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