Your Favourite Performances from 1930 to present are...

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And now Top 10 Actresses of the thirties:

10.  Judy Garland

 

9. Margaret Dumont

8. Miriam Hopkins

7. Carole Lombard

6. Greta Garbo

5. Ginger Rogers

4. Myrna Loy

3. Jeanette MacDonald

2. Marlene Dietrich

1. Katharine Hepburn

 

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And now the top 10 Actors of the 1940s

10. Anton Walbrook

 

9. Errol Flynn

8. Ralph Richardson

7. James Cagney

6. Charles Chaplin

5. Claude Rains

4. Joseph Cotten

3. James Stewart

2. Cary Grant

1. Humphrey Bogart

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And now the top 10 Actresses of the 1940s:

10.  Gene Tierney

 

9. Anna Magnani

8. Deborah Kerr

7. Judy Garland

6. Rita Hayworth

5. Lauren Bacall

4. Katharine Hepburn

3. Barbara Stanwyck

2.  Bette Davis

1. Ingrid Bergman

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For the 40s,   the top 10 actresses would have to include Olivia DeHavilland.     Olivia in The Heiress is one of the best performances by an actor in any decade. 

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And now the top 10 Actors of the fifties:

10. James Mason

9.  Cary Grant

8. Toshiro Mifune

7.  Humphrey Bogart

6. George Sanders

5. Jacques Tati

4. Henry Fonda

3. Takashi Shimura

2. Gene Kelly

1. James Stewart

 

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And now the top 10 actresses of the 1950s:

10.  Karuna Bannerjee

9.  Kinuyo Tanaka

8. Audrey Hepburn

7.  Simone Signoret

6. Giulietta Masina

5. Setsuko Hara

4. Cyd Charisse

3. Danielle Darrieux

2. Marilyn Monroe

1. Ingrid Bergman

 

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Why do I get the feeling someone here really likes Ingrid Bergman.

Hey,  I know I'm a major fan.

 

[Allhallowsday]

9 hours ago, jamesjazzguitar said:

Why do I get the feeling someone here really likes Ingrid Bergman.

Hey,  I know I'm a major fan.

 

My mother did not like her... it was a whole Catholic thing I guess.  INGRID BERGMAN is probably my favorite actress. 

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And now, my long-awaited choices for 2019.  I did see all the nominees that year.

Actor

Robert De Niro, The Irishman

August Diehl, A Hidden Life

Leonardo DiCaprio, Once upon a Time in Hollywood

Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory

Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems

Adam Driver (Marriage Story), Jonathan Pryde (The Two Popes), Tom Hanks (Toy Story 4), Song Kang-ho (Parasite), Kotaro Daigo (Weathering with You), Paul Walter Hauser (Richard Jewell), Tom Mercier (Synonyms), Robert Downey Jr., (Avengers: Endgame) Joaquin Phoenix (Joker), Adam Driver (The Dead Don’t die), Matt Damon (Ford vs. Ferrari), Brad Pitt (Ad Astra), Winston Duke (Us). Bill Murray (The Dead don’t Die), Vlad Ivanov (The Whistlers), Dev Patel (The Personal History of David Copperfield), Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse), John Lithgow (Bombshell), Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit), Daniel Kaluuya (Queen & Slim), Masataka Kubota (First Love)

 

Actress

Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Beanpole

Lupita Nyong’o, Us

Noemie Merlant, Portait of a Lady on Fire

Vasilisa Perelygina, Beanpole

Isabelle Huppert, Frankie

Valerie Pachner, (A Hidden Life), Vitalina Varela (Vitalina Varela), Jodie Turner-Smith, (Queen & Slim), Nana Mori (Weathering With You), Cynthia Erivo (Harriet), Florence Pugh (Midsommar), Saoirse Ronan (Little Women), Mame Bineta Sane (Atlantics), Charlize Theron (Bombshell), Awkwafina (The Farewell), Scarlet Johansson (Marriage Story), Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart), Renee Zellweger (Judy),

 

Supporting Actor

Al Pacino, The Irishman

Brad Pitt, Once upon a Time in Hollywood

Joe Pesci, The Irishman

Hugh Laurie, The Personal History of David Copperfield

Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Anthony Hopkins (The Two Popes),  Choi Woo-shik (Parasite), Andrei Bykov (Beanpole), Ventura (Vitalina Varela), Lee Syun-Kyu (Parasite), Franz Rogowski (Transit), Roy Romano (The Irishman), Sam Rockwell (Richard Jewell), Peter Capaldi, Ben Whisaw (The Personal History of David Copperfield), Tracy Letts (Ford vs. Ferrari), Jeremie Renier (Frankie), Nao Omori (First Love), Malcolm McDowell (Bombshell), Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit), Brendan Gleeson (Frankie), Tom Waits (The Dead Don’t die), Alan Alda (Marriage Story), Evan Alex (Us), Eric Bogosian (Uncut Gems), Sam Rockwell (Jojo Rabbit)

 

Supporting Actress

Park So-dam, Parasite

Adele Haenel, Portrait of a Lday on Fire

Annie Potts, Toy Story 4

Catrinel Marlon, The Whistlers

Becky, First Love

Lauren Spencer (Give me Liberty), Penelope Cruz (Pain and Glory), Jang Hye-jin (Parasite), Catriona Balfe (Ford vs. Ferrari), Cho Yeo-jeong (Parasite), Scarlet Johansson (Jojo Rabbit), Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers), Marisa Tomei (Frankie),  Tilda Swinton (The Personal History of David Copperfield), Idina Menzel (Uncut Gems), Florence Pugh (Little Women), Lee Jung-eun (Parasite), Morfydd Clark (The Personal History of David Copperfield), Christina Hendricks (Toy Story 4), Jamie Lee Curtis (Knives Out), Julia Fox (Uncut Gems), Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit), Tilda Swinton (The Dead Don’t Die), Margot Robbie (Once upon a Time in Hollywood), Zazie Beetz (Joker), Kathy Batess (Richard Jewell), Margot Robbie (Bombshell), Laura Dern (Marriage Story),  Shadi Wright Joseph (Us), Rebel Wilson (Jojo Rabbit), Chloe Sevigny (The Dead Don’t Die), Maggie Smith (Downtown Abbey),

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Here are a few more late additions from films that I have recently seen or revisited that have made my top tens

1930

Supporting Actor

8.  Gilbert Emery (Townley), Let Us Be Gay

 

1931

Supporting Actor

5.  Fernand Charpin (Honore Panisse), Marius

 

6.  Paul Dullac (Felix Escartefigue), Marius

 

1936

Actress

7.  Orane Demazis (Fanny Cabanis Panisse), Cesar

 

1966

Actress

10. Barbara Steele (Harriet Montebruno/Belinda), An Angel For Satan

 

2012

Actor

8.  Jean-Louis Trintignant (Georges Laurent), Amour

After seeing this a second time and also watching five Trintignant films in a row I think I was better able to appreciate how great this performance was.   Emmanuelle Riva was already in my top ten.

 

2017

 

Actor

5.  Nicolas Bedos (Victor de Richemont dit Adelman), Monsieur and Madame Adelman

Actress

2.  Doria Tillier (Sarah Adelman), Monsieur and Madame Adelman