Titans of Teal

HONOUR ROLL

A list of notable women through history who were diagnosed with ovarian cancer-

We pay tribute to those who survive, and honor the memory of those who sadly lost their battle.

* Fakhriya Abdel Karim-Iraqi actress and political activist (died at age 63;

* Glenda Adams-Australian novelist and writer (died at age 68)

* Evelyn Ankers- American film actress (died at age 67)

* Dr. Barbara Mary Ansell-British scientist and paediatric rheumatologist (died at age 78)

* Maryam Babangida- Nigerian first lady (died at age 61

* Marina Baiul- mother of Ukrainian Olympic figure skater Oksana Baiul (died in 1991)

* Eileen Barton-Brooklyn-born American singer (died at age 81)

* Kathy Bates-Oscar-winning American actress, surviving

* Laurie Beechman- American actress/singer (died at age 43)

* Marcheline Bertrand-American film actress; mother of Angelina Jolie and James Haven (died at age 56)

*Carol Bly-American short-story writer/essayist (died at age 77)

*Raelene Boyle-Australian athlete; surviving

*Clare Boylan-Irish writer (died at age 58)

*Diem Brown-Reality TV star (MTV's The Real World and Road Rules, as well as MTV's documentary of her experience with the disease), surviving

*Tina Brozman-American lawyer and judge (died at age 54)

*Veronica Castang-British film, stage and television actress (died at age 50)

*Jill Chaifetz-American lawyer and children's right advocate (died at age 41)

*Carol Channing-American stage and musical comedy actress, surviving

*Cayle Chernin-Canadian actress, writer, and producer (died at age 63

*Caitlin Clarke-American actress (died at age 52)

*Sister Sarah Clarke- County Galway, Ireland-born Roman Catholic nun and London-based political activist during The Troubles (1980s-1990s); survived; died of other causes

*Alma Cogan-English singer/entertainer (died at age 34)

* Claudia Cohen-American socialite and journalist (died at age 56)

*Dianna Cooley in whose memory the ovarian cancer advocacy group Dianna's Hope in Allen, Texas was founded

*Anita Connick American lawyer, judge and Louisiana Supreme Court justice (died at age 55)

*Helen Cresswell-British writer and author (died at age 71)

*U.S. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro-surviving

*Mildred Dean- mother of American actor James Dean; she died when Dean was 9 years old

*Amanda Dempsey-mother of American actor Patrick Dempsey, surviving

*Sandy Dennis-Oscar-winning American actress (died at age 54)

*Diana Dors British actress, also known as Diana d'Ors (died at age 52)

*Sarah Douglas -British actress, surviving[citation needed]

*Ann Dunham mother of Barack Obama (died at age 52)

*Doris Dungey-influential American blogger and analyst on economic and finance issues (died at age 47).

*Patricia C. Dunn-embattled former chair of Hewlett-Packard, currently battling ovarian cancer.

*Robert Eads- American female to male transsexual who was denied medical treatment for the cancer in the state of Georgia (died at age 53)

*Susan Fernandez Magno-Filipino singer, activist and academic (died at age 52)

*Jeannie Ferris-Senator for South Australia (died at age 66)

*Patty Franchi Flaherty-founded Ovations for the Cure (died at age 53)

*Susan Fleetwood-British film actress (died at age 51)

*Rosalind Franklin-British physical chemist and crystallographer, linked with the discovery of the shape of the double helix of DNA (died at age 37)

*Lynda Gibson-Australian comedian and actress (died at age 47)

*Debbie Goad-American journalist and magazine publisher (died at age 46)

*Ella Grasso- former Connecticut governor, and the first woman ever to be elected governor in her own right (died at age 61)

*Nancy Graves-American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and filmmaker (died at age 55)

*Linda Grover-American peace activist, founder of Global Family Day (died at age 76)

*Dolly Haas-German-American actress and singer (died at age 84)

*Lou Halsell Rodenberger- Texas author, educator, professor, and journalist (died at age 82)

*Margi Scharff-American artist (died at age 52)

*Dinah Shore-American actress/singer (died at age 77)

*Linda Smith-British actress/comedienne; head of the British Humanists' Association (died at age 48)

*Jessica Tandy-Oscar-winning (Driving Miss Daisy, Fried Green Tomatoes, Cocoon) British-born American stage and film actress (died at age 85)

*Angela Winbush- American rhythm and blues vocalist; surviving

*Mari Yonehara-Japanese translator, essayist, non-fiction writer and novelist (died at age 56)

*Haydee Yorac-Filipino public servant, law professor and politician (died at age 64)

* Loretta Young-Oscar-winning (The Farmer's Daughter) American film and television actress (died at age 87)

*Yvonne Zanos-American television journalist (at KDKA-TV; died at age 60)

* Joan Hackett-American actress (died at age 49)

*Cassandra Harris- Australian actress; wife of Pierce Brosnan (died at age 43)

*Joyce Hatto-British pianist (died at age 77)

*Dianne Heatherington-Canadian film and television actress (died at age 48)

*Sharon Tyler Herbst- American chef and cook-book author (died at age 64)

*Denise Jefferson-American dancer/director of the Ailey School (died at age 65.

*Madeline Kahn- American actress, singer and comedienne (died at age 57)

See picture above with Gene Wilder (Gilda's hubby)

*Shizuko Kasagi-Japanese jazz singer and actress (died at age 70)

*Grace Keagy-American musical theatre, soap opera and television actress (died at age 87)

*Coretta Scott King- American civil rights activist; widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (died at age 78)

*Joyce Kulhawik-American film critic and Boston television personality; former TV co-host of movie critic Leonard Maltin; surviving

*Sarabeth Kusick-wife of American baseball player Craig Kusick (who died from leukemia nine months following his wife's death)

*Francess Lantz-American librarian, novelist and writer (died at age 52)

*Dixie Lee- American singer and the 1st Mrs. Bing Crosby (died three days before her 41st birthday)

*Clarice Lispector-Brazilian prose writer (died at age 56)

*Mary I of England, née Mary Tudor; British Queen Mary I (died either of uterine cancer or ovarian cancer aged 42)

*Nancy McDonald-former Texas politician (died at age 72)

*Janet Margolin-American film, stage, and television actress (died at age 50

*Heather Menzies-Canadian-born actress, most famous for portraying Louisa in The Sound of Music and widow of Robert Urich; surviving

*Mary Millar-British actress, most famous as "Rose" from Keeping Up Appearances (died at age 62)

*Miriam Mone-County Armagh-born Irish fashion designer (died at age 42)

*Helen Simpson Morosini-mother of the late Americansinger/actress/activist Dana Reeve (died at age 71)

*Bess Myerson-Miss America (1945), surviving

*Connie Needham- American dancer and former actress, surviving

*Akemi Negishi-Japanese film actress (died at age 73)

*Ursula Nordstrom-American book editor (died at age 78;

*Laura Nyro-American singer-songwriter (died at age 49; her own mother, Gilda Nigro, also died of ovarian cancer and at the same age as Nyro)

*Dawn O'Donnell-Australian LGBT rights activist, campaigner, and entrepreneur (died at age 79)

*Meryl O'Loughlin-American casting director and talent executive (died at age 73)

*Roberta "Bobbi" Olson-wife of Lute Olson (died at age 65;

*Mary Oppen-American activist, artist, photographer, poet and writer (died at age 81)

*Julie Parrish-American film, stage and television actress (died at age 62)

*Alice Pearce-American comedic stage, film and television actress (The "original" Mrs. Cravits, Bewitched, died at age 48)

*Gilda Radner- American actress/comedienne (Saturday Night Live) (died at age 42) Note: The Feel Teal Club's very own comedian & supporter, Michele Ryan, continues to share her legacy with "GILDA MOMENTS"

*Patsy Ramsey-Best-known for the publicity she and her husband garnered following the infamous 1996 murder of their daughter, Jon Benét (died at age 49)

*Natalie "Nan" Cornell Rehnquist-wife of late United States Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist (died October 17, 1991)

*Judith Merkle Riley- American academic, educator and novelist (died at age 68)

*Marsha Rivkin for whom the Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research in Seattle was founded (died in 1993)

*Marjorie Gross-Canadian comedian and television writer/producer (Seinfeld) (died at age 40)

*Liz Tilberis-British-born American-based fashionista/Editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar (died at age 51)

*Joyce Wadler-New York journalist and New York Times columnist; surviving*