LIST - O - MANIA
from the mind of Nathaniel R
The Last update 07/24/05 *
worked out a few kinks (like duplicates) and allowing me to move one Tilda Swinton up. (There you go, Nick) -Also added Joan Cusack who slipped my mind. How could I forget about "Debbie's needs!"
(Approximately. And Right About Now)
In tiered order (list compiled on 04/25/05)
The following lists of actresses is not numbered but is tiered (then alphabetized). In some cases, tier might change as I see more films or the passion, god forbid, dwindles.TIER 1
they inspire my eternal devotion
JUDY GARLAND
JULIANNE MOORE
MICHELLE PFEIFFER
NATALIE WOOD
TIER 2
I am enthusiastically smitten (and expect to remain so) with
INGRID BERGMAN
OLIVIA DEHAVILLAND
CATHERINE DENEUVE
VIVIEN LEIGH
MERYL STREEP
ELIZABETH TAYLOR
KATE WINSLETTIER 3
I have intermittently wild passions or just blossoming crazy love for
JULIE ANDREWS
LOUISE BROOKS
JANE FONDA
AUDREY HEPBURN
JUDY HOLLIDAY
HOLLY HUNTER
DIANE KEATON
MARILYN MONROE
SUSAN SARANDON
LIV ULLMAN
TIER 4
I find them super --But I have, at this writing, not developed an intensely personal or faithful bond with any of the following...so they could be moving up or down.
JULIE CHRISTIE
CLAUDETTE COLBERT
JOAN CRAWFORD
BETTE DAVIS
MIA FARROW
LILLIAN GISH
DEBORAH KERR
RITA HAYWORTH
SHIRLEY MACLAINE
VANESSA REDGRAVE
NORMA SHEARER
DIANNE WIEST
TIER 5 "RIGHT THIS SECOND" will the love last?
The love may be too fresh or too recently revived to be placed on any list --but what the hell...
JOAN ALLEN
ANNETTE BENING
MAGGIE CHEUNG
PATRICIA CLARKSON
KIRSTEN DUNST
SAMANTHA MORTON
TILDA SWINTON
UMA THURMANTIER 6 ---"THE EX-FACTOR"
Sadly, we broke up. Or the passion has dwindled. But I can't deny the original love.
ANGELA BASSETT
HELENA BONHAM-CARTER
JULIETTE LEWIS
HAYLEY MILLS
LIZA MINELLI
WINONA RYDER
BARBRA STREISAND
EMMA THOMPSON
KATHLEEN TURNER
TIER 7 -(My Apologies) To All The Girls I've Loved Before...
Another 50-to-Love (If it were a top 100)
Isabelle Adjani, Anne Bancroft, Emmanuelle Béart, Cate Blanchett, Ellen Burstyn, Stockard Channing, Cyd Charisse, Cher, Toni Collette, Joan Cusack, Judy Davis, Faye Dunaway, Irene Dunne, Shelley Duvall, Sally Field, Jodie Foster, Greta Garbo, Betty Grable, Daryl Hannah, Isabelle Huppert, Anjelica Huston, Betty Hutton, Glenda Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Angelina Jolie, Madeline Kahn, Nicole Kidman, Janet Leigh...
...Gong Li, Mercedes McCambridge, Frances McDormand, Bette Midler, Helen Mirren, Jeanne Moureau, Kim Novak, Maureen O'Hara, Geraldine Page, Parker Posey, Charlotte Rampling, Miranda Richardson, Thelma Ritter, Ginger Rogers, Gena Rowlands, Rosalind Russell, Maggie Smith, Sissy Spacek, Gloria Swanson, Lily Tomlin, Sigourney Weaver & Joanne Woodward
TIER 8
more runners up... (16 more for good measure)
Lauren Bacall, Kim Basinger, Glenn Close, Geena Davis, Doris Day, Joan Fontaine, Cloris Leachman, Natalie Portman, Meg Ryan, Barbara Stanwyck, Lana Turner, Debra Winger, Shelley Winters, Evan Rachel Wood, Jane Wyman & Michelle YeohTIER ???
The ones you're 'supposed to' love. But I hold out... I'm stubborn that way.
Katharine Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Julia Roberts, Jessica Lange
Hey What About?
If they're not listed I've either...
a) never seen them. or am not familiar enough with their career.
b) am not particularly fond of them. Or at least not enough for a top 100
c) or (in rare cases) may have forgotten about them....
favorite actor
favorite movies 1915-1949
favorite movies 1950-1979
favorite movies 1980 -1989
favorite movies 1990-1999
favorite movies 2000 -2004
