AFI's 100 years...100 Stars" see how your favs. did?

[spencerl964]

(*-Indicates ACADEMY GOLD!) & I must 1stly say, as a metaphor to this topic-(For anyone whom is interested? Check-out the other one posted few days ago! AFI's Annual Life Achievement Award Recipients & mostly, whom they "disgustingly," ignored!?) & I promised about over a month ago, I'd submit the list of AFI-American Film Institute-(NOTE: I'm a card-carrying member but, like the OSCARS don't always agree with pix!) "AFI's 100 Years..100 Stars">(2nd special; l999) Below is it's top 25 male & female cinema stars of all-time-(NOTE: If you also check-out other post listed above, it'll give info as to how,etc If anyone wants to purchase this & any other videos on these topics; final note: AFI, is at present, located on the mountain on the way up to the legendary: Griffith Park 0bservatory>"Rebel Without a Cause!")

AFI's Top 10 overall male movie stars of all-time:

1. *HUMPHREY BOGART...(1899-l957)

2. Cary Grant........(1904-86)-(see other post/although voted #2 here. AFI never gave Grant it's annual award???)

3. *JAMES STEWART.....(l908-97)

4. *MARLON BRANDO.....(1924-)

5. Fred Astaire......(1899-l987)

6. *HENRY FONDA.......(1905-82)

7. *CLARK GABLE.......(1901-60)-(TCM Host: Robert 0sborne's all-time favorite motion picture actor!)

8. *JAMES CAGNEY......(1899-1986)

9. *SPENCER TRACY.....(1900-67)

10. *CHARLES CHAPLIN...(1889-l977)

(The 15 runners-up):

11. *GARY COOPER.......(1901-1961)

12. *GREGORY PECK......(1916-)

13. *JOHN WAYNE........(1907-79)-(NOTE: Disgustingly under-rated; because of our PC era!?)

14. *LAURENCE OLIVIER..(1907-89)

15. Gene Kelly........(1912-86)

16. *ORSON WELLES......(1915-85)

17. Kirk Douglas......(1916-)

18. James Dean........(1931-1955)

19. *BURT LANCASTER....(1913-94)

20. The Marx Brothers

21. Buster Keaton.....(1895-1966)

22. *SIDNEY POITIER....(1927-)

23. Robert Mitchum....(1917-97)

24. Edward G. Robinson (1893-1973)

& 25th. *WILLIAM HOLDEN (1918-81)

 

(AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars> '99 survey; continued):

 

AFI's Top 10 female cinema stars of all-time:

1. *KATHARINE HEPBURN (1907-)

2. *BETTE DAVIS.......(1908-89)

3. *AUDREY HEPBURN....(1929-93)-(NOTE: Like Cary Grant. They vote her #3rd here, but never gave her the award?)

4. *INGRID BERGMAN....(1915-82)-(Another; see other post)

5. Greta Garbo.......(1905-90)

6. Marilyn Monroe....(1926-62)

7. *ELIZABETH TAYLOR..(1932-)

8. Judy Garland......(1922-69)

9. Marlene Dietrich..(1901-92)

10. *JOAN CRAWFORD.....(1906-77)

(The 15 runners-up):

11. Barbara Stanwyck..(1907-90)-(Robert "TCM" Osborne's; #1 all-time fav. motion picture actress!)

12. *CLAUDETTE COLBERT (1903-96)

13. *GRACE KELLY.......(1929-82)

14. *GINGER ROGERS.....(1911-95)

15. Mae West..........(1893-l980)

16. *VIVIEN LEIGH......(1913-67)

17. Lillian Gish......(1894-1993)

18. Shirley Temple....(1928-)

19. Rita Hayworth.....(1918-87)

20. Lauren Bacall.....(1924-)

21. *SOPHIA LOREN......(1934-)

22. Jean Harlow.......(1911-37)

23. Carole Lombard....(1908-42)

24. *MARY PICKFORD.....(1893-1979)

& 25th. Ava Gardner....(1922-90)

 

Well, hope most of everyone's all-timers were/are forever even more-so immortalized? & even if not. They are still your personal favs. no-matter right! If anyone wants to also check & post any/and believe me, there are several! On AFI's Annual Lifetime Award Recipients, it's on my other recent post/plus info if anybody desires to purchase any of 'em on tape,etc.-(NOTE: I've gotten this special & the 1st one: l998's AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies," on tape, as well as the companion books & posters-FREE! Because of bein' a member. But anyone can still get them also. Check other post 4-details. This one is my personal fav. of the now too-many specials the institute is having! I've always had the theory that it tells more of a movie-fan/buff, by whom is they're fav. stars/than films>HEROES/HEROINES/ROLE MODELS & all.)

Let us know, whom you think they snubbed?

Personally, for me: Natalie Wood-(I know she's no: Garbo! The latter of which is probably the greatest actress in cinema history! But to me, Natalie shoulda' at least made the 25! Especially if Hayworth did!? & My childhood HERO: Steve McQueen-(l930-80) again, not a great actor versatility-wise. But one of thee: "Kings of Cinema Cool!"

(NOTE: Other post with all recipients & details,etc. is titled: *DE NIRO to rec. next AFI Award)

 

 

 

[venerados]

Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn don't belong on that list. As I recall, the rules called for stars that debuted in 1950 and before. They both made their debuts in 1951 (Fourteen Hours and Lavender Hill Mob).