The idea of a female president of the United States has been explored by various writers in novels (including science fiction), movies and television, as well as other media. Numerous actresses have portrayed a female president of the United States. Such portrayals have occurred in comedies as well as serious works. Fictional female acting presidents of the United States are not included in this article.
Movies and television
These movies and television shows are American unless stated otherwise:
1920–1999
The 1924 silent science-fiction film The Last Man on Earth shows a woman as president of the United States; in the movie all adult men die of disease. In the 1932 animated short Betty Boop for President, Betty Boop (voiced by Mae Questel) runs for and wins the presidency of the United States. In the 1948 animated short Olive Oyl for President, a dream sequence shows Olive Oyl (voiced by Mae Questel) successfully running for president of the United States, after which she makes married men exempt from taxes in the hopes that Popeye will propose. In Project Moonbase, a 1953 science-fiction film, Ernestine Barrier plays a female president of the United States. In the 1964 comedy film Kisses for My President, Polly Bergen plays Leslie McCloud, the first female president of the United States. Leslie eventually discovers that she is pregnant, and resigns the presidency to devote herself full-time to her family. In the 1985 ABC sitcom Hail to the Chief, Patty Duke plays the first female president of the United States. The show focused on President Julia Mansfield's attempt at balancing her political career with raising her family. In the 1986 British satire film Whoops Apocalypse, Loretta Swit plays Barbara Adams, the first female president of the United States. In the 1987 Australian film Les Patterson Saves the World, Joan Rivers plays the president of the United States. In the pilot to the 1992 TV series X-Men, a female president of the United States is briefly shown. In the 1995 episode "The Weaker Sex" of the TV series Sliders, Teresa Barnwell plays Hillary Clinton as president of the United States in an alternative universe where women are in charge. In the 1998 comedy film Mafia!, Christina Applegate plays United States President Diane Steen. This character is a parody of Diane Keaton's character in the film series The Godfather, and she almost accomplishes world peace but is distracted by her boyfriend, a mobster.