Dedications: My four late friends Rory, Stan, Bryan, Jeff - shine on you crazy diamonds, they would have blogged too. Then theres Garry from Brisbane, Franco in Milan, Mike now in S.F. / my '60s-'80s gang: Ned & Joseph in Ireland; in England: Frank, Des, Guy, Clive, Joe & Joe, Ian, Ivan, Nick, David, Les, Stewart, the 3 Michaels / Catriona, Sally, Monica, Jean, Ella, Anne, Candie / and now: Daryl in N.Y., Jerry, John, Colin, Martin and Donal.

Tuesday 27 April 2010

Favourite/best female performances

My selections from a IMDb Classic Film Board thread on favourite actresses in a leading role:

Vivien Leigh - A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE / THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS STONE / SHIP OF FOOLS
Gloria Swanson - SUNSET BOULEVARD
Bette Davis - THE LETTER / JEZEBEL / ALL ABOUT EVE / NOW VOYAGER / OLD ACQUAINTANCE
Katharine Hepburn - THE LION IN WINTER / SUMMERTIME / LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT / HOLIDAY
Isabelle Adjani - THE HISTORY OF ADELE H
Alida Valli - SENSO
Ingrid Bergman & Liv Ullmann - AUTUMN SONATA
Ingrid Bergman - NOTORIOUS / VOYAGE TO ITALY
Judy Garland - A STAR IS BORN / I COULD GO ON SINGING
Barbra Streisand - FUNNY GIRL
Setsuko Hara - TOKYO STORY
Barbara Stanwyck - DOUBLE INDEMNITY / THE LADY EVE
Fanny Ardant - CALLAS FOREVER
Lee Remick - DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES / BABY THE RAIN MUST FALL / ANATOMY OF A MURDER
Susan Hayward - I WANT TO LIVE / I'LL CRY TOMORROW
Sophia Loren - TWO WOMEN / MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE
Monica Vitti - L'AVVENTURA / L'ECLISSE / DESERTO ROSSO
Anna Magnani - WILD IS THE WIND
Audrey Hepburn - THE NUN'S STORY / TWO FOR THE ROAD
Celia Johnson - THIS HAPPY BREED / BRIEF ENCOUNTER
Wendy Hiller - I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING
Anne Bancroft - THE PUMPKIN EATER
Maggie Smith - THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
Joan Crawford - A WOMAN'S FACE / HUMORESQUE
Emma Thompson - WIT / SENSE & SENSABILITY
Kate Winslet - THE READER
Vanessa Redgrave - ISADORA
Lynn Redgrave - GEORGY GIRL
Catherine Deneuve - REPULSION
Julie Christie - DARLING / AWAY FROM HER
Elizabeth Taylor - GIANT / CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
Jean Simmons - ELMER GANTRY
Ava Gardner - NIGHT OF THE IGUANA / BHOWANI JUNCTION
Deborah Kerr - NIGHT OF THE IGUANA / THE INNOCENTS / THE SUNDOWNERS / BLACK NARCISSUS / SEPARATE TABLES / HEAVEN KNOWS MR ALLISON / THE JOURNEY
Brenda Blethyn - SECRETS AND LIES
Imelda Staunton - VERA DRAKE
Alison Steadman - ABIGAIL'S PARTY / NUTS IN MAY
Helen Mirren - THE QUEEN
Simone Signoret - ROOM AT THE TOP / SHIP OF FOOLS
Jeanne Moreau - BAY OF ANGELS
Romy Schneider - DEATH WATCH [LE MORT EN DIRECT] / THE IMPORTANT THING IS LOVE
Jane Fonda - KLUTE / THEY SHOOT HORSES DONT THEY
Faye Dunaway - CHINATOWN / BONNIE AND CLYDE / MOMMIE DEAREST
Jean Seberg - IN THE FRENCH STYLE / LILITH / MOMENT TO MOMENT
Olivia De Havilland - THE HEIRESS
Joan Fontaine - LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN
Danielle Darrieux - MADAME DE...
Ida Lupino - ROAD HOUSE
Natalie Wood - SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS / MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR / GYPSY
Geraldine Page - SUMMER AND SMOKE / INTERIORS / SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH
Marilyn Monroe - THE MISFITS
Tippi Hedren - THE BIRDS
Sarah Miles - I WAS HAPPY HERE
Irene Dunne - THE AWFUL TRUTH
Carole Lombard - TO BE OR NOT TO BE
Margaret Sullavan - NO SAD SONGS FOR ME
Anne Baxter - ALL ABOUT EVE
Linda Darnell - A LETTER TO THREE WIVES
Julie Harris - EAST OF EDEN / THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING
Claire Bloom - THE CHAPMAN REPORT
Shelley Winters - LOLITA
Joan Bennett - THE RECKLESS MOMENT.

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