AMÉLIE-JULIE CANDEILLE was the daughter of famed theatre director and music composer Pierre-Joseph Candeille and grew up surrounded by music. She was professionally trained to play the...
ANA MARÍA CARO DE MALLÉN was a poet and playwright and one of Spain's (and Europe's) first known professional female writers. She was born and raised in Grenada but moved with her family to...
ANASTASIYA VERBITSKAYA was a Russian novelist, playwright, screenwriter, publisher, and feminist. Her most notable play was the comedy Mirage (1895), which played at The Maly Theater in Moscow. In...
ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE was a journalist, teacher, playwright, and poet. Born into a prominent bi-racial family that included slave holders and abolitionists, race was an ongoing theme in her...
ANITA LOOS was an American actress, novelist, playwright and screenwriter. In 1912, she became the first female staff screenwriter in Hollywood, when D. W. Griffith put her on the payroll, and she...
ANN JELLICOE was an English playwright, director, and actress. She studied performing arts at the Central School of Speech and Drama, and was first known for her comedic absurdist plays and...
ANN PRESTON BRIDGERS was an American playwright, actor, and director. In 1923, Bridgers moved to New York City and enrolled in drama school, immersing herself in every facet of theatre. For...
ANNA BRENKO was an actress, playwright and theatre manager whose efforts to create an ensemble-based company preceded Stanislavski by almost two decades. After an uninspiring stint as an actor,...