My Top 100 Favorite Female Acting Performances

Submitted by crazy4film on Sun, 03/01/2009 - 11:25
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  1. 1. Vivien Leigh, GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
  2. 2. Gloria Swanson, SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
  3. 3. Maggie Smith, THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE (1969)
  4. 4. Kim Stanley, SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON (1964)
  5. 5. Lillian Gish, THE WIND (1928)
  6. 6. Bette Davis, OF HUMAN BONDAGE (1934)
  7. 7. Joan Fontaine, REBECCA (1940)
  8. 8. Irene Dunne, THE AWFUL TRUTH (1937)
  9. 9. Katharine Hepburn, THE LION IN WINTER (1968)
  10. 10. Agnes Moorehead, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942)
  11. 11. Elizabeth Taylor, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966)
  12. 12. Olivia de Havilland, THE HEIRESS (1949)
  13. 13. Ingrid Bergman, ANASTASIA (1956)
  14. 14. Vivien Leigh, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
  15. 15. Rosalind Russell, THE WOMEN (1939)
  16. 16. Joan Crawford, POSSESSED (1947)
  17. 17. Myrna Loy, THE THIN MAN (1934)
  18. 18. ZaSu Pitts, GREED (1925)
  19. 19. Barbara Stanwyck, DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
  20. 20. Geraldine Page, THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL (1985)
  21. 21. Jennifer Jones, THE SONG OF BERNADETTE (1943)
  22. 22. Kathy Bates, MISERY (1990)
  23. 23. Shirley MacLaine, TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (1983)
  24. 24. Anne Baxter, ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
  25. 25. Gloria Grahame, THE BIG HEAT (1953)
  26. 26. Donna Reed, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
  27. 27. Jessica Lange, FRANCES (1982)
  28. 28. Carole Lombard, MY MAN GODFREY (1936)
  29. 29. Ingrid Bergman, GASLIGHT (1944)
  30. 30. Carroll Baker, BABY DOLL (1956)
  31. 31. Miriam Hopkins, DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1931)
  32. 32. Julie Christie, DARLING (1965)
  33. 33. Ellen Burstyn, THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS (1972)
  34. 34. Bette Davis, WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (1962)
  35. 35. Myrna Loy, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
  36. 36. Piper Laurie, THE HUSTLER (1961)
  37. 37. Mary Tyler Moore, ORDINARY PEOPLE (1980)
  38. 38. Gena Rowlands, OPENING NIGHT (1977)
  39. 39.Jane Fonda, THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY? (1969)
  40. 40. Deborah Kerr, THE INNOCENTS (1961)
  41. 41. Faye Dunaway, CHINATOWN (1974)
  42. 42. Sissy Spacek, CARRIE (1976)
  43. 43. Grace Kelly, THE COUNTRY GIRL (1954)
  44. 44. Marilyn Monroe, SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
  45. 45. Angela Lansbury, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
  46. 46. Karen Black, FIVE EASY PIECES (1970)
  47. 47. Irene Dunne, LOVE AFFAIR (1939)
  48. 48. Peggy Cummins, GUN CRAZY (1949)
  49. 49. Juanita Moore, IMITATION OF LIFE (1959)
  50. 50. Ava Gardner, THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA (1964)
  51. 51. Katharine Hepburn, THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
  52. 52. Joan Fontaine, LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (1948)
  53. 53. Joan Bennett, SCARLET STREET (1945)
  54. 54. Ruth Gordon, ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968)
  55. 55. Lana Turner, MADAME X (1966)
  56. 56. Maggie Smith, CALIFORNIA SUITE (1978)
  57. 57. Olivia de Havilland, GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
  58. 58. Diane Keaton, SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE (2003)
  59. 59. Sally Field, STEEL MAGNOLIAS (1989)
  60. 60. Patricia Neal, HUD (1963)
  61. 61. Gene Tierney, LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (1945)
  62. 62. Shelley Duvall, 3 WOMEN (1977)
  63. 63. Lucille Ball, THE BIG STREET (1942)
  64. 64. Geraldine Page, SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH (1962)
  65. 65. Pamela Franklin, THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE (1969)
  66. 66. Jane Fonda, KLUTE (1971)
  67. 67. Linda Darnell, A LETTER TO THREE WIVES (1949)
  68. 68. Shelley Winters, LOLITA (1962)
  69. 69. Susan Kohner, IMITATION OF LIFE (1959)
  70. 70. Gena Rowlands, GLORIA (1980)
  71. 71. Faye Dunaway, NETWORK (1976)
  72. 72. Judy Garland, A STAR IS BORN (1954)
  73. 73. Diane Ladd, WILD AT HEART (1990)
  74. 74 Julie Harris, THE HAUNTING (1963)
  75. 75. Hattie McDaniel, GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
  76. 76. Teresa Wright, SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)
  77. 77. Lillian Gish, THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955)
  78. 78. Elizabeth Hartman, a PATCH OF BLUE (1965)
  79. 79. Ann Sothern, LADY IN A CAGE (1964)
  80. 80. Louise Fletcher, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
  81. 81. Judi Dench, NOTES ON A SCANDAL (2006)
  82. 82. Carol Lynley, BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING (1965)
  83. 83. Joan Crawford, RAIN (1932)
  84. 84. Anne Bancroft, THE GRADUATE (1967)
  85. 85. Cloris Leachman, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)
  86. 86. Meryl Streep, KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979)
  87. 87. Olivia de Havilland, HUSH...HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE (1964)
  88. 88. Mia Farrow, ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968)
  89. 89. Ann-Margret, TOMMY (1975)
  90. 90. Elizabeth Taylor, SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER (1959)
  91. 91. Lynn Redgrave, GEORGY GIRL (1966)
  92. 92. Patty Duke, THE MIRACLE WORKER (1962)
  93. 93. Hope Lange, PEYTON PLACE (1957)
  94. 94. Goldie Hawn, CACTUS FLOWER (1969)
  95. 95. Lee Grant, DETECTIVE STORY (1951)
  96. 96. Sandy Dennis, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966)
  97. 97. Madeline Kahn, PAPER MOON (1973)
  98. 98. Vanessa Redgrave, JULIA (1977)
  99. 99. Vivien Leigh, SHIP OF FOOLS (1965)
  100. 100. Claire Trevor, KEY LARGO (1948)
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