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Post by DeepArcher on Aug 8, 2017 23:12:20 GMT
LOVE that Watts made it so high. Glorious top three.
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Post by idioticbunny on Aug 8, 2017 23:13:23 GMT
Gloria reigns supreme. But that is a goddamn beautiful Top 3. Agreed. Would've been cool to see Watts win, but it's probably better this way.
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Post by stephen on Aug 8, 2017 23:14:04 GMT
Gloria reigns supreme. But that is a goddamn beautiful Top 3. Agreed. Would've been cool to see Watts win, but it's probably better this way. Watts would've been the one I'd have traded for Bates, but the other two are in my all-time Top 3 (and Watts is right outside of it).
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Post by stoogetins on Aug 8, 2017 23:14:52 GMT
#1
Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Change in rank since 2014: SAME
Highest placement: #1 on 1 list (placed on 15 lists)
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Post by stephen on Aug 8, 2017 23:17:20 GMT
This is the first time since you've done this where all of the winners a.) are my own personal wins in their respective years, and b.) are all in my Top 15.
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Post by stoogetins on Aug 8, 2017 23:19:40 GMT
Top 25 Leading Actress performances
1. Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (1950)
2. Naomi Watts as Betty Elms/Diane Selwyn in Mulholland Drive (2001)
3. Maria Falconetti as Joan of Arc in The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
4. Frances McDormand as Marge Gunderson in Fargo (1996)
5. Elizabeth Taylor as Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
6. Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939)
7. Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes in Misery (1990)
8. Vivien Leigh as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
9. Bette Davis as Margo Channing in All About Eve (1950)
10. Cate Blanchett as Jasmine Francis in Blue Jasmine (2013)
11. Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
12. Holly Hunter as Ada McGrath in The Piano (1993)
13. Meryl Streep as Sophie Zawistowski in Sophie’s Choice (1982)
14. Ellen Burstyn as Sara Goldfarb in Requiem for a Dream (2000)
15. Hilary Swank as Brandon Teena in Boys Don’t Cry (1999)
16. Gena Rowlands as Mabel Longhetti in A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
17. Faye Dunaway as Diana Christensen in Network (1976)
18. Charlize Theron as Aileen Wuornos in Monster (2003)
19. Emily Watson as Bess McNeill in Breaking the Waves (1996)
20. Bette Davis as Jane Hudson in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
21. Kate Winslet as Clementine Kruczynski Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
22. Whoopi Goldberg as Celie Johnson in The Color Purple (1985)
23. Giulietta Masina as Cabiria Ceccarelli in Nights of Cabiria (1957)
24. Bibi Andersson as Alma in Persona (1966)
25. Isabelle Huppert as Erika Kohut in The Piano Teacher (2001)
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Post by stoogetins on Aug 8, 2017 23:20:07 GMT
#26 - 50
26. Mia Farrow (Rosemary’s Baby)
27. Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose)
28. Brenda Blethyn (Secrets & Lies)
29. Bjork (Dancer in the Dark)
30. Celia Johnson (Brief Encounter)
31. Sissy Spacek (Carrie)
32. Nicole Kidman (To Die For)
33. Ingrid Bergman (Autumn Sonata)
34. Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
35. Toni Collette (Muriel’s Wedding)
36. Nicole Kidman (Dogville)
37. Sheryl Lee (Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me)
38. Kate Winslet (Heavenly Creatures)
39. Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest)
40. Barbara Stanwyck (Double Indemnity)
41. Natalie Portman (Jackie)
42. Diane Keaton (Annie Hall)
43. Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter)
44. Adele Exarchopoulous (Blue is the Warmest Color)
45. Isabelle Adjani (Possession)
46. Liv Ullmann (Face to Face)
47. Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich)
48. Julie Andrews (The Sound of Music)
49. Kim Novak (Vertigo)
50. Meryl Streep (Silkwood)
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Post by stoogetins on Aug 8, 2017 23:22:37 GMT
FUN FACTS / STATS
The 5 performances that just missed the cut:
26. Mia Farrow (Rosemary’s Baby) +24
27. Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose) +2
28. Brenda Blethyn (Secrets & Lies) -11
29. Björk (Dancer in the Dark) +48
30. Celia Johnson (Brief Encounter) +58
Performances that placed in the Top 25 in 2014 but didn’t make it this time:
28. Brenda Blethyn (Secrets & Lies) -11
40. Barbara Stanwyck (Double Indemnity) -20
42. Diane Keaton (Annie Hall) -20
43. Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter) -28
68. Liv Ullmann (Persona) -44
Performances that once placed in the Top 25 but didn’t even make it to the Top 100 this time:
Ingrid Bergman (Casablanca)
Glenn Close (Dangerous Liaisons)
Faye Dunaway (Chinatown)
Liza Minnelli (Cabaret)
Julianne Moore (Far from Heaven)
Sissy Spacek (Coal Miner’s Daughter)
Fun facts about the Leading Actress list
- A total of 44 performances have placed on the five different editions of this list. 11 of them have remained on all five lists.
- Gloria Swanson’s performance in Sunset Boulevard has now placed at #1 twice in a row.
- Three performances on this list have never placed in the Top 25 before: Bette Davis in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Giulietta Masina in Nights of Cabiria, and Isabelle Huppert in The Piano Teacher.
- A record four performances in the Top 25 kept their same positions from 2014.
- Four non-English speaking performances appear on the list.
- Bette Davis is the third actress to have two different performances place on the same Leading Actress list, after Vivien Leigh (every edition) and Faye Dunaway (2008 and 2009).
- Two actresses appear on both the Leading and Supporting lists: Meryl Streep and Cate Blanchett. Streep has done so every time.
- Katharine Hepburn and Nicole Kidman both received votes for seven different performances.
- Every performance on the list was directed by a different person.
- 12 of the performances on the list won Oscars, and 8 more were nominated.
- The oldest performance in the Top 25 is #3 (Maria Falconetti, The Passion of Joan of Arc, 1928). The newest is #10 (Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine, 2013). This makes for an 85 year gap.
- The biggest gap in points is 33, between #4 (Frances McDormand, Fargo) and #5 (Elizabeth Taylor, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?).
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Post by idioticbunny on Aug 8, 2017 23:28:00 GMT
Damn, Mia Farrow was so close! A top 10 pick for me, so that's a shame. Either way, cool that Sheryl Lee placed so high as well, another top ten pick for me.
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Post by idioticbunny on Aug 8, 2017 23:28:34 GMT
Love this bit of trivia.
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Post by notacrook on Aug 8, 2017 23:38:13 GMT
So many fantastic performances in that top 25. Watts is my all-time #1 and I love that she made it so high, but Swanson keeping the crown is also very well deserved.
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Post by Joaquim on Aug 8, 2017 23:52:33 GMT
That top 3 is so cool.
And I like all the performances I've seen that made the list.
Would've liked to see Adjani make it, it's probably my favorite female performance of the 80s.
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Post by ingmarhepburn on Aug 9, 2017 9:17:28 GMT
Nice to see that Watts, Taylor, Davis and Blanchett made it into the top 10. Watts at second fills me with joy, and I believe that in further editions she might reach number 1 if fans stay together. Whoopi Goldberg in The Color Purple has to the most surprising, most deserved and most pleasant new inclusion in the top 25. Watson in Breaking the Waves > McDormand in Fargo Davis in All About Eve > Swanson in Sunset Boulevard - Katharine Hepburn and Nicole Kidman both received votes for seven different performances. Love this.
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