Silkwood is a 1983 American biographical drama film directed by Mike Nichols starring Meryl Streep, Cher and Kurt Russell.
 The screenplay by Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen was inspired by the life of Karen Silkwood.
 Silkwood was a nuclear whistleblower and a labor union activist who died in a suspicious car accident while investigating alleged wrongdoing at the Kerr-McGee plutonium plant where she worked.
 In real life, her death was vindicated in a victorious 1979 lawsuit, "Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee", led by attorney Gerry Spence.
 The jury rendered its verdict of $10 million in damages to be paid to the Silkwood estate (her children), the largest amount in damages ever awarded for that kind of case at the time.
 The Silkwood estate eventually settled for $1.3 million.
Bing Russell (May 5, 1926 – April 8, 2003) was an American actor and Class A minor league baseball club owner.
 He was the father of Golden Globe Award-nominated actor Kurt Russell and grandfather of ex-major league baseball player Matt Franco.
Larry J. Franco (born April 5, 1949) is an American film producer.
 He has also served as an actor, second unit director and assistant director.
 He is the father of former Atlanta Braves baseball player Matt Franco and Phronsie Franco.
 He is the ex-brother-in-law of actor Kurt Russell and Season Hubley and the ex-son-in-law of actor Bing Russell.
 Larry J. Franco attended UCLA film school.
Sherri Lou "Dusty" Ellis (October 13, 1953 – November 2, 2012) was an American woman known for her involvement in the Kerr-McGee plutonium plant criminal case of the 1970s when she and her roommate Karen Silkwood became activists and nuclear whistleblowers after both of their bodies tested positive for plutonium contamination.
 Their fight for safer working conditions was chronicled in the 1983 film "Silkwood", in which Ellis was portrayed by Cher, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Ellis.
 After Karen Silkwood's death in 1974, Ellis continued to protest and was involved in a series of legal battles against Kerr-McGee and the state of Oklahoma.
Diana Elizabeth Scarwid (born August 27, 1955) is an American actress.
 Her performance in the 1980 film "Inside Moves" garnered her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
 The following year she portrayed the adult Christina Crawford in "Mommie Dearest" (1981).
 Scarwid has over 70 film and television credits, including "Pretty Baby" (1978), "Silkwood" (1983) "Psycho III" (1986), "Extremities" (1986), "Brenda Starr" (1989) and "What Lies Beneath" (2000).
 She received an Emmy Award nomination for the 1995 TV movie "Truman".
Swing Shift is a 1984 American romantic drama war film directed by Jonathan Demme and produced by and starring Goldie Hawn with Kurt Russell.
 It also starred Christine Lahti, Fred Ward and Ed Harris.
 Lahti earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her tragic portrayal of heart-broken ex-singer and Hawn's character's close friend Hazel, losing to Peggy Ashcroft for "A Passage to India".
 Singer Belinda Carlisle made a foray into the film, and Holly Hunter can be seen in one of her first movie roles.
Cher is an American singer, actress, producer, author and philanthropist.
 She has been honored with numerous worldwide awards and accolades recognizing her success in music, television, fashion and film, both as a solo artist and as part of Sonny & Cher.
 She has also been honored for her humanitarian and charity work.
 She has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival, making her one of few artists to have received those top honors.
 Cher is also the only artist to date to have achieved a number-one single on a Billboard chart in each of the past six decades.
 Cher is a Tony Award away from achieving the EGOT status (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) which is considered the "grand slam" of American show business.
Elvis is a 1979 American made-for-television biographical film directed by John Carpenter, and starring Kurt Russell as Elvis Presley, originally aired on ABC.
 It marks the last role on television for Russell, and the first collaboration between him and Carpenter.
 Kurt Russell's real-life wife and father, Season Hubley and Bing Russell, co-star as Presley's own wife and father.
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress and philanthropist.
 Cited in the media as the "best actress of her generation," Streep is particularly known for versatility in her roles and her accent adaptation.
 Nominated for 20 Academy Awards, Streep has more nominations than any other actor, and is one of the six actors to have won three or more competitive Oscars for acting.
 Streep has also received 30 Golden Globe nominations, winning eight - more nominations and more competitive wins than any other actor.
Escape from L.A. (also known as John Carpenter's Escape from L.A. or Escape from Los Angeles) is a 1996 American science fiction action film co-written, co-scored, and directed by John Carpenter, co-written and produced by Debra Hill and Kurt Russell, with Russell also starring as Snake Plissken.
 A sequel to "Escape from New York", "Escape from L.A." co-stars Steve Buscemi, Stacy Keach, Bruce Campbell, and Pam Grier.

Question: What  American actress and philanthropist starred in  Silkwood with Cher and Kurt Russell?
Answer: Meryl Streep