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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 12:22 PM
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Poll question: Best-ever performance by an actor (female):
Since they only give 10 slots for polls, I had to simply pick out 10. Please reply with your choice if it's not on this list.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 12:32 PM
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1. Katharine Hepburn in "The Lion in Winter"
It's my favorite movie partly because Hepburn gave the finest female film performance I've ever seen.

Felicity Huffman is rightfully on that list for "Transamerica". It's a great performance.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 12:34 PM
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2. We just watched "Lion in winter" last weekend. Great acting and dialogue
but the story was a little bit skimpy, I thought. Very enjoyable movie though.
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Glorfindel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 04:52 PM
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10. Hepburn's greatest role...she was perfect for the part.
Runner-up, for me, would be Vivienne Leigh in "Gone With the Wind." Amazing performance.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 08:02 PM
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28. Oh, You Are Such A 'Mo!! That's MY Answer Too!!
:hi:
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grannylib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 01:00 PM
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3. I love Hepburn in damn near anything, and loved both Lion in Winter
and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, but I gotta throw in Joan Fontaine in "Rebecca."
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pagerbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 01:08 PM
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4. Katherine Hepburn in "The Philadelphia Story"
Katherine Hepburn in anything, actually!

Also Judi Dench. I loves me some Judi.

But Brenda Blethyn is pretty damn good, too.
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 01:16 PM
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5. Out of those choices, Brenda Blethyn
But Felicity Huffman was outstanding, too.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 01:17 PM
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6. Meryl Streep in "Sophie's Choice"
:D
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speedoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 07:31 PM
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21. Second that.
She was magnificent in SC. And don't forget French Lietenant's Woman and Bridges of Madison County.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 07:58 PM
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27. For some reason I couldn't get into Bridges.
:shrug:
I have admired her performance in many movies, though.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 01:32 PM
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7. Katherine Hepburn in On Golden Pond (Do you think Kate is popular?)
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Tenseiga Donating Member (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 04:43 PM
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8. I rather liked Jodie Foster
in Silence of the Lambs.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 04:46 PM
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9. Swanson playing an effed-up Swanson? No contest, IMHO. nt
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Placebo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 04:56 PM
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11. RUBBISH!
You just can't pick something like that.
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L A Woman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 06:36 PM
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12. Charlize Theron in Monster n/t
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 07:22 PM
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16. Charlize Theron as well. Monster is amazing
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 06:40 PM
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13. Anything Madeline Kahn ever did. God, I loved her.
Redstone
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speedoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 07:29 PM
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20. Second that.
Without a doubt Madeline was the greatest film comedic actress of all time.

Imogene Coca, Nanette Fabray and Carol Burnett were great on TV as well. Plus, Gene Wilders' late wife from SNL whose name always escapes me.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 07:41 PM
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25. Gilda Radner. I'm no SNL fan, but she was terrific.
Redstone
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speedoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 07:47 PM
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26. Yeah, she was.
But SNL was great when she was alive. Belushi, Murray, Akroyd. They were unbelievable.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 08:09 PM
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29. Unfortunately, at that time, I was in a bar every Saturday night.
Playing foosball or air hockey (and, yes, drinking), so I never got to see it very much.

Redstone
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speedoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 08:38 PM
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31. Reruns and tapes are available
Well worth the effort to find them. Truly classic stuff, there.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 08:53 PM
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32. I've seen them. Was never impressed by Belushi. But Gilda Radner, now
there was a talent.

Redstone
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speedoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 09:52 PM
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34. Yeah.
Gilda was much more talented than Belushi. She had the creativity to develop those incredible characters. So how do we explain Belushi's greater fame? My answer to that is Animal House, Belushi's signature performance.

But the reality is, Radner, Murray and Akroyd were all much more talented than Belushi. As was John Candy, IMO.
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 06:41 PM
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14. none...
Edited on Sun Jul-23-06 06:47 PM by petersond
of these mentioned, "wish" there was an option vote...;)

on edit:sigourney weaver, gorrila's in the mist
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 07:19 PM
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15. Cher in "Mask."
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 07:22 PM
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17. i had to go with bette in ''baby jane''.
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 07:23 PM
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18. Fuck all that. Ellen Burstyn in "Requiem for a Dream". How she didn't...
...win an Oscar for that performance, I'll never know.
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Bombtrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 07:25 PM
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19. Thanks for making a poll excluding anyone not old
Edited on Sun Jul-23-06 07:25 PM by Bombtrack
from having any liklihood of seeing any of the choices
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 08:11 PM
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30. What, are you STRAIGHT or something?
:eyes:
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 07:34 PM
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22. Youki Kudoh - Snow Falling on Cedars...
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speedoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 07:36 PM
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23. Again, nothing but Americans?
You are ignoring many, many great actresses:

for example, Catherine Deneuve, Elizabeth Huppert, Sohia Loren, Anna Magnani, Judy Davis, Nicole Kidman, etc.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 07:39 PM
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24. Vivian Leigh - Streetcar Named Desire.......
imho
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TheFriendlyAnarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 09:09 PM
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33. Old person! The only movie I'd heard of was 'The Mircale Worker'
:P
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