Possible Clues:

• Lady -- Crawley, a character in 'Downton Abbey'
• Jean Stapleton's 'All in the Family' role
• Woman trapped by rising high tides
• Female name
• Girl's correct aspiration
• Woman who has to polish hard
• First lady of the 1910s
• Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt
• Cavell, Piaf or Wharton
• Dame ----- Evans (1888-1976), stage and screen actress