Monday, November 16, 2009

My Top Ten Actors and Actresses


A while back I posted on my favorite dramas, comedies, and musicals. I now realize that I have not listed my favorite actors and actresses yet on my blog! So today I am listing my top ten favorite actors, and top ten favorite actresses. Along with the names of my favorites, I am adding my two favorite films of this particular actor/actress (it's so hard just to pick one). My list of favorites might change from time to time, but most of them will always be on the list. Here you go!

Actors

1. Tyrone Power

-"The Mark of Zorro" (1940)
-"Alexander's Ragtime Band" (1938)

2. Clark Gable

-"Gone with the Wind" (1939)
-"It Happened One Night" (1934)

3. Cary Grant

-"The Awful Truth" (1937)
-"The Philadelphia Story" (1940)

4. William Powell

-"The Thin Man" (1934)
-"My Man Godfrey" (1936)

5. Fred Astaire

-"Top Hat" (1935)
-"Easter Parade" (1948)

6. Errol Flynn

-"The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938)
-"Captain Blood" (1935)

7. James Stewart

-"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939)
-"It's a Wonderful Life" (1946)

8. Claude Rains

-"Casablanca" (1942)
-"Mr. Skeffington" (1944)

9. Franchot Tone

-"Sadie McKee" (1934)
-"The Girl from Missouri" (1934)

10. James Cagney

-"Public Enemy" (1931)
-"Footlight Parade" (1933)

Actresses

1. Jean Harlow

-"Libeled Lady" (1936)
-"Dinner at Eight" (1933)

2. Claudette Colbert

-"Midnight" (1939)
-"It Happened One Night" (1934)

3. Myrna Loy

-"The Thin Man" (1934)
-"Wife Vs. Secretary" (1936)

4. Norma Shearer

-"The Divorcee" (1930)
-"The Women" (1939)

5. Carole Lombard

-"No Man of Her Own" (1932)
-"My Man Godfrey" (1936)

6. Loretta Young

-"Second Honeymoon" (1937)
-"The Bishop's Wife" (1947)

7. Betty Grable

-"Mother Wore Tights" (1947)
-"Moon Over Miami" (1941)

8. Gene Tierney

-"Laura" (1944)
-"Leave Her to Heaven" (1945)

9. Bette Davis

-"Now, Voyager" (1942)
-"Jezebel" (1938)

10. Greta Garbo

-"Grand Hotel" (1932)
-"Camille" (1936)

7 comments:

  1. Great list! I'm glad to see Claude Rains there!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Excellent list! I don't know if I could whittle my favorites down to 10 each but I might give it a try.

    ReplyDelete
  3. These are mine:

    AUDREY HEPBURN
    "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
    "Sabrina"

    VIVIEN LEIGH
    "Gone With the Wind"
    "A Streetcar Named Desire" (the best performance ever- tie)

    BETTE DAVIS
    "Jezebel"
    "All About Eve"

    SUSAN HAYWARD
    "My Foolish Heart"
    "I Want to Live!"

    DEBORAH KERR
    "An Affair to Remember"
    "Separate Tables"

    INGRID BERGMAN
    "Notorious"
    "Goodbye Again"

    GLENDA JACKSON
    "Women in Love"
    "Triple Echo"

    NORMA SHEARER
    "The Women"
    "Idiot's Delight"

    ROSALIND RUSSELL
    "The Women"
    "Picnic"

    OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND
    "The Heiress" (the best performance ever-tie)
    "Gone With the Wind"

    ReplyDelete
  4. Lolita -

    Cluade Rains is so amazing to watch. I love each of his characters.

    monte-

    It is hard to narrow it down. I have way too many favorites to list here though.

    TrippyTrellis-

    Your list is great too!

    Tom-

    Yeah, he's pretty wonderful. Jimmy Stewart is my husband's favorite actor.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Excellent list. You are someone with taste.

    ReplyDelete