She was known for her interpretation of Shakespearean roles, playing Juliet, Cleopatra and Viola on Broadway.

Mirren had an unhappy experience at the National Theatre in 1998 when she played Cleopatra to Alan Rickman's Antony.

Menichelli played Cleopatra in Cajus Julius Caesar (1914), but all her scenes were cut from the final film.

In 1972 she played Octavia in the English-language film Antony and Cleopatra, directed by Charlton Heston.

We'll buy an Italian palace, and you can play Cleopatra to your heart's content.

Do you ask Judi Dench why a Quaker should be playing Cleopatra?

This is the third pime in 20-some years that Ms. Redgrave has played Cleopatra.

You should have played Cleopatra, you know.

He played Cleopatra in a college farce entitled "She Was Only a Pharaoh's Daughter but She Never Became a Mummy."

"Do you think Theda Bara would have played Cleopatra without a real pearl?"