Random Best Actresses in Film History (349 items)

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  (#1) Bette Davis

  • All About Eve, P.S. I Love You, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Watcher in the Woods, Burnt Offerings, Jezebel, Death on the Nile, The Nanny, Now, Voyager, Pocketful of Miracles, Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Of Human Bondage, The Man Who Came to Dinner, A Stolen Life, Dark Victory, Return from Witch Mountain, The Letter, Watch on the Rhine, The Little Foxes, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The Petrified Forest, Thank Your Lucky Stars, The Great Lie, Dangerous, The Virgin Queen, The Whales of August, Wicked Stepmother, John Paul Jones, The Bride Came C.O.D., Hollywood Canteen, Kid Galahad, Jimmy the Gent, The Corn Is Green, Marked Woman, Madame Sin, Mr. Skeffington, All This, and Heaven Too, Juarez, The Old Maid, Beyond the Forest, Dead Ringer, The Star, The Anniversary, The Catered Affair, The Cabin in the Cotton, The Man Who Played God, The Sisters, Hell's House, Fog Over Frisco, The Bad Sister, In This Our Life, Bunny O'Hare, As Summers Die, The Empty Canvas, It's Love I'm After, That Certain Woman, June Bride, A Piano for Mrs. Cimino, The Rich Are Always with Us, Three on a Match, The Children Of Sanchez, Connecting Rooms, The Disappearance of Aimee, Murder with Mirrors, Another Man's Poison, Satan Met a Lady, Front Page Woman, Old Acquaintance, Storm Center, Bordertown, The Golden Arrow, White Mama, Little Gloria... Happy at Last, Way Back Home, The Scientific Cardplayer, The Working Man, Bureau of Missing Persons, The Girl from 10th Avenue, The Big Shakedown, So Big, The Dark Horse, Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter, Fashions of 1934, Ex-Lady, The Judge and Jake Wyler, Payment on Demand, Waterloo Bridge, Deception, Where Love Has Gone, Phone Call from a Stranger, Shining Victory, Family Reunion, Right of Way, 20,000 Years in Sing Sing, The Scapegoat, Seed, A Day at Santa Anita, Winter Meeting, Housewife, Scream, Pretty Peggy, Parachute Jumper, Special Agent, The Menace
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  (#2) Maggie Smith

  • California Suite, Gosford Park, A Room with a View
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  (#3) Audrey Hepburn

  • Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady, Roman Holiday, Charade, Wait Until Dark, Sabrina, Always, Two for the Road, Funny Face, The Lavender Hill Mob, War and Peace, The Unforgiven, How to Steal a Million, The Children's Hour, They All Laughed, Bloodline, Love in the Afternoon, Paris When It Sizzles, Robin and Marian, The Nun's Story, Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff, Green Mansions, Love Among Thieves, Monte Carlo Baby, Secret People, One Wild Oat, Laughter in Paradise, Dutch in Seven Lessons, Young Wives' Tale
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  (#4) Julie Andrews

  • The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, Thoroughly Modern Millie
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  (#5) Judi Dench

  • Philomena, Notes on a Scandal, Shakespeare in Love
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  (#6) Ingrid Bergman

  • Casablanca, Notorious, Cinema Paradiso, Murder on the Orient Express, Spellbound, Gaslight, Autumn Sonata, Play It Again, Sam, Europe '51, Journey to Italy, Stromboli, The Bells of St. Mary's, Cactus Flower, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Intermezzo, Anastasia, The Yellow Rolls-Royce, Indiscreet, Under Capricorn, A Walk in the Spring Rain, The Human Voice, The Visit, Swedes in America, Saratoga Trunk, Elena and Her Men, Goodbye Again, Joan of Arc, Rage in Heaven, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, Adam Had Four Sons, A Woman's Face, June Nights, Hedda Gabler, A Matter of Time, Arch of Triumph, Intermezzo, A Woman Called Golda, My Friend, Kolka!, Fear, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, Joan of Arc at the Stake, Stimulantia, We, the Women, Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life, The Four Companions
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  (#7) Helen Mirren

  • The Queen, Gosford Park, The Last Station
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  (#8) Kathy Bates

  • Misery, About Schmidt, Fried Green Tomatoes
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  (#9) Vivien Leigh

  • Gone with the Wind, A Streetcar Named Desire, Ship of Fools, Waterloo Bridge, Fire Over England, Storm in a Teacup, That Hamilton Woman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Dark Journey, Gentlemen's Agreement, A Yank at Oxford, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, Sidewalks of London, 21 Days, Anna Karenina, Look Up and Laugh, The Deep Blue Sea, The Village Squire
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  (#10) Judy Garland

  • The Wizard of Oz, Judgment at Nuremberg, A Star Is Born
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  (#11) Kate Winslet

  • The Reader, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Titanic
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  (#12) Emma Thompson

  • Sense and Sensibility, Howards End, The Remains of the Day
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  (#13) Meryl Streep

  • Sophie's Choice, Kramer vs. Kramer, Out of Africa
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  (#14) Sally Field

  • Steel Magnolias, Norma Rae, Forrest Gump
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  (#15) Helena Bonham Carter

  • Fight Club, The King's Speech, The Wings of the Dove
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  (#16) Nicole Kidman

  • The Hours, Moulin Rouge!, Rabbit Hole
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  (#17) Elizabeth Taylor

  • Cleopatra, National Velvet, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Flintstones, Giant, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Lassie Come Home, A Place in the Sun, Father of the Bride, Moonwalker, Quo Vadis, The Blue Bird, Ivanhoe, Life with Father, That's Entertainment!, The Taming of the Shrew, Suddenly, Last Summer, The V.I.P.s, The Sandpiper, The Comedians, The Mirror Crack'd, Little Women, A Little Night Music, Reflections in a Golden Eye, Courage of Lassie, Julia Misbehaves, Father's Little Dividend, BUtterfield 8, Doctor Faustus, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Winter Kills, Boom!, Conspirator, Raintree County, Night Watch, A Date with Judy, Zee and Co., Secret Ceremony, Ash Wednesday, Elephant Walk, Rhapsody, The Driver's Seat, Hammersmith Is Out, Beau Brummell, Victory at Entebbe, The Only Game in Town, Malice in Wonderland, Sweet Bird of Youth, Scent of Mystery, Cynthia, Love Is Better Than Ever, The Girl Who Had Everything, These Old Broads, That's Entertainment! III, The Big Hangover, Elizabeth Taylor Triad, Under Milk Wood, Divorce His, Divorce Hers, Young Toscanini, Under Milk Wood, Poker Alice, There's One Born Every Minute, James Dean: The First American Teenager, Between Friends, Michael Jackson: Life of a Superstar, Michael Jackson: A Troubled Genius, The Century That Made America Great
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  (#18) Jessica Lange

  • Blue Sky, Tootsie, King Kong
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  (#19) Amy Adams

  • American Hustle, The Master, Doubt
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  (#20) Julianne Moore

  • Still Alice, The End of the Affair, Boogie Nights
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  (#21) Katharine Hepburn

  • Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelphia Story, The African Queen, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, On Golden Pond, The Lion in Winter, Woman of the Year, Adam's Rib, Stage Door, Love Affair, Rooster Cogburn, Desk Set, Pat and Mike, Suddenly, Last Summer, Holiday, Sylvia Scarlett, Summertime, Mary of Scotland, State of the Union, The Glass Menagerie, Little Women, The Trojan Women, The Rainmaker, Undercurrent, Long Day's Journey Into Night, A Delicate Balance, A Bill of Divorcement, Alice Adams, Travels with My Aunt, The Madwoman of Chaillot, The Little Minister, The Corn Is Green, Grace Quigley, Keeper of the Flame, Stage Door Canteen, Love Among the Ruins, Morning Glory, The Iron Petticoat, The Sea of Grass, Dragon Seed, Christopher Strong, Break of Hearts, Without Love, Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry, A Woman Rebels, One Christmas, Song of Love, Quality Street, Olly Olly Oxen Free, Laura Lansing Slept Here, This Can't Be Love, Spitfire, The Man Upstairs, The Warrior's Husband
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  (#22) Jodie Foster

  • The Silence of the Lambs, Taxi Driver, The Accused
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  (#23) Michelle Pfeiffer

  • The Fabulous Baker Boys, Scarface, Dangerous Liaisons
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  (#24) Olivia de Havilland

  • The Heiress, Gone with the Wind, To Each His Own
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  (#25) Diane Keaton

  • Annie Hall, Marvin's Room, Reds
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  (#26) Maureen O'Hara

  • Miracle on 34th Street, The Quiet Man, How Green Was My Valley, The Parent Trap, Big Jake, McLintock!, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Jamaica Inn, Rio Grande, Only the Lonely, The Black Swan, The Wings of Eagles, Spencer's Mountain, This Land Is Mine, The Christmas Box, The Rare Breed, Buffalo Bill, Dance, Girl, Dance, The Deadly Companions, The Redhead from Wyoming, Against All Flags, Sitting Pretty, Ten Gentlemen from West Point, Sinbad the Sailor, Lady Godiva of Coventry, Flame of Araby, The Homestretch, The Foxes of Harrow, Our Man in Havana, Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, To the Shores of Tripoli, Everything But the Truth, Lisbon, War Arrow, The Long Gray Line, Bagdad, Comanche Territory, The Red Pony, The Spanish Main, The Fallen Sparrow, Tripoli, A Woman's Secret, Kangaroo, Immortal Sergeant, The Forbidden Street, How Do I Love Thee?, Father was a Fullback, They Met in Argentina, The Battle of the Villa Fiorita, A Bill of Divorcement, At Sword's Point, Sentimental Journey, Malaga, Cab to Canada, Do You Love Me, Kicking the Moon Around, My Irish Molly
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  (#27) Sandra Bullock

  • The Blind Side, Gravity, Speed
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  (#28) Grace Kelly

  • Rear Window, High Noon, Dial M for Murder, To Catch a Thief, The Bridges at Toko-Ri, High Society, The Country Girl, Terror in the Aisles, Fourteen Hours, Mogambo, Green Fire
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  (#29) Susan Sarandon

  • Dead Man Walking, The Client, Thelma & Louise
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  (#30) Cate Blanchett

  • Blue Jasmine, Elizabeth, The Aviator
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  (#31) Natalie Portman

  • Black Swan, Leon: The Professional, Closer
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  (#32) Glenn Close

  • Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons, Albert Nobbs
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  (#33) Frances McDormand

  • Fargo, Mississippi Burning, North Country
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  (#34) Reese Witherspoon

  • American Psycho, Legally Blonde, Election, Walk the Line, Cruel Intentions, Monsters vs. Aliens, Gone Girl, Pleasantville, Sweet Home Alabama, Fear, Little Nicky, This Means War, Water for Elephants, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, Rendition, Penelope, Just like Heaven, Mud, Inherent Vice, The Importance of Being Earnest, Four Christmases, Twilight, Jack the Bear, Wild, The Man in the Moon, Devil's Knot, Vanity Fair, Freeway, Overnight Delivery, How Do You Know, Hot Pursuit, Legally Blondes, A Far Off Place, Best Laid Plans, The Good Lie, Wildflower, S.F.W., The Trumpet of the Swan, Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space, Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
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  (#35) Sigourney Weaver

  • Aliens, Gorillas in the Mist, Working Girl
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  (#36) Lauren Bacall

  • The Big Sleep, To Have and Have Not, The Mirror Has Two Faces
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  (#37) Charlize Theron

  • Monster, North Country, Young Adult
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  (#38) Anne Bancroft

  • The Miracle Worker, The Graduate, The Turning Point
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  (#39) Julia Roberts

  • Erin Brockovich, Pretty Woman, Steel Magnolias
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  (#40) Natalie Wood

  • West Side Story, The Searchers, Rebel Without a Cause, Miracle on 34th Street, Splendor in the Grass, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The Great Race, Gypsy, The Candidate, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Meteor, Sex and the Single Girl, Inside Daisy Clover, Brainstorm, The Bride Wore Boots, The Star, The Last Married Couple in America, The Burning Hills, The Silver Chalice, This Property Is Condemned, Peeper, Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!, The Jackpot, A Cry in the Night, Love with the Proper Stranger, Cash McCall, Our Very Own, Kings Go Forth, The Blue Veil, Marjorie Morningstar, Willie & Phil, Tomorrow Is Forever, Happy Land, The Girl He Left Behind, Never a Dull Moment, Bombers B-52, All the Fine Young Cannibals, Chicken Every Sunday, Dear Brat, One Desire, Penelope, The Moon Is Down, The Affair, Father was a Fullback, The Rose Bowl Story, The Green Promise, Driftwood, Just for You, No Sad Songs for Me, The Cracker Factory
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  (#41) Faye Dunaway

  • Network, Bonnie and Clyde, Chinatown
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  (#42) Shirley MacLaine

  • Terms of Endearment, The Apartment, The Turning Point
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  (#43) Marilyn Monroe

  • Some Like It Hot, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Seven Year Itch
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  (#44) Lucille Ball

  • All the Right Moves, Top Hat, Stage Door, Room Service, Follow the Fleet, Fancy Pants, A Guide for the Married Man, Five Came Back, Yours, Mine and Ours, Roman Scandals, Panama Lady, Happy Anniversary and Goodbye, The Facts of Life, Dance, Girl, Dance, The Long, Long Trailer, The Dark Corner, Having Wonderful Time, Without Love, Critic's Choice, Three Little Pigskins, Abbott and Costello in Hollywood, That Girl from Paris, I Dream Too Much, Kid Millions, Broadway Bill, The Bowery, The Big Street, The Fuller Brush Girl, Next Time I Marry, Easy to Wed, Seven Days' Leave, Best Foot Forward, Forever, Darling, Broadway Thru a Keyhole, Ziegfeld Follies, Her Husband's Affairs, Roberta, Joy of Living, Meet the People, Mame, Blood Money, Hollywood Party, Lured, Lucy in London, Go Chase Yourself, Annabel Takes a Tour, Stone Pillow, Don't Tell the Wife, The Magic Carpet, The Affairs of Annabel, Valley of the Sun, Easy Living, Chatterbox, Du Barry Was a Lady, Winterset, Twelve Crowded Hours, I Love Lucy, Too Many Girls, Old Man Rhythm, Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender, Swing It, Sorrowful Jones, Beauty for the Asking, Bunker Bean, That's Right-You're Wrong, Look Who's Laughing, The Affairs of Cellini, I'll Love You Always, One Live Ghost, A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob, Dummy Ache, Miss Grant Takes Richmond, I Love Lucy: The Movie and Other Great Rarities, Murder at the Vanities, Two Smart People, The Whole Town's Talking, Lucy Calls the President, Lover Come Back, The Marines Fly High, Moulin Rouge, Fugitive Lady, A Lucille Ball Special Starring Lucille Ball and Jackie Gleason, Marx Brothers: Radio Days, What Now, Catherine Curtis?, You Can't Fool Your Wife, The Magic Carpet
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  (#45) Rachel McAdams

  • Mean Girls, The Notebook, Wedding Crashers, Sherlock Holmes, Midnight in Paris, The Hot Chick, The Time Traveler's Wife, About Time, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, The Family Stone, The Vow, State of Play, To the Wonder, A Most Wanted Man, Red Eye, Morning Glory, Passion, The Lucky Ones, Southpaw, Married Life, Guilt by Association, My Name Is Tanino, Perfect Pie, Untitled Cameron Crowe Project, The Little Prince, Every Thing Will Be Fine
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  (#46) Emma Stone

  • The Amazing Spider-Man, Zombieland, Superbad, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Help, Easy A, The Croods, Birdman, Crazy, Stupid, Love., Gangster Squad, Movie 43, Friends with Benefits, The House Bunny, Marmaduke, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Paper Man, Magic in the Moonlight, The Rocker, The Croods 2, iPhone Murder Apps, Easy A: The School of Pop Culture, Vocabulary of Hilarity, The Making of Easy A, Untitled Cameron Crowe Project, Exile on Wilshire Boulevard (Pilot)
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  (#47) Viola Davis

  • The Help, Traffic, Out of Sight, Prisoners, Syriana, Law Abiding Citizen, Disturbia, Beautiful Creatures, Antwone Fisher, Solaris, Kate & Leopold, Doubt, Ender's Game, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Eat Pray Love, Knight and Day, Far from Heaven, World Trade Center, State of Play, Get Rich or Die Tryin', Madea Goes to Jail, Trust, Get on Up, It's Kind of a Funny Story, Blackhat, Won’t Back Down, The Andromeda Strain, Nights in Rodanthe, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, Jesse Stone: Sea Change, Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise, Lila & Eve, The Architect, The Shrink Is In, The Pentagon Wars, Jesse Stone: Stone Cold, Beyond All Boundaries, Jesse Stone: Night Passage, Amy & Isabelle, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him, Touch of Evil
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  (#48) Emily Blunt

  • Looper, The Muppets, The Devil Wears Prada, Charlie Wilson's War, The Adjustment Bureau, Edge of Tomorrow, Don Jon, Into the Woods, The Wolfman, The Wind Rises, Gnomeo & Juliet, The Young Victoria, Dan in Real Life, The Great Buck Howard, Engagement, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Gulliver's Travels, My Summer of Love, The Jane Austen Book Club, Your Sister's Sister, Wind Chill, Arthur Newman, Warrior Queen, Sunshine Cleaning, Gideon's Daughter, Wild Target, The Depression Diaries, Curiosity, Irresistible, Gnomeo & Juliet: Sherlock Gnomes, Sicario, The House of Magic, Animal Crackers
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  (#49) Angela Lansbury

  • The Manchurian Candidate, Gaslight, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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  (#50) Barbara Stanwyck

  • Double Indemnity, Sorry Wrong Number, Stella Dallas

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