| Date
| Actress
| Production
| Comment
|
| 1606
| Edmans (boy-actor)
| The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra
| Shakespeare's production would have used male
actors as Cleopatra
|
| 1677
| Mrs. Boutell
| All for Love
Great Britain
| Webpage 2
|
| 1747
| George Ann Bellamy
| All for Love
Great Britain
| Webpage 2
|
| 1759
| Anna Maria Yates
| Antony and Cleopatra
Great Britain
| David Garrick producer
Pictured--Webpage 2
|
| 1773
| Mrs. Hartley
| All for Love
Great Britain
| Webpage 2
|
| 1776
| Miss Elizabeth Younge
| Antony and Cleopatra
Great Britain
| Pictured--Webpage 2
|
| 1776
| Anna Maria Yates
| All for Love
Great Britain
| Webpage 2
|
| 1786
| Mrs. Elizabeth (Younge) Pope
| Antony and Cleopatra
Great Britain
| Pictured--Webpage 2
|
| 1849
| Isabella Glyn
| Antony and Cleopatra
Great Britain
| Pictured --Webpage 3
|
| 1867
| Miss Glyn
| Antony and Cleopatra
Great Britain
| Pictured--Webpage 3
|
| 1877
| Agnes Booth
| Antony and Cleopatra
USA
| not discussed
|
| 1888
| Cora Urguhart Potter
| Antony and Cleopatra
USA
| Pictured--Webpage 3
|
| 1890
| Fanny Davenport
| Cleopatra
USA
| Pictured--Webpage 3
|
| 1891
| Sarah Bernhardt
| Cleopatra
France/USA
| Pictured--Webpage 3
|
| 1898
| Constance Collier
| Antony and Cleopatra
| Dir. Frank Benson
Pictured--Webpage 3
|
| 1899
|
| Cleopatre (film)
Cleopatra's Tomb
| not discussed
|
| 1906
| Gertrude Elliott
| Caesar and Cleopatra
USA
| Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Caesar
Pictured--Webpage 4
|
| 1906
| Constance Collier
| Antony and Cleopatra
Great Britain
| Dir. Beerbohn Tree
Webpage 3
|
| 1908
| Julia Marlowe
| Antony and Cleopatra
USA
| Dir. Edward Sothern
Webpage 4
|
| 1908
| Florence Lawrence
| Antony and Cleopatra (film)
USA
| Dir. J. Stuart Blackton
Not discussed
|
| 1908
| Betty Kent
| Antony and Cleopatra (film)
USA
| Dir. Charles Kent
Not discussed
|
| 1909
|
| Cleopatre (ballet)
France
| Ballet Russes
Pictured--Webpage 4
|
| 1912
| Helen Gardner
| Cleopatra (film)
USA
| Pictured--Webpage 4
|
| 1913
|
| Marcantonio e Cleopatra (film)
Italy
| Dir. Enrico Guazzoni
|
| 1917
| Theda Bara
| Cleopatra (film)
USA
| Pictured--Webpage 4
|
| 1920
|
| Le perle di Cleopatra
| Dir. Guido Brisnone
Not discussed
|
| 1921
| Dorothy Green
| ?Antony and Cleopatra
| Not discussed
|
| 1923
|
| Cleopatra and Her Easy Mark
USA
| Animated comedy
not discussed
|
| 1925
| Helen Hayes
| Caesar and Cleopatra
USA
| Pictured--Webpage 4
|
| 1931
| Dorothy Burgess
| Oh! Oh! Cleopatra (film)
USA
| Comedy
Not discussed
|
| 1931
| Dorothy Massingham
| Antony and Cleopatra
Great Britain
| Old Vic production
Pictured--Webpage 4
|
| 1934
| Claudette Colbert
| Cleopatra (film)
USA
| Henry Wilcoxon as Antony
Warren William as Caesar
Dir. Cecil B. deMille
Pictured--Webpage 4
|
| 1937
| Tallulah Bankhead
| Antony and Cleopatra
USA
| Conway Tearle as Antony
Pictured--Webpage 4
|
| 1945
| Claire Luce
| Antony and Cleopatra
Great Britain
| Old Vic production
Webpage 4
|
| 1945
| Vivien Leigh
| Caesar and Cleopatra (film)
Great Britain
| Claude Rains as Caesar
Dir. Gabriel Pascal
Pictured--Webpage 4
|
| 1946
| Edith Evans
| Antony and Cleopatra
Great Britain
| Godrey Tearle as Antony
Pictured--Webpage 4
|
| 1947
| Katherine Cornell
| Antony and Cleopatra
USA
| Pictured--Webpage 4
|
| 1951
| Vivien Leigh
| Caesar and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra
Great Britain/USA Laurence Olivier as Caesar and Antony
| Webpage 5
|
| 1951
| Pauline Letts
| Antony and Cleopatra (film)
Great Britain
| Robert Speaight as Antony
Not discussed
|
| 1953
| Rhonda Fleming
| Serpent of the Nile (film)
USA
| Raymond Burr as Antony
Pictured--Webpage 5
|
| 1953
| Peggy Ashcraft
| Antony and Cleopatra
Great Britain
| Old Vic production
Michael Redgrave as Antony
Webpage 5
|
| 1953
| Yvonne Coulette
| Antony and Cleopatra
| Old Vic production
Webpage 5
|
| 1953
| Sophia Loren
| Due notti con Cleopatra
aka Two Nights with Cleopatra
Italy
| Not discussed
|
| 1957
| Margaret Whiting
| Antony and Cleopatra
Great Britain
| Old Vic production
Pictured--Webpage 5
|
| 1957
| Virginia Mayo
| The Story of Mankind
USA
| Irwin Allen
Webpage 5
|
| 1959
| Linda Cristal
| Legioni di Cleopatra
aka Legions of the Nile
France/Italy/Spain
| Dir. Vittorio Cottafari
Not discussed
|
| 1959
| Piper Laurie
| Caesar and Cleopatra (tv)
USA
| Not discussed
|
| 1960
| Katherine Hepburn
| Antony and Cleopatra
USA
| American Shakespeare Festival
Robert Ryan as Antony
Pictured--Webpage 5
|
| 1960
| Carola Braunbock
| Kein Arger mit Cleopatra
East Germany
| Dir. Helmut Schneider
|
| 1962
| Pascale Petit
| Una reina para Cesar: Cleopatra
aka
A Queen for Caesar: Cleopatra (film)
France
| Pictured--Webpage 5
|
| 1963
| Elizabeth Taylor
| Cleopatra (film)
USA
| Richard Burton as Antony
Rex Harrison as Caesar
Pictured--Webpage 5
|
| 1963
| Mary Morris
| The Spread of the Eagle
aka Antony and Cleopatra (tv mini-series)
Great Britain
| Keith Michell as Antony
not discussed
|
| 1965
| Amanda Barrie
| Carry On Cleo (film)
Great Britain
| Pictured--Webpage 5
|
| 1966
| Leontyne Price
| Antony and Cleopatra (opera)
USA
| Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Pictured--Webpage 5
|
| 1973
| Hildegarde Neil
| Antony and Cleopatra
aka Antoine et Cleopatre (Switzerland)
aka Marco Antonio y Cleopatra (Spain)
| Dir. Charlton Heston as Antony
Not discussed
|
| 1975
| Janet Suzman
| Antony and Cleopatra (tv)
Great Britain
| Richard Johnson as Antony
Dir. Trevor Nunn & Jon Scoffield
Webpage 5
|
| 1976
| Genevieve Bujold
| Caesar and Cleopatra (tv)
USA
| Alec Guinness as Caesar
Not discussed
|
| 1977
| Elizabeth Ashley
| Caesar and Cleopatra
USA
| Rex Harrison as Caesar
Webpage 5
|
| 1981
| Jane LaPotaire
| Antony and Cleopatra (tv)
aka BBC Television Shakepeare: Antony & Cleopatra
Great Britain
| Colin Blakely as Antony
Not discussed
|
| 1983
|
| Sogni erotici di Cleopatra
aka The Erotic Dreams of Cleopatra
France/Italy
| (sex comedy)
Not discussed
|
| 1983
| Lynn Redgrave
| Antony and Cleopatra (film)
Great Britain
| Timothy Dalton as Antony
Not discussed
|
| 1989
| Lynn Redgrave
| The Tragedy of Antony & Cleopatra (made for
video)
USA
| Timothy Dalton as Antony
Dir. Lawrence Carra
Not discussed
|
| 1996
| Vanessa Redgrave
| Antony and Cleopatra
Great Britain
| David Harewood as Antony
Pictured--Webpage 5
|
| 1998
| Helen Mirren
| Antony and Cleopatra
Great Britain
| Alan Rickman as Antony
Pictured--Webpage 5
|
| 1999
| Leonor Varela
| Cleopatra (tv film mini-series)
USA
| Timothy Dalton as Caesar
Billy Zane as Antony
Pictured--Webpage 5
|
| 1999
| Frances de la Tour
| Antony and Cleopatra
Great Britain
| Royal Shakespeare Company (Stratford)
Alan Bates as Antony
Pictured--Webpage 5
|
| 1999
| Mark Rylance
| Antony and Cleopatra
Great Britain
| Dir. Giles Block
All male production, Globe Theatre (London)
Webpage 5
|