comedienne

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His paternal grandparents, Landers Stevens and Georgie Cooper, were both actors; his maternal grandmother, Alice Howell, was one of the most gifted comediennes of the 1920s.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022

In Feig’s Bridesmaids, McCarthy made an impression amid a cast of offbeat comediennes in the small but pivotal role of the groom’s etiquette-challenged sister.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2015

I have seen stand-up comedians being described as "un one-man-show", or even comediennes as "une one-woman-show".

From BBC • May 24, 2013

But her tastes have always run to an earlier time, to singers like Barbara Cook and Blossom Dearie; and comediennes like Betty White and Carol Burnett.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2012

But what she had not learned was that the most clever often become the dupes of their own imagination; and that great comediennes generally conclude by shedding real tears.

From The Honor of the Name by Gaboriau, Émile