Actress Edie Adams, the wife of comedian Ernie Kovacs ( both regular performers on early television ) testified in 1996 before a panel of the Library of Congress on the preservation of television and video.

* February 15 – Alex Borstein, Actress / comedian.

and Actress and comedian Corrine Grant.

In 1975, Perrine was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actress ( Drama ) and won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival for her role as comedian Lenny Bruce's wife, stripper Honey Bruce, in Bob Fosse's Lenny ( 1974 ).

* Una McLean Actress and comedian

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow and her husband Chris Martin of Coldplay, comedian Alexander Armstrong, model Kate Moss, TV presenter / newsreader Fiona Bruce, Chef Gino D ' Acampo, actress Helena Bonham Carter and her partner, director Tim Burton, actors Don Warrington, Hugh Laurie, Kate Winslet, Simon Pegg, Sean Bean, and Jude Law, plus Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher from Oasis, Muse members Matthew Bellamy, Dominic Howard and Bellamy's partner actress Kate Hudson as well as author Fay Weldon all live there.

Actress / comedian Jane Turner and New Zealander Tony Martin joined from series two, and Melbourne Uni Revue stars Mick Molloy and Jason Stephens were added for the specials.

* Amina Zia, ( b. 1973 ) Actress and comedian

Actress Zooey Deschanel and comedian Ben Schwartz posted a Youtube clip of themselves performing the song.

The role of Kathy was offered to future Academy Award winner for Best Actress Gwyneth Paltrow.

Kathy Bates won the 1990 Best Actress Oscar for her performance.

* Kathy Bates – Actress

Actress Kathy Griffin appeared in the episode as the bully Francine.

In the 1990 film adaptation of the novel, Annie Wilkes was portrayed by Kathy Bates, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal.

In the 1998 film adaption, Holden's character was portrayed by Kathy Bates, a role which earned Bates an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

* Kathy Bates ( Academy Award Winning Actress )

Kathy Bates and Jeremy Irons won Best Actress and Actor, Joe Pesci won Best Supporting Actor, and Whoopi Goldberg was named Best Supporting Actress, making history by becoming the first African-American actress since Hattie McDaniel in 1939 to win an Academy Award.

* Havana Film Festival: Audience Award, Adolfo Aristarain ; Best Actress, Susú Pecoraro ; Best Screenplay, Adolfo Aristarain, Mario Camus and Kathy Saavedra ; 2004.

* Toulouse Cinespaña: Best Actress, Susú Pecoraro ; Best Screenplay, Adolfo Aristarain, Kathy Saavedra and Mario Camus ; Violette d ' Or, Adolfo Aristarain ; 2005.

* Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor, Best Art Direction, Jorge Ferrari ; Best Cinematography, José Luis Alcaine ; Best Costume Design, Valentina Bari and Kathy Saavedra ; Best Editing, Fernando Pardo ; Best New Actress, Marcela Kloosterboer ; Best Original Screenplay, Adolfo Aristarain, Mario Camus and Kathy Saavedra ; Best Sound, Daniel Goldstein and Ricardo Steinberg ; 2005.

Her role of ' Kathy Booth ' in " City Homicide " earned her the nomination for ' Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama '.

The first awards were presented during the Merv Griffin show to Best Actor Bill Hayes and Best Actress Susan Seaforth Hayes from Days of our Lives ( which also won for ' Favorite Show ').

Metcalf has made guest appearances on Absolutely Fabulous, Malcolm in the Middle, My Boys, Dharma & Greg, Frasier, Without a Trace, 3rd Rock from the Sun, and Monk ; she was nominated for the Emmy Award as Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series for both of the latter two listed roles.

Other celebrities that have made guest appearances are: Freek de Jonge ( Comedian ), Ruud Gullit ( Professional soccer player ), André van Duin ( Comedian ), Mary Dresselhuys ( Actress ), Hans Dagelet ( Actor ), Kees van Kooten ( Writer ), Brigitte Kaandorp ( Comedian ), Sonja Barend ( Show host ) and Janine Kastelijn ( Youth Winner for Reading in 2000 ).

Bialik also made guest appearances as a fictionalized version of herself in the series Fat Actress and made a guest appearance as a Hasidic Jew in an episode of Saving Grace.

A number of guest stars appeared in the series for extended periods, among them Dan Duryea, Susan Oliver, Leslie Nielsen, Gena Rowlands, and Lee Grant, who won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama for her role of tough-as-nails Stella Chernak.

Actress Karri Turner provided the voice of Gifford in " Weight Gain 4000 ", marking her first and only guest appearance on South Park.

* In 1962, guest star Ethel Waters was nominated for an Emmy Award in the category " Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Series " for her performance in the episode " Good Night, Sweet Blues ".

Actress Daphne Heard was a series regular as The Dear Ladies ' housekeeper, Maud, and each show featured an appearance by a guest artiste.

: G: The awards for Best Guest or Supporting Actor and Best Guest or Supporting Actress was first awarded for a performance in a guest role in a television drama from 2000-2001.

In 1978 actor June Salter won a Sammy Award for Best Actress in a Single TV Performance for her guest performance in one episode.

She received a Golden Globe nomination as Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture in 1984 for her role in Irreconcilable Differences, in which she starred as a young girl divorcing her parents.

Dixit's next release Prem Pratigyaa, in which she starred opposite Mithun Chakraborty, earned her second nomination for the Filmfare Best Actress Award.

Lee starred and sang in the hit films The Jazz Singer, Disney's Lady and the Tramp, and Pete Kelly's Blues, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

The same year, she starred in the film adaptation of Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders for which she received a Satellite Nomination for Best Actress in a Drama.

Actress Joan Chen portrays Madame Chiang in the HBO film Hemingway and Gellhorn ( 2012 ), which starred Clive Owen as Ernest Hemingway and Nicole Kidman as Martha Gellhorn.

She starred in the sitcom, Mad About You, for seven years before being cast in the 1997 romantic comedy film, As Good as It Gets for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.

In 1992, Deneuve starred opposite Vincent Perez in the romantic drama Indochine, for which she which won a second César Award and received an Academy Award nomination as Best Actress ; Deneuve is one of the distinct few to receive an Oscar nomination for a non-English speaking role.

Garson starred with Joan Crawford in When Ladies Meet in 1941, and that same year became a major box office star with the sentimental Technicolor drama, Blossoms in the Dust, which brought her the first of five consecutive Best Actress Oscar nominations, tying Bette Davis ' 1938-42 record, a record that still stands.

In the 1970s, she starred in such films as Three Days of the Condor, Little Big Man, Chinatown, The Three / Four Musketeers, Eyes of Laura Mars, and Network, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress as the scheming TV executive Diana Christensen.

It was directed by Josephine R. Abady and starred Edward Asner and Madeline Kahn, who received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play.

Zeta-Jones subsequently starred as Velma Kelly in the 2002 film adaptation of the musical Chicago, a critical and commercial success, and received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.

In 1978, Bisset starred opposite Anthony Quinn in The Greek Tycoon, and received a second Golden Globe nomination as Best Actress in a Comedy for Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe ?.

Dey starred on the television series L. A. Law as Grace Van Owen and earned a Golden Globe Award as " Actress In A Leading Role – Drama Series " for the role in 1987.

Following Dynasty, Locklear had a starring role in the movie The Return of Swamp Thing ( for which she won the satirical Razzie Award for Worst Actress ,) and also starred in the short-lived sitcom Going Places.

She starred in My Son John ( 1952 ) and Anastasia ( 1956 ), and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as an elderly stowaway in the disaster film Airport ( 1970 ).

Russell won a Tony Award in 1953 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Ruth in the Broadway show Wonderful Town ( a musical based on the film My Sister Eileen, in which she also starred ).

Arthur Laurents had written The Time of the Cuckoo specifically for Shirley Booth, who starred in the 1952 Broadway production and won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for her performance.

In 1953 she starred alongside Spencer Tracy in The Actress, a film that was one of her personal favourites.

Peters starred opposite Steve Martin in The Jerk ( 1979 ), in a role that he wrote for her, and Pennies From Heaven ( 1981 ), for which she won the Golden Globe Award as Best Motion Picture Actress in a Comedy or Musical.

Alongside Bette Davis, Olivia De Havilland, Mary Astor and Joseph Cotten, she starred in Hush … Hush, Sweet Charlotte ( 1964 ) as the maid, Velma, a role for which she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award.

She and Newman later starred in the film adaptation and Page earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the film.

She was the narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird ( 1962 ) and starred in Séance on a Wet Afternoon ( 1964 ), for which she won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

She starred in Séance on a Wet Afternoon ( 1964 ), winning both the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.