Best Actress Oscar® Winners-Best to Worst-Including the newest winner....The Iron Lady's Meryl Streep.
79Meryl Streep won the 2011 Best Actress Oscar for The Iron Lady....mixed reviews and weak box office gives the performance a ranking of 84th.
Hub Update: After waiting for 30 years, Meryl Streep, wins her third Oscar® overall and her second Best Actress Oscar® for The Iron Lady. Statisically speaking this was one of the worst movies in which an actress won the Best Actress award. With a critical and audience rating of 58% and a box office total of less than 30 million, Streep's performance has earned a ranking of 84th of 85 Best Actress winners. 2/25/2012.
This hub will look at all 85 winners of the Best Actress award. Each performance was ranked by many statistical categories which include box office results, critical opinion, audience opinion, and award recognition. A perfect score would be 100.....a couple of these performances almost reached that lofty level.
This is actually the third part in my Oscar® winning series. You can check out parts one and parts two by following the following links.
Part One: Best Picture Oscar Winners
Part Two: Best Actor Oscar Winners
So which Best Actress performance do you think ranks the highest? Could it be a FBI agent tracking down a serial killer? A magical nanny? A pregnant police officer solving a murder? A woman who takes in a stranger who becomes a famous football player? The meanest nurse of all time? A southern belle? or an actress playing a famous country singer? Well all you have to do is scan down to find out your answer.
Sandra Bullock's in 2009's The Blindside....the 9th biggest box office hit for Best Actress winning movies....it earned 272.70 million in 2011 dollars.
Best Actress Oscar® Winning Movies ......Top Ten Box Office Hits in 2011 Inflated Dollars.
Rank
| Best Actress Winner
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (mil)
| Co-Stars
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st
| Vivien Leigh
| Gone With The Wind (1939)
| 1600.40 million
| Clark Gable
|
2nd
| Louise Fletcher
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
| 422.90 million
| Jack Nicholson
|
3rd
| Katharine Hepburn
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
| 368.90 million
| Spencer Tracy
|
4th
| Barbra Streisand
| Funny Girl (1968)
| 351.40 million
| Omar Sharif
|
5th
| Katharine Hepburn
| On Golden Pond (1981)
| 341.40 million
| Henry Fonda
|
6th
| Greer Garson
| Mrs. Miniver (1942)
| 331.50 million
| Walter Pidgeon
|
7th
| Jennifer Jones
| The Song of Bernadette (1943)
| 291.80 million
| Vincent Price
|
8th
| Shirley Maclaine
| Terms of Endearment (1983)
| 273.50 million
| Jack Nicholson
|
9th
| Sandra Bullock
| The Blind Side (2009)
| 272.70 million
| Tim McGraw
|
10th
| Sissy Spacek
| Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
| 271.10 million
| Tommy Lee Jones
|
Audrey Hepburn in 1953's Roman Holiday....ranked 6th of all the Best Actress Oscar® winning movies according to critics and audiences.
Best Actor Oscar® Winning Movies..... Top Ten Movies based on critics and audience voting.
Rank
| Best Actress Winner
| Movie Year
| Critics Audience Rating
| Co-Stars
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st
| Louise Fletcher
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
| 93%
| Jack Nicholson
|
2nd
| Jodie Foster
| The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
| 92%
| Anthony Hopkins
|
3rd
| Diane Keaton
| Annie Hall (1977)
| 91%
| Woody Allen
|
4th
| Claudette Colbert
| It Happened One Night (1934)
| 91%
| Clark Gable
|
5th
| Vivien Leigh
| Gone with the Wind (1939)
| 90%
| Clark Gable
|
6th
| Audrey Hepburn
| Roman Holiday (1953)
| 90%
| Gregory Peck
|
7th
| Janet Gaynor
| Sunrise/Seventh Heaven (1928)
| 90%
| George O'Brien
|
8th
| Julie Andrews
| Mary Poppins (1964)
| 89%
| Dick Van Dyke
|
9th
| Vivien Leigh
| A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
| 89%
| Marlon Brando
|
10th
| Olivia de Havilland
| The Heiress (1949)
| 89%
| Montgomery Clift
|
Jodie Foster in 1991's The Silence of the Lambs....ranked 2nd of all the Best Actress Oscar® winning movies according to Movie Score.
Best Actress Oscar® Winning Movies ranked by Movie Score. Movie Score is box office results + critical reception + award recognition. Perfect score ..100.
Rank
| Actress
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critic Audience Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st
| Vivien Leigh
| Gone with the Wind (1939)
| 1600.40
| 96.50
| 90%
| 13 / 08
|
2nd
| Jodie Foster
| The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
| 247.20
| 96.46
| 92%
| 07 / 05
|
3rd
| Louise Fletcher
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
| 422.90
| 96.38
| 93%
| 09 / 05
|
4th
| Greer Garson
| Mrs. Miniver (1942)
| 331.50
| 93.93
| 83%
| 12 / 06
|
5th
| Julie Andrews
| Mary Poppins (1964)
| 262.40
| 93.85
| 89%
| 13 / 05
|
6th
| Liza Minnelli
| Cabaret (1972)
| 208.30
| 93.50
| 88%
| 10 / 08
|
7th
| Shirley Maclaine
| Terms of Endearment (1983)
| 273.50
| 92.44
| 82%
| 11 / 05
|
8th
| Jessica Tandy
| Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
| 213.10
| 92.41
| 77%
| 09 / 04
|
9th
| Sissy Spacek
| Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
| 271.10
| 91.19
| 82%
| 07 / 01
|
10th
| Jennifer Jones
| The Song of Bernadette (1943)
| 291.80
| 90.80
| 78%
| 12 / 04
|
Rank
| Actress
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critic Audience Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
|
11th
| Barbra Streisand
| Funny Girl (1968)
| 351.40
| 90.75
| 83%
| 08 / 01
|
12th
| Katharine Hepburn
| On Golden Pond (1981)
| 341.10
| 90.67
| 83%
| 10 / 03
|
13th
| Helen Hunt
| As Good as It Gets (1997)
| 256.80
| 90.04
| 82%
| 07 / 02
|
14th
| Elizabeth Taylor
| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
| 202.70
| 88.99
| 80%
| 13 / 05
|
15th
| Jane Wyman
| Johnny Belinda (1948)
| 186.80
| 88.55
| 82%
| 12 / 01
|
16th
| Luise Rainer
| The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
| 209.90
| 87.58
| 65%
| 07 / 03
|
17th
| Julia Roberts
| Erin Brockovich (2000)
| 185.20
| 86.97
| 78%
| 05 / 01
|
18th
| Katharine Hepburn
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
| 368.90
| 85.84
| 71%
| 10 / 02
|
19th
| Vivien Leigh
| A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
| 167.70
| 85.68
| 89%
| 12 / 04
|
20th
| Grace Kelly
| The Country Girl (1954)
| 247.20
| 85.44
| 77%
| 07 / 02
|
Rank
| Actress
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critic Audience Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
|
21st
| Sandra Bullock
| The Blind Side (2009)
| 272.70
| 84.15
| 72%
| 02 / 01
|
22nd
| Ingrid Bergman
| Gaslight (1944)
| 163.80
| 84.05
| 83%
| 07 / 02
|
23rd
| Cher
| Moonstruck (1987)
| 163.80
| 83.65
| 82%
| 06 / 03
|
24th
| Gwyneth Paltrow
| Shakespeare in Love (1998)
| 170.10
| 83.59
| 84%
| 13 / 07
|
25th
| Diane Keaton
| Annie Hall (1977)
| 136.70
| 82.81
| 91%
| 05 / 04
|
26th
| Joan Crawford
| Mildred Pierce (1945)
| 178.90
| 81.97
| 82%
| 06 / 01
|
27th
| Judy Holliday
| Born Yesterday (1950)
| 150.30
| 81.85
| 86%
| 05 / 01
|
28th
| Claudette Colbert
| It Happened One Night (1934)
| 120.80
| 81.01
| 91%
| 05 / 05
|
29th
| Hilary Swank
| Million Dollar Baby (2004)
| 128.80
| 80.58
| 87%
| 07 / 04
|
30th
| Katharine Hepburn
| The Lion in Winter (1968)
| 133.60
| 79.13
| 88%
| 07 / 03
|
Rank
| Actress
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critic Audience Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
|
31st
| Reese Witherspoon
| Walk the Line (2005)
| 148.70
| 78.15
| 81%
| 05 / 01
|
32nd
| Olivia de Havilland
| To Each His Own (1946)
| 179.70
| 77.73
| 81%
| 02 / 01
|
33rd
| Anna Magnani
| The Rose Tattoo (1955)
| 141.50
| 76.97
| 76%
| 08 / 03
|
34th
| Luise Rainer
| The Good Earth (1937)
| 101.00
| 72.95
| 85%
| 05 / 02
|
35th
| Elizabeth Taylor
| Butterfield 8 (1960)
| 191.60
| 72.71
| 55%
| 02 / 01
|
36th
| Joan Fontaine
| Suspicion (1941)
| 118.50
| 72.59
| 80%
| 03 / 01
|
37th
| Natalie Portman
| Black Swan (2010)
| 106.50
| 72.53
| 87%
| 05 / 01
|
38th
| Marie Dressler
| Min and Bill (1931)
| 167.00
| 72.40
| 64%
| 01 / 01
|
39th
| Ingrid Bergman
| Anastasia (1956)
| 136.70
| 72.36
| 80%
| 02 / 01
|
40th
| Olivia de Havilland
| The Heiress (1949)
| 93.80
| 72.15
| 89%
| 08 / 04
|
Rank
| Actress
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critic Audience Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
|
41st
| Jane Fonda
| Coming Home (1978)
| 111.30
| 72.09
| 77%
| 08 / 03
|
42nd
| Faye Dunaway
| Network (1976)
| 88.20
| 71.93
| 88%
| 10 / 04
|
43rd
| Bette Davis
| Jezebel (1938)
| 94.60
| 71.50
| 85%
| 05 / 02
|
44th
| Audrey Hepburn
| Roman Holiday (1953)
| 87.40
| 71.34
| 90%
| 10 / 03
|
45th
| Loretta Young
| The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
| 155.80
| 70.69
| 75%
| 02 / 01
|
46th
| Kathy Bates
| Misery (1990)
| 115.30
| 69.30
| 84%
| 01 / 01
|
47th
| Sally Field
| Places in the Heart (1984)
| 82.70
| 67.79
| 74%
| 07 / 02
|
48th
| Susan Hayward
| I Want to Live! (1958)
| 93.00
| 67.27
| 83%
| 06 / 01
|
49th
| Patricia O'Neal
| Hud (1963)
| 101.80
| 66.91
| 80%
| 07 / 03
|
50th
| Sally Field
| Norma Rae (1979)
| 79.50
| 66.35
| 81%
| 04 / 02
|
Rank
| Actress
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critic Audience Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
|
51st
| Ginger Rogers
| Kitty Foyle (1940)
| 93.80
| 66.30
| 73%
| 05 / 01
|
52nd
| Janet Gaynor
| Sunrise/Seventh Heaven (1928)
| 52.50
| 66.22
| 90%
| 04 / 03
|
53rd
| Shirley Booth
| Come Back Little Sheba (1952)
| 111.30
| 66.05
| 73%
| 03 / 01
|
54th
| Holly Hunter
| The Piano (1993)
| 77.10
| 65.20
| 83%
| 08 / 03
|
55th
| Meryl Streep
| Sophie's Choice (1982)
| 81.10
| 64.25
| 80%
| 05 / 01
|
56th
| Jane Fonda
| Klute (1971)
| 85.10
| 63.62
| 84%
| 02 / 01
|
57th
| Jodie Foster
| The Accused (1988)
| 62.00
| 63.18
| 83%
| 01 / 01
|
58th
| Glenda Jackson
| A Touch of Class (1973)
| 73.10
| 62.98
| 78%
| 05 / 01
|
59th
| Marlee Matlin
| Children of a Lesser God (1986)
| 68.40
| 61.85
| 76%
| 05 / 01
|
60th
| Ellen Burstyn
| Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
| 78.70
| 61.23
| 85%
| 03 / 01
|
Rank
| Actress
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critic Audience Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
|
61st
| Frances McDormand
| Fargo (1996)
| 57.20
| 60.60
| 88%
| 07 / 02
|
62nd
| Anne Bancroft
| The Miracle Worker (1962)
| 58.00
| 60.43
| 86%
| 05 / 02
|
63rd
| Susan Sarandon
| Dead Man Walking (1995)
| 71.60
| 58.92
| 85%
| 04 / 01
|
64th
| Norma Shearer
| The Divorcee (1930)
| 66.00
| 58.91
| 70%
| 04 / 01
|
65th
| Nicole Kidman
| The Hours (2002)
| 57.20
| 58.06
| 79%
| 09 / 01
|
66th
| Julie Christie
| Darling (1965)
| 62.80
| 57.78
| 71%
| 05 / 03
|
67th
| Emma Thompson
| Howards End (1992)
| 50.10
| 57.44
| 83%
| 09 / 03
|
68th
| Helen Mirren
| The Queen (2006)
| 68.40
| 57.13
| 86%
| 00 / 00
|
69th
| Sophia Loren
| Two Women (1961)
| 70.80
| 56.76
| 85%
| 01 / 01
|
70th
| Katharine Hepburn
| Morning Glory (1933)
| 75.50
| 56.37
| 71%
| 01 / 01
|
Rank
| Actress
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critic Audience Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
|
71st
| Simone Signoret
| Room at the Top (1959)
| 27.80
| 55.14
| 84%
| 06 / 02
|
72nd
| Joanne Woodward
| The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
| 43.70
| 52.09
| 81%
| 00 / 00
|
73rd
| Glenda Jackson
| Women in Love (1970)
| 33.40
| 51.71
| 82%
| 04 / 01
|
74th
| Charlize Theron
| Monster (2003)
| 45.30
| 50.36
| 78%
| 01 / 01
|
75th
| Maggie Smith
| The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
| 24.60
| 49.73
| 83%
| 02 / 01
|
76th
| Halle Berry
| Monster's Ball (2001)
| 43.70
| 48.67
| 79%
| 02 / 01
|
77th
| Helen Hayes
| The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1932)
| 51.70
| 48.29
| 61%
| 01 / 01
|
78th
| Hilary Swank
| Boys Don't Cry (1999)
| 18.30
| 47.47
| 82%
| 02 / 01
|
79th
| Bette Davis
| Dangerous (1935)
| 34.20
| 47.23
| 68%
| 01 / 01
|
80th
| Mary Pickford
| Coquette (1929)
| 70.00
| 47.05
| 47%
| 01 / 01
|
Rank
| Actress
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critic Audience Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
|
81st
| Kate Winslet
| The Reader (2008)
| 38.20
| 46.03
| 69%
| 00 / 00
|
82nd
| Marion Cotillard
| La Vie en Rose (2007)
| 11.90
| 45.70
| 75%
| 03 / 02
|
83rd
| Geraldine Page
| The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
| 16.70
| 45.48
| 83%
| 02 / 01
|
84th
| Meryl Streep
| The Iron Lady (2011)
| 25.73
| 42.27
| 58%
| 02 / 02
|
85th
| Jessica Lange
| Blue Sky (1994)
| 6.40
| 40.57
| 69%
| 01 / 01
|
Interesting Facts About Oscar® Winning Best Actresses.
1. Katharine Hepburn easily leads the way with four Best Actress Oscar® wins. No other actress has more than two Best Actress Oscar® wins.
2. Eleven actresses have won the award twice....they are: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Ingrid Bergman, Sally Field, Hilary Swank, Glenda Jackson, Vivien Leigh, Luise Rainer, Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda and Jodie Foster.
3. Meryl Streep holds the record for most Best Actress nominations. She currently sits at 13 nominations, but she looks like a strong possibility for her 14th nomination for this year's The Iron Lady. It has been 30 years since her last Best Actress Oscar® win....1982's Sophie's Choice.
4. The oldest winner was Jessica Tandy for Driving Miss Daisy, she was 80. The youngest winner was Marlee Matlin for Children of a Lesser God, she was 21.
5. Speaking of Marlee Matlin.... a thought I have had in my brain for the last 25 years. When Marlee Matlin won her Oscar®....the person that announced the winner was her boyfriend at the time, William Hurt. What do you think are the chances that love made William Hurt call her name even if she was not the winner...and then the two guys(Price Waterhouse) who knew the truth let it slide because it was such an emotional win?
6. In 1968 there was a tie for Best Actress, as Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl and Katharine Hepburn for The Lion in Winter shared the award that year.
7. Only actresses have won the award back to back. Luise Rainer in 1937 and 1938 and Katharine Hepburn in 1967 and 1968. I do not think Natalie Portman will be joining this list when the winner is announced in February.
8. Glenda Jackson who won the award in 1970 and 1973 has since retired from movies and has been a Member of Parliament since 1992.
9. Luise Rainer who won the award in 1937 and 1938 is the oldest living Oscar® winner. She will turn 102 on Thursday January 12th.
10. To date I have seen 78 of the 84 Best Actress Oscar® winning movies. I would say my top five would be Louis Fletcher in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight, Charlize Theron in Monster, Sissy Spacek in Coal Miner's Daughter and Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose.
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Silence of the Lambs remains to be one of my favorite movies.
Hey Flora...I can not believe you picked sleep over leaving a more detailed comment....lol. 48 is a pretty impressive number....I am only missing 6 of the movies....they are Room at the Top(very hard one to find), To Each His Own(my mom taped it for me....now all I have to do is find a VHS player), The Sin of Madelon Claudet, Coquette, Dangerous and Min and Bill(the highest rated one I have not seen). I look forward to your comments. Interesting timing once again...I think it is awesome that Luise Rainer will be 102 tomorrow....maybe she reads the internet every day.
Hey AnkushKohli.... well The Silence of the Lambs and Jodie Foster almost knocked off Vivien Leigh and Gone With The Wind....so it is up there with some quality movies...thanks for stopping by.
I'm hoping Meryl Streep takes it this year. As much as I admire the work of Natalie Portman and Sandra Bullock, I feel like the Academy was trying to court the popular attention by picking box office successes. That being said, I'm interested to see how The Help does in the Oscar race too. Interesting Hub, voted up!
Interesting list, I think my favorite has to be Julia Roberts in Erin Brockvich or Helen Mirren in The Queen. My wife made watch both of them, and I remember how much I liked them. Congrats on 100K and I enjoyed your Jeff Bridges hub. There I caught up on all your latest hubs.
Bruce, I received an email notification for this hub 13 minutes ago. And you published it hours ago! I don't understand why notifications aren't instant here, I get email notices for comments in my hub up to 2 hours after someone posts them, so by the time I reply other people have commented too. On my forum email notifications are almost instantaneous, which is how it should be.
Sorry for the rant Bruce I just had to get it off my chest.
Another interesting film hub, packed with facts and figures, good work my friend.
Not sure Liza Minnelli should be in the top 10 with all those great ladies but she was fun in Arthur. :)
My Sandra's favourite actress is Jodie Foster I don't think she's even heard of Vivien Leigh [cue Flora groaning]. ;)
Okay let's see... Katharine the Great isn't even in the top 10. [bites fist] :)
You're well ahead of me here Bruce I've only seen 43 of the 84 films you've listed. I guess the subject matter of most of these didn't interest me much.
I've seen 7 from the box office chart and 8 from the critics chart.
My favourite is probably Vivien leigh as the awful Scarlett O'Hara, I actually felt sorry for the silly girl. Fantastic performance by Viv. Scarlett is arguably the greatest and most famous female role in Hollywood history.
Jodie Foster in Silence of the Lambs was great too.
Looking forward to seeing Meryl Streep as the much hated ex-PM and Michelle Williams as Norma Jean Baker.
Voted Up, Useful and Interesting.
Hey Alecia....thanks for stopping by...I think Meryl Streep's reward will be her 14th nomination for Best Actress(17th overall)...but The Iron Lady is getting some pretty bad reviews...and I heard they included a imaginary friend for the Prime Minister...what is up with that? I do agree that the Oscar voters are trying to appear hipper...if Kristen Wiig gets a nomination for Bridesmaids then I think it is official..they have gone too far. I do think Viola Davis has an excellent chance for not only a nomination but a Oscar win. I will be doing an Oscar nomination prediction hub in about a week...and she will be one of the sure shots for a nomination.
Hey YankeesRule....long time no see...but glad to see you again....thank you thank you thank you...for all three hub compliments you sent. I appreciate the good will.
Hey Steve....sorry for the delay in HubPage notification...but I hope your rant helped....it can not hurt...lol.
Thanks for the compliment...I agree Liza Minnelli seems out of place with all of these great actresses...but she did hit a massive homerun with Cabaret. As for the Great Kate...she is everywhere in this hub...and her finally rankings are pretty good as well....12th, 18th, 30th....and we will not mention Morning Glory which is all the way down in 70th spot. Amazingly she has two of the Top 5 box office movies and none of the critic audience Top 10...I would have thought the opposite would have happened.
So I assume you are happy with the Top Two....and I think Nurse Ratchett in third place is in a pretty good spot as well.....she did after all win out over Jack in the movie...maybe he should not have messed with her...lol.
So is the UK excited about The Iron Lady? I was until I read about the whole imaginary friend part. Thanks as always for stopping by...and surely Sandra is familiar with Scarlett O'Hara.
Not sure if she is familar with Scarlett, Bruce. I don't think she's watched that film with me, it's too old!
Streep is getting good reviews as Thatcher but some of the MP's and the Prime Minister have criticised the film for showing her suffering with dementia, especially since she's still alive.
I'm happy with your top 3 moviescore actresses films, not sure about Liza and Julia Andrews though, wait a sec Julia Andrews? Julia? JULIA! You've got Julie Roberts on your mind eh? ;)
Hey Steve....wow she might be the only woman on Earth not familiar with Gone With The Wind. Thanks for the catch on Julia Andrews...the error has been fixed. I thought everybody had Julie Roberts on their mind....lol.
Hey Cogerson, as you know I have a VHS player - come over any time and watch the movie - I would watch it with you - that was a good movie...a good love story...I am impressed with this HUB - such interesting facts. I have seen quite a few of these movies but not all once again. Are you going with all the actors who won OSCARS too? GOOD WORK ONCE AGAIN. As far as notification if you do not call me I get notification in my JUNK MAIL...do not know why. I pulled up this HUB in the Junk Mail - you called me and told me it was out there. GOOD WORK SON, BRUCE, COGERSON...
Hey BERN1960.....thanks for the offer for the VCR usage....I will remember that when I will finally watch To Each His Own...I just saw the VHS tape you taped for me when we were putting the DVD rack back after the Christmas tree went away. I appreciate your comment and your compliment...sorry one of your favorites ended up being so low on the charts. I Want To Live came in at #48 which is just a little above average...but all of these movies are pretty good. I have already done all the actors...the link is at the top of the hub.
Hi Cogerson, I've seen 64 of these movies (which I was quite shocked at!). My faves would be Frances McDormant in 'Fargo', Elizabeth Taylor in 'Butterfield 8', Katharine Hepburn in 'The Lion In Winter', Vivien Leigh in GWTW but she's also great in Streetcar Named Desire. I hope Viola Davis gets the nod this year, she is excellent in The Help. Meryl's imaginary friend is Mrs Thatcher's dead husband Denis' ghost. Meryl looks and sounds amazing as Mrs Thatcher. Great hub, voted up, very interesting.
Okay, this comment will say what the films are that I have seen, like etc.
Do not ask me for the order I prefer for a top ten of mine.. too hard. However, I would say that the *best* performance is indeed Leigh in Gone With the Wind, although my *favourite* top ten performance is Hepburn in Roman Holiday followed closely by Andrews in Mary Poppins. I watch them more frequently.
Top Ten Box Office: I have seen 6:
in order listed:
Gone With The Wind
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Funny Girl
On Golden Pond
Mrs. Miniver
Terms of endearment
By the way - I am unsure how to list Gayner as I saw Sunrise but not Seventh Heaven .5? no. I'll choose one or the other, so do count that in my overall tally.
Back to Top tens
Top Ten Critics: I have seen 7 of them, #4-10:
It Happened One Night
Gone With the wind
Roman Holiday
Sunrise (see note above)
Mary Poppins
A Streetcar named Desire
The Heiress
And the top movie Score ten in order: I have seen 6:
Gone with the wind
Mrs. Miniver
mary Poppins
Cabaret
Terms of Endearment
Driving Miss daisy
Because the top twenty do represent my highest percentage I will state which ones I have seen from #11-20 (won't do that for all 48 I've seen)
From 11-20, my favourite movie is Funny Girl. The best of the movie performances I have seen, in my opinion, is again, Vivian Leigh - this time in A streetcar named Desire.
Here are the films I have seen from #11-20:
Funny Girl
On Golden Pond
as Good As It Gets
Johnny Belinda
The Great Zigfield
Guess who's Coming to Dinner
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Country Girl.
The earliest film I've seen, is as stated, Sunrise.
The most recent film I've seen is Walk the line.
Top ten critics: In the order you list them:
Wow Jools99..64 is pretty impressive. That would be good enough for second place in the little tally count Flora, Steve and myself do.....Cogerson 78, Jools99 64, Flora 48, Steve 43. I guess the thing that I do not understand is why the producers of The Iron Lady would talk about her illness when they is so much more they could cover. When I heard about this movie I was not thinking it would be a movie about dementia.
I think right now Viola Davis is the leading contender, with Streep being the second choice...too bad so many people think the performance is great but the movie is bad. Thanks for stopping by.
Hey Flora....Janet Gaynor won her Oscar for three performances...I could only find information for two of the three movies.....so I took the average for her total. Glad to see you are happy with the top choice....one of the best ways to score high in my system is to win an Oscar for acting in a movie that wins the Best Picture Oscar. I think the first four movies fall into that category.
Roman Holiday ranked so low because it was not much of a box office winner way back in 1953/1954...but it is ranked 6th according to critics and audiences.
Sounds like I should do a hub on Vivien Leigh.....I like GWTW much more than Streetcar....I find Streetcar very hard to finish...not sure if it is Brando's acting or just the story.
I think at some point you are going to have to watch One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest....most of the movie is pretty uplifting with only the last 15 minutes being sad...and Louise Fletcher is awesome as the evil, just doing my job nurse. Thanks as always for contributing to my hub.
Bruce, I don't think The Iron Lady is just about Lady Thatcher's dementia, it's just the framing story. There are flashbacks to her in Parliament, making decisions, arguing, going to war against Argentina, watching Out of Africa etc etc ;)
Just realised I'd forgotten about Greer Garson being in my list - Mrs Miniver is one of my favourite movies. I am going to see La Vie En Rose when I get a chance, looks interesting.
Hi Bruce; After getting over my anger that Myrna Loy never won an Oscar (Arrgh!!!) I enjoyed looking over the list of great actresses. Katherine Hepburn remains the queen, even though none of her films scored on top of the list. (I'm still amazed that Streisand tied with her for "Funny girl". Hepburn was incredible in "the Lion in winter".)
I hadn't realized that it has been so long since streep won. She is nominated so often, I forgot that she hasn't won in a long time. that has to be frustrting for such a great actress, to keep getting nominated and losing.
Vivian Leigh is on top of the list, I see. Actually, most people today don't remember her as anything but Scarlet 'O'Hara. The average person probably can't name another Vivian Leigh film.
I'm not in the mood right now to count how many of these films I've seen but I know I've seen most of them.
Another fun and interesting hub,
Rob
Hey Steve..good to know that the Iron Lady is more than her dealing with her illness....every review I read on the movie seems to concentrate on the illness more than the things she accomplished. It opens here in the states tomorrow...it will be interesting to see if Streep's new found box office power will turn this movie into a box office hit. My magic crystal ball says no.
Hey Jools...Mrs. Miniver is a pretty good movie....and it only adds to your impressive tally. La Vie En Rose is not exactly a fun movie to watch. But Marion Cotillard is simply awesome in the role. Thanks for the revisit.
Hey Rob...thanks for the visit. I agree it is a shame that Myrna Loy is not on this list. 30 years without an Oscar win for Streep....she picked up 2 wins in 4 years....and nothing since. I think the Oscar voters are thinking they need to give her another award...and this could be the year.
As for Vivien Leigh....I think most could get Streetcar as well....but other than those two movies...I agree they pretty much know very little about her career....which I most admit...I do not think I could name 5 of her movies myself.
Thanks for the comment and the compliment.....I want to get the directors done as well....but I think my next hub will concentrate on predictions for the nominations....I did a hub last year(I can not believe it has been a year)...and got 89% of my guesses correct...it should be interesting.
I read a biography of Vivien Leigh about 20 years ago and she was a fascinating woman but very tormented. She suffered from crippling manic depression and suffered with mental illness for most of her adult life, even having electric shock therapy in the early sixties. She died fairly young as a result of complications arising from her having tuberculosis as a child aged 53. She didn't make too many movies but one of 'em was an absolute corker!
I am about to make an important step in my Hubpages career. I am about to be banned by the forums and perhaps kicked off the site. I will start copying my work here onto my computer so that I can publish it somewhere else if need be. I will miss you if this happens, but hey, I am making pennies here anyway.
Hey Flora....having read the forums you posted at and the hub that started the conversation....I do not see anything that you wrote that would be something to be banned for. Differences of opinions are what makes HubPages float...plus you did not use profanity....threaten anybody...so hopefully this will pass without further incident. That being said....backing up your work is a pretty good idea as HubPages can pretty much throw anybody out anytime they want to. I will keep an eye for you but I really believe your HubPage career has many more chapters to go.
Hey Jools99....I have read the same information about Leigh....from an outsiders view....it had to be heartbreaking for Olivier to watch her fall apart like that....but he did try and stay by her side until the sad end. Usually when I do a hub, I try and stay away from the negative side...I think that will be very difficult when I do a Vivien Leigh hub.
Yes, Steve thought the same thing. I only wondered because I wrote in capital letters...
There is a question in the questions and answer section about whether or not stay at home Dads are lazy. As a stay at home Dad - go getem!
Great as always, keep up the great work. Voted Up, Useful, Awesome, and Interesting
Hey Flora....glad to see your account is still active this morning...and see Steve and I can agree on somethings every once in awhile....lol. I will check out that question about lazy Stay At Home Dads.
Hey Carl....thanks for the votes and for the comment. They are greatly appreciated.
I have mentioned you and Steve on the Pay It Forward forum thread all about good will and everything positive. You mention favourite hubber(s) of yours whom you want people to read. You tell them and they in turn Pay it forward by mentioning someone they like to read. Your turn, Bruce!
Cogerson, your Hubs are becoming 'Movie Central' everything you could possibly want to know about a very interesesting industry. This hub was packed with information.
Left the hub feeling a little sad for Meryl Streep.
Great hub with very interesting lists as usual. I'm intrigued by your question about Marlee Matlin's win for Children of a Lesser God ... who were the other nominees?
Cogerson, great hub and love the statistics! Will be following you for sure!
Hey Flora...I will return that favor....and I appreciate you doing that as well....thank you very much.
Hey mckbirdbks....thanks for the great compliment. As for Streep, I think she is doing just fine....after all she does hold the record for most nominations....and she does have two Oscars that can help hold up some books on a book shelf....lol. His first win was as Best Supporting Actress.
Hey Brianlokker....let's see the other nominees were Jane Fonda for The Morning After, Sissy Spacek for Crimes of the Heart, Sigourney Weaver for Aliens and Kathleen Turner for Peggy Sue Got Married. I think Weaver and Turner were the front runners...according to Matlin...her win was too much for Hurt to handle....because he could not believe it only took a short time to win an Oscar when it took him so many years to win his Oscar.....so if he did it for love....jealousy eventually ruined that relationship....thanks for checking out that question....I think that would make a good movie..if he really did it.
Hey Paul Bisquera...thanks for the visit and the compliment they are greatly appreciated.
Congrats on your Oscar! (Your One Year accolade)! My money is on Sandra Bullock for the gold!! :)
Thanks for the kudos Sunshine625....your one year mark is fast approaching itself...Sandra and The Blindside did pretty well on the chart(21st overall)....thanks for the comment.
An engaging read on Oscar winning actresses and statistics based on critic-audience ratings, your movie score, oscar nom/oscar win and inflated box office ratings. I correctly guessed that this time Meryl streep win her Oscar hattrick and she did! She is a versatile actress. I observed that Viven leigh topped in most of the cases ( in about top 5). She performed well in the classic 'Gone with the wind' as a proud, arrogant and too ambitious Scarlett. My favorite actress in general from the above mentioned list is Kate Winslet.
U did a great job in this entertaining hub. Rated it interesting. Vote up.
Thanks for stopping by ishwaryaa22....and I glad you enjoyed reading my Best Actress Oscar hub. I was surprised when her name was called....no doubt she is a great actress....but the movie has not been received very well.
I enjoy Kate Winslet movies myself...and I think Vivien Leigh is somewhat underrated....but she has two of the greatest performances by a actress ever with Gone With The Wind and Streetcar Named Desire. Thanks for the votes.
As always, a great hub Cogerson! Best Actress performances that stand out for me are Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind, Charlize Theron for Monster, Hillary Swank for Boys Don't Cry, and Meryl Streep for Sophie's Choice.
Thanks for the compliment thatmovieguy71....I had hoped to have a hub for Best Director, Best Supporting Actress and Actor...but I never got around to it....maybe I will be able to do those other hubs by Oscar 2013....you mention some excellent performances....Charlize Theron was unforgettable in Monster...I think one of the greatest performances in the last 30 years. Thanks for stopping by.
Cogerson, we can wait for your hubs for best director, best support actress, actor, whenever you get around to it! 2013 isn't too far, you know! LOL! Love your writing!
Hey Paul....thanks for stopping by. I appreciate the very nice compliment. I will be sure to get those other 3 Oscar hubs published before the next Oscar season gets here.
FloraBreenRobison 4 months ago
I'll never get to sleep if I read this and properly comment on your hub now. But I will say this. I have seen over 50% of the total films, and not all of the movies I have seen were made before I was born. I have seen 48 of them which is 57% of them. My lowest ranked film is #79 - Dangerous, which means I have seen 60% of the top 80.
I have seen 68% of the top 40 films (27).
I have seen 15 of the top 20 which is 75% of them. That is my highest total of any grouping.
I have seen 6 of the the top ten.
I will discuss which films these are and what I loved/hated tomorrow.