- ACTRESS
- Best __
- Play girl?
- Tragedienne, e.g.
- Karen Black or Uma Thurman, e.g.
- Karen Black or Meg Tilly
- Female player
- Michael Learned, for one
- Julia Roberts, but not Raul Julia
- See 37-Across
- Harvey Fierstein, when playing Edna Turnblad?
- Cast party?
- Demi Moore, e.g.
- Field or Stone
- Starlet, e.g.
- Woman on stage
- Wood or Woodward
- Berry, for one
- Role player
- Close, for instance
- Helen Hunt or Holly Hunter, e.g.
- One in a cast
- Oprah, at times
- Woman in the picture
- Monroe or Taylor
- Close, for example
- Lucci or Leoni
- Caster's choice
- Cast member
- Close, e.g.
- Word on Berry's Oscar
- She might give you a line
- Role filler, perhaps
- Thurman or Zeta-Jones
- Streep or Close
- Leading lady, e.g.
- Streep or Kidman
- Woman on the silver screen
- Stage performer braided hair at rear of empty attic (7)
- Profession of Katharine Cornell.
- Mummer in skirts.
- Kit Cornell.
- Tragedienne.
- What Sarah Churchill, Winston's daughter, is.
- Nancy Kelly, for instance.
- Nell Gwyn's profession.
- Olivia de Havilland.
- Shirley Booth, for instance.
- Member of Equity.
- Stage innovation, circa 1656.
- Helen Hayes.
- Ingenue.
- Soubrette.
- Bernhardt or Duse
- Hayes or Taylor
- Broadway performer
- Roscian one
- Hayes or Harding
- Maude Adams was one
- Equity member
- Adams, Harding, Hayes or Taylor
- Bernhardt or Terry
- Hepburn or Hepburn
- Best ___
- Person in a cast
- Arthur or Monroe, e.g.
- Taylor or Hayes, e.g.
- Woman in 20-Across
- 59-Across, e.g.
- Demi or Julianne Moore
- Adams, Monroe or Grant
- Somers or Winters
- Tyne Daly or Keira Knightley
- Winters or Somers
- She plays a part
- Profession of Reagan's first wife
- Alley or Lane
- Performer in a one-woman show, e.g.
- Leading lady
- Certain cast member
- Rare performer in Shakespearean times
- Liv or Liz
- Caster's selection
- Flick chick
- Grace Kelly, while a commoner
- Player
- *
- Taylor or Monroe
- Monroe, Taylor or Hayes
