The 50 Greatest American Screen Legends

American Film Institute ^

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WOMEN

1. Katharine Hepburn
2. Bette Davis
3. Audrey Hepburn
4. Ingrid Bergman
5. Greta Garbo
6. Marilyn Monroe
7. Elizabeth Taylor
8. Judy Garland
9. Marlene Dietrich
10. Joan Crawford
11. Barbara Stanwyck
12. Claudette Colbert
13. Grace Kelly
14. Ginger Rogers
15. Mae West
16. Vivien Leigh
17. Lillian Gish
18. Shirley Temple
19. Rita Hayworth
20. Lauren Bacall
21. Sophia Loren
22. Jean Harlow
23. Carole Lombard
24. Mary Pickford
25. Ava Gardner

MEN

1. Humphrey Bogart
2. Cary Grant
3. James Stewart
4. Marlon Brando
5. Fred Astaire
6. Henry Fonda
7. Clark Gable
8. James Cagney
9. Spencer Tracy
10. Charles Chaplin
11. Gary Cooper
12. Gregory Peck
13. John Wayne
14. Laurence Olivier
15. Gene Kelly
16. Orson Welles
17. Kirk Douglas
18. James Dean
19. Burt Lancaster
20. Chico Marx
20. Groucho Marx
20. Harpo Marx
21. Buster Keaton
22. Sidney Poitier
23. Robert Mitchum
24. Edward G. Robinson
25. William Holden

[TheConservator]

George C. Scott

[UnwashedPeasant]

These names are thankfully from the Golden Age of Hollywood when had movie stars.

Mickey Rooney was a huge star and should be on the list. That is the biggest defect I see.

[Dr. Sivana]

Ok. But it’s a bit dated

Not at all. You need the test of time to known who is a passing heart throb, and who is a bona fide legend. Fifty years from now, Harrison Ford will make the list.

[Dr. Sivana]

If they’re going to include the Marx Brothers, why not these three as well?

The Stooges did shorts until well past their prime. They are legends, of course,

[Verginius Rufus]

The “debut occurred in or before 1950” rule explains why John Belushi (born in 1949) didn’t make the list. But not why Lucille Ball isn’t on the list.

[Vaduz]

Yes not many good ones now or movies more computer generated garbage.

[MotorCityBuck]

Sexy and smart😉

Sterling Hayden
Louis Calhern
Fredrick March
George Macready

[AmericanMermaid]

Good choice, too!

[one guy in new jersey]

see what you did there

[stylecouncilor]

Where’s Myrna Loy?

[windcliff]

Yeah

[minnesota_bound]

Lookup a celeb and see who they slept with https://www.whosdatedwho.com
These celebs are like rabbits...

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

From the 60's & 70's:

Faye Dunaway
Jacqueline Bissett
Lee Remick
Julie Christie
Jessica Lange

Paul Newman
Robert Redford
Al Pacino
Peter O'Toole
George C. Scott

[Mopp4]

It sure isn’t that bald-headed woman with the incredibly UGLY UGLY long nails singing on the Oscars now.....

[equaviator]

I saw in his filmography that he was an extra in a 1929 film called “Girls Gone Wild”.

[MD Expat in PA]

“I Am Your Father’s Brother’s Nephew’s Cousin’s Former Roommate.”