the first time you watched the film....some that come to mind for me are:
1. Mary Tyler Moore- Ordinary People/Beth
2. Barbra Streisand- Funny Girl/ Fanny
3. Elizabeth Taylor- Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf/Martha
4. Judy Holliday- Born Yesterday/Billie
5. Deborah Kerr- Heaven Knows Mr. Allison/Sister Angela
6. Diana Ross- Lady Sings The Blues/Billie
7. Geraldine Page- Interiors/Eve
8. Jane Alexander- Testament/Carol
9. Cate Blanchett- Elizabeth/QE1
10.Hilary Swank- Boys Don't Cry/Brandon/Teena
11.Imelda Staunton- Vera Drake/ VeraWith the exception of the last two, these are all films that I have seen repeated times and each time I'm amazed at the nuanced performances by all the above actresses...
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Topic - Actress Academy Award winning or nominated performances that had an emotional impact on you... - TWB 00:46:30 08/27/06 (24)
- Toni Collette, The Sixth Sense - Analog Scott 11:21:26 08/30/06 (2)
- Check Collette out in "Muriel's Wedding" nt - MMasztal 05:09:08 08/31/06 (1)
- Re: Check Collette out in "Muriel's Wedding" nt - rico 08:43:22 08/31/06 (0)
- Re: Actress Academy Award winning or nominated performances that had an emotional impact on you... - RGA 05:18:30 08/30/06 (0)
- Janet Gaynor for Sunrise (1st Place) - Audiophilander 20:55:29 08/27/06 (1)
- Good List - Harmonia 20:10:55 08/28/06 (0)
- It has to be... - Audio Pharaoh 13:51:55 08/27/06 (0)
- Gwenyth Paltrow. Shakespear in love! - Analog Scott 09:25:56 08/27/06 (1)
- LOL....whew....you had me worried there for a minute....(nt) - TWB 09:48:42 08/27/06 (0)
- Vera Drake moved you ,huh? - ArdRi 05:54:13 08/27/06 (10)
- It was a great performance IMO. - Harmonia 20:08:42 08/28/06 (0)
- You're allowing personal morality to "cloud" your opinion re: the actor's performance... - TWB 09:13:55 08/27/06 (8)
- I am and on that matter i can't see a good reason - ArdRi 09:35:09 08/27/06 (7)
- My impression of the film was that it was a slow moving character piece... - TWB 09:46:53 08/27/06 (6)
- My ability to empathize with desperate people - ArdRi 10:35:36 08/27/06 (5)
- Well...I try not to predispose my critical thinking.... - TWB 11:35:00 08/27/06 (4)
- You must be rather young. - ArdRi 11:53:11 08/27/06 (3)
- LOL..well....if 50 is young than yes...but I look 35 and think much younger...(nt) - TWB 12:10:13 08/27/06 (2)
- we all think we look 35 - dave c 20:03:28 08/28/06 (1)
- Thanks for the advice... - TWB 09:47:48 08/29/06 (0)
- Woolf - commonjailpig@yahoo.com 03:51:48 08/27/06 (3)
- I seriously considered listing Elizabeth Taylor's performance in WAoVW, but... - Audiophilander 21:16:03 08/27/06 (0)
- It's true that many times worthy performances are overlooked... - TWB 09:53:31 08/27/06 (0)
- Only Bette (All About Eve) could be as catty and yet so engaging. nt - tinear 07:43:18 08/27/06 (0)