Deze lijst bevat actrices die werkzaam waren in de jaren 1940.
A Gracie Allen (1895-1964) June Allyson (1917-2006) Eve Arden (1908-1990) Jean Arthur (1900-1991) Mary Astor (1906-1987)
B Lauren Bacall (1924) Lucille Ball (1911-1989) Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959) Anne Baxter (1923-1985) Constance Bennett (1904-1965) Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982) Janet Blair (1921-2007) Joan Blondell (1906-1979) Lucille Bremer (1917-1996) Helen Broderick (1891-1959) Billie Burke (1884-1970)
C Yvonne De Carlo (1922-2007) Joan Caulfield (1922-1991) Cyd Charisse (1921-2008) Mae Clarke (1910-1992) Jeanne Crain (1925-2003) Joan Crawford (1904-1977)
D Bette Davis (1908-1989) Doris Day (1922-2019) Laraine Day (1920-2007) Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992) Betsy Drake (1923) Irene Dunne (1898-1990)
F Frances Farmer (1913-1970) Glenda Farrell (1904-1971) Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913-2005) Joan Fontaine (1917-2013) Kay Francis (1905-1968)
G Ava Gardner (1922-1990) Judy Garland (1922-1969) Greer Garson (1904-1996) Paulette Goddard (1910-1990) Gloria Grahame (1923-1981) Kathryn Grayson (1922-2010)
H Barbara Hale (1922-2017) June Haver (1926-2005) Olivia de Havilland (1916) Susan Hayward (1917-1975) Rita Hayworth (1918-1987) Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003) Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972) Lena Horne (1917-2010) Kim Hunter (1922-2002) Betty Hutton (1921-2007)
I
J Jennifer Jones (1919-2009)
K Deborah Kerr (1921-2007)
L Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000) Priscilla Lane (1915-1995) Vivien Leigh (1913-1967) Joan Leslie (1925-2015) Gina Lollobrigida (1927-2023) Carole Lombard (1908-1942) Myrna Loy (1905-1993) Ida Lupino (1918-1995) Diana Lynn (1926-1971)
M Marjorie Main (1890-1975) Brenda Marshall (1915-1992) Virginia Mayo (1920-2005) Hattie McDaniel (1892-1952) Ann Miller (1923-2004) Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) Agnes Moorehead (1900-1974)
N
O Edna May Oliver (1883-1942)
P Eleanor Parker (1922-2013) Gail Patrick (1911-1980) Barbara Payton (1927-1967) Eleanor Powell (1912-1982) Jane Powell (1929)
Q
R Rebel Randall (1922-2010) Debbie Reynolds (1932-2016) Dolores del Río (1904-1983) Thelma Ritter (1905-1969) Ginger Rogers (1911-1995) Jane Russell (1921-2011) Rosalind Russell (1907-1976)
S Lizabeth Scott (1922-2015) Martha Scott (1912-2003) Norma Shearer (1902-1983) Ann Sheridan (1915-1967) Sylvia Sidney (1910-1999) Alexis Smith (1921-1993) Ann Sothern (1909-2001) Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990)
T Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) Shirley Temple (1928-2014) Phyllis Thaxter (1921-2012) Gene Tierney (1920-1991) Audrey Totter (1918-2013) Claire Trevor (1910-2000) Lana Turner (1921-1995)
U
V Vera-Ellen (1921-1981)
W Virginia Weidler (1927-1968) Esther Williams (1921-2013) Jane Wyman (1917-2007)
X
Y Loretta Young (1913-2000)
#40'er jaren Actrices in de jaren 40