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• My votes - Jimmydaves 14:38:05 02/01/02 (1)
  In Reply to: The 10 greatest film performances by an actress posted by danj on January 27, 2002 at 00:21:57:

  Just off the top of my head:

  
  Viven Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire
  Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo
  Katherine Hepburn - Long Day's Journey into Night
  Elizabeth Taylor - Whos Afraid of Virginia Wolf
  Glenda Jackson - Elizabeth R (television)
  Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice & Silkwood
  Sissy Spacek - Coal Miner's Daughter
  Vanessa Redgrave - Playing for Time (television)
  Hellen Mirren - Prime Suspect (television)
  
  
  

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  • Re: My votes - danj 00:06:37 02/04/02 (0)
    In Reply to: My votes posted by Jimmydaves on February 01, 2002 at 14:38:05:

    A fine list. I give a big yes to Anna Magnani. The Rose Tattoo is an excellent film and Magnani is, to put it mildly, absolutely splendid.

    My wife, who generally dislikes that type of film (she likes Mel Gibson, Sean Connery, Bruce Willis, action flicks and little else), watched it with me when she was home sick. She kept asking me who that Italian woman was. When I told her she said she was one of the best actresses she had ever seen. That was a rare compliment.

    I'd seen the film more than 25 years before and still remembered it. Magnani had an effortless style. She was powerful but never gave the impression she was "acting." And Burt Lancaster turned in one of his finest performances, although I think his turns in The Rainmaker and Birdman of Alcatraz are his best, by a tiny margin.

    Speaking of THE RAINMAKER...Kathryn Hepburn was mighty powerful, too. Just another great performance for her. She had a career full of great performances.
    
    

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• Angela Lansbury: The Manchurian Candidate - trancemitr 10:05:00 01/30/02 (1)
  In Reply to: The 10 greatest film performances by an actress posted by danj on January 27, 2002 at 00:21:57:

  I was completely surprised by her role in this movie. I grew up watching this woman in Bedknobs & Broomsticks, and here she is as the end-all-be-all of dragon ladies. Great film, by the way.
  
  

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  • Re: Angela Lansbury: The Manchurian Candidate - danj 23:33:49 01/30/02 (0)
    In Reply to: Angela Lansbury: The Manchurian Candidate posted by trancemitr on January 30, 2002 at 10:05:00:

    Remember that The Manchurian Candidate was made several years before the Disney films Lansbury was in. In TMC she was evil, personified. She played a lot of bad girls early in her career, notably in DeMille's SAMSON AND DELILAH.

    I agree that TMC is a great film. I saw it when it was first released (I was 10) and then again after its rerelease. I think it is also Sinatra's and Lawrence Harvey's best film - and both had several notable film roles during their careers. It was also a high point for James Gregory, the great character actor who played the senator. It's an intelligent and well written little gem.
    
    

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• Re: The 10 greatest film performances by an actress - ml 13:39:21 01/29/02 (1)
  In Reply to: The 10 greatest film performances by an actress posted by danj on January 27, 2002 at 00:21:57:

  At the top of the list for many would have to be Glenda Jackson in the BBC production of Elizabeth R (this 9 hour series has recently become available on DVD).To see her play Elizabeth I from 16 years old to her death is widely considered a tour de force. Worth the effort.

  
  
  

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  • Re: The 10 greatest film performances by an actress - danj 23:26:26 01/30/02 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: The 10 greatest film performances by an actress posted by ml on January 29, 2002 at 13:39:21:

    Yes, she was splendid. So was Bette Davis in Elizabeth The Queen.
    
    

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• How about ... - Mike K 08:14:52 01/29/02 (1)
  In Reply to: The 10 greatest film performances by an actress posted by danj on January 27, 2002 at 00:21:57:

  Faye Dunaway in Chinatown?

  Mike
  
  

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  • Re: How about ... - danj 23:27:54 01/30/02 (0)
    In Reply to: How about ... posted by Mike K on January 29, 2002 at 08:14:52:

    Excellent! She was also splendid in Network, which is one of my favorite films.
    
    

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• And an honourable mention Or This Girls Got Guts award to.... - Dman 10:12:08 01/28/02 (1)
  In Reply to: The 10 greatest film performances by an actress posted by danj on January 27, 2002 at 00:21:57:

  Susan Sarandon! Why you ask?
  For her acting and attempted singing in "Rocky Horror Picture Show"!
  That not only took guts, but try acting for 3/4 of the pic in your underwear (Porn stars need not respond to this!), in cold weather (easy to tell if you look close enough!!!).
  I'm serious!hehehe....
  Dman
  
  

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  • Re: And an honourable mention Or This Girls Got Guts award to.... - danj 20:37:15 01/29/02 (0)
    In Reply to: And an honourable mention Or This Girls Got Guts award to.... posted by Dman on January 28, 2002 at 10:12:08:

    Actually, I agree with you. She has turned into a very fine actress, one of the best in the business.
    
    

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• 1-10: Gena Rowlands ; Woman under the influence - kublakhan 01:47:34 01/28/02 (1)
  In Reply to: The 10 greatest film performances by an actress posted by danj on January 27, 2002 at 00:21:57:

  11. diane keaton; annie hall
  12. nastasja kinski; paris texas
  13. katherine hepburn; bringing up baby (just for fun)
  
  

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  • Re: 1-10: Gena Rowlands ; Woman under the influence - danj 20:24:11 01/29/02 (0)
    In Reply to: 1-10: Gena Rowlands ; Woman under the influence posted by kublakhan on January 28, 2002 at 01:47:34:

    you'll get no argument from me.
    
    

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• Marilyn Chambers in Behind the Green Door - sjb 22:05:02 01/27/02 (0)
  In Reply to: The 10 greatest film performances by an actress posted by danj on January 27, 2002 at 00:21:57:

  he he he
  
  

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• Heather Graham in Austin Powers - highendman 20:22:53 01/27/02 (1)
  In Reply to: The 10 greatest film performances by an actress posted by danj on January 27, 2002 at 00:21:57:

  Wow! She's as dumb as a brick and can't act her way out of a paper bag.
  
  

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  • Yes, but did you catch her in Lenny... - geoffkait 00:01:25 01/28/02 (0)
    In Reply to: Heather Graham in Austin Powers posted by highendman on January 27, 2002 at 20:22:53:

    Kravitz' video for the song, American Woman? She's a star.
    
    

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• the unbearable lightness of lists - late 06:12:00 01/27/02 (7)
  In Reply to: The 10 greatest film performances by an actress posted by danj on January 27, 2002 at 00:21:57:

  Hi,
  the problem with lists, is that they tell you both too much, and not enough, here's an example. Hepburn was in fine form, in The Lion in Winter, no doubt.
  But I would not want to introduce someone to her with that movie. I would pick something more like Bringing Up Baby, or Philadelphia Story, just for example. She's a wonderful actress with many good films; seems a shame to pick that one. And for someone familiar with her work, well, they may well have a different favorite. My favorite(s) is anything she did with Spencer Tracy, but of course I adore her teamed up with Cary Grant,but that would leave out Bogie...
  
  

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  • I see your point and raise you two more. - Audiophilander 09:30:55 01/27/02 (6)
    In Reply to: the unbearable lightness of lists posted by late on January 27, 2002 at 06:12:00:

    You're correct that lists have a tendency to tell you too much and yet not enough, but they also a) provide only subjective imprerssions, and b) establish misleading rankings, ignoring performances that might be deemed equal or superior to those listed once a consensus had been reached by the viewing public. This is the biggest failing of awards presentations, especially the Academy Awards, where intense lobbying/promotional campaigns are employed with the hopes that members will take the time to view your particualr film before casting their vote.

    All that said, my list of best performances would undoubtably be different albeit similar to thse listed. Among the actresses I would've placed on my top 10 list for dramatic performances I've seen are:
    Maria Falconetti (The Passion of Joan of Arc),
    Louise Brooks (either for Pandora's Box or Diary of a Lost Girl), Linda Hunt (The Year of Living Dangerously),
    Katheryn Hepburn (The African Queen),
    Gloria Swanson (either for Sunset Boulevard or Queen Kelly),
    Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovitch),
    Ingrid Bergman (Casablanca),
    Lilian Gish (either for Way Down East or Year of the Hunter),
    Bette Davis (All About Eve),
    Kate Blanchet (Elizabeth)

    --- and that's just my subjective perspective on the dramatic side; comedy would be a whole different listing, albeit equally deserving.

    Over the years, there've been so many great dramatic performances by so many great actresses. Each era or generation produces differerent criteria to evaluate the calibre of those performances as acting techniques change; some performances gain in stature and others lose their luster. How do you differentiate in order to give a representative cross section?

    AuPh
    
    
    

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    • Re: I see your point and raise you two more. - danj 21:57:47 01/27/02 (1)
      In Reply to: I see your point and raise you two more. posted by Audiophilander on January 27, 2002 at 09:30:55:

      The purpose of a list, mine anyway, is to start discussion.

      And I completely forgot Louise Brooks!
      And Garbo
      And Dietrich
      And Mary Astor
      And Irene Dunne
      And lots of others equally deserving.
      But no Elizabeth Taylor. Never on my list although she came close with a few roles.
      
      

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      • Virginia Wolfe? - Allan Songer 12:42:51 01/28/02 (0)
        In Reply to: Re: I see your point and raise you two more. posted by danj on January 27, 2002 at 21:57:47:

        I think Elizabeth Taylor did an exceptional job in this film--right up there with the best female performances of the 1960's.
        
        

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    • tis not as deep as a well, or as a wide as a door, but twill do.... - late 09:37:14 01/27/02 (3)
      In Reply to: I see your point and raise you two more. posted by Audiophilander on January 27, 2002 at 09:30:55:

      I stand corrected, and wittily. Your parity bon mot was cheekily brilliant, btw. Have you seen that English movie about the Queen and (I think) a Scots commoner. It was played by the same woman who played the Queen in 'Shakespeare in Love'; and was a superb perfomrance in a very nice movie. Now if I could just remember the name of the damn thing.
      
      

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      • Re: tis not as deep as a well, or as a wide as a door, but twill do.... - danj 21:59:23 01/27/02 (0)
        In Reply to: tis not as deep as a well, or as a wide as a door, but twill do.... posted by late on January 27, 2002 at 09:37:14:

        Played by the very great Dame Judy Dench, one of the greatest actresses of all time, IMHO.
        
        

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      • "Mrs. Brown" (nt) - TAFKA Steve 16:07:02 01/27/02 (1)
        In Reply to: tis not as deep as a well, or as a wide as a door, but twill do.... posted by late on January 27, 2002 at 09:37:14:

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        • thank you, that's the one...nt.. - late 16:17:39 01/27/02 (0)
          In Reply to: "Mrs. Brown" (nt) posted by TAFKA Steve on January 27, 2002 at 16:07:02:

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