Kate started a new tag of 20 Favorite Actresses, because some of us were just new to blogging when it went around last time! Anyways, just like my
20 Favorite Actors post in March, I am choosing my two favorite ROLES, not films of each particular actress!
Expect LOTS of cliches, cause that's what the cool people do! ;-D
1.
Ingy!
Favorite Roles: Paula Alquist in
Gaslight; Alicia Huberman in
Notorious Will there ever in the history of the world be another actress, SO brilliant, SO gorgeous, and SO talented? I just DON'T think so!
2.
Audrey...
Nicole Bonet in
How To Steal A Million; Princess Anne in
Roman HolidayEverything about Audrey is amazing. The reason she is still so popular today is that her personality, style, and everything is one of a kind, and NEVER boring!
3.
Grace!
Francie Stevens in
To Catch A Thief; Tracy Lord in
High SocietyGrace was in just 11 films, and yet is still remembered today as one of the greatest actresses ever! That's because each performance was brilliant and unforgettable. You get the feeling Grace Kelly was just born a great actress.
THE REST ARE IN NO ORDER REALLY....except the first few are on a sorta different level then the lower ones, but not much!
Jean Arthur
Connie Mulligan in
The More The Merrier; Mary Smith in
Easy LivingJean is just Jean! I don't know what to say. She's beautiful, she makes me laugh, she's a great actress. She was painfully shy, yet was one of the most natural actresses ever. You never even NOTICED she was acting! THAT'S BRILLIANCE!
The Carole
Ann Smith in
Mr. and Mrs. Smith; Maria Tura in
To Be or Not To BeSTUPENDOUSLY AMAZINGLY COOL!
Sandy
Gidget in
Gidget; Joan Howell in
That Funny Feeling
Sandra Dee is really horribly underrated. Even in her day she was dismissed as nothing but a "teen movie star". She was so much more. She was mind-blowing in her early dramatic roles (she was only 13 in her debut
Until They Sail). And then was later shown to be a brilliant comedienne!
The Stanwyck
Elizabeth Lane in
Christmas In Connecticut; Ann Mitchell in
Meet John DoeI've loved The Stanwyck since I was five. I was mesmerized when she came on screen. I watched anything and everything I could get my hands on! I still utterly adore her. SHEESH! I watched
the entire first season of Big Valley for HER! (That was a great sacrifice by the way!)
Irene Dunne
Lucy Warriner in
The Awful Truth; Ellen Arden in
My Favorite Wife (COUGH....COUGH...cliche....COUGH...COUGH!)
A resume for Irene would look like this:
Hysterically funny; brilliantly amazing! Also does Oscar-nominated drama and and can sing opera. Oh, and she can be a delegate to the UN, if you need her too be.
Gene Tierney
Laura Hunt in
Laura; Miranda Wells in
DragonwyckGosh, she's so annoying. I mean, she's one of the most absolutely gorgeous ladies ever...even though she had an underbite!! If that's not the most annoying thing ever, I don't know what is! Oh, she was also a brilliant actress.
Olivia De Havilland
Kit Carson Holliday in
Santa Fe Trail; Cathrine Sloper in
The Heiress Where should I start? She could be in swashbucklers, play an insane person (
The Snake Pit), play a "ugly" (kinda was too impossible) old maid, and a zillion other amazing roles! I am convinced she can play anything convincingly! Oh, and not to start a fight or anything, but Olivia was about 50 zillion times cooler and more amazing then her sister! ;-D
Doris Day
Jan Morrow in
Pillow Talk; Erica Stone in
Teacher's Pet; Calamity Jane in
Calamity Jane(rules are made to be broken.....I told you I love cliches! ;-D)
I ADORE DORIS! She's so amazing! It's impossible to NOT get happy watching her in a film. And that's why I love her so much! She can always cheer me up! (P.S. I wrote her last year and she sent me back a personalized, signed photo!!!)
Deanna Durbin
Caroline Frost in
Can't Help Singing; Nikki Collins in
Lady on a TrainShe made 22 films in just 12 years and then just left (at the height of her popularity) Hollywood forever to have a family. Unfortunately she is virtually forgotten today, but I will ALWAYS remember her! And the joy she has brought to me, since I was about five or six!
Hayley Mills
Nikky Ferris in
The Moon-Spinners; Patti Randall in
That Darn Cat!She is no normal "child star"! When describing Hayley people use words like "brilliant", "talented", and "stupendously amazingly cool" (well, actually, only I use the latter, since I DID copyright it)! I just LOVE her!
Joanne Woodward
Eve White, etc... in
The Three Faces of Eve; Clara Varner in
The Long, Hot Summer; Grace Oglethorpe Bannerman in
Rally 'Round The Flag Boys (I've also got a kinda soft spot in my heart for
A New Kind Of Love, no matter how awful that movie really was! ;-D)
Joanne's sorta a more recent favorite, but I think she's just so amazing! I don't know what to say. She could play everything (as evidenced by her amazing multiple personalities performance in
The Three Faces of Eve!)! She could do crazy drama, or a wacky comedy, everything!
Natalie Wood
Maggie Dubois in
The Great Race; Angie Rossini in
Love with the Proper StrangerHaha, I feel guilty putting Natalie down as one of my favorites, because
Sarah and
Merriam LOVE HER SOOOOOO MUCH! I always think they'll grill me and find me completely unworthy of calling her a fav! Hahaha! Anyways, I think Natalie is just crazy amazing! And so beautiful. She was a brilliant child actress and an even more brilliant leading lady!
Cyd Charisse
Gabrielle Gerard in
Band Wagon; Ninotchka Yoschenko in
Silk Stockings Utterly and stupidly underrated! Cyd was a brilliant dancer (the greatest female dancer on film, in my opinion)! And a stupendous actress. Plus, she was beyond gorgeous. And, I really, really wish I had her voice! Hahaha....
Ginger Rogers
Susan Applegate in
The Major and The Minor; Dinah Barkley in
The Barkleys of Broadway (I'm one of the four people who actually think this film is amazing); Kathie O'Hara in
Once Upon A HoneymoonLove her! Not only was she one half of the greatest dancing team ever...she was an amazing actress. I don't know, she's just Ginger Rogers. She's impossible to not love!
Thelma Ritter
Alma in
Pillow Talk; Stella in
Rear Window (she's got all the good lines); Birdie in
All About Eve (um, she's actually the only reason I ever watch this movie....)
Thelma rules.
Myrna Loy
Muriel Blandings in
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House; Nora Charles in anything
Myrna was great in everything. It's just as simple as that. There is NO role she was not amazing in. I really do just love her!
I am seriously hyperventilating right now, trying to decide my 20th! I keep feeling like I'm forgetting someone beyond important! AHHHHHHHHHHH! Well, I'll just go for it!
Rosalind Russell
Sylvia Fowler in
The Women; Hildy Johnson in
His Girl FridayRoz was so stinkin' cool! I personally like her comedies best, but her dramas were just as brilliant! She more than deserved that 20th place!
Okay, I did it! You don't even want to know how hard that was for me!!!!! Now, will come list-makers regret! (Yes, I'm so cool, I get to make up my own disorders!) I always get list-makers regret! I make a list, and then realize I forgot someone and then get incredibly depressed. Anyways, here's hoping I won't get it! ;-D
I would love to see your favorite twenty lists too! Consider yourself tagged!
