The 1940s was an era that gave birth to some of the most iconic and influential actresses in the history of Hollywood. These classic Hollywood actresses, known as the leading ladies from the 1940s, left an indelible mark on the silver screen, captivating audiences with their talent, beauty, and remarkable performances. From the glamorous and talented Ginger Rogers to the captivating Lana Turner, these women defined the Golden Era of cinema, becoming renowned female actors who continue to be celebrated today.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1bwIgYHW33_F4Cv0HZtsaaNmK0Q-D2g0IdhYipNoCMACL1re2Uk3zzdqNeVxNpJe7-7PNhEjcbcdKAo9egSeYa8jjBhKNUfURTebAEeUVWL-5qrk7TvEqYHwjpj1Wqfi_DI81G9ppawfrL7cYudDFFO-4eM6gvCIZTC2kTSe-b6CFGY6NDBONzIFtiAg/s16000-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-1.jpg) |
Ann Miller, 1943 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBnnaT1coSntzfLE9GcCrekhCjFuaoj_VSqJlfQe-GLYbG5QLBdaljyBbBeOW6xHbVyj5TQGgZhATSaXg5sd6xtJYZOoXKHISCSD_doiajiusZHQPX12L30BOhS96lIr19QqqbCD8I3woFdY6XPOZ4ONyV1Oh7VwtVSjdMYM850bMP-6ykn9RwUp80B4/s16000-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-2.jpg) |
Adele Jergens, 1948 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcQJYopJ3FXi_e5WBt7ZGffwreh6cShWdb5SVC3uwdcFuJjIQoliQx0Y4LfDcI_56WVWf3pT6iZ5_bCabXyD4MvPYHdIJc8zYv6Y60Y7VJpynH6gxZ_-ailTbkqxhsmCLsZKG8b_eYElzBWpycjsOowYDqgRRYaV0nffN25lEpAbRUdlSYy3SZVWEJ1nY/w640-h466-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-3.jpg) |
Anne Shirley, 1940 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkSalgnQ816SpX-9T5yG5ZZBwSLhygdHI9BMD7L-dC6Vsnaowjnfh8t8FTLlC8uJbp2bGuUkV7OeuuoHqqLESzK01MUPsHURwMOU5aeb16RZH61dj12NKyzr2FE7Q_k-T_D-gQhkmPhouz0mSos-rSCUvGD69E5VWpFOSti45kUwEeZw5teqIGCNVBEZA/s16000-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-4.jpg) |
Barbara Hale, 1944 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XgLFq21uIg3qkOWY4_q_Ce8ttYhFS6UszH2YUpOqtECC2Sm-ySjxp-gw77F_zdk_4daBLdXY-anY6ybhTG9yjGnYtgpCNgf72oMcax8kE3bHLgd2GWMSDW_v1Ru0cBxEY5GzvKKLvnXjkthkLEYC0jV5ocpTj1UGijJ22kcqe4cae1A1P1RjU6Pf7jA/s16000-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-5.jpg) |
Colleen Townsend, 1942 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3VFTrPVUcU3x_4t9TM4Saj3evF_Zzqkoflt0VxkPmfiH4VGg6oeUZb19CowKvRpX0z8CyxQYXYD_BL8XNqji4R4Km5Ld5v9QE8VWY3mvQmpk-_nMSWQrNzX4xsuLY7YquFgwyuym3-k6yrk-uFcsZZ7K_3z_lesBWPdIlSY0T_9r1wU2C055cWI8il8/s16000-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-6.jpg) |
Constance Moore, 1944 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Fc30a70n4f1-UC8WQTKaYMgKsc5ItinNuybkG_P8WduBLqQuzkUd70MwKidHcruxda1m_JR2wbN-FMxbqTqejJM71EjcBwsLcwL9YpAYKle7aJ7uED9Wvt4twdipgltWpt9StgA2dccpTIdfoUOYBqo8WWn_WBiUCCoXPVd3tvZR0V9edSk8zBUr-AA/s16000-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-7.jpg) |
Dolores Moran, 1943 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirIVGtUSCm4K5_wB6cZHjUTdrILYPuX96iiTvQKjEGCUY0-nHhgvUWOe471XmO9-oBe9KFw6ssEyQbZkXouY9QEEgwoFZ3NzwPtDOHZ4o6gdG4nsFfFugKrr2yifXChelcABmE7fOhP9w1n5ZEhgTXgAZZfKTGwHMB8ppgCAIBqncXTNL-5V55CkvNlRw/s16000-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-8.jpg) |
Dona Drake, 1948 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1yNYXmbF0ongR03XSIVl4BTkvMuvaqy7HIKgwIG6EVH8L_Iy9xCpR55ZEpi9aHvuTIFjRXOc4VckWIQ3PGxKWNQlySc_-Ea7iwxpx6mPjvXYpMDTTeeP3NAlP7AnlRp6VORgYXha3nKdj4Ki6u0mv49KgzhNLuEOpvDjH4sg_pPUgafIuuj6pK71AwqU/w640-h512-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-9.jpg) |
Esther Williams, 1946 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfWYyWJLpeb7_cIYx2Sq6Fvx1xDc_kK_XDtX5AkEr-G3-E3O2qIv9VOVD2-S72RhunFl8O2-p54fXjbtWeEHH4rfcFKC6A9u7llNpgrKJa1fL6xe5ILliJYT60HfL9XSTJF8J2xX3kiagsE54YYsMfu3esJZ3glTOJ1afPhKmKnbFJe51JUl_pvzq-fsc/s16000-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-10.jpg) |
Evelyn Ankers, 1944 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOoJHlDKbUzIMI1mT53enlGgXpmJ-ths523Ud3yzborkFvJlWSP2kwBiwqMw9Mtf-S9zXtogb5Nh3c2Iv2PSrzInej92eM4JIgBbAMIjWj0x2P3hI4c2WdqFT6oEuDv4-ISYepAzRu5CCIi5OBo7I7Lda83vnRDu_MarVtpwGkEAL-hwZ3WRmuOiEEwd0/s16000-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-11.jpg) |
Gene Tierney, 1943 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ssn3XySZvHD8Z1cWoBRPfvM5sUNv5QY6XJjaUACIBKAozrRDYvdAewGVmdmV0Fo-_DZOe9W5EPoMdSymKLyArXGEn_cpvovhXZpFLHqRMud49v2dgE2LmNvLaxKdT3xeG-fu04OFl-iLdsoDBDCvs08_zHdeXDYtjS40TyHxIe21rE1pMAaWq5Cy_HE/w640-h510-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-12.jpg) |
Jane Randolph, 1948 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XBiS5P9H70S2U-JRJn8chUmrcLwMAOamSWaw25lEHG8V7GuYyjkvLRw5HwP6I7LJOArKEH6Dnyv3veDQkUJr_S5moycFQWdHdNDpeK_e1RVG54m1ROl3Wcp9x9ZhRLQG1tTC3pmxCL7MpziAwC4D8iTLL1z_cmUR0FoCDrxGeGSJDTSCfKcnXuHzWCE/w640-h478-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-13.jpg) |
Jane Wyatt, 1946 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqhD0UepDZEyML32bHBYU9tco12HgMHss6fLYNt_esLWQiYbKKID4IU6HAZ55QW1fGYD5Z2VZO74djZayeRFjlgTHV8P5IdwnA5nQJMbrSnBtNAbHIDcZleZXGmL3iVX1pofPa8ZApXxKc3xdu0GHAUdX3563CQTkROKr4elYyGzIzfizMtZ1kxB18OWM/s16000-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-14.jpg) |
Janet Blair, 1942 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqFvoK3M9FttQSKi5bLuILlwFgJi6mlZVjBf1OuJEbdK55M0isSnt86yM5PckWj4cxwNoNsB4KC5UcGrIn7ScLm1z_RG3smDO_HDjNVuFunTDpy9_u553RavlgoiVg9X8Hm5tn5Q_THY94EY49fgukqYwJzc0XNACW-h5p-Ggol_BWf72HJL22dm2AGuQ/w640-h490-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-15.jpg) |
Jean Rogers, 1942 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB5K5Z7BbQSsW3xYtkwQPQQh0YfTmL3Qwp-JHzWzwRB8cnBhYME_PDPPfHcBEHioA7dL_KREbBG3s8SajQtoSVFkDHbmHrcusdzDTq4zsGMNEWVXPZ-mInEDq-NDsMccqANISEGlf5PNRMIeBLFPlCITvlQVH-jDHNNlJ287Pb7feH0qg_GBzZc1Ikw2I/s16000-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-16.jpg) |
Jinx Falkenburg, 1944 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGirh0dZjC_L7pCvqdKFr4lH-HlCvnwqh82oyh17v_x1Vb628F4g7S614AE07zeylWobLt-r_L13ngTtX31R_TFge-BUhpOsgquOWRDx9K7zzPu9kD1lk8hmWUM_zDgwxdnV55AealQ_7bctAv_HavTrFIa_dDA4epVj3M29oAjtDKR6Md7qQOcm7y0A/s16000-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-17.jpg) |
Joan Fulton, 1946 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9sEGLrGwOuLxBaQtQrEohz1YGSlnuwnJ6VIpkpJTkdX7y3RPityK_l5lJcpQC03FNuP2724kLIO1Yk8bODFRS8M2QQlCwlXUZwzTJp4i24UgAGAvroPiwHsEI84j9zGppmfWCUTA4aSAxIuywlde2pDatwr9CN25cHdMMJEVD_x8acNqIA1G9ia969gM/s16000-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-18.jpg) |
Julie Bishop, 1942 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjILHl2ZceY2-8Z-VmE8kETo4iBuKaha7f9_AaanlMkABQ0lJPPDAXnmKadyyoIcPziJnBEYujFFk65evmpCLBCZuUz6wwRzm_qlvXlm2n9e8FdkvlBv6d8ZuuX0swFH-UUBk2SQSfAjj6GrCb0gclQu91AbCEk_Hu5fP91onbwBdY-eyII2rxQZccQIBw/s16000-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-19.jpg) |
Marjorie Woodworth, 1942 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlgSAJCL8R186aZyUAVNZCJhCdZEqEzhkeA29t3UTniG2fe3MPCnKqcdnAvIwVU1TZv0-hJX5Hok9uRmhaqx2kT1AkhraQkQWD6scSJzDdSriykY2Yy22JDdU1SUR7_uP-mcxeQLkq5AZ63wU8cOuHBkC6pdEI6A7iG6WERVAFCbToqgDFBenXXGjCNjk/s16000-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-20.jpg) |
Martha O’Driscoll, 1943 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-5-XQLYhSK4ulzx1EwHAK1R8Z6TtDzTE2r_0p9VmzmoZDR2h8tbF5vfFsdqo9_IMTd93TdCGM2ucphcTm_p3L-hqMTNO0FD9nKJEYHIkvTDifuslgdeDzUMGOLpSfmeOTiHI13n7dtdx8SlPfkXxom5xPHNOMa2gEZP5hN3o3QeDETGHRCT3-49pRT1s/s16000-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-21.jpg) |
Martha Vickers, 1945 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXn6ReeaTvOBR25QR5K8t6jLTqJmzUO5RORHlAJBQjrPA9vuWgZEUNiywEIJdDKjNf3IhnQCHp9h0Y57q6x8iyHfvgBzBJyPpeOQmEnR7LjsIesx4kLr1US_SdsYMP9KvS32nGxXH_Jj9jsEh3hrxIItA_0vBNbx7BkLIa2vrz4mFxka7dCIXYYCtpiuY/w640-h504-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-22.jpg) |
Noel Neill, 1944 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1wiDuASgYBwg5R0bPIEeFqOP79Wu2pJI1h_9drSkhClhWJ4rPMpi9ZdzxmzhHCjHu0b6Z1D0fJco_qsRygUva1PdqeKQ-skt7g4_TFpHkQmjjWSNCsYOT7svkxymS3cns-Y7f4Xx3mSbR7e4sfDVqZOw8w2xOwMdSZFZ_4Io_XnarNXbLhZCWkgSBHc/s16000-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-23.jpg) |
Pat Hall, 1949 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61PP3desIdlBQ4RE6dLTMofzKstFQ09UxVj5QO_i_2bhCELs6it7MiJ5k1Zgwv4sgeIK5khLGb4OIJiguCzDq7oAkWK5sd13tgZlngZbJ1Qv6PXwXz_L20TRKLZLmb7raeRx1PWNbYsBcK54-ke4bSWo6LR-lQ5gxJu-vFcfCQWlA-hLVsrQzBKIQ5I8/w640-h510-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-24.jpg) |
Patricia Mace, 1943 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5EooYybtupiqZeuHM5LOFmRq6GYRRim-JZxp2gSYMqXgF3I9lzAmZPtW3nUoICYtGl2hV8vXBCABqztf9EuTr9D5AhhRCWxSdsmIGNGCUUqbY3_loP87kv_ifi4a1nef4exQPpnqCwGPpmOJu0TOy-I6VNQa-CLvv9r-YMIQjpqnn8F9_Vbe0FNn1AU/s16000-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-25.jpg) |
Priscilla Lane, 1942 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRTW9-v9lLqZn4ng9hk9PxmaFpL056APdIGFSLrTUZGrihC3oKSI9mXhND7q6vGk_MIysLX8p_4A7lzV-7CkaiOP6h2HwOSVEUwTYKQC-0h_CKa0WJExbhTjdL4Kk3aFPYJ7V9meR8dQKIrq-0OR5BwqWQ0tK9YoAdh_t9fO-cZVtflkQH9NkeJw8XXQ/s16000-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-26.jpg) |
Ramsay Ames, 1943 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PBOcFu_kdaTDRn-vMrP5HHw2DzL9teE9gaXdjthpVFqHXbbSMoZ5LyvOtmDmDrqkf4b-ZI1Qc0SPIeKKz8PmGqtaQLnHILAq3mFUHs189VHIBpgagyH-xGtTA5lLJHuMArjY2bf8OOC8tQYwEG7aTkwvwx3eHVoHvxfTFRl11-lWzS1moI1BSEqmtnQ/s16000-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-27.jpg) |
Susanna Foster, 1944 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1aWUc83CgRtcNMjD3na__AYcpMnjUOTCVcA9zn3cq0tyssrcKM19QCW4M1YIrqfwT34oSsDSxP_9BQP_2_W2VKYwDx-lubZgi4CZYfDttMs8X-27bSio17CRy3RbBv7lJ1A5KC9TFdDTD9y_MD6YDvt6c1_H2sJDUnUKEcxBiE6F8OwBuqAKEzVa1HtY/s16000-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-28.jpg) |
Vera Zorina, 1941 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjXYACghJBH8es4Wtg9UZ4vGVpvFTB7LANYE9jvUZ8gzQyPGJW14hnZyHXXSLon_hU1IRR9tnV8bsBP1MsmIsf2m03RCLOzFpro8q00r-pxotdHc7ljJ5Bc476wUtkfysvEt5JRZe9Sockl6GfwEeHP3rc3JMAOhDy92QsePVY9Oc_e0ed9QU6FbpVVns/s16000-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-29.jpg) |
Virginia Mayo, 1949 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8N0kOOTlN-Rq1M_Jx9gaY6xyM3uVn7ZD22GgFYLv673C3c3bDlE8ZaSppz4T46CgOp1YUifre3jhWc-oqblMa_DLeNOnobWLZljBhdRhJp4H1pNofWhili0iFfDbeSVC4y5w9BHIsMdwEqIcnC-Ds_5WYC2LwoRIPmi3oTotJ83W6wJh6mKtONMK8LBY/s16000-rw/1940s-hollywood-actresses-30.jpg) |
Yvonne De Carlo, 1947 |
0 comments:
Post a Comment