300 Greatest Movie Actresses (Revision Version)

[ManPerson]

Sure.

[Tim]

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

Honorable mentions:

Gracie Allen
June Allyson
Patricia Arquette
Rosanna Arquette
Lucille Ball
Tallulah Bankhead
Drew Barrymore
Kim Basinger
Carol Burnett
Dyan Cannon
Jill Clayburgh
Toni Collette
Joan Cusack
Sandra Dee
Melinda Dillon
Shelley Duvall
Anita Ekberg
Dale Evans
Carrie Fisher
Lee Grant
Pam Grier
Jean Hagen
Daryl Hannah
Jessica Harper
Sally Hawkins
Sonja Henie
Celeste Holm
Kate Hudson
Sandra Hüller
Helen Hunt
Celia Johnson
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
Lena Olin
Estelle Parsons
Marjorie Rambeau
Martha Raye
Joyce Redman
Christina Ricci
Mimi Rogers
Isabella Rossellini
Jane Russell
Zoe Saldaña
Edie Sedgwick
Gale Sondergaard
Imelda Staunton
Gloria Stuart
Margaret Sullavan
Margarita Terekhova
Miyoshi Umeki
Mamie Van Doren
Jacki Weaver
Tuesday Weld
Billie Whitelaw
Dame May Whitty
Fay Wray

Gave a bump to Janet Gaynor, high acclaim and popularity at her peak, strong filmography given her early retirement, Kirsten Dunst, Emily Blunt, Fernanda Montenegro, Jamie Lee Curtis, added Rachel Weisz. Other actresses I considered giving a bump were Nastassja Kinski, Marsha Mason, Kim Novak, Helen Hayes, but not sure about the exact spots so suggestions for a new spots welcome.

[ManPerson]

I think Jamie Lee Curtis should be higher considering her cultural impact + oscar win.

[Tim]

How much higher, Man?

[ManPerson]

I could see her close to the top 200.

[Tim]

So I have been doing research for the top 10 performances per actress and now I feel some groups in the top 100 may need re-arranging:

Bardot > Bancroft > Andrews > Valli/Morgan

Bancroft's most acclaimed of the bunch and obvi Bardot's cultural impact, influence are massive; Andrews got a pretty strong mix of acclaim and popularity.

Hayward > Field > Jones/Fontaine/Pfeiffer

If we value acclaim over popularity slightly, only fair to have Hayward (and Field) atop.

[ManPerson]

I think Andrews' popularity might be stronger than Bardot's, fwiw. Her public image obviously isn't nearly as well defined but her roles in The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins are both more iconic than any of Bardot's.

[Tim]

You reckon Andrews should be atop of this group or rather move Bardot back behind Andrews?

[ManPerson]

Maybe Bardot should move down as Bancroft should probably get a bit of credit in popularity and maybe even influence for her role in The Graduate.

[Tim]

90. Bibi Andersson
121. Harriet Andersson
170. Ingrid Thulin

Wonder if such a large gap between the Bergman girls is justifiable. For what it's worth, I agree with Bibi > Harriet > Ingrid order, but 30 and 80 spots apart? If we talking high profile acting awards they all have 1 BAFTA nomination each, 2 major festivals' Best Actress wins (Cannes and Berlin) for Bibi, 1 (Cannes) for Ingrid, 1 (Venice) for Harriet.

[ManPerson]

I could see Thulin moving up a bit.

[Tim]

I would also prolly move Bibi out of the top 100, closer to Harriet. Not sure she's well-placed over the likes of Sigourney Weaver, Jean Arthur, Amy Adams, Annie Girardot, Gong Li, Emma Stone, among others.

[ManPerson]

I guess I can see that, though being the second greatest of Bergman's actresses does a lot for her body of work and acclaim.

[Tim]

Maybe the problem is some of these actresses being too low not Bibi Andersson being too high. Anyway, we shall see during the next update which I plan to do after I finish the top 10 performances for everyone in the top 100.