WHO IS / WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FILM ACTRESS EVER?

I mean Joan BENNETT, not Bennet. My mistake.

I just realized I left out the 1950s in my list of most beautiful actresses.

Most Beautiful Actress (1950s):

Tatyana Samojlova in The Cranes Are Flying

Nancy Allen in Carrie
Laurie Bird in Two-Lane Blacktop
Emily Browning in Sleeping Beauty
Catherine Deneuve in Repulsion
Kirsten Dunst in Melancholia
Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist
Eva Green in The Dreamers
Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation
Anna Karina in Vivre sa vie
Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief
Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut
Marilyn Monroe in The Misfits
Cathy Moriarty in Raging Bull
Carey Mulligan in Shame
Kim Novak in Vertigo
Elizabeth Olsen in Martha Marcy May Marlene
Ellen Page in Inception
Christina Ricci in Buffalo ’66
Chloë Sevigny in The Brown Bunny
Cybill Shepherd in Taxi Driver
Maribel Verdú in Y tu mamá también
Michelle Williams in Blue Valentine
Kate Winslet in The Reader

Nancy Allen in Carrie
Asia Argento in Last Days
Monica Bellucci in Irreversible
Laurie Bird in Two-Lane Blacktop
Emily Browning in Sleeping Beauty
Catherine Deneuve in Repulsion
Kirsten Dunst in Melancholia
Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist
Eva Green in The Dreamers
Laura Harring in Mulholland Dr.
Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation
Anna Karina in Vivre sa vie
Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief
Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut
Diane Lane in Rumble Fish
Marilyn Monroe in The Misfits
Cathy Moriarty in Raging Bull
Carey Mulligan in Shame
Kim Novak in Vertigo
Elizabeth Olsen in Martha Marcy May Marlene
Ellen Page in Inception
Christina Ricci in Buffalo ’66
Chloë Sevigny in The Brown Bunny
Cybill Shepherd in Taxi Driver
Uma Thurman in Mad Dog and Glory
Maribel Verdú in Y tu mamá también
Naomi Watts in Mulholland Dr.
Michelle Williams in Blue Valentine
Kate Winslet in The Reader

Meryl Streep is stunningly beautiful in Manhattan and in a couple of scenes from Out of Africa (when Redford has her lean her head back to rinse her soapy hair, and she closes her eyes) she looks like an angel.

Claudia Cardinale. (Delicious.)

Isabelle Adjani

Liz Taylor

Lauren Bacall

I consider Claudia Cardinale the most beautiful

Been in love with her since The Horse Whisperer (I was 8, she was 13) and have followed her career closely ever since.

I haven’t looked, but I assume Ms. Weld has been mentioned?

I think Magdalena Montezuma has one of the most striking and beautiful faces ever photographed

and I have an eternal crush on these two…in my dreams I am married to Lillian Gish

cannot forget Candy Darling

also we need some women of color appreciation

Anna May Wong

Fredi Washington

Toshia Mori

Josephine Baker