The 20 greatest actors (female) of all time

[Alfalfa]

In no particular order...

Ingrid Bergman
Meryl Streep
Vivien Leigh
Bette Davis
Katharine Hepburn
Elizabeth Taylor
Cate Blanchett
Gwyneth Paltrow
Anjelica Huston
Barbara Stanwyck
Kathy Bates
Faye Dunaway
Olivia de Havilland
Lauren Bacall
Joan Crawford
Deborah Kerr
Natalie Wood
Marilyn Monroe
Greta Garbo

Yours? But if you add one or two, you have to tell us whom you would delete...heheh.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

She isn't my most favorite, but I am surprised to see Ashley Judd missing from the list. To me, she did a wonderful job on her Where The Heart Is character.

God bless you and her always!!!

Holly

P.S. When she talked about coming home to find her kids being messed with, her performance was flawless.

 

[AquaAthena]

In no particular order...

Ingrid Bergman
Meryl Streep
Vivien Leigh
Bette Davis
Katharine Hepburn
Elizabeth Taylor
Cate Blanchett
Gwyneth Paltrow
Anjelica Huston
Barbara Stanwyck
Kathy Bates
Faye Dunaway
Olivia de Havilland
Lauren Bacall
Joan Crawford
Deborah Kerr
Natalie Wood
Marilyn Monroe
Greta Garbo

Yours?

Gosh, I have seen all of those in old and new movies, and agree they were/are convincing, but my very favorite would be Meryl Streep, as she is the most versatile and flawless, and I am also a big fan of Gwyneth Paltrow.

 

[Alfalfa]

In no particular order...

Ingrid Bergman
Meryl Streep
Vivien Leigh
Bette Davis
Katharine Hepburn
Elizabeth Taylor
Cate Blanchett
Gwyneth Paltrow
Anjelica Huston
Barbara Stanwyck
Kathy Bates
Faye Dunaway
Olivia de Havilland
Lauren Bacall
Joan Crawford
Deborah Kerr
Natalie Wood
Marilyn Monroe
Greta Garbo

Yours?

Gosh, I have seen all of those in old and new movies, and agree they were/are convincing, but my very favorite would be Meryl Streep, as she is the most versatile and flawless, and I am also a big fan of Gwyneth Paltrow.

One of my favorite female actor performances of all time was Streep in "Out of Africa".

 

[Noomi]

In no particular order...

Ingrid Bergman
Meryl Streep
Vivien Leigh
Bette Davis
Katharine Hepburn
Elizabeth Taylor
Cate Blanchett
Gwyneth Paltrow
Anjelica Huston
Barbara Stanwyck
Kathy Bates
Faye Dunaway
Olivia de Havilland
Lauren Bacall
Joan Crawford
Deborah Kerr
Natalie Wood
Marilyn Monroe
Greta Garbo

Yours?

Where is Jodie Foster?

 

[Alfalfa]

In no particular order...

Ingrid Bergman
Meryl Streep
Vivien Leigh
Bette Davis
Katharine Hepburn
Elizabeth Taylor
Cate Blanchett
Gwyneth Paltrow
Anjelica Huston
Barbara Stanwyck
Kathy Bates
Faye Dunaway
Olivia de Havilland
Lauren Bacall
Joan Crawford
Deborah Kerr
Natalie Wood
Marilyn Monroe
Greta Garbo

Yours?

Where is Jodie Foster?

Fair enough, who would you delete?

 

[rdean]

In no particular order...

Ingrid Bergman
Meryl Streep
Vivien Leigh
Bette Davis
Katharine Hepburn
Elizabeth Taylor
Cate Blanchett
Gwyneth Paltrow
Anjelica Huston
Barbara Stanwyck
Kathy Bates
Faye Dunaway
Olivia de Havilland
Lauren Bacall
Joan Crawford
Deborah Kerr
Natalie Wood
Marilyn Monroe
Greta Garbo

Yours?

Where is Jodie Foster?

Fair enough, who would you delete?

The ones I would delete. Not that they aren't "good", they just aren't the "greatest".

When I look at:

Judgement at Nuremberg
A Star is Born
The Clock
Meet Me in St. Louis
A Child is Waiting
I Could Go On Singing
The Wizard of Oz

Clearly Judy Garland belongs on that list. Her problem is that people think of her as a "light weight musical comedy" star and not an actress.

and Audrey Hepburn (nominated 5 times and won once)

and Geraldine Page (won on her 8th nomination)

and Agnes Moorehead (nominated 4 times and never won)

 

[JOSweetHeart]

How well they both did in the Stepmom film is why I think Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts should be on that list somewhere too.

God bless you and them always!!!

Holly

P.S. Julia especially did a wonderful job on her crying when she said that she feared hearing the daughter say on her wedding day that she wished her mom was there if Susan's character was not still around by then.

 

[Noomi]

In no particular order...

Ingrid Bergman
Meryl Streep
Vivien Leigh
Bette Davis
Katharine Hepburn
Elizabeth Taylor
Cate Blanchett
Gwyneth Paltrow
Anjelica Huston
Barbara Stanwyck
Kathy Bates
Faye Dunaway
Olivia de Havilland
Lauren Bacall
Joan Crawford
Deborah Kerr
Natalie Wood
Marilyn Monroe
Greta Garbo

Yours?

Where is Jodie Foster?

Fair enough, who would you delete?

All of them.

 

[rightwinger]

I'd add

Grace Kelly
Helen Hayes
Judi Dench

 

[Noomi]

I would add Sharon Tate to that list, too. Brilliant actress, taken years too soon.