Sarah Siddons

She continued to perform occasionally in retirement, and gave public readings.
. Tragedy was always her speciality. It is said that Jim Henson found in her the inspiration for the Muppet character "Miss Piggy.". In 1803, she began performing at Covent Garden, and was its leading star until her retirement in 1812 (her last role being Lady Macbeth). In 1981 Swit played the Cagney role in the movie pilot for the television series Cagney & Lacey. By the time she next appeared there in 1782, she was famous. Starting in 1972, she played the character of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in the television series M*A*S*H.

In 1773, Sarah married William Siddons, another member of the company, and made her debut at Drury Lane two years later, as Portia in The Merchant of Venice. Loretta Swit (born on November 4, 1937 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA) is an actor. Acting was only just becoming a respectable profession for a woman. Sarah's brothers, Charles Kemble, John Philip Kemble and Stephen Kemble were all actors. She was born Sarah Kemble in Brecon, Wales, the eldest daughter of Roger Kemble, an actor-manager whose travelling company included most members of his family.

Sarah Siddons (1755–1831) was a British actress, the best-known of the 18th century.