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Re: These are a few of my favorite ... Stars

Jill, I love 5 of the ladies on your list... My list is going to look different because Susan is not at the top... sorry about that, but I am not going to deny it lol...

1. Rosalind Russell
2. Myrna Loy
3. Irene Dunne
4. Susan Hayward
5. Katharine Hepburn
6. Bette Davis
7. Olivia de Havilland
8. Elizabeth Taylor
9. Norma Shearer
10. Barbara Stanwyck

Re: These are a few of my favorite ... Stars

honesty is the best policy, Desiree!

It's hard to list 10 of them. I know I will leave some equally favorites out.

1. Susan Hayward
2. Vivien Leigh
3. Barbara Stanwyck
4. Lana Turner
5. Audrey Totter
6. Ida Lupino
7. Ann Sothern
8. Lizabeth Scott
9. Jean Harlow
10. Audrey Hepburn

I have lots of favorite character actress stars but that's for another list.

Re: These are a few of my favorite ... Stars

I love seeing Jean Harlow on your list, Ginger! She was a fascinating creature. I didn't like her at first because of her looks--too severe or something--but now I like her a lot. Also love Vivien Leigh and Ann Sothern a great deal.

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This list is not in any particular order except of course for Susan (and Jennifer Jones)

1. SUSAN HAYWARD
2. JENNIFER JONES
3. YVONNE de CARLO
4. MARILYN MONROE
5. INGRID BERGMAN
6. RITA HAYWORTH (specifically for her dancing ability)
7. GRACE KELLY
8. GLORIA GRAHAME
9. ELEANOR PARKER
10, JULIA ROBERTS

I was very interested to read about all the other "Top Tens". I had to include Julia Roberts although she is the only "present-day" star worth mentioning!!

Re: These are a few of my favorite ... Stars

Yikes--I left out 'Ida Lupino' and 'Maggie Smith'--and they ARE two of my favorites!

And I spelled 'Diane Keaton' all wrong!!!

There are many actresses, who I've always enjoyed watching for their own specific characteristics. It's hard paring a list down!! And it's great fun reading all of yours'.

Re: These are a few of my favorite ... Stars

Thanks Trish for reminding me. I listed my ten favorites and of course I should have included Gloria Grahame among my eleven ten favorites!

Bill

Re: These are a few of my favorite ... Stars

I knew that paring down a list to only 10 would be difficult to do without leaving out people. In my case I had to leave off Eleanor Parker (a really great favorite of mine), Claire Trevor and Ingrid Bergman. However, I based the 10 on a visceral feeling of how often I watched and was intrigued by their films as opposed to loving maybe one of two of their films or only liking them in mediocre movies. Bette Davis, for example, appeared in so many superior films that I liked, she definitely had to be on my list.

I enjoyed reading all your picks and glad you agree with some of my choices.

Jill

Re: These are a few of my favorite ... Stars

Lynn:

I am a rabid fan of Elaine Stritch and absolutely envious of your meeting her. But of course Elaine is strictly a Broadway Baby not a movie star. That goes for Betty White (TV), too, whom I adore. But then you knew all this and just wanted to stir things up.

Re: These are a few of my favorite ... Stars

Desiree:

As I mentioned my list was in no particular order. I grew up with Barbara Stanwyck films, so she would have definitely topped my list. My mother introduced me to Stanwyck's movies when I was about 7 years old. No wonder I turned out the way I did -- just kidding. But truthfully her films weren't really appropriate for little kids.

I like to watch Norma Shearer movies because my mother was always told she looked like her. That got me interested, and I especially liked her in "Marie Antoinette" and "The Women."

Great list.

Jill

Re: These are a few of my favorite ... Stars

Trish:

Enjoyed reading your list, and as I mentioned, Eleanor Parker almost made my list but with a limit of 10, she didn't make the cut (ha. ha.).

One quibble -- your caveat about Rita Hayworth. She did do some fine acting in "Separate Tables" as well as "Miss Sadie Thompson," and "Gilda" wasn't too shabby, either.

Jill

Re: These are a few of my favorite ... Stars

Ginger:

Interesting list. Glad we agree on Stanwyck (whew!). Liked Harlow in "Dinner at Eight." Lana Turner almost made my list -- have seen a lot of her films, as well as Hepburn. As you said, it's really hard to pick just 10. I had thought about a top 20, but that's too easy.

Jill

Re: These are a few of my favorite ... Stars

YES, Jill.....

.......Nobody stirs a pot like I do--the ingredients are always 'on the boil' and do not always mix (ladies of movies vs. ladies of television). But, yes, I did cheat in this way..........yet, who could not help but notice that Lassie has performed in both genres, therefore making her an ingredient particularly rich with her flavorful bark!!

(Now, I wonder if our next list should be our favorites for their peculiar mannerisms........i.e., Marsha Hunt for her 'hank 'O hair', concealing heaven knows what! And so on.)

Can't believe I have another rabid Elaine Stritch fan to share her glorious insanity with!! Will tell you another time of the riotous--tho' short-- conversation we had back stage after her show in 2002, "At Liberty". What a woman!! But will save that for the General Board.

And, as for Betty White? She is tops on every list I have ever written, never mind what the list was for!! I have always loved her---possibly because she so resembles my Mom--no longer with us, but no doubt still laughing at her favorite 'Golden Girl'!

Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed reading everyone's lists and was delightfully surprised by some!

Thanks, Jill, for a fun topic!

Lynn

Re: These are a few of my favorite ... Stars

Thank you, Jill. It took me a very long time to get into Barbara Stanwyck movies, actually. For some reason, I thought she was just "okay" when I saw her films. But I have a lot of friends who are big fans of hers... finally, I just started liking her more and more... not sure which movie did it for me... might have been Stella Dallas, which I saw in college for my Film Genres class. Anyway, I just love her attitude in her films... and she was beautiful and strong and a great actress. I also love Norma in Marie Antoinette although not that much in The Women. For me, the actress who catches my attention is forever Rosalind Russell, haha.

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Desiree, I suprised myself with Jean Harlow...ha..but I do enjoy her films especially Dinner at Eight, and I haven't seen all of her films. She was from Kansas City, my town, which I thought was kind of interesting.

Jill, I love everything Barbara Stanwyck has done..pretty much. I should have had Ingrid Bergman on my list. She would have been 11 I guess.

Re: These are a few of my favorite ... Stars

Jean was hilarious in Dinner at Eight. She was also very funny in Libeled Lady :)

Re: These are a few of my favorite ... Stars

It has been a long time since I have seen Libeled Lady.. should watch it again.

Re: These are a few of my favorite ... Stars

For your information here is my list:

1. Susan Hayward
2. Susan Hayward
3. Susan Hayward
4. Susan Hayward
5. Susan Hayward
6. Susan Hayward
7. Susan Hayward
8. Susan Hayward
9. Susan Hayward
10. Susan Hayward

Nothing like being original.

Re: These are a few of my favorite ... Stars

RAY - I love your list!!

JILL - Regarding Rita Hayworth, I didn't mean that I didn't appreciate her acting as I have many of her films - especially love SADIE THOMPSON. I love Rita but I just ADORE her dancing. She could certainly move and there are wonderful snippets of her on Youtube.

TRISH

Re: These are a few of my favorite ... Stars

LOL @ Your list, Ray! Great list! :P

Re: These are a few of my favorite ... Stars

I stopped posting, on here, since I seem to 'annoy' people so much with my posts, but had to get in on this listing. Thanks, for starting this.

Here's my list...(no order except for SUSAN)...

SUSAN HAYWARD
BARBARA STANWYCK
INGRID BERGMAN
GLORIA GRAHAME
KIM NOVAK
ANGELA LANSBURY
BETTE DAVIS
JOAN CRAWFORD
IDA LUPINO
AUDREY HEPBURN

Thanks...for allowing me to 'share'...

Re: These are a few of my favorite ... Stars

Ray,
Ditto on your selections, #1 through #10. I've enjoyed other actresses
over the years in certain roles but for me there is only one actress
and star-SUSAN!

Re: These are a few of my favorite ... Stars

Errol: Welcome Back from your theatrical summer!!

I hope your summer of acting was full of all the fun and mayhem that can come only from the theater world! You will have to tell us about it!

I see that you and I share some special actresses in our lists. Keeping the list down to ten was excrutiating (and in fact, I didn't! I cheated and added more, whom I'd left out!!) And, as you can see from my Elaine Stritch and Betty White--I could barely stick to the topic!!!

Anyway, good to hear from you and hope your summer was everything you antcipated!

Lynn

Re: These are a few of my favorite ... Stars

Errol, that's a really great list... so many great actresses :)