Classic Female Monologues

Sunset Boulevard, Norma Desmond

Film Sunset Boulevard
Author Billy Wilder
Role Norma  Desmond
Actor Gloria  Swanson

The Lion in Winter, Queen Eleanor

Film The Lion in Winter
Play The Lion in Winter
Author James  Goldman
Role Queen Eleanor  
Actor Katharine  Hepburn

Uncle Vanya, Sonya

Film Uncle Vanya
Play Uncle Vanya
Author Anton Chekhov
Role Sonya 
Actor Joan  Plowright

Lady Windermere's Fan, The Duchess of Berwick

Film Lady Windermere's Fan
Play Lady Windermere's Fan
Author Oscar Wilde
Role The Duchess of Berwick  
Actor Carrie  Daumery

Faust, Marguerite

Play Faust
Author Johann Wolfgang von  Goethe
Role Marguerite 

Hamlet, Ophelia

Film Hamlet
Play Hamlet
Author William Shakespeare
Role Ophelia 
Actor Kate Winslet

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Maggie Pollitt

Film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Author Tennessee Williams
Role Margaret "Maggie the Cat"  Pollitt
Actor Elizabeth Taylor

Othello, Desdemona

Film Othello
Play Othello
Author William  Shakespeare
Role Desdemona 
Actor Irène  Jacob

The Taming of the Shrew, Kate

Film The Taming of the Shrew
Play The Taming of the Shrew
Author William Shakespeare
Role Kate 
Actor Elizabeth Taylor

Phaedra, Phaedra

Play Phaedra
Author Jean  Racine
Role Phaedra 
Actor Helen Mirren