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Top 100 Actresses and Their Best Movies (poll)
List Challenges ^ | March 31, 2014 | lookingup4783

Posted on 04/02/2014 3:52:11 PM PDT by EveningStar

These are considered to be the Greatest Actresses in film based on talent, versatility, influence, characterization, charisma, and success in the movie business. (The actors are followed by a movie that showcases their talent.) How many of these great movies have you seen?

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To: EveningStar

I’ve probably seen all of these (I say probably because a couple seem very familiar, but I couldn’t guarantee anything).

That being said, there are a few of these actresses that I think were better in other roles than those listed here.

For instance, Cate Blanchett — an incredibly talented performer — was (in my opinion) better in “Veronica Guerin” than as Elizabeth I (and she was GREAT in that!). Also, I thought Joan Fontaine was better in “Rebecca” than she was in “Suspicion,” though really it could be a toss-up.

I thought the best thing Katherine Hepburn did was “Lion in Winter,” though a close runner-up would be in “The Rainmaker.”

But I do agree that Shirley Booth’s best performance was in “Come Back, Little Sheba.” In my opinion, that was the best performance by any actress in any movie. That was just an incomparable performance.


41 posted on 04/02/2014 5:30:49 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: EveningStar

I got 66.

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42 posted on 04/02/2014 5:31:35 PM PDT by Mears
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

That’s true; by the end of the movie, you knew the secret already.


43 posted on 04/02/2014 5:32:55 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization).)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

Greta Garbo is fabulous in everything.


44 posted on 04/02/2014 5:33:37 PM PDT by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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To: ought-six

“The Lion in Winter”.....another great. Anthony Hopkins made his film debut in that one.


45 posted on 04/02/2014 5:35:07 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization).)
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To: verga

“They picked Daryl Hannah and Drew Barrymore, over Helen Hayes and Judi Dench. Give me a break.”

Yeah, no kidding.


46 posted on 04/02/2014 5:36:46 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: EveningStar

Charlie’s Angels? They could not find a better movie for Drew Barrymore?


47 posted on 04/02/2014 6:04:15 PM PDT by ozaukeemom (Is there even a republic left?)
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To: EveningStar

#2 Meryl Streep.

Most overrated actress of all time. Always looks like she is acting. Every character she plays is Meryl Streep, doing the same poses, over and over.


48 posted on 04/02/2014 6:15:25 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant
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To: Delta Dawn

#94 if you like a tall, leggy hot babe dressed like Daisy Duke. Mira Sorvino is smoking hot in Almighty Aphrodite. It’s a weird woody allen film, but she’s hot. And she talks about sex, she’s a porn star in the film. She is delicious.


49 posted on 04/02/2014 6:23:24 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (The zombies here elected alcee hastings. TERM LIMITS ... TERM LIMITS)
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To: EveningStar
Is there a prize for having seen the fewest?

I think I've seen 9 of the 100 movies. In some cases I have seen the actress in a different film than the one they list.

50 posted on 04/02/2014 6:29:00 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: bicyclerepair

Yeah, I would probably allow here to eat crackers in bed.

Do ya think there might have been an agenda with this list?

Did ya notice that Julia Roberts was listed for Erin Brockovich and not Pretty Woman?

In EB, all she is, is bossy.


51 posted on 04/02/2014 6:30:52 PM PDT by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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To: EveningStar
Checking out the first four chased me off that webpage.

I'm outta there.

52 posted on 04/02/2014 6:57:38 PM PDT by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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To: EveningStar

So many of these movies I have not seen because I did not want to see them. My count was 35. Commie propaganda, boring chick flick, sick horror or just inane, I run from like the plague.


53 posted on 04/02/2014 6:58:35 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: Amagi

agree 100%!


54 posted on 04/02/2014 7:04:32 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: EveningStar

Only seen four of them...not much for movies.


55 posted on 04/02/2014 7:04:42 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: Rum Tum Tugger
100% agree..she was awesome...and of course..her Oscar winning portrayal of Katherine Hepburn in "The Aviator" was epic.

Deborah Kerr is another of my faves.. ever see "Night of the Iguana?"

56 posted on 04/02/2014 7:15:36 PM PDT by ken5050 ("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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To: EveningStar

Thanks for the ping.. Saw your post on FB Movie group but did not get to it yet due to busy day... I did better than you did (shock)...

Looks like some interesting movies upcoming (if Yellowstone doesn’t have other plans)


57 posted on 04/02/2014 8:06:25 PM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell God how big your storm is... tell your storm how BIG your God is!)
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To: ExTxMarine
I got 88, but I do like old movies and anytime I see one on that I haven’t seen, I watch it.

I got 88 also ETM... there were several stars and their movies I would have added. Newcomer but amazing Jennifer Lawrence was wonderful in Winter's Bone, the first flick I saw her in.. A lot of other stars I liked, but I can't dispute the list.

58 posted on 04/02/2014 8:14:09 PM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell God how big your storm is... tell your storm how BIG your God is!)
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To: EveningStar

I’ve seen 37 listed. Two with the same actress.


59 posted on 04/02/2014 8:14:15 PM PDT by Fledermaus (I support Joe Carr in the TN GOP Primary against Lamar!)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

Re Meryl Streep...totally agree. She’s the same in every role she’s cast in — maudlin, unloving, whiny. And that’s the most annoying voice ever. Never any chemistry between her and the leading man and it’s easy to see why.


60 posted on 04/02/2014 8:15:16 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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