20th-century American businesswomen

The list 20th-century American businesswomen includes Madonna, Hilary Duff, Beyoncé, Dolly Parton and Brandy Norwood. The list consists of 662 members and 1 sublist.

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Beyoncé

American, Singer

Overview: Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( bee-ON-say; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and businesswoman. Known as "Queen Bey", she has been widely recognized for her boundary-pushing ...

Date of birth: 4 September 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Jay-Z (Married)

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American dance-pop musicians 68T

Beyincé family 5T

American feminist musicians 280T
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Reese Witherspoon

American, Actress

Overview: Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976) is an American actress and producer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe ...

Date of birth: 22 March 1976

Age: 48

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

Partner: Oliver Haarmann (Dating)

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Television producers from Tennessee 21T

Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences alumni 123T

American women television producers 840T
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Madonna

American singer and actress (born 1958)

Overview: Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Referred to as the "Queen of Pop", Madonna is noted for her continual reinvention and versatility in music ...

Date of birth: 16 August 1958

Age: 66

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

Partner: Akeem Morris (Dating)

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21st-century American singer-songwriters 2,654T

20th-century American singer-songwriters 1,272T

Singer-songwriters from Michigan 188T
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Hilary Duff

American actress and singer (born 1987)

Overview: Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress, businesswoman, singer-songwriter, producer, and writer. Duff began her acting career at a young age and quickly became labeled a teen ...

Date of birth: 28 September 1987

Age: 37

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

Partner: Matthew Koma (Married)

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American child pop musicians 105T

American women jewellers 96T

American dance-pop musicians 68T
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Lucille Ball

American actress (1911–1989)

Overview: Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, model, entertainment studio executive and producer. She was the star of the self-produced sitcoms I Love Lucy ...

Date of birth: 6 August 1911

Date of death: 26 April 1989

Age: 77 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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American comedians of English descent 83T

American sitcom actresses 542T

Comedians from Los Angeles 238T
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Dolly Parton

American singer (born 1946)

Overview: Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music. After ...

Date of birth: 19 January 1946

Age: 78

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' (152 cm)

Partner: Carl Dean (Married)

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American feminist musicians 278T

21st-century American women composers 328T

20th-century American women composers 398T
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Brandy Norwood

American singer (born 1979)

Overview: Brandy Rayana Norwood (born February 11, 1979), better known mononymously as Brandy, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and model. Her sound is characterized by heavy voice-layering and riffs ...

Date of birth: 11 February 1979

Age: 45

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Singer-songwriters from Mississippi 155T

21st-century African-American women singers 655T

20th-century African-American women singers 868T
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Priscilla Presley

American actress (born 1945)

Overview: Priscilla Ann Presley (née Wagner, formerly Beaulieu; born May 24, 1945) is an American businesswoman and actress. She is the ex-wife of the late American singer Elvis Presley, as well as co-founder and ...

Date of birth: 24 May 1945

Age: 79

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Actresses from Brooklyn 152T

Presley family 9T

American women television producers 835T
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Janet Jackson

American singer (born 1966)

Overview: Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. She is noted for her innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate ...

Date of birth: 16 May 1966

Age: 58

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Singer-songwriters from Indiana 84T

21st-century African-American women singers 590T

20th-century African-American women singers 851T
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Donna Douglas

American actress

Overview: Donna Douglas (born Doris Ione Smith; September 26, 1932 – January 1, 2015) was an American actress and singer, known for her role as Elly May Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971). Following ...

Date of birth: 26 September 1933

Date of death: 1 January 2015

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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2015 deaths 9,624T

American female country singers 635T

Actresses from Baton Rouge, Louisiana 18T
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Julie Newmar

American, Actress

Overview: Julie Newmar (born Julia Chalene Newmeyer, August 16, 1933) is an American actress, dancer, and singer known for a variety of stage, screen, and television roles. She is also a writer, lingerie designer ...

Date of birth: 16 August 1933

Age: 91

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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American women inventors 210T

American sitcom actresses 542T

Comedians from Los Angeles 241T
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Esther Williams

American swimmer and actress (1921–2013)

Overview: Esther Jane Williams (August 8, 1921 – June 6, 2013) was an American competitive swimmer and actress. Williams set multiple national and regional swimming records in her late teens as part of the Los ...

Date of birth: 8 August 1921

Date of death: 6 June 2013

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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American women memoirists 620T

20th-century businesswomen 379T

Women autobiographers 496T
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Paulette Goddard

American actress (1910–1990)

Overview: Paulette Goddard (born Marion Levy; June 3, 1910 – April 23, 1990) was an American actress, a child fashion model and a performer in several Broadway productions as a Ziegfeld Girl; she became a major ...

Date of birth: 3 June 1910

Date of death: 23 April 1990

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Goldwyn Girls 9T

Film producers from New York (state) 700T

Actresses of British descent 497T
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Oprah Winfrey

American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)

Overview: Oprah Gail Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954) is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah ...

Date of birth: 29 January 1954

Age: 70

Nationality: American

Occupation: Talk Show Host

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Stedman Graham (Engaged)

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21st-century African-American businesspeople 126T

20th-century African-American businesspeople 144T

Women radio producers 128T
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Caitlyn Jenner

American media personality and decathlete (born 1949)

Overview: Caitlyn Marie Jenner (born William Bruce Jenner; October 28, 1949) is an American media personality and retired Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete.

Date of birth: 28 October 1949

Age: 74

Nationality: American

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Transgender sportswomen 40T

American sportspeople of Canadian descent 35T

Track and field athletes from Los Angeles 80T
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Kimora Lee Simmons

American model (born 1975)

Overview: Kimora Lee Leissner (previously Simmons, née Perkins; born May 4, 1975) is an entrepreneur, fashion designer, TV personality, author, philanthropist and model.

Date of birth: 4 May 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: American

Occupation: Fashion Designer

Gender: Female

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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American women fashion designers 282T

American women television producers 668T

American actresses of Japanese descent 87T
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Joan Crawford

American actress (190?–1977)

Overview: Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, c. 1904–1908 – May 10, 1977) was an American actress. Starting as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway, Crawford was ...

Date of birth: 23 March 1905

Date of death: 10 May 1977

Age: 72 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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20th-century American memoirists 507T

20th-century memoirists 870T

Actresses of Irish descent 598T
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Eva Gabor

Hungarian-American actress and socialite (1919–1995)

Overview: Eva Gabor ( AY-və gə-BOR, -⁠ GAH-bor; February 11, 1919 – July 4, 1995) was a Hungarian-American actress, businesswoman, singer, and socialite. She was widely known for her role on the 1965–71 t ...

Date of birth: 11 February 1919

Date of death: 4 July 1995

Age: 76 (age at death)

Nationality: Hungarian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Deaths from pneumonia in California 487T

20th-century American Jews 5,115T

Broadway actors 482T
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Beverly Garland

American actress (1926–2008)

Overview: Beverly Lucy Garland (née Fessenden; October 17, 1926 – December 5, 2008) was an American actress. Her work in feature films primarily consisted of small parts in a few major productions or leads in l ...

Date of birth: 17 October 1926

Date of death: 5 December 2008

Age: 82 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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American comedy actresses 410T

21st-century American women 15,379T

Actresses from Glendale, California 30T
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Edie Adams

American singer, actress and businesswoman (1927-2008)

Overview: Edie Adams (born Edith Elizabeth Enke; April 16, 1927 – October 15, 2008) was an American comedienne, actress, singer and businesswoman. She was a Tony Award winner and an Emmy Award nominee.

Date of birth: 16 April 1927

Date of death: 15 October 2008

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Deaths from pneumonia in California 468T

Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers 292T

Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers 120T