1940 F
DAME ANTIONETTE SIBLEY 1939 F
DAME CLEO LAINE 1927 S,F,TV
DAME SHIRLEY BASSEY 1937 F,TV
DAME EMMA KIRKBY 1949 TV

NON ACTORS
Amongst non actors with damehoods who have "acted " in films and tv are :
QUEEN MARY,QUEEN ALEXANDRA,COUNTESS MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA,PRINCESS MARGARET,MARGARET THATCHER,GEORGIANA BULLER,MARIE RAMBERT,ANITA RODDICK,KELLY HOLMES,JACQUELINE WILSON and the peer PD JAMES

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DAME MAY WHITTY

Best name ever.