murderess

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Leavitt has played tap-dancing murderess Roxie Hart in the Broadway revival since February.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Marten said she was worried people would think she was "some evil mother" or a "murderess."

From BBC • May 2, 2025

In this eerie, rather primitive context, its easy to surmise that the murderess is a witch.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024

Rivera also inhabited roles like Rosie, the girlfriend of a rock star’s manager in “Bye Bye Birdie,” the original Velma and later the ambitious murderess Roxie in “Chicago,” and former showgirl Lilane in “Nine.”

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024

If he tried to explain he must either label that other woman as murderess or himself as an incapable doctor, and he chose to do neither.

From Maid of the Mist by Oxenham, John