Acting
| Name | Life | Comments | Diagnosis | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christina Applegate | (1971–present) | An Emmy Award-winning American actress, known for playing Kelly Bundy on the long-running FOX Broadcasting Company sitcom Married… with Children. | diagnosed in 2008 at age 36 | Christina Applegate#Breast cancer |
| Dame Eileen Atkins | (1934 – present) | esteemed British actress | diagnosed in 1995 at age 61 | |
| Carol Martineau Baldwin | (19?? - present) | mother of American actors Daniel, Stephen, William, and Alec Baldwin, and foundress of the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Care Center of the University Hospital and Medical Center at Stony Brook | diagnosed in 1990 | |
| Kaye Ballard | (1926 – present) | American actress | diagnosed in 1994 at age 68 | |
| Allyce Beasley | (1954 – present) | American TV/comedic actress | diagnosed in 1998 at 44 | |
| Aisha Bicknell | (1971 – present) | daughter of British actress Rita Tushingham | diagnosed in April, 2005 at age 33 | |
| Shirley Temple Black | (1926 – present) | famous Oscar-winning American child star and former U.S. Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia | diagnosed in 1972 at age 46 | |
| Carina Bleeth | (1942 – 1989) | French-Algerian-born American model, businesswoman and mother of American actress Yasmine Bleeth; died of inflammatory breast cancer; died at age 47 when Yasmine was 20 years old | diagnosed in 1988 at age 46 | |
| Diahann Carroll | (1935 – present) | American actress, singer | diagnosed in 1998 at age 63 | |
| Elizabeth Ries Chavira | (1943 – 1986) | mother of American actor Ricardo Antonio Chavira; she was also diagnosed with ovarian cancer; died at age 43 when Ricardo was 15 years old | ||
| Madonna Louise Fortin Ciccone | (1933 – 1963) | French Canadian mother of American singer/songwriter Madonna; died on December 1, 1963 at age 30 | ||
| Bette Davis | (1908 – 1989) | American Oscar-winning star actress; died at age 81 | diagnosed in 1983 at age 75 | |
| Ruby Dee | (1924 – present) | African-American actress | diagnosed in the 1970s | |
| Betty DeGeneres | (19?? - present) | American author and mother of American actress and TV host Ellen DeGeneres | ||
| Diana Dill | (1935–present) | British-American actress; ex-wife of American actor Kirk Douglas; mother of American actor Michael Douglas | diagnosed in mid-1990s | |
| Jill Eikenberry | (1947–present) | American actress and wife of American actor Michael Tucker | diagnosed in 1986 at age 39 | |
| Belinda Emmett | (1974–2006) | Australian actress; had a recurrence in 2001; died November 11, 2006 at age 32 | diagnosed in 1998 at age 24 | |
| Dame Maggie Smith | (1934–present) | British stage, and screen actress, most noted recently for playing Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter series of films. | diagnosed in 2008 at age 74 | Maggie Smith |
| Edie Falco | (1963–present) | American stage and TV actress | diagnosed in 2003 at age 40 | |
| Kay Francis | (1905–1968) | American film star of the 1930s; died at age 63 | diagnosed in 1966 at age 61 | |
| Maria Friedman | (1960–present) | British actress | diagnosed in 2005 at age 45 | |
| Helen Gahagan | (1900–1980) | American actress and (under the name Helen Gahagan Douglas) a politician; wife of actor Melvyn Douglas; grandmother of actress Illeana Douglas; died at age 80 | diagnosed in 1972 at age 72; recurred in 1976 | |
| Greta Garbo | (1905–1990) | Swedish-American actress; survived breast cancer following a double mastectomy; causes of death per one of her biographies were kidney and stomach failure and pneumonia; died in 1990 at age 84 | diagnosed in 1984 at age 79 | |
| Paulette Goddard | (1910–1990) | American actress; survived breast cancer, but died following a short battle with emphysema in Switzerland; died at age 79 | ||
| Florence Halop | (1923–1986) | American comedienne/comedic actress; died at age 63 | ||
| Sheila Hancock | (1933–present) | British actress; widow of British actor John Thaw | diagnosed in 1987 at age 54 | |
| Julie Harris | (1925–present) | legendary American stage actress | diagnosed in 1981 at age 56 | |
| Jill Ireland | (1936–1990) | British actress, wife of American actor Charles Bronson; died at age 54 | diagnosed in 1984 at age 48 | |
| Kate Jackson | (1948–present) | American actress; survived a recurrence in 1989 at age 41 | diagnosed in 1987 at age 39 | |
| Ann Jillian | (1950–present) | American actress, entertainer | diagnosed in 1985 at age 35 | |
| Jennifer Jones | (1919–2009) | American Oscar-winning film actress | survivor; died at age 90 from natural causes | |
| Susan Ryan Jordan | (19?? - present) | mother of American actress Meg Ryan; as of March, 2006, Jordan is a 27-year survivor | diagnosed in 1979 | |
| Janelle Kidman | (19?? - present) | mother of Australian actress Nicole Kidman | diagnosed in 1984 | |
| Myrna Loy | (1905–1993) | American actress, had two mastectomies in 1975 and 1979, but survived breast cancer; died during surgery for undisclosed causes; died at age 88 | diagnosed in 1975 at age 70 | |
| Rue McClanahan | (1934–2010) | American TV/stage actress | diagnosed in 1997 at age 63, Died 06/03/2010 after she suffered another stroke and subsequently a brain hemorrhage | |
| Mary McCollough | (19?? - 1972) | mother of African-American actor, Bernie Mac; died during Bernie's sophomore year of high school | ||
| Doris McCormack | (1933–present) | mother of Canadian actor Eric McCormack | , | |
| Amanda Mealing | (1967–present) | British actress | diagnosed in August 2002 at age 35 | |
| Shelley Morrison | (1936–present) | American actress; had a recurrence in 1998 and is currently battling breast cancer; also battled lung cancer | diagnosed in 1988 at age 52 | |
| Sharon Murphy | (1953–present) | mother of American actress Brittany Murphy; had a recurrence in 2003 | diagnosed in 1995 at age 42 | |
| Kitten Natividad | (1948–present) | Mexican actress | diagnosed in 1999 at age 51 | Kitten Natividad |
| Alla Nazimova | (1879–1945) | Russian-born American stage and film actress who survived breast cancer but died due to a coronary thrombosis at age 66; aunt of director Val Lewton and Godmother of former First Lady Nancy Reagan | diagnosed in 1936 at age 57 | |
| Phyllis Newman | (1933–present) | American TV and Broadway actress/singer; widow of American playwright Adolph Green and mother of actress Amanda Green and writer/actor Adam Green | diagnosed in 1983 at age 50 | |
| Cynthia Nixon | (1966–present) | American stage and TV actress; Cynthia's mother, Anne, is also a breast cancer survivor | diagnosed in 2006 at age 40 | |
| Roseann Murtha O'Donnell | (19?? - 19??) | American mother of American actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell; died at age 38 | ||
| Nancy Priddy | (19?? - present) | Actress, singer, songwriter and mother of American actress Christina Applegate who was 7-years-old when her mother was first diagnosed | diagnosed in 1978; recurrence in 1986 | |
| Lynn Redgrave | (1943–2010) | Oscar nominated British-American actress | diagnosed in 2002 at age 59, died in 2010 at age 67 | |
| Wendy Richard | (1943–2009) | British actress; had a recurrence in 2002 at age 59, third recurrence in 2008 which had mestasized; died in 2009 | diagnosed in 1995 at age 52 | , |
| Richard Roundtree | (1942–present) | male African-American actor | diagnosed in 1993 at age 51 | |
| Charlotte Smith | (19?? - 1929) | née Hennessy, mother of screen legend and co-founder of United Artists, Mary Pickford; died in 1928 | ||
| Jaclyn Smith | (1947–present) | American actress and businesswoman | diagnosed in 2002 at age 55 | |
| Suzanne Somers | (1946–present) | American actress and businesswoman | diagnosed in 2001 at age 55 | |
| Koo Stark | (1956–present) | American soft-porn actress who had a controversial relationship with United Kingdom's Prince Andrew; founded Keep A Breast cancer organization. | diagnosed in 2002 at age 46 | |
| Gloria Stuart | (1910–2010) | legendary American actress | diagnosed circa 1982 died in 2010 at 100 | |
| Stephanie Swift | (1972–present) | American pornographic film actress and 2006 AVN Hall of Fame inductee | diagnosed in 2009 at age 37 | |
| Patti Tate | (1958–2000) | crime victims activist and sister of murdered actress Sharon Tate; died at age 42 | ||
| Marcia Wallace | (1942–present) | American comedic actress | diagnosed in 1985 at age 43 | |
| Suzie Shapiro Wilson | (1950–1996) | mother of American child actress Mara Wilson; died at age 46 when Mara was 9 years old | ||
| Yoshiko Tanaka | (1956–2011) | Japanese actress, the member of Candies | diagnosed in 1992 at age 37; died at age 55 in 2011 |
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Famous quotes containing the word acting:
“If you are willing to inconvenience yourself in the name of discipline, the battle is half over. Leave Grandma’s early if the children are acting impossible. Depart the ballpark in the sixth inning if you’ve warned the kids and their behavior is still poor. If we do something like this once, our kids will remember it for a long time.”
—Fred G. Gosman (20th century)
“More broadly across time and cultures, it seems, one perennial piece of advice to father has been the importance of acting tenderly toward their children. The New Father, it turns out, is an old story.”
—David Blankenhorn (20th century)
“Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It’s a bum’s life.... The principal benefit acting has afforded me is the money to pay for my psychoanalysis.”
—Marlon Brando (b. 1924)