300 Greatest Movie Actresses

[Tim]

Criteria: Actresses are ranked according to acclaim they received for their craft, popular and cultural recognition, influence they had on acting as well as on other actresses and their body of work in terms of acclaim, influence and popularity.

Disclaimer: This list is strongly influenced by the Western canon of films. This means that in the broader scope of a global cinema certain regions may be underrepresented, among them Russia, India, China, Africa and Latin America

1. Katharine Hepburn
2. Meryl Streep
3. Bette Davis
4. Ingrid Bergman
5. Audrey Hepburn
6. Greta Garbo
7. Lillian Gish
8. Elizabeth Taylor
9. Catherine Deneuve
10. Barbara Stanwyck
11. Jane Fonda
12. Diane Keaton
13. Marlene Dietrich
14. Shirley MacLaine
15. Jeanne Moreau
16. Joan Crawford
17. Sophia Loren
18. Judy Garland
19. Liv Ullmann
20. Mary Pickford
21. Olivia de Havilland
22. Faye Dunaway
23. Grace Kelly
24. Marilyn Monroe
25. Norma Shearer
26. Julie Christie
27. Deborah Kerr
28. Claudia Cardinale
29. Kate Winslet
30. Greer Garson
31. Judi Dench
32. Isabelle Huppert
33. Juliette Binoche
34. Cate Blanchett
35. Julianne Moore
36. Sissy Spacek
37. Susan Sarandon
38. Ginger Rogers
39. Jessica Lange
40. Lauren Bacall
41. Jane Wyman
42. Monica Vitti
43. Julia Roberts
44. Maggie Smith
45. Meena Kumari
46. Emma Thompson
47. Anna Magnani
48. Claudette Colbert
49. Jodie Foster
50. Ava Gardner
51. Vivien Leigh
52. Gloria Swanson
53. Simone Signoret
54. Frances McDormand
55. Glenn Close
56. Anna Karina
57. Vanessa Redgrave
58. Faten Hamama
59. Rosalind Russell
60. Setsuko Hara
61. Nicole Kidman
62. Helen Mirren
63. Alida Valli
64. Michèle Morgan
65. Julie Andrews
66. Anne Bancroft
67. Brigitte Bardot
68. Natalie Wood
69. Louise Brooks
70. Ellen Burstyn
71. Rita Hayworth
72. Glenda Jackson
73. Jennifer Jones
74. Joan Fontaine
75. Susan Hayward
76. Sally Field
77. Michelle Pfeiffer
78. Shelley Winters
79. Geraldine Page
80. Kathy Bates
81. Annette Bening
82. Sridevi
83. Isabelle Adjani
84. Carole Lombard
85. Gena Rowlands
86. Arletty
87. Doris Day
88. Bibi Andersson
89. Stefania Sandrelli
90. Sigourney Weaver
91. Madhuri Dixit
92. Pola Negri
93. Jean Arthur
94. Danielle Darrieux
95. Joanne Woodward
96. Giulietta Masina
97. Asta Nielsen
98. Madhubala
99. Shadia
100. Florence Lawrence
101. Clara Bow
102. Annie Girardot
103. Gong Li
104. Jean Harlow
105. Miriam Hopkins
106. Helena Bonham Carter
107. Machiko Kyo
108. Jean Simmons
109. Kajol
110. Angela Lansbury
111. Anjelica Huston
112. Holly Hunter
113. Penélope Cruz
114. Tilda Swinton
115. Kinuyo Tanaka
116. Amy Adams
117. Mia Farrow
118. Irene Dunne
119. Harriet Andersson
120. Anouk Aimée
121. Dianne Wiest
122. Delphine Seyrig
123. Nutan
124. Maria Félix
125. Dorothy Gish
126. Valeria Golino
127. Hema Malini
128. Mariangela Melato
129. Romy Schneider
130. Fanny Ardant
131. Joan Allen
132. Laura Linney
133. Myrna Loy
134. Maggie Cheung
135. Natalie Portman
136. Shirley Temple
137. Gene Tierney
138. Marion Cotillard
139. Aishwarya Rai
140. Maribel Verdú
141. Lana Turner
142. Fatemeh Motamed-Arya
143. Katy Jurado
144. Theda Bara
145. Jaya Bachchan
146. Stéphane Audran
147. Mae West
148. Vyjayanthimala
149. Dorothy Dandridge
150. Francesca Bertini
151. Renée Zellweger
152. Barbra Streisand
153. Liza Minnelli
154. Gina Lollobrigida
155. Ruan Lingyu
156. Nargis
157. Zhang Ziyi
158. Paulette Goddard
159. Sandrine Bonnaire
160. Margherita Buy
161. Vera Kholodnaya
162. Emmanuelle Béart
163. Mabel Normand
164. Nathalie Baye
165. Charlize Theron
166. Ingrid Thulin
167. Asha Parekh
168. Norma Talmadge
169. Thelma Ritter
170. Simone Simon
171. Dolores del Río
172. Michelle Williams
173. Faina Ranevskaya
174. Mary Queeny
175. Henny Porten
176. Hind Rostom
177. Miou-Miou
178. Winona Ryder
179. Kristin Scott Thomas
180. Hanna Schygulla
181. Angelina Jolie
182. Jacqueline Bisset
183. Victoria Abril
184. Judy Davis
185. Hamideh Kheiradabi
186. Kyoko Kagawa
187. Shohreh Aghdashloo
188. Joan Blondell
189. Mariam Fakhr Eddine
190. Mary Astor
191. Barbara Hershey
192. Soad Hosny
193. Ethel Barrymore
194. Jennifer Lawrence
195. Goldie Hawn
196. Vilma Bánky
197. Eleanor Parker
198. Nimmi
199. Maureen O'Hara
200. Naomi Watts
201. Silvana Mangano
202. Keira Knightley
203. Lupe Vélez
204. Suchitra Sen
205. Halle Berry
206. Elsa Lanchester
207. Veronica Lake
208. Emmanuelle Riva
209. Yousra
210. Kathleen Turner
211. Luise Rainer
212. Anna May Wong
213. Teresa Wright
214. Claire Trevor
215. Jennifer Connelly
216. Viola Davis
217. Dolores Costello
218. Donna Reed
219. Blanche Sweet
220. Debbie Reynolds
221. Janet Leigh
222. Virna Lisi
223. Leila Hatami
224. Sandra Bullock
225. Laura Dern
226. Geena Davis
227. Salma Hayek
228. Sharon Stone
229. Colleen Moore
230. Clara Kimball Young
231. Agnes Moorehead
232. Reese Witherspoon
233. Charlotte Rampling
234. Lyudmila Gurchenko
235. Anne Hathaway
236. Angela Bassett
237. Debra Winger
238. Mercedes McCambridge
239. Emily Watson
240. Uma Thurman
241. Bette Midler
242. Jessica Tandy
243. Audrey Tautou
244. Carmen Maura
245. Monica Bellucci
246. Sylvia Chang
247. Eva Marie Saint
248. Hilary Swank
249. Marie Dressler
250. Charlotte Gainsbourg
251. Golshifteh Farahani
252. Janet Gaynor
253. Catherine Frot
254. Marisa Tomei
255. Gisèle Casadesus
256. Jessica Chastain
257. Gloria Grahame
258. Anne Baxter
259. Gwyneth Paltrow
260. Lee Remick
261. Lyubov Orlova
262. Patricia Neal
263. Jean Seberg
264. Leslie Caron
265. Jane Alexander
266. Ann-Margret
267. Hedy Lamarr
268. Joan Bennett
269. Cameron Diaz
270. Maria Ouspenskaya
271. Lilli Palmer
272. Jayne Mansfield
273. María Antonieta Pons
274. Diane Ladd
275. Beulah Bondi
276. Judith Anderson
277. Brenda Blethyn
278. Anne Revere
279. Maria Schell
280. Irène Jacob
281. Betty Grable
282. Mieko Harada
283. Wendy Hiller
284. Maria Montez
285. Whoopi Goldberg
286. Edith Evans
287. Emma Stone
288. Maureen Stapleton
289. Octavia Spencer
290. Jennifer Jason Leigh
291. Ruth Gordon
292. Marcia Gay Harden
293. Piper Laurie
294. Sara García
295. Rooney Mara
296. Catherine Zeta-Jones
297. Raquel Welch
298. Carmen Miranda
299. Michelle Yeoh
300. Scarlett Johansson

[Dubrow555]

I'm very surprised that both Isabella Rossellini and Demi Moore are not on this list at this point. Maybe welcomed additions to near the bottom? (or honorable mentions)

[Tim]

Well, prior to Conclave and The Substance repectively, award resumé for both was pretty thin tbh. It probably worth reposting the forum version (at least one I have saved) of this list which included Isabella Rossellini in #301-350 section and Demi Moore in honorable mentions so we can attempt finding a better spot for both.

Criteria: Actresses are ranked according to acclaim they received for their craft, popular and cultural recognition, influence they had on acting as well as on other actresses and their body of work in terms of acclaim, influence and popularity.

Disclaimer: This list is strongly influenced by the Western canon of films. This means that in the broader scope of a global cinema certain regions may be underrepresented, among them Russia, India, China, Africa and Latin America

1. Katharine Hepburn
2. Meryl Streep
3. Bette Davis
4. Ingrid Bergman
5. Audrey Hepburn
6. Greta Garbo
7. Lillian Gish
8. Elizabeth Taylor
9. Catherine Deneuve
10. Barbara Stanwyck
11. Jane Fonda
12. Diane Keaton
13. Marlene Dietrich
14. Shirley MacLaine
15. Jeanne Moreau
16. Joan Crawford
17. Sophia Loren
18. Judy Garland
19. Liv Ullmann
20. Mary Pickford
21. Olivia de Havilland
22. Faye Dunaway
23. Grace Kelly
24. Marilyn Monroe
25. Norma Shearer
26. Julie Christie
27. Deborah Kerr
28. Claudia Cardinale
29. Isabelle Huppert
30. Juliette Binoche
31. Cate Blanchett
32. Judi Dench
33. Kate Winslet
34. Greer Garson
35. Frances McDormand
36. Julianne Moore
37. Sissy Spacek
38. Susan Sarandon
39. Ginger Rogers
40. Jessica Lange
41. Glenn Close
42. Lauren Bacall
43. Jane Wyman
44. Monica Vitti
45. Julia Roberts
46. Maggie Smith
47. Meena Kumari
48. Emma Thompson
49. Anna Magnani
50. Claudette Colbert
51. Jodie Foster
52. Ava Gardner
53. Vivien Leigh
54. Gloria Swanson
55. Simone Signoret
56. Anna Karina
57. Vanessa Redgrave
58. Faten Hamama
59. Rosalind Russell
60. Setsuko Hara
61. Nicole Kidman
62. Helen Mirren
63. Alida Valli
64. Michèle Morgan
65. Julie Andrews
66. Anne Bancroft
67. Brigitte Bardot
68. Natalie Wood
69. Louise Brooks
70. Ellen Burstyn
71. Rita Hayworth
72. Glenda Jackson
73. Jennifer Jones
74. Joan Fontaine
75. Susan Hayward
76. Sally Field
77. Michelle Pfeiffer
78. Shelley Winters
79. Geraldine Page
80. Kathy Bates
81. Annette Bening
82. Sridevi
83. Isabelle Adjani
84. Carole Lombard
85. Gena Rowlands
86. Arletty
87. Doris Day
88. Bibi Andersson
89. Stefania Sandrelli
90. Sigourney Weaver
91. Madhuri Dixit
92. Pola Negri
93. Jean Arthur
94. Danielle Darrieux
95. Joanne Woodward
96. Giulietta Masina
97. Asta Nielsen
98. Madhubala
99. Shadia
100. Florence Lawrence

101. Clara Bow
102. Annie Girardot
103. Gong Li
104. Jean Harlow
105. Miriam Hopkins
106. Helena Bonham Carter
107. Machiko Kyo
108. Jean Simmons
109. Kajol
110. Angela Lansbury
111. Anjelica Huston
112. Holly Hunter
113. Penélope Cruz
114. Tilda Swinton
115. Kinuyo Tanaka
116. Amy Adams
117. Mia Farrow
118. Irene Dunne
119. Harriet Andersson
120. Anouk Aimée
121. Dianne Wiest
122. Delphine Seyrig
123. Nutan
124. Maria Félix
125. Dorothy Gish
126. Valeria Golino
127. Hema Malini
128. Mariangela Melato
129. Romy Schneider
130. Fanny Ardant
131. Joan Allen
132. Laura Linney
133. Myrna Loy
134. Maggie Cheung
135. Natalie Portman
136. Shirley Temple
137. Gene Tierney
138. Marion Cotillard
139. Aishwarya Rai
140. Maribel Verdú
141. Lana Turner
142. Fatemeh Motamed-Arya
143. Katy Jurado
144. Theda Bara
145. Jaya Bachchan
146. Stéphane Audran
147. Mae West
148. Vyjayanthimala
149. Dorothy Dandridge
150. Francesca Bertini
151. Renée Zellweger
152. Barbra Streisand
153. Liza Minnelli
154. Gina Lollobrigida
155. Ruan Lingyu
156. Nargis
157. Zhang Ziyi
158. Paulette Goddard
159. Sandrine Bonnaire
160. Margherita Buy
161. Vera Kholodnaya
162. Emmanuelle Béart
163. Mabel Normand
164. Nathalie Baye
165. Charlize Theron
166. Ingrid Thulin
167. Asha Parekh
168. Norma Talmadge
169. Thelma Ritter
170. Simone Simon
171. Dolores del Río
172. Michelle Williams
173. Faina Ranevskaya
174. Mary Queeny
175. Henny Porten
176. Hind Rostom
177. Miou-Miou
178. Winona Ryder
179. Kristin Scott Thomas
180. Hanna Schygulla
181. Angelina Jolie
182. Jacqueline Bisset
183. Victoria Abril
184. Judy Davis
185. Hamideh Kheiradabi
186. Kyoko Kagawa
187. Shohreh Aghdashloo
188. Joan Blondell
189. Mariam Fakhr Eddine
190. Mary Astor
191. Barbara Hershey
192. Soad Hosny
193. Ethel Barrymore
194. Jennifer Lawrence
195. Goldie Hawn
196. Vilma Bánky
197. Eleanor Parker
198. Nimmi
199. Maureen O’Hara
200. Naomi Watts

201. Silvana Mangano
202. Keira Knightley
203. Lupe Vélez
204. Suchitra Sen
205. Halle Berry
206. Elsa Lanchester
207. Veronica Lake
208. Emmanuelle Riva
209. Yousra
210. Kathleen Turner
211. Luise Rainer
212. Anna May Wong
213. Teresa Wright
214. Claire Trevor
215. Jennifer Connelly
216. Viola Davis
217. Dolores Costello
218. Donna Reed
219. Blanche Sweet
220. Debbie Reynolds
221. Janet Leigh
222. Virna Lisi
223. Leila Hatami
224. Sandra Bullock
225. Laura Dern
226. Geena Davis
227. Salma Hayek
228. Sharon Stone
229. Colleen Moore
230. Clara Kimball Young
231. Agnes Moorehead
232. Jessica Chastain
233. Reese Witherspoon
234. Charlotte Rampling
235. Lyudmila Gurchenko
236. Anne Hathaway
237. Angela Bassett
238. Debra Winger
239. Mercedes McCambridge
240. Emily Watson
241. Uma Thurman
242. Bette Midler
243. Jessica Tandy
244. Audrey Tautou
245. Carmen Maura
246. Scarlett Johansson
247. Monica Bellucci
248. Sylvia Chang
249. Eva Marie Saint
250. Hilary Swank
251. Marie Dressler
252. Charlotte Gainsbourg
253. Golshifteh Farahani
254. Janet Gaynor
255. Catherine Frot
256. Saoirse Ronan
257. Marisa Tomei
258. Gisèle Casadesus
259. Gloria Grahame
260. Anne Baxter
261. Gwyneth Paltrow
262. Lee Remick
263. Lyubov Orlova
264. Patricia Neal
265. Jean Seberg
266. Leslie Caron
267. Jane Alexander
268. Ann-Margret
269. Hedy Lamarr
270. Joan Bennett
271. Cameron Diaz
272. Maria Ouspenskaya
273. Lilli Palmer
274. Jayne Mansfield
275. María Antonieta Pons
276. Diane Ladd
277. Beulah Bondi
278. Judith Anderson
279. Brenda Blethyn
280. Anne Revere
281. Maria Schell
282. Irène Jacob
283. Betty Grable
284. Mieko Harada
285. Wendy Hiller
286. Maria Montez
287. Whoopi Goldberg
288. Edith Evans
289. Emma Stone
290. Maureen Stapleton
291. Octavia Spencer
292. Jennifer Jason Leigh
293. Ruth Gordon
294. Marcia Gay Harden
295. Piper Laurie
296. Sara García
297. Rooney Mara
298. Catherine Zeta-Jones
299. Raquel Welch
300. Carmen Miranda

301. Michelle Yeoh
302. Loretta Young
303. Jeanette MacDonald
304. Mildred Dunnock
305. Julie Harris
306. Alla Nazimova
307. Pei-Pei Cheng
308. Marie-France Pisier
309. Julie Walters
310. Lynn Redgrave
311. Rachel Roberts
312. Miranda Richardson
313. Brigitte Lin
314. Sofiko Chiaureli
315. Jamie Lee Curtis
316. Marion Davies
317. Fay Bainter
318. Nastassja Kinski
319. Catherine Keener
320. Hattie McDaniel
321. Peggy Ashcroft
322. Amalia Aguilar
323. Meg Ryan
324. Hideko Takamine
325. Alice Brady
326. Ruth Chatterton
327. Shirley Knight
328. Madeline Kahn
329. Fernanda Montenegro
330. Olive Thomas
331. Marsha Mason
332. Ann Sheridan
333. Lily Tomlin
334. Kim Novak
335. Yolande Moreau
336. Kirsten Dunst
337. Helen Hayes
338. Kim Hunter
339. Eileen Heckart
340. Julie Delpy
341. Jane Birkin
342. Gladys Cooper
343. Isabella Rossellini
344. Melinda Dillon
345. Gale Sondergaard
346. Dyan Cannon
347. Jill Clayburgh
348. Lena Olin
349. Imelda Staunton
350. Daryl Hannah

Honorable mentions:

Gracie Allen
June Allyson
Rosanna Arquette
Lucille Ball
Tallulah Bankhead
Drew Barrymore
Kim Basinger
Emily Blunt
Carol Burnett
Toni Collette
Joan Cusack
Sandra Dee
Shelley Duvall
Anita Ekberg
Dale Evans
Carrie Fisher
Lee Grant
Pam Grier
Jean Hagen
Jessica Harper
Sally Hawkins
Sonja Henie
Celeste Holm
Kate Hudson
Meiko Kaji
Ruby Keeler
Hildegard Knef
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Dorothy Lamour
Mélanie Laurent
Rosemary Leach
Ida Lupino
Sophie Marceau
Lea Massari
Sylvia Miles
Demi Moore
Anna Neagle
Maureen O’Sullivan
Estelle Parsons
Marjorie Rambeau
Martha Raye
Joyce Redman
Christina Ricci
Mimi Rogers
Jane Russell
Edie Sedgwick
Gloria Stuart
Margaret Sullavan
Margarita Terekhova
Miyoshi Umeki
Mamie Van Doren
Jacki Weaver
Tuesday Weld
Billie Whitelaw
Dame May Whitty
Fay Wray