title: Lijst van actrices in de jaren 1940
text: 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