Who is your all time favorite film actress?

[CTyankee]

I have one but I won't reveal it right now...

[Mike Nelson]

1. Greta Garbo

… made for film acting.

[CTyankee]

2. Yes she was. Ingrid Bergman also comes to mind...

[Kahuna7]

109. Ingrid Bergman is a great actress and Greta excelled in silent and talkies.

Ingrid Bergman is the greatest actress I've ever seen. But she's not my favorite.

[ghostsinthemachine]

4. Meryl Streep

Love everything shes ever done, even the insipid ABBA movie.

[CTyankee]

6. She's my pick, too...

[Control-Z]

15. Mine too! eom

[ailsagirl]

41. She is a remarkable actor

[Laura PourMeADrink]

59. Really? No offense or shade but...why does she seem

exactly the same in every role. To me anyway

[CTyankee]

70. It's odd. I see her as an actress who is vastly talented in vastly different roles.

You couldn't get more contrast in her roles in Sophie's Choice and in The Bridges of Madison County. A Polish refugee from Nazi Germany to an Italian war bride living in Iowa. Out of Africa and Rikki and the Flash. She seems to relish the diversity of her roles.

Could you tell me why you came to this conclusion?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

85. Yes, diverse roles for sure. But to me ..same mannerisms.

Growing up with polish grandparents, her fake accent unnerved me. Actually think the only role I enjoyed her in was a comedy when she played a rich romance author ... Roseanne was actually really good in that too.

It really is just personal preference...so I shouldn't have even responded. Sorry.

[CTyankee]

91. Yes, she does have a style (and btw she learned to speak Polish in preparation for her role as

Sophie). Her voice is pretty much always recognizable so perhaps that is what you are referring to.

I'll bet most actors have their own style of acting, not matter who they are playing, but I feel that she really tried and worked at her roles. It was probably her training at Yale Drama School that she learned it.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

95. I heard an interview on PBS where she said she

thought she had a talent for mimicking voices and accents and that she spends lots of time doing that before a role.

I will try and think of some examples of actors who truly transform themselves and perfect accents and mannerisms...which to me is a sign of a great actor. John Travolta immediately comes to mind... Urban Cowboy..amazing portrayal if a southern/Texan blue collar oil worker.

[EleanorR]

96. Roseanne?

[irisblue]

97. She Devil, 1989.

Listed as her first movie. She played the wronged wife and Strep was the homewrecker.

[R B Garr]

47. Me too, probably have to go with Meryl. nt

[fierywoman]

3. Maggie Smith

[UTUSN]

24. Excellent!1

[fierywoman]

43. (Back at you!)

[mr_lebowski]

77. Excellent, Excellent Choice!

[fierywoman]

92. (Well, back at you, too !)

[TwistOneUp]

5. Claire Danes

Watch Temple Grandin. No comparison.

[TexasBushwhacker]

71. That is a great film! n/t

[Guppy]

7. Bette davis

Now Voyager.

[Zoonart]

102. Me too.

Mold breaker!

[BootinUp]

8. Too hard. Lol

[FSogol]

9. Maureen O'Sullivan

Also Hedy Lamar, Clara Bow, Chelo Alonso, and Ava Gardner.

[virgogal]

10. Susan Hayward

[Floyd R. Turbo]

11. Marilyn Monroe, Shirley MacLaine, Isabella Rossellini

[smirkymonkey]

12. It's hard to pick just one. Some of my favorites...

Myrna Loy, Irene Dunne, Bette Davis, Ingrid Bergman.

[KayF]

13. Susan Sarandon

[R B Garr]

46. Lol, I scrolled down to see who might say this.

Well played!

[ailsagirl]

14. Ingrid Bergman

[suffragette]

16. Helen Mirren

[GoneOffShore]

81. Absolutely

[OilemFirchen]

17. Acting has changed dramatically over the years.

Early cinema: Myrna Loy
Mid-century: Natalie Wood
Late century: Gena Rowlands
Modern: Amy Adams

[TexasBushwhacker]

72. Did you see Amy in Sharp Objects?

Damn she was good.

[OilemFirchen]

84. We watched the first episode on a sneak preview weekend.

Reserving judgement until we've had a chance to see more, but it certainly showed promise.

[TexasBushwhacker]

88. It's a slow burn, but well worth a binge watch

It really starts to pick up at episode 5. Don't read anything about it. There are a lot of spoilers out there.

[kairos12]

18. Lauren Bacall

[malthaussen]

19. Kate Hepburn.

Note that I make no claim for her being the "best." I really hate such arguments.

-- Mal

[Talitha]

20. Greta Garbo, Bette Davis, Katherine Hepburn and Meryl Streep

Can't pick just one... sorry!!!

[oasis]

21. Rosalind Russell.

[UTUSN]

25. Excellent!1

[Callmecrazy]

22. 35 years ago, Michelle Pfeiffer kissed me on the lips...

Loved her ever since.

[Tucker08087]

83. I've always said I'd never get plastic surgery

Unless they could make me look like Michelle Pfeiffer! Then all bets are off!

[MLAA]

105. Do tell a bit more about that encounter!

[mithnanthy]

23. Rita Hayworth

Beautiful, talented and a great dancer.

[UTUSN]

26. Excellent!1

[yellerpup]

27. Patricia Neal.

One of the funniest women I ever met.

[Bradshaw3]

50. That's so cool you got to meet her

She may be before the time of some but she is worth checking out. Her performance in Hud was to me quite possibbly the best ever by an actress. Of course she was good in everything but truly amazing in Hud.

[yellerpup]

68. "Hud" is the role I remember her in from the time I was a child.

Meeting her and working with her was fantastic. She told the best back-stage stories ever! Always the total pro.

[Soxfan58]

28. Katherine Hepburn!

[Flaleftist]

29. Uma Thurman

[MaryMagdaline]

30. Gwyneth Paltrow

Naomi Watts
Ingrid Bergman

[BeyondGeography]

31. Simone Signoret

Just wanted to add her name to a worthy list. Depth, humanity, subtlety. And even when her looks faded she could still seduce a dead man. See Ship of Fools.

[Generic Brad]

32. Emma Stone

I think she has incredible range.

[TDale313]

33. Katharine Hepburn.

[madaboutharry]

34. Juliette Binoche

[lapfog_1]

35. Charlize Theron

Atomic Blonde
The Huntsman: Winter's War
Mad Max: Fury Road
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Snow White and the Huntsman
Aeon Flux
(many more)

[llmart]

36. Meryl Streep

[Funtatlaguy]

37. Stormy Daniels

🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋

[violetpastille]

39. +1 She's certainly used her platform!

[mr_lebowski]

76. Damnit I was say gonna say Stormy ... beat me to the Joke ...

Actually I've not seen any of her work, but I'm sure I'd enjoy it

[Funtatlaguy]

79. I saw some of her reviews......

“Really dives into her work. Can handle any subject matter, no matter the mushroom size....likes to stay on top of things.....rarely tightens up under pressure...”.

[ZZenith]

38. Emma Thompson for me, thank you.

She once prompted the Daily Telegraph to ask, "Emma Thompson: a national treasure or Britain's most annoying woman?”

National treasure, you idiots.

[TexasBushwhacker]

73. I just watched this the other day

[ZZenith]

86. That's what I'm talking about!

[IADEMO2004]

40. Viola Davis

[CTyankee]

45. Oh, she's wonderful! I LOVE her!

[Sneederbunk]

42. Judy Davis

[Laura PourMeADrink]

61. +1

[Mendocino]

44. Madeline Kahn

"Is Bismarck a herrwing?"

[brush]

57. Loved her in "Blazing Saddles".

[TexasBushwhacker]

87. Dana Wynter was in one of my favorite Alfred Hitchcock Hour programs - An Unlocked Window

If you've never seen it, you're in for a treat. The house should look familiar.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5z4xgy

[IrishEyes]

49. Barbara Stanwyck

[brush]

58. She was good. Just watched her in "Eastside, Westside".

[Totally Tunsie]

51. Cher, Barbra Streisand, Jane Fonda, Debbie Reynolds

Hard to pick a favorite among the four. They all had some really outstanding performances in great movies.

Least favorite is much easier: Jennifer Aniston. She plays the same person in every performance - herself. There is no acting involved.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

63. Julia Roberts (except for "Mystic Pizza" and "Pretty Woman"

worst actress.

Yet Anniston had two good roles (she worked as a make up clerk at a drug store? and a hippie type in another???) Film names escape me.

Guess they are tied for worst?

[MLAA]

103. You picked some great ones...Cher, Barbra and Jane Fonda for sure for me too

[Totally Tunsie]

108. Thanks, MLAA!

Cher in Moonstruck,
Barbra in Funny Girl,
Jane in Coming Home,
and Debbie in The Unsinkable Molly Brown…
Four greats to be sure.

[montana_hazeleyes]

52. There are just so many.

Lena Horne and Natalie Wood my favorites without a doubt.

[blm]

55. Definitely two of my top 5.

.

[blm]

53. Tie: Dorothy Dandridge and Ava Gardner

.

[Lithos]

54. Myrna Loy

nt

[Squinch]

104. Hers was the first name that came to my mind. She reminds me of my grandmother.

[Botany]

56. Julie Andrews

mega talent

[tblue37]

60. Meryl Streep, the chameleon. nt

[LibDemAlways]

62. For sheer acting chops, Meryl Streep. For

beauty and glamour, Natalie Wood.

[Liberty Belle]

64. Katharine Hepburn and Meryl Streep, hands down.

[House of Roberts]

65. Coin flip

Marsha Mason or Ellen Burstyn

[TexasBushwhacker]

93. Ellen Burstyn in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

is one of my favorites. So many amazing performances.

[TexasBushwhacker]

94. Something I just stumbled upon - Making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"

[FM123]

66. Audrey Hepburn

[mr_lebowski]

78. That was going to be my for real answer ...

Part of it is that I just love that era of film ... and TBH she's not like 'the greatest actress' in the world, but I still just LOVE LOVE LOVE Audrey Hepburn. Nobody lit up the screen like she did, IMHO.

She's was also a completely terrific person IRL from all I ever saw. Did tons of charity work once she retired from film.

[FM123]

82. Yes - everything you said!

[enid602]

67. Dunaway

Faye Dunaway

[Tikki]

69. Go back and watch. Many of Elizabeth Taylor's roles were amazing.

A Place in the Sun, Suddenly Last Summer, Giant, Butterfield 8....more.

I, also, enjoy watching anything with (Suzie) Suzanne Pleshette and Annette O’Toole
acting in it.

Tikki

[MountainMama]

74. The most stunning lady of the last century...

Vivien Leigh. *sigh (and I'm straight!)

[CTyankee]

75. Oh, yes. She was exquisite in Gone with the Wind...

[Miles Archer]

80. Lauren Bacall, particularly in her films with Bogart

To Have and Have Not (1944)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Dark Passage (1947)
Key Largo (1948)

[jpak]

89. Judy Garland and all of the above

[MountainMama]

100. Love her!

She was the best entertainer of the last century, if you ask me.

[WestMichRad]

90. Katherine Hepburn and Meryl Streep for me

... but a lot of greats named by others here, too

[ProfessorGAC]

98. On The Newer Side of Things

Jennifer Lawrence.

Her roles in Silver Linings, American Hustle, Joy, and Passengers are all radically different from each other, and then she did action films.

Gigantic range, there.

[TexasBushwhacker]

106. She was amazing in Winter's Bone

Was only 19 when it was made.

[RobinA]

99. Judy Davis

Susan Sarandon (so shoot me)
Bette Davis
Cher

[MLAA]

101. Anne Bancroft is up there for me.

[Kahuna7]

107. I have several. Norma Shearer, Ann Harding, Barbara Stanwyck and Bette Davis. nt

nt

[Laffy Kat]

110. Cicely Tyson. nt

[50 Shades Of Blue]

111. Hayley Mills

I'm a huge old movie fan and so my usual pick is Bette Davis (unless I've just seen a Barbara Stanwyck movie).

But I grew up with Hayley Mills.

[SKKY]

112. Maribel Verdu

She does it for me.