What actress is known for portraying a countess in British television as well as an American chorus girl?
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Elizabeth McGovern Elizabeth Lee McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an American film, television, and theater actor, and musician. She received an Academy Award nomination for her role as Evelyn Nesbit in the 1981 film "Ragtime". She is also known for her performance as Lady Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham in the British drama series "Downton Abbey", for which she has been nominated for an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award. Her other films include "Ordinary People" (1980), "Once Upon a Time in America" (1984), "The Handmaid's Tale" (1990) and "The Wings of the Dove" (1997).
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Evelyn Nesbit Florence Evelyn Nesbit (December 25, 1884 – January 17, 1967), known professionally as Evelyn Nesbit, was a popular American chorus girl, an artists' model, and an actress.
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Peggy Ann Jones Peggy Ann Jones (born 1939) is an English opera singer and actress, best known for her performances in the mezzo-soprano roles of the Savoy operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. During a fifteen-year career with that company, beginning at age 19, she was particularly known for her interpretations of the title role in "Iolanthe", Pitti-Sing in "The Mikado", Phoebe Meryll in "The Yeomen of the Guard", and Mad Margaret in "Ruddigore". She later performed on television, in films and in musicals in London's West End. Jones's best-known recordings include the role of Pitti-Sing on both the 1973 D'Oyly Carte "Mikado" and the company's 1966 film version of "The Mikado".
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Joan Hickson Joan Bogle Hickson, OBE (5 August 1906 – 17 October 1998) was an English actress of theatre, film and television. She was particularly known for her role as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in the television series "Miss Marple". As well as portraying Miss Marple on television, Hickson also narrated a number of "Miss Marple" stories on audio books.
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Laura Carmichael Laura Elizabeth Carmichael (born 16 July 1986) is an English actress, most widely known for her performance as Lady Edith Crawley in the ITV (UK) and PBS (U.S.) television period drama series" Downton Abbey". Her other television work includes "Marcella" (2016)., and the feature film "A United Kingdom" (2016).
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Patricia English Patricia English (October 1931 – 13 August 2016) was an American born, British television actress.
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Carol Channing Carol Elaine Channing (born January 31, 1921) is an American actress, singer, dancer and comedian. Notable for starring in Broadway and film musicals, her characters typically radiate a fervent expressiveness and an easily identifiable voice, whether singing or for comedic effect. Carol Channing also studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City.
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Georgia May Foote Georgia May Foote (born 11 February 1991) is an English actress and model. She is best known for playing Alison Simmons in the BBC school drama series "Grange Hill" from 2005 to 2008 and Katy Armstrong in the ITV soap opera "Coronation Street" from 2010 to 2015. In 2015 she was runner-up on the BBC celebrity talent show "Strictly Come Dancing". She came 98th in FHM's Sexiest Women of 2015.
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Susan Fleetwood Susan Maureen Fleetwood (21 September 1944 – 29 September 1995) was a British stage, film and television actress, best known as a performer in classical theatre. She received popular attention in the television series "Chandler & Co" and "The Buddha of Suburbia".
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Helen Roberts Helen Florence Roberts (15 July 1912 – 12 December 2010), later known as Betty Roberts and by her married name, Betty Walker, was an English singer and actress, best known for her performances in soprano roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
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Clare Burt Clare Burt is an English actress and singer, best known for her stage work and for her appearance on the television series "The Bill".
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Emma Waller Emma Waller (1815 – February 28, 1899) was an English actress who achieved fame in America.
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Louisa, Countess of Craven Louisa, Countess of Craven, originally Louisa Brunton (1785?–1860) was an English actress.
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Patsy Garrett Virginia "Patsy" Garrett (May 4, 1921 – January 8, 2015) was an American actress and singer. Beginning her career as a radio performer at the age of seven, Garrett is best known for her seven years on Fred Waring's "Pleasure Time" radio show during the 1940s, as well as for her recurring television and film roles; as nosy neighbor Mrs. Florence Fowler on "Nanny and the Professor" (1970–1971), school secretary Miss Hogarth on "Room 222" (1972–1973) and as Mary Gruber in the "Benji" series of motion pictures beginning in 1974.
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Lisa Davis (actress) Lisa Davis (born 20 April 1936), also known as Lisa Davis Waltz, is an English and American former child and adult actress who appeared in her first role at the age of 13 in the 1949 film "The Man from Yesterday". Her elder sister was big band singer Beryl Davis.
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June Spencer June Rosalind Spencer, CBE (born 14 June 1919) is an English actress best known for her role in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera "The Archers" as Peggy Woolley. She was born in Nottingham, England.
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Ada Blanche Ada Blanche (16 July 1862 – 1 January 1953), born Ada Cecilia Blanche Adams, was an English actress and singer known early in her career for vivacious performances in Victorian burlesque and pantomime and later in character roles in Edwardian musical comedy.
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Nancy Shade Nancy Shade (born May 31, 1946, in Rockford, Illinois) is a "spinto" soprano, best known as a singing-actress. She made her formal debut as Leonora in "Il trovatore", in Louisville, in 1967. In 1971, she made her first of many appearances at the New York City Opera, as Musetta in "La bohème". She also sang there in "Mefistofele" (directed by Tito Capobianco), "Madama Butterfly" (opposite José Carreras), "Pagliacci", "Susannah", and "Die tote Stadt" (in Frank Corsaro's production).
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Paula Newsome Paula Newsome is an American actress, best known for her roles on television.
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Jeanne de Casalis Jeanne de Casalis (22 May 1897 – 19 August 1966) was a Basutoland-born British actress of stage, radio, TV and film.
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Jane Frazee Mary Jane Frehse (July 18, 1918 – September 6, 1985), known as Jane Frazee, was an American actress, singer, and dancer.
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Alexia Khadime Alexia Khadime (born June 9, 1983) is an English actress and mezzo-soprano, known for her roles in British musical theatre and television. She was born in London to a white mother and a Nigerian father.