randyishere Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Who are, in your opinion, the 15 overall best actresses in Dramatic Movies from 1930 to 1970?? Remember, this is your opinion. There is no wrong answer on this thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Oh boy...I see another fight a-brewing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnm001 Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 But why should this be a fight? Are the posters here so mentally disturbed, that they cannot look at a list of someone's favorites and not start fighting about it? Everyone should take their meds before reading the TCM Message Boards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 You've answered your own question. Gulp! Swallow!! Well, I got that down. Now...name your list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsclassic Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 No order here Joan Crawford Bette Davis Ingrid Bergman Gene Tierney Lizabeth Scott Lauren Bacall Olivia de Havailland (SP) Audrey Hepburn Veronica Lake Barbara Bel Geddes Donna Reed Judy Garland Barbara Stanwyck Linda Darnell Janet Leigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhook47 Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Anne Bancroft Ingrid Bergman Bette Davis Olivia de Haviland Audrey Hepburn Katherine Hepburn Deborah Kerr Vivien Leigh Shirley MacLaine Agnes Moorehead Geraldine Page Thelma Ritter Simone Signoret Barbara Stanwyck Joanne Woodward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redriver Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 I'm going to focus on acting, period, rather than just dramatic. It's all the same thing. Deborah Kerr Carole Lombard Greer Garson Kate Hepburn Irene Dunne Rosalind Russell I could stop there. Nobody else comes close. But for the second tier... Jean Simmons Vivien Leigh Beulah Bondi Claudette Colbert Shirley Booth I've probably forgotten some really good people. But that should get me started. RR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelluloidKid Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 I always loved Ellen Burstyn froom the 1970's!! Great dramatic actress! Burstyn won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1974 for her performance in the movie "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore". She received her first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1971 for the film "The Last Picture Show", and was subsequently nominated for Best Actress in 1973 for the horror movie "The Exorcist", in 1978 for "Same Time, Next Year", in 1980 for "Resurrection", and for "Requiem for a Dream" in 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Hi Randy! Here's my list (and it was harder than if I could choose an across-the-board star; in choosing a favorite actress it's their ability and flair for comedy that counts as much for me as for drama. Not so with actors): 1. Vivien Leigh 2. Greta Garbo 3. Bette Davis 4. Barbara Stanwyck 5.Thelma Ritter 6. Sara Allgood 7.. Susan Hayward 8. Katharine Hepburn 9. Marilyn Monroe 10. Ingrid Bergman 11. Deborah Kerr 12. Rita Hayworth 13. Gene Tierney 14. Natalie Wood 15. Gloria Grahame Edited because I can't believe I left off Barbara Stanwyck. I totally forgot about her. Message was edited by: MissGoddess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zooty127 Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 1. Ingrid Bergman 2. Bette Davis 3. Deborah Kerr 4. Simone Signoret 5. Greta Garbo 6. Jeanne Moreau 7. Olivia de Havilland 8. Maggie Smith 9. Jean Simmons 10. Angela Lansbury 11. Jean Simmons 12. Piper Laurie 13. Vanessa Redgrave 14. Dorothy Dandridge 15. Ida Lupino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silascrocker Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 1= Bette Davis 2= Barbara Stanwyck 3= Joan Crawford 4= Lucille Ball 5= Carole Lombard 6= Myrna Loy 7= Jean Harlow 8= Marilyn Monroe 9= Lauren Bacall 10= Hattie Mcdaniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 We need five more from ya, Silas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterscotchgreer Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 loverly list april!! hey randy yet another great question! you are just full of them lately. 1. greer garson 2. loretta young 3. kate hepburn 4. angela lansbury 5. dana wynter 6. ethel barrymore 7. helen hayes 8. junie allyson(i know she was the girl next door, but think about it, Little Women, Glenn Miller Story, all those other great ones) 9. myrna loy 10. irene dunne 11. bette davis 12. barbara stanwyk 13. eleanor parker 14. clara bow 15. deborah kerr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silascrocker Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Sorry, forgot to add 11-15 11= Jane Wyman 12= Mary Astor 13= Olivia Dehavilland 14= Norma Shearer 15= Constance Bennett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Spaulding Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 1. Bette Davis The rest in no particular order. 2. Norma Shearer 3. Olivia de Havilland 4. Greer Garson 5. Susan Hayward 6. Irene Dunne 7. Claudette Colbert 8. Joan Crawford 9. Thelma Ritter 10. Eleanor Parker 11. Ingrid Bergman 12. Shelley Winters 13. Barbara Stanwyck 14. Myrna Loy 15. Lee Remick Honorable Mentions: Ida Lupino Anne Bancroft Ann Sheridan Judy Garland I know I'm forgetting others. There's so many good ones that it's kinda hard to keep them all straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 IMO these are the best dramatic actresses: 1. Bette Davis 2. Barbara Stanwyck 3. Garbo 4. Ingrid Bergman 5. Katharine Hepburn 6. Joan Crawford 7. Ida Lupino 8. Susan Hayward 9. Deborah Kerr 10. Joanne Woodward 11. Geraldine Page 12. Angela Lansbury 13. Piper Laurie 14. Agnes Moorhead 15. Anne Bancroft I would say very honorable mention must go to the likes of: Olivia DeHavilland, Norma Shearer, Greer Garson, Myrna Loy, Irene Dunne, Ann Harding, Audrey Hepburn and a lot of European actresses... And those who came into their own in the 70's & 80's...90's: Jane Fonda, Ellen Burstyn, Vanessa Redgrave, Meryl Streep, Angela Bassett, Alfre Woodard... And today: Laura Linney, Julia Stiles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakis Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 1) Garbo is the greatest in my opinion, icnomparable. She was a true an immense tragedienne in films like "Camille", "Anna Karenina", "Woman of Affairs", "Mata Hari", "Love", "Flesh and the Devil", "The painted veil" etc. 2) Bette Davis, one of the greatest dramatic actresses ever, just to mention a few of her great dramatic achievements in "Now Voyager", "The letter", "The little foxes" etc. 3) Vivien Leigh, her two great cinematic performances "Gone with the wind" and especially "Streetcar named desire) 4) Simone Signoret in my opinion France's greatest film actress, unforgettable in films like "Room at the top", "Casque d'or" etc 5) Katharine Hepburn. Although her temperament was more inclined towards comedy, she often rose to the challenge and gave great dramatic performances in films like "African Queen" and "Lond Day's journey into night" 6) Barbara Stanwyck, one of the most gifted dramatic actresses of the screen. Her "Stella Dallas" is one of my favorite performances of all times. 7) Mich?le Morgan, an absolutely marvellous French actress of the thirties onwards with wonderful performances in films like "Les orgeilleux" with G?rard Philippe or "Les bonnes causes" 8) Arletty another French great in films like "Les enfants du paradis" and "Les visiteurs du soir" 9) Susan Hayward. Magnificent in "I'll cry tomorrow" 10) Marilyn Monrore, so vulnerable and moving in "The misfits" 11) Margaret Sullavan. She did not make many films but was unforgettable in "The three comrades" 12) Vanessa Redgrave (although she gave her very greatest performances on stage as I had the great luck to know), she was thrilling in "Isadora". 13) Ingrid Bergman, magnificent in "Notorious" and Bergman's "Autumn Sonnata" 14) Jane Fonda, absolutely wonderful, modern and vital in "Klute" 15) Fay Dunaway, fascinating in "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Chinatown" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 GARBO???? Oh noooooooooo...slowly I turn. Step by step...inch by inch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakis Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Oh I just knew that my choice of Garbo on top of my list would surprise you! Cannot help it, she is "the great romance of my life", as she says so beautifully in "Camille". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Aw it's cool Nakis. I'm just riffing on my rant on another thread I've since put on IGNORE. Garbo was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakis Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Oh I know how you feel about Garbo and I appreciate it. Of course she was great (though it seems every time we say that we will attract some unwelcome thread, from "New York" or whatever about "overrating" etc. Some people simply cannot accept greatness! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Well didn't you hit the nail on the head. ;-) Watching "Brief Encounter" now. Ohhhhhhhh so romantic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakis Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 "Brief Encounter" is one of my favourite films of all times! So romantic and heartbreaking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyishere Posted January 11, 2008 Author Share Posted January 11, 2008 You guys really have great taste. It is so cool to read other's opinions on this subject. These gals are not my overall 15 favorites, but in dramatic movies i will say, in this order, : 1. Bette Davis 2. Susan Hayward 3. Ida Lupino 4. Joan Crawford 5. Greer Garson 6. Merle Oberon 7. Olivia de Havilland 8. Jennifer Jones 9. Kay Francis 10. Joan Fontaine 11. Greta Garbo 12. Lana Turner 13. Linda Darnell 14. Ann Sheridan 15. Eleanor Parker Hi Miss G.; Hi Theresa; Hi CM; Hi everybody... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Hi Randy! I forgot to mention Merle Oberon and Jennifer Jones, and of course, Olivia de Havilland. They were all very good, especially Olivia. I loved her in The Heiress and The Proud Rebel. She gave understated but deeply felt (and quite different) performances in each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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