31.   Dandridge was beautiful and talented, but because she was black she never had a chance to compete with the top Hollywood leading ladies of her day.

32.   DeKoven is already sizing up the next generation of leading ladies.

33.   Despairing but locked into a shooting schedule, he began production without his leading lady.

34.   Eder is still the leading lady, playing the prostitute Lucy as she did in the premiere production and for both recordings.

35.   Foote has cast the play with care and skill, beginning with Hallie Foote, his daughter and a frequent leading lady in his own plays.

36.   Fortunately for Ms. Adams, Williamson displayed no such ire toward his leading lady.

37.   His script and financing in place, Coppola was still without a leading lady three weeks before filming was to start in Luxembourg.

38.   His leading lady is Salma Hayek, beaming ingenue and proud owner of the best midriff in movies.

39.   I could be the leading lady in my real life.

40.   In a profile by Barry Singer, Jerry Herman, the composer, describes her as the offstage embodiment of his greatest leading lady, Dolly Levi.