That performance won Ms. Foster another Obie in addition to a Theater World Award, and officially established her as a formidable classical actress.

His wife, Bob's mother, is Dame Judith Underdunk, "the finest classical actress of her generation."

There is a DBE for Harriet Walter, one of the UK's greatest classical actresses with an award winning career spanning over three decades.

She's a good classical actress and sounds a very interesting woman.

Adjani first gained fame as a classical actress at the Comédie française, which she joined in 1972.

Dame Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, the classical actress who died on Jan 27, aged 101, left estate valued at £116,124 net (£146,994 gross) in her will published yesterday.

Though a great classical actress, Sir Peter said, Dame Peggy was also devoted to contemporary theater and, in her later years, "developed an intense and wonderful passion with the camera."

Best known as a classical actress, she was not afraid of also appearing in pieces of avant-garde theatre, Jean Genet in particular.

She wanted to be a classical actress,but her diminutive stature and talent as a dancer conspired against this ambition.

Ms. Jefford, whose career as a classical actress spans half a century, also appears in "Coriolanus" and all but walks away with it.