# Mt. Rushmore of comedic actresses **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2026, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291 "2026-02-02T03:03:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291/1 "2026-02-02T03:03:39Z")
Which four women would you put on the Mount Rushmore of comedic actresses? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291/2 "2026-02-02T03:06:25Z")
Teri Garr, Madeleine Kahn, Diane Keaton, Lucille Ball ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291/3 "2026-02-02T03:20:44Z")
Lucile Ball, Carol Burnette, Gilda Radner, Cloris Leachman. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291/4 "2026-02-02T03:21:15Z")
Lucille Ball, Catherine O’Hara, Carol Burnette, Madeline Kahn ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291/5 "2026-02-02T03:21:17Z")
Mine are: Carol Burnett Julia Louis-Dreyfus Mary Tyler Moore Catherine O’Hara ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291/6 "2026-02-02T03:23:40Z")
Can you put a Canadian on Mt. Rushmore? Just asking, cause there’s a Canadian Rockies worth of great Canadian comedic actresses. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291/7 "2026-02-02T03:26:54Z")
Sure, Catherine O’Hara has already made a couple lists ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291/8 "2026-02-02T03:30:28Z")
Lucille Ball, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Burnette, [Betty White](https://youtu.be/F_tVJ2rHHSA?si=Z6CXzMor7-2Th0kE) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291/9 "2026-02-02T03:31:20Z")
Hence, my query. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291/10 "2026-02-02T03:42:04Z")
Mae West Martha Raye Eve Arden Myrna Loy ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291/11 "2026-02-02T03:46:09Z")
Goldie Hawn Madeleine Kahn Bette Midler Catherine O’Hara ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291/12 "2026-02-02T03:53:33Z")
Mae West Imogene Coca Carol Burnette Madeline Kahn ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291/13 "2026-02-02T04:10:27Z")
Madeline Kahn Margaret Dumont Lily Tomlin Katherine Hepburn ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291/14 "2026-02-02T04:13:03Z")
Why are so many of you spelling her name wrong? It is “Carol Burnett”. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291/15 "2026-02-02T04:18:41Z")
Claudette Colbert Carole Lombard Rosalind Russell Judy Holliday ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291/16 "2026-02-02T04:18:53Z")
Gracie Allen Rosalind Russell Eve Arden Marilyn Monroe ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291/17 "2026-02-02T04:19:37Z")
I’d say Betty White, Carol Burnett, and Lucille Ball have to be on there. For the fourth, I’m leaning toward someone more modern, but Madeleine Kahn is definitely a contender. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291/18 "2026-02-02T04:22:25Z")
Carol Burnett Betty White Melissa McCarthy ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291/19 "2026-02-02T04:22:34Z")
If you’re gonna have Catherine O’Hara, you gotta add Andrea Martin. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291/20 "2026-02-02T04:25:00Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Lucille Ball, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Burnette, [Betty White](https://youtu.be/F_tVJ2rHHSA?si=Z6CXzMor7-2Th0kE) This list is perfect. Honorable mentions: Katherine Hepburn and Barbara Stanwyck. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291.md?page=2)