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GREAT FEMALE PERFORMANCES

By: Kenji


Ana Torrent in Spirit of the Beehive

Don’t read too much into the order, but i think the top 9 are about right. To see Anne Bancroft a nervous wreck who could barely get a word out on the British TV chat show Wogan was an eye opener. Being an egotist he was critical of her but i felt for her.

Suggestions welcome.

Favourite actresses (alphabetical order):

Isabelle Adjani
Anne Bancroft
Louise Brooks
Cyd Charisse
Marlene Dietrich
Janet Gaynor
Gong Li
Hara Setsuko
Katharine Hepburn
Brigitte Helm
Kagawa Kyoko
Anna Karina
Kyo Machiko
Anna Magnani
Maria de Medeiros
Marilyn Monroe
Julianne Moore
Madhabi Mukherjee
Ruan Lingyu
Leonor Silveira
Tilda Swinton
Takamine Hideko
Tanaka Kinuyo
Wakao Ayako
Zhang Ziyi


Emilie Dequenne in Rosetta

 

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Judicial Joe

14May11

No Hiroshima mon amour with Emmanuelle Riva?

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    Kenji

    14May11

    Ah yes it is a great film and she's fine- maybe too often overlooked?

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Bijoux Alexanderplatz

26Mar11

Such a great list and I completely agree with placing The Spirit of the Beehive in your top eight. I can't believe I hadn't heard of that film until this year. Now I'm telling everyone about it. I keep hearing good things about Sansho the Bailiff. Think I'll be adding that to my watch list.

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Kenji

4Mar11

Well spotted and quite right. Maybe she's so real she's not noticed as "acting".

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Erik Solin

4Mar11

This list is missing my very favourite! Margarita Terekhova in The Mirror.

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