Christopher Walkens' short scene in Pulp Fiction was extremely memorable. He did a whole lot with the 4 minutes of screentime he had. Can you top it?
We already did this on Twitter
by Anonymous | reply 1 | March 24, 2021 5:40 AM |
R1 The eldergays didn't.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | March 24, 2021 5:41 AM |
Bronson Pinchot as "Serge" in Beverly Hills Cop.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | March 24, 2021 6:25 AM |
Martin Kove in The Karate Kid.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | March 24, 2021 6:31 AM |
Something about the military and a watch up an ass crack gets straight guys going.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | March 24, 2021 6:36 AM |
Esther Rolle on the floor of the Evans' apartment with a punchbowl.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | March 24, 2021 6:39 AM |
I love Pulp Fiction and literally don't remember Walken in it so, there's that.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | March 24, 2021 6:39 AM |
It made be old hat to see a Viola performance now, but this was a stunning revelation at the time. A furious performance up against one of the greats and holding her own and rising above. I don’t remember who won that year, but this is the performance I wanted her to be rewarded for doing so flawlessly.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | March 24, 2021 6:52 AM |
Stockard Channing in First Wives Club. She has maybe three minutes of screen time and makes every second count.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | March 24, 2021 6:59 AM |
Drew Barrymore's LEGENDARY performance in the opening of Scream. You could tell it was gonna be lit.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | March 24, 2021 7:04 AM |
I don’t know if this a small enough role, but Sean Penn as Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Brilliant.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | March 24, 2021 7:12 AM |
Not exactly a smaller role in one sense, but Terry Kiser (as the deceased Bernie) stole the show in "Weekend at Bernie's" without saying a word.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | March 24, 2021 10:21 AM |
He was pretty good in “Annie Hall”, too.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | March 24, 2021 10:31 AM |
Vanessa Redgrave in Atonement. Despite the stupid hair.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | March 24, 2021 10:39 AM |
The appearance of Boo Ridley in To Kill A Mockingbird.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | March 24, 2021 10:41 AM |
Samuel L. Jackson in "Jurassic Park, " not a huge, major role, but I loved his iconic line, "Hold onto your butts!" I don't have Amazon Alexa, but if I did, I would want his voice.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | March 24, 2021 11:18 AM |
How long before someone mentions Beatrice Straight in Network or Judi Dench in Shakespeare in Love?
by Anonymous | reply 19 | March 24, 2021 12:05 PM |
R9 - Viola lost to Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | March 24, 2021 12:06 PM |
Peggy Ashcroft in SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | March 24, 2021 12:08 PM |
Matthew McConaughey in Wolf Of Wall Street
Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross
by Anonymous | reply 22 | March 24, 2021 12:14 PM |
Julianne Moore in The Hand that Rocks the Craddle.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | March 24, 2021 12:20 PM |
Patricia DeCou in The Blair Witch Project
I watched her and thought "Wow, what a creepy old woman." She really helped set the mood for the rest of the movie.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | March 24, 2021 12:26 PM |
Shirley Jones in Elmer Gantry. Won the Oscar, too. She's onscreen less than 10 minutes.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | March 24, 2021 12:33 PM |
Laura Linney in Nocturnal Animals.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | March 24, 2021 12:36 PM |
"You have someone on that plane? I put a curse on that plane." A two-act play in 40 seconds. Actress was Gina DeAngeles (also great in Radio Days).
by Anonymous | reply 27 | March 24, 2021 12:42 PM |
Walt Gorney in Friday the 13th
by Anonymous | reply 28 | March 24, 2021 12:44 PM |
Sigourney Weaver in Jeffrey. “That’s Deborah!”
by Anonymous | reply 29 | March 24, 2021 1:25 PM |
Peggy “Atta Girl” Pope in 9 to 5.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | March 24, 2021 1:27 PM |
This crazy YouTube channel called Atomic Popcorn has a lot of short, funny, interesting clips on subjects like this.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | March 24, 2021 2:02 PM |
It’s such a well talked about classic, Ted Levine, of course, but also Brooke Smith are iconic in SOTL. Every small role works, Cordelia, whoever.. but maybe Ted and Brooke should have shared in the Oscar having realized such horror in those scenes.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | March 24, 2021 2:10 PM |
Charlie Sheen in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Joanna Lumley in Shirley Valentine
by Anonymous | reply 33 | March 24, 2021 2:19 PM |
We already did this on Tickity Tawk.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | March 24, 2021 2:20 PM |
Less is More: Ed Harris in A History of Violence. Henry Gibson in Nashville. Joel Grey in Cabaret. Jane Alexander in All the President’s Men. Michelle Williams in Manchester by the Sea. Melinda Dillon in Absence of Malice and Magnolia. Bibi Andersson in Scenes from a Marriage. Vanessa Redgrave in Howard’s End. Jodhi May in The Last of the Mohicans. Miranda Richardson in Damage. Glenn Fitzgerald in Flirting with Disaster. Adepero Oduye in Twelve Years a Slave. Linda Cardellini in Brokeback Mountain. Camryn Manheim in Happiness. Robin Wright in Nine Lives. Debra Winger in Rachel Getting Married. Riley Keough in American Honey. Judy Parfitt in Dolores Claiborne. John C. Reilly in The Good Girl. Steve Carrell in Little Miss Sunshine. Riz in Nightcrawler.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | March 24, 2021 2:37 PM |
[quote]Charlie Sheen in Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Although this scene kickstarted puberty for me, I'm not sure it's fair to put it in the same category as performances where people are acting.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | March 24, 2021 2:47 PM |
R35 Thanks for mentioning Miranda Richardson in Damage...extraordinary.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | March 24, 2021 2:51 PM |
This might be too big of a role for this thread, but Helen Hayes in Anastasia.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | March 24, 2021 3:09 PM |
Jack Nicholson had 4 scenes in a few good men.
You vans handle the truth.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | March 24, 2021 3:11 PM |
Luise Rainer - The Great Ziegfeld.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | March 24, 2021 3:16 PM |
R36 ,Method acting; he stayed up for 48 hours beforehand to get the right look
by Anonymous | reply 41 | March 24, 2021 3:17 PM |
She won the BA Oscar, R30
by Anonymous | reply 42 | March 24, 2021 3:20 PM |
I thought this was pretty fun and has always stayed with me.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | March 24, 2021 3:28 PM |
John Turturro as Jesus in The Big Lebowski. Maybe 3 minutes of screen time, but unforgettable.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | March 24, 2021 4:25 PM |
Leland Orser in Se7en. He was the guy in the brothel who was forced to fuck the woman with the metal strap-on. He had less than 5 minutes onscreen in the interrogation room and it was terrifying.
[quote]As preparation for his traumatic scene in the interrogation room, Leland Orser would breathe in and out rapidly, so that his body would be overly saturated with oxygen, giving him the ability to hyperventilate. He also did not sleep for a few days, in order to achieve his character's disoriented look.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | March 24, 2021 4:53 PM |
Max Greenfield in Promising Young Woman. He actually could have played the larger boyfriend role but he made a hilarious douchebag in the last chapter of the film
by Anonymous | reply 46 | March 24, 2021 5:23 PM |
Beatrice Straight must own this thread, surely?
by Anonymous | reply 47 | March 24, 2021 5:26 PM |
Christopher Walken's show stopping dance number in Pennies from Heaven
by Anonymous | reply 48 | March 24, 2021 5:38 PM |
I don’t know how much she’s in it, but visually at least I recall Joanna Cassidy’s character as more interesting and compelling that that of Hannah or Hauer for the replicants in Blade Runner, especially the scene crashing through plate glass.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | March 24, 2021 5:49 PM |
Anthony Hopkins was only in Silence of the Lambs for 16 minutes. Took the Oscar home.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | March 24, 2021 6:00 PM |
Always loved this ... John Hillerman was perfection.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | March 24, 2021 6:05 PM |
There are two performances in Woody Allen's Another Woman that stand out to me more than the stars of the film. Sandy Dennis and Betty Buckley have these tiny little roles and yet you leave the film thinking about them and their characters more than anyone else.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | March 24, 2021 6:05 PM |
Gillian Anderson as Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier in Hannibal.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | March 24, 2021 6:12 PM |
Jocelyn Brando as Barbara in Mommie Dearest
by Anonymous | reply 54 | March 24, 2021 6:16 PM |
Angela Lansbury in The Manchurian Candidate.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | March 24, 2021 6:23 PM |
Jan Clayton in "The Snake Pit" (1948), singing "Goin' Home" to the other asylum patients. I'm usually strongly resistant to Hollywood sentiment, but the scene is beautifully filmed and haunting.
Vid quality is crappy...
by Anonymous | reply 56 | March 24, 2021 6:56 PM |
Joan Crawford as Nurse Lucretia Terry in The Caretakers (1963)
Sally Kellerman as Jodie Foster's hip-hating mother in Foxes (1980)
Glenda Jackson in Marat/Sade (1968)
by Anonymous | reply 57 | March 24, 2021 7:14 PM |
R45 Good one!!! Most disturbing scene in a very disturbing movie. What happened isn’t showed the audience, just described. But his performance is so good that I definitely have an image in my mind of what happened, and it’s more disorienting than actually showing it could ever have been.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | March 24, 2021 7:19 PM |
A movie not loved by DL - but Judy Dench as Queen Elizabeth in Shakespeare in Love.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | March 24, 2021 7:24 PM |
Viola Davis in FAR FROM HEAVEN.
She carries groceries, gives Dennis Haysbert the stinkeye, and gets screamed at by Julianne Moore, but she nails it. She could've got a supporting actress nom for this
by Anonymous | reply 60 | March 24, 2021 7:37 PM |
Margaret Hamilton in Wizard of Oz!
by Anonymous | reply 61 | March 24, 2021 7:40 PM |
Beatrice Straight in NETWORK. She got an Oscar for what amounted to just one scene.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | March 24, 2021 7:42 PM |
I'd like to nominate Maureen Stapleton for INTERIORS
And also the actor in the scene linked below from "BOARDWALK EMPIRE" I watched 5 seasons of this show and this is the scene that I remember the most. Of all the murders that happened, this is the only one that made an impact.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | March 24, 2021 7:48 PM |
r63 here again, here is the link to the Boardwalk Empire Scene
by Anonymous | reply 64 | March 24, 2021 7:49 PM |
I have to go with my old standby, and one that I've cross-posted many times, but Page in The Pope of Greenwich Village is extremely effective. She's touching, tragic, and wickedly funny, all in about 3 minutes. I think there's another scene but I'm not sure. I've seen some sources saying her screen time is just over 6 minutes.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | March 24, 2021 7:52 PM |
R61 wins. No one beats that. No one.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | March 24, 2021 8:04 PM |
This is the tiniest role from Meet the Parents, but this actress is perfection:
by Anonymous | reply 67 | March 24, 2021 8:46 PM |
R67 I don't even like the movie but that lady was very memorable. She was the perfect mix of stupid, bubbly and hostile.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | March 24, 2021 9:02 PM |
She really was, r68. I can’t imagine another actress doing that part. Meryl certainly couldn’t do it!
by Anonymous | reply 69 | March 24, 2021 9:06 PM |
[quote]Margaret Hamilton in Wizard of Oz!
You beat me to it. Most people are surprised to learn she only has 11 minutes total screen time, she makes such an impression. And a half to two thirds of her part was cut out during previews, partly for time but mainly for her effect on young kids, who would cry and scream and sometimes try to bolt the theater.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | March 24, 2021 9:16 PM |
Judy Garland in Judgement of Nuremberg: She deserved the Oscar for that one.
Mickey Rourke in Body Heat: He has maybe 5 minutes of screentime but his presence lingers.
Fisher Stevens in Reversal of Fortune: Made a big impression with a small role, playing a total sleazebag.
Harvey Keitel in Pulp Fiction: We all need a Winston Wolfe to call when it's necessary.
Gary Beach in the Producers: His Hitler/Merman/Garland mash-up is a tour de force.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | March 24, 2021 9:20 PM |
Ironically, Margaret Hamilton was a kindly woman in real life who at one point worked as a school teacher. She helped Judy a great deal with her nerves during the filming of the production.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | March 24, 2021 9:21 PM |
[quote]Max Greenfield in Promising Young Woman. He actually could have played the larger boyfriend role but he made a hilarious douchebag in the last chapter of the film
I agree on this. I also thought Alison Brie, Connie Britton, and Molly Shannon were good in their small roles.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | March 24, 2021 9:27 PM |
Shelly Winters in Lolita.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | March 24, 2021 9:28 PM |
[quote]I agree on this. I also thought Alison Brie, Connie Britton, and Molly Shannon were good in their small roles.
TRANSPHOBE!
by Anonymous | reply 75 | March 24, 2021 9:31 PM |
Fisher Stevens is a great one--I remember that performance well.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | March 24, 2021 9:36 PM |
Helen Lawson in "Gone with the Wind".
by Anonymous | reply 77 | March 24, 2021 9:40 PM |
Helen's blackface in GWTW is one of the reasons for the current disclaimer introduction to the film now.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | March 24, 2021 9:42 PM |
R78 I thought that was her mood, not her makeup.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | March 24, 2021 9:49 PM |
If something is violent, post a trigger warning
by Anonymous | reply 80 | March 24, 2021 11:27 PM |
R14 Something similar to that would be Elsa Lanchester in "The Bride of Frankenstein", although she is animated and makes memorable sounds. .. The title character who gets three minutes!
by Anonymous | reply 81 | March 25, 2021 1:06 AM |
Pat Thomson in Strictly Ballroom
by Anonymous | reply 82 | March 25, 2021 2:36 AM |
Jennifer Coolidge in just about anything. She steals any scene she's in.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | March 25, 2021 2:46 AM |
Robert Shaw in A Man For All Seasons. Playing Henry VIII, he has two scenes and his total screen time is less than 5 minutes. But damn, what a performance.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | March 25, 2021 2:52 AM |
And Vanessa Redgrave is funny as a slightly dim Anne Boleyn--she and Shaw are great together.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | March 25, 2021 2:58 AM |
Carrie Nye in The Group. She out-cunted everyone in that cast.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | March 25, 2021 3:15 AM |
R81, what a great choice!
Jimmy Cagney in "The Seven Little Foys".
by Anonymous | reply 87 | March 25, 2021 3:17 AM |
That girl in the porno who dramatically yells “Are you two fucking? Are you serious? Right in front of my salad?!?!?”
by Anonymous | reply 88 | March 25, 2021 3:19 AM |
The little-known character actor Hy Pyke created an immortal work of sleaze as Taffey Lewis in "Blade Runner".
I'm not sure it counts, but it is less than two minutes - the mixture of special effects and Sean Young that brought back Rachael for Blade Runner 2049. It absolutely chilled me.
Adrienne Corri as Mrs. Alexander, the woman raped by Alex and his droogs in A Clockwork Orange; Miriam Karlin as the cat lady he later kills. These could not have been easy roles to play, but both women are completely convincing.
In keeping with the "Meet the Parents" scene, Anna Francolini plays a very similar but much more hostile version perfectly in "Solo: A Star Wars Story".
IIRC, a little under 16 minutes is all that Cruella De Vil is on-screen in the original animated version of 1961. She's a lot more memorable than some dude talking about stuffing a watch up his ass.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | March 25, 2021 3:23 AM |
Amanda Plummer in Pulp Fiction and The World According to Garp
by Anonymous | reply 90 | March 25, 2021 3:24 AM |
Whoever it was that played the girl in the bathtub in The Shining. Eek.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | March 25, 2021 3:25 AM |
Troy Donahue Imitation of Life (1959)
by Anonymous | reply 92 | March 25, 2021 3:26 AM |
Thelma Ritter's Birdie in ALL ABOUT EVE. I can't imagine the film without her.
In the 1980s, I spent the summer in Madrid. One afternoon, I went to a screening of ALL ABOUT EVE. The film was shown with Spanish subtitles. About half of Birdie's lines were not subtitled. The dialogue moves at a brisk clip in that film and unless Birdie was saying something that directly advanced the plot, her dialogue was skipped over by the subtitles.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | March 25, 2021 3:31 AM |
I hope they included a subtitle for, "¡Qué historia! Todo menos los sabuesos mordiendo su trasero."
by Anonymous | reply 94 | March 25, 2021 4:43 AM |
From dumb comedy Dodgeball - Jason Bateman kills it as Pepper with Gary Cole playing the Jason Bateman role.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | March 25, 2021 4:59 AM |
Marissa Jaret Winokur in American Beauty "You are SO busted!"
by Anonymous | reply 96 | March 25, 2021 7:40 AM |
Siobhan Fallon in Dancer in the Dark
by Anonymous | reply 97 | March 25, 2021 7:42 AM |
Cara Seymour in American Psycho
by Anonymous | reply 98 | March 25, 2021 7:43 AM |
R99 good one!
by Anonymous | reply 100 | March 25, 2021 10:58 AM |
For GWTW my pick is Butterfly McQueen.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | March 25, 2021 11:02 AM |
Jason Bateman as the bisexual creep in that journalism movie, state of play? He is that person, isn’t he?
by Anonymous | reply 102 | March 25, 2021 11:11 AM |
Michael Jeter in THE FISHER KING.
Everything’s coming up videos..Lydia!!!
by Anonymous | reply 103 | March 25, 2021 11:55 AM |
R16 mentioned my choice already. Vanessa Redgrave in "Atonement" remains one of the most unforgettable characters for me, although I am unsure about whether her role is a small one. The character she plays is the protagonist of the piece and Redgrave portrayed Bryony in her old age. Saoirse Ronan played the teenaged Bryony and Romola Garai the twentysomething version of the same character.
My second choice is the little boy who plays Julianne Moore's son in "The Hours". The fear and terror in his face when he senses that his mother might be abandoning him forever haunted me for months.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | March 25, 2021 12:05 PM |
The darkly threatening guy in Mulholland Drive who says, "Excellent choice, Adam."
by Anonymous | reply 105 | March 25, 2021 12:44 PM |
Kathleen Freeman's one scene as Phoebe Dinsmore in SINGING IN THE RAIN is only about 40 seconds long, yet everyone remembers it. Everyone loves it. A perfect little moment in film.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | March 25, 2021 12:51 PM |
I got and Oscar with a telephone call.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | March 25, 2021 1:03 PM |
I got an Oscar for making a few faces and one speech!
by Anonymous | reply 108 | March 25, 2021 1:04 PM |
Christopher Walken is in Pulp Fiction?? Really? I've seen it twice!
by Anonymous | reply 110 | March 25, 2021 1:18 PM |
A shirtless Brad Pitt in ‘Thelma and Louise’.
by Anonymous | reply 111 | March 25, 2021 1:28 PM |
Ann Dvorak in A Life of Her Own. She wipes Lana Turner off the screen, not that that is hard to do. In her small role as an aging model Ann breaks your heart.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | March 25, 2021 1:46 PM |
It might just be my love of the monologue, but in The Effects of Gamma Rays in Man in the Moon Marigold’s the daughters primary competition is this snotty little girl that is referred to many times, but unseen until the day of the competition presentations. Then she gives this dead pan speech, mainly defending herself from cat murder. It is hilarious and show stopping.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | March 25, 2021 2:43 PM |
I cannot fathom that Clift and Garland lost to George Chakiris and Rita Moreno...huge error there!
by Anonymous | reply 115 | March 25, 2021 3:26 PM |
"Chrissie" in the opening scene of Jaws. We feel the terror she's experiencing without seeing the cause. Oh God! That clanging buoy and her desperation...
by Anonymous | reply 116 | March 25, 2021 3:59 PM |
r67, the actress is Kali Rocha
by Anonymous | reply 117 | March 25, 2021 5:30 PM |
r67 the actress playing the flight attendant is Kali Rocha
by Anonymous | reply 118 | March 25, 2021 5:31 PM |
r63, r64 The actor in Boardwalk Empire is James Riordan
by Anonymous | reply 119 | March 25, 2021 5:33 PM |
R105, I believe that's Angelo Badalamenti, the composer who works frequently with Lynch; he turns up again at the very end as a party guest sipping an espresso.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | March 25, 2021 5:33 PM |
Want to add Lee Fierro, "Mrs Kitner" from Jaws, the mom who slapped Roy Scheider in JAWS. She was a local actress. Sadly just died of complications from the Corona virus at 91.
by Anonymous | reply 121 | March 25, 2021 5:43 PM |
I couldn't find her name, but the half-nude woman who appears onstage with Alex to test his "rehabilitation" certainly counts.
Her first appearance is like seeing a trapdoor spider pop out of its lair; the look of brazen contempt she gives Alex is mesmerizing; and at the end she's all graceful bows and a gracious exit. She can't be on screen for more than a minute. I believe she was a gymnast.
Kubrick made great use of bit roles in all his works; Altman too, likewise Lynch.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | March 25, 2021 7:11 PM |
R98, Krista Sutton was memorable too and I don't think she had a single word of dialogue.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | March 25, 2021 7:14 PM |
Peter Lorre in Casablanca
by Anonymous | reply 124 | March 25, 2021 7:16 PM |
I like the Gypsy lady at the end of ‘Children of Men’.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | March 25, 2021 7:31 PM |
[quote]Peter Lorre in Casablanca
I was thinking about this one earlier. Casablanca was well cast down to the bit parts. I would say the 19 year wife desperate to help her husband was pretty memorable in her short scene.
by Anonymous | reply 126 | March 25, 2021 7:33 PM |
That little girl in the red dress in Schindler’s List.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | March 25, 2021 7:36 PM |
Rules of Attraction is jammed full of them - the drug dealer, Richard "Dick" at lunch, Swoozie, Faye (looking gorgeous), the girl who commits suicide, Fred Savage as a junkie, Eric Stolz as the teacher, the flirty blonde who suggests a three-way, the gay trio going to the hospital, the dorky twink Ian Paul tries to pick up, etc.
Except for a few botched lines from Kip Pardue it might be the best acted movie of its type.
by Anonymous | reply 128 | March 25, 2021 7:43 PM |
I can't think of a single role, no matter how small, in The Big Sleep that wasn't perfect.
by Anonymous | reply 129 | March 25, 2021 7:44 PM |
Pam Grier in Something Wicked This Way Comes had about two lines of dialogue, was at the height of her beauty and still was the most frightening thing on screen.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | March 25, 2021 7:46 PM |
I'd go for Edie McClurg over Charlie Sheen in Ferris Bueller.
by Anonymous | reply 131 | March 25, 2021 7:56 PM |
Faith Dane in GYPSY. The only Mazeppa that matters.
by Anonymous | reply 132 | March 25, 2021 8:19 PM |
Edie McClurg was also a highlight of "Carrie".
by Anonymous | reply 133 | March 25, 2021 8:20 PM |
R126 Joy Page. Very memorable face and performance.
by Anonymous | reply 134 | March 25, 2021 8:24 PM |
Edie McClurg in numerous WKRP episodes.
by Anonymous | reply 135 | March 25, 2021 8:45 PM |
Kurtz / Duvall in Apocalypse Now. The inverse would be Dennis Hopper in the same movie. Ugh!
by Anonymous | reply 136 | March 25, 2021 8:50 PM |
Lawrence Tierney (the boss, daddy of Chris Penn's character) in Reservoir Dogs. "You're Mr. ____."
by Anonymous | reply 137 | March 25, 2021 8:54 PM |
Just realizing I forgot to give the title of the movie I allude to in R122...it's "A Clockwork Orange"
by Anonymous | reply 138 | March 25, 2021 10:52 PM |
R138 Thank you! I finally put "Alex" and "Kubrick" together and got it but thanks for confirming!
by Anonymous | reply 139 | March 25, 2021 11:14 PM |
Caleb Landry Jones in Three Billboards
by Anonymous | reply 140 | March 26, 2021 12:09 AM |
Tucker Smith as "Ice" in West Side Story. "Cool" was originally Riff's song, and moved in the film from pre-rumble to post. Smith totally sells it.
by Anonymous | reply 141 | March 26, 2021 12:37 AM |
Gene Hackman in Young Frankenstein.
by Anonymous | reply 142 | March 26, 2021 12:53 AM |
Charlotte Rampling in Life During Wartime! “I’m a monster.”
by Anonymous | reply 143 | March 26, 2021 3:09 PM |
Sharon Stone in "Stardust Memories".
by Anonymous | reply 144 | March 26, 2021 5:14 PM |
Doris Roberts in A NEW LEAF.
by Anonymous | reply 145 | March 28, 2021 3:32 AM |
Peggy Ashcroft gives an excellent and memorable performance in a bit part as the farmer’s wife in The 39 Steps
by Anonymous | reply 146 | March 28, 2021 3:58 AM |
Doris Roberts in THE HONEYMOON KILLERS.
by Anonymous | reply 147 | March 28, 2021 4:21 AM |
Anne Bancroft in [italic]Malice[/italic]
by Anonymous | reply 148 | March 28, 2021 4:34 AM |
Hello??
by Anonymous | reply 149 | March 28, 2021 4:35 AM |
The girl on the school bus in "The World of Henry Orient," Jane Buchanan.
"Intelligence Quo-ta."
by Anonymous | reply 150 | March 28, 2021 4:48 AM |
Jan Hooks as Tina the Alamo tour guide in "Pee Wee's Big Adventure".
Pure comedy gold.
by Anonymous | reply 152 | March 28, 2021 5:46 AM |
John Turturro as Jesus in the Big Lebowski.
by Anonymous | reply 154 | March 28, 2021 11:57 AM |
Mad Mad World:
Paul Ford in the control tower.
Arnold Stang and Marvin Kaplan in the gas station.
by Anonymous | reply 155 | March 30, 2021 2:13 PM |
Paul Winfield in Mike's Murder
by Anonymous | reply 156 | March 30, 2021 2:19 PM |
R119 Such a talented actor. In one of the gossip threads someone talked about how his career had been sabotaged by Tom Sizemore (was that you?)
R120 It is.
by Anonymous | reply 157 | March 30, 2021 2:20 PM |
R158 Thanks! I forgot about GO...loaded with small parts and a fun, sexy movie.
by Anonymous | reply 160 | March 30, 2021 3:43 PM |
I forgot how much I crushed on Scott Wolf. Now I kind of want to rewatch the movie to see how well it has aged.
by Anonymous | reply 161 | March 30, 2021 3:46 PM |
Hugo Blick as the young Batman in the original 1989 Batman was very memorable and weirdly hot in my young eyes. Apparently is a screenwriter now.
by Anonymous | reply 162 | March 30, 2021 3:50 PM |
Bobby Lewis in Dragon Seed as Captain Sato.
by Anonymous | reply 164 | March 30, 2021 3:52 PM |
Mae West had much less than 15 minutes of MYRA BRECKINRIDGE. Every moment is a good one.
by Anonymous | reply 165 | March 30, 2021 4:51 PM |
Welker White the "hat' lady in Goodfellas
by Anonymous | reply 166 | March 30, 2021 5:11 PM |
John Marley as smarmy Hollywood producer Jack Woltz in THE GODFATHER.
And the horse, Khartoum, too!
by Anonymous | reply 167 | March 30, 2021 5:27 PM |
R167 I don't know if you've read the book, but that character is a pedophile in it. I read the book before seeing the movie and wish that was left in.
by Anonymous | reply 168 | March 30, 2021 7:54 PM |
R168 When I read the book, John Marley was one of the actors I could picture as The Godfather. I was happy to see him in the movie even if it was as Woltz.
by Anonymous | reply 169 | March 30, 2021 8:11 PM |
Jiminy Cricket
by Anonymous | reply 170 | March 30, 2021 8:33 PM |
The Elephant Matriarch, voiced by Verna Felton.
Crow Chorus, voiced by the Hall Johnson Choir.
by Anonymous | reply 171 | March 30, 2021 9:42 PM |
Deleted scene from THE GODFATHER featuring Woltz and young "Janie" and her mother at the studio. There is another brief scene where she is seen upstairs at Woltz' mansion as Hagen is leaving.
by Anonymous | reply 173 | March 30, 2021 10:41 PM |
Kind of ironic that the birthday present he gives her is a miniature HORSE??!!!
by Anonymous | reply 174 | March 30, 2021 10:44 PM |
The banjo-playing boy in 'Deliverance.'
Lynn Redgrave in 'Kinsey.'
by Anonymous | reply 175 | March 31, 2021 10:46 AM |
Paul Robeson as Joe and Hattie McDaniel as Queenie in the 1936 film version of Show Boat. That film is actually a treasure trove of great supporting performances.
by Anonymous | reply 176 | March 31, 2021 11:36 AM |
Marion Lorne and Norman Fell in The Graduate.
Alright, Walter Brooke, too.
by Anonymous | reply 177 | March 31, 2021 12:07 PM |
Chris Tucker in The Fifth Element.
by Anonymous | reply 178 | March 31, 2021 1:08 PM |
R131 R133 Edie McClurg 'swinger in fur' in Eating Raoul (1982)
by Anonymous | reply 179 | March 31, 2021 3:38 PM |
That little girl actress in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
by Anonymous | reply 180 | March 31, 2021 3:59 PM |
Joan Crawford in The Best Of Everything. A cameo role but she got all the acting honors.
"For some reason or other, I walked off with the picture. Maybe it was the part (I had all the balls) but I think it was a matter of experience, knowing how to make the most of every scene."
by Anonymous | reply 181 | March 31, 2021 4:18 PM |
Sylvia Miles turned six minutes of screen time in MIDNIGHT COWBOY into an Oscar nomination.
by Anonymous | reply 182 | March 31, 2021 4:18 PM |
I loved the babysitter in Goodfellas. She was so me in the 1970s. And the way she’s blowing everything off on the phone as Liotta’s anxiety rises and the background music gets louder. You know it’s not going to end well.
by Anonymous | reply 183 | March 31, 2021 6:50 PM |
r157, you wrote:
[quote] [R119] Such a talented actor. In one of the gossip threads someone talked about how his career had been sabotaged by Tom Sizemore (was that you?)
Really??? I can't seem to find this on DL, do you remember any of the details? Hard to believe anyone with Sizemore's reputation could sabotage anyone.
I believe I saw James Riordan as a replacement in the Jane Curtin NOISES OFF on Broadway in the early 2000's he was really great as the asshole director. Also in that production was Kali Rocha, r118
by Anonymous | reply 184 | April 6, 2021 10:06 PM |
R184 The story was both he and Sizemore were stars in the theater department at Temple. Sizemore graduated earlier and poisoned the well against Riordan, so when Riordan finished school a year later nobody wanted to hire him.
by Anonymous | reply 185 | April 6, 2021 10:52 PM |
thanks r184, I found the DL discussion after I posted that. it was a very old one linked to a more recent thread about the "Celebrity Rehab" series. Some very interesting 90s LA/rehab culture gossip on the thread
Good Heidi Fliess gossip along with this topic
by Anonymous | reply 186 | April 6, 2021 10:58 PM |
R186 Thanks. I tried looking in the gossip threads, but couldn't find it. It's one of the most interesting things I've read on here - I wish there was more stories like that here than the endless Meghan Markle or Johnny Depp threads.
by Anonymous | reply 187 | April 7, 2021 2:56 AM |
Patty D'arbenville in the Sopranos
by Anonymous | reply 188 | April 7, 2021 5:21 PM |
Doreen Lang as the hysterical mom at the restaurant in THE BIRDS: "Why are they doing this? Why are they doing this? They said when you got here the whole thing started. Who are you? What are you? Where did you come from? I think you're the cause of all of this. I think you're evil. EVIL!"
Nathan Lane as Father Dan in JEFFREY: Jeffrey: Wait! You're really a priest? Father Dan: Of course. I'm a CATHOLIC priest. Historically, that falls somewhere between chorus boy and florist.
by Anonymous | reply 189 | April 7, 2021 7:41 PM |
I know Mask (1985) was a sappy movie, but I loved Laura Dern's small part in it.
by Anonymous | reply 190 | April 7, 2021 11:59 PM |
Leonardo DiCaprio was the best part of Celebrity (1998)
by Anonymous | reply 191 | April 8, 2021 12:53 PM |
interesting r185, I guess showbiz is full of stories of actors trying to sabotage one another out of jealousy or whatever. Fortunately, it didn't stop him from working. I needed to take a shower after reading that "celebrity rehab" thread.
by Anonymous | reply 192 | April 17, 2021 11:40 PM |
The ever-popular Blanche Yurka is still remembered for her performance as Madame Defarge in the 1935 "A Tale of Two Cities."
by Anonymous | reply 193 | April 17, 2021 11:48 PM |
Ned "The world is a corporation" Beatty owns this thread.
by Anonymous | reply 194 | April 17, 2021 11:50 PM |
R11 is right. Drew in “Scream” was unbelievably good.
by Anonymous | reply 195 | April 17, 2021 11:54 PM |
“I’ll have what she’s having.”
by Anonymous | reply 196 | April 18, 2021 12:12 AM |
The late Helen McCrory in Skyfall. I was so disappointed she didn't return in Spectre.
by Anonymous | reply 197 | April 18, 2021 7:19 AM |
Can't find a clip but Julie Bavasso in "The Verdict" She, like many of the NY actors mentioned in this thread could make an immediate, inedible impact and could create a memorable character with just a scene or two.. She played the nurse who had witnessed medical malpractice and Paul Newman (one of his greatest performances) hunted her down and tried to get her to testify.
by Anonymous | reply 198 | April 18, 2021 12:19 PM |
R189 - Doreen Lang also has a funny over-the-top part in Hitchcock's The Wrong Man too.
by Anonymous | reply 199 | April 18, 2021 2:19 PM |
Judi Dench in Shakespeare in love - 8 minutes screentime and won an Oscar
Casablanca probably has the greatest collection of small roles. Everyone is great and memorable: Dooley Wilson, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Conrad Veidt and Claude Rains
Brad Pitt owes his career to Thelma and Louise
by Anonymous | reply 200 | April 18, 2021 2:37 PM |
Jack Nicholson-Easy Rider.
by Anonymous | reply 201 | April 18, 2021 2:48 PM |
The waitress in Five Easy Pieces.
by Anonymous | reply 202 | April 18, 2021 2:48 PM |
and Helena Kallianiotes and he speeches about crap and filth.
by Anonymous | reply 203 | April 18, 2021 2:56 PM |
I just saw Lust for Life. I can't believe that Anthony Quinn won an Oscar for his part. He was okay but nothing special. He was up against Anthony Perkins for Friendly Persuasion, Don Murray for Bus Stop, Mickey Rooney for The Bold and the Brave and Robert Stack for Written on the Wind.
by Anonymous | reply 204 | April 18, 2021 3:02 PM |
R204 Anthony Quinn was an over-rated piece of shit.
by Anonymous | reply 205 | April 18, 2021 3:26 PM |
This is the best thread on DL right now. Classic and the type of thread DL used to have years ago when it was a unique place in cyberspace
by Anonymous | reply 206 | April 18, 2021 3:52 PM |
Lainie Kazan in My Favorite Year
by Anonymous | reply 207 | April 18, 2021 4:11 PM |
Also, Cameron Mitchell in My Favorite Year!
by Anonymous | reply 208 | April 18, 2021 4:53 PM |
Pamela Brown in Lust for Life.
by Anonymous | reply 209 | April 18, 2021 9:44 PM |
Marquise de Meurteuil in Dangerous Liaisons. Though I’m sure the role would have been bigger and more memorable ... with a different actress. Annette, for example.
by Anonymous | reply 210 | April 18, 2021 10:36 PM |
R198 I’m sure Julie Bovasso always made an “inedible impact.” The alternative is too awful to imagine.
by Anonymous | reply 211 | April 18, 2021 10:39 PM |
Bonita Granville as Bette’s cunt niece in Now, Voyager. ‘Hello Aunt Charlotte, you look ravishing. New dress?’
by Anonymous | reply 213 | April 19, 2021 4:35 AM |
Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road. The film sprung to life whenever he appeared.
by Anonymous | reply 214 | April 19, 2021 5:42 PM |
[quote] needed to take a shower after reading that "celebrity rehab" thread.
Looking back from a 2021 perspective that show was pretty disgusting, exploiting people who were clearly desperate.
Having read the DL thread about it (now over 10 years old) I'd love to know what happened to that fantastic insider who posted all that shit about 90s hollywood on that thread. Hopefully he/she is still with us. If you are out there, dish some more!
by Anonymous | reply 215 | April 19, 2021 5:54 PM |
Yes to Miranda Richardson in Damage — so restrained until the end, “You should have killed yourself ...”!screaming
Brilliant
by Anonymous | reply 216 | April 19, 2021 6:49 PM |
Miranda’s tiny tits were quite unnerving, though.
by Anonymous | reply 217 | April 19, 2021 8:02 PM |
[quote]Needed to take a shower after reading that "celebrity rehab" thread.
At least 5 former contestants died after appearing on this show and a very high percentage have relapsed at least once.
I believe it was cancelled for that reason. Dr.Drew is also something of a quack having been a vocal Covid skeptic though he later "recanted" and admitted he was wrong.
by Anonymous | reply 218 | April 20, 2021 3:24 PM |
Bovasso was great in THE VERDICT.. So was Lindsay Crouse, probable nepotism notwithstanding.
by Anonymous | reply 219 | April 21, 2021 2:58 AM |
For me personally, I thought PSH stole "The Talented Mr. Ripley. " I loved every scene he was in.
by Anonymous | reply 220 | April 21, 2021 3:04 AM |
For me personally, I thought Cate Blanchett stole THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY.
by Anonymous | reply 221 | April 21, 2021 4:17 AM |
The Talented Mr. Ripley wasn’t good and the queens trying to make it happen 20yrs later should pop their VHS in again.
by Anonymous | reply 222 | April 21, 2021 4:46 AM |
Webster
by Anonymous | reply 223 | April 21, 2021 5:07 AM |
One of my favorite movies is THE DAYTRIPPERS, and it’s now on HBO Max. The leads (Hope Davis, Parker Posey, Anne Meara, Stanley Tucci, etc) are all great, but there are many fantastic small parts, especially Marcia Gay Harden as neurotic partygoer. She creates a memorable, fully realized character in about 5 minutes of screen time.
by Anonymous | reply 224 | April 21, 2021 5:14 AM |
R198 - I saw The Verdict mentioned as I was scrolling this thread and immediately knew which character had the impact. But when I saw the name, I associated it with Moonstruck (Aunt Rita). I never realized she was in The Verdict.
by Anonymous | reply 225 | April 21, 2021 5:15 AM |
R224 Daytrippers! I forgot about that one. Great cast. Thanks for the reminder.
by Anonymous | reply 226 | April 21, 2021 10:41 PM |
Heath Ledger in Monster's Ball, he's the only reason to watch the movie.
by Anonymous | reply 228 | April 22, 2021 1:24 AM |
In "The Accidental Tourist", the three leads are William Hurt, Geena Davis and Kathleen Turner, but Hurt's two brothers and his sister in the film just delightfully steal every scene they are in.
by Anonymous | reply 229 | April 22, 2021 1:41 AM |
The person who laughed in the theater when Heath Ledger said "Hello, beautiful" to Maggie G.
Ever since a DLer told that story, that's the only thing I recall about the film.
by Anonymous | reply 230 | April 22, 2021 1:54 AM |
The corgi also steals The Accidental Tourist.
by Anonymous | reply 231 | April 22, 2021 10:14 AM |
Mary Wickes in... anything.
by Anonymous | reply 232 | April 22, 2021 11:28 PM |
R224 I first noticed Harden in a small role in the too long Meet Joe Black as the female lead's frumpy sister. She brought such grace to a cliched and pointless role.
by Anonymous | reply 233 | April 23, 2021 2:05 AM |
John Huston in Chinatown . Great portrait of evil.
by Anonymous | reply 234 | April 24, 2021 1:18 AM |
My apologies are offered if this has already been mentioned but I would have to go with Robert De Nero's portrayal of Mephistopheles in "Angel Heart". I don't think he had more that 15 or so minutes of screen time but he knocked out it with every word, every facial expression, every movement of his body.
by Anonymous | reply 235 | April 24, 2021 6:16 PM |
R235 Yes, great small part. I believe he called himself "Louis Cypher". He was especially creepy when he ate the hard boiled egg. Ugh.
by Anonymous | reply 236 | April 24, 2021 7:13 PM |
Hal Holbrook in 'All The President's Men.'
by Anonymous | reply 237 | April 24, 2021 7:23 PM |
Elaine Stewart as the slut Lila in The Bad and the Beautiful. "I forgot to tell you, Georgia. I saw the picture. Thought you were swell."
by Anonymous | reply 238 | April 24, 2021 7:55 PM |
Gloria Grahame in anything she appeared in. That girl was a scene stealer.
by Anonymous | reply 239 | April 25, 2021 4:00 PM |
Zane Buzby in Americathon as Vietnam 'puke' rocker Mouling Jackson.
by Anonymous | reply 240 | April 25, 2021 10:57 PM |
Lily Tomlin as Ernestine in The Incredible Shrinking Woman.
She's on screen for 9 seconds, says "I'm SO sorry but you HAVE been disconnected from the party to whom you were speaking (snort). And you better lay off the buttons, buster!"
The full audience at the Alameda Mall roared with such laughter, recognition, and applause it almost blew the roof off the theater. I'll never forget it and it still gives me goosebumps.
by Anonymous | reply 241 | April 25, 2021 11:11 PM |
Barrie Chase in WHITE CHRISTMAS.
"Mutual, I'm sure."
by Anonymous | reply 242 | April 26, 2021 1:25 PM |
Susan Batson in "Girl 6" This bitch is LIT and funny and real as hell. Preaching what needs to be heard right now. It appears to be improvised, but I am not sure
by Anonymous | reply 243 | May 1, 2021 4:20 PM |
My Favorite Year - an actor named Tony DiBenedetto played Alfie, Peter O'Toole's driver in NYC. In a movie filled with each actor being perfectly cast, he stood out. All the best movies are those where all the small parts are great.
by Anonymous | reply 244 | May 4, 2021 8:05 PM |
This is one of the best threads I've ever read on DL.
by Anonymous | reply 245 | May 26, 2021 5:40 PM |
Angela Bassett in her 10-minute appearance in Passion Fish.
by Anonymous | reply 246 | May 28, 2021 7:50 AM |
Allan Arbus as Dr Sidney Friedman in the TV series MASH.
by Anonymous | reply 247 | May 29, 2021 9:54 PM |
Vivian Vance in [italic] I Love Lucy[/italic]
by Anonymous | reply 248 | May 30, 2021 8:56 AM |
I just rewatched To Kill a Mockingbird. I agree with Boo Radly, but this is another movie that had all of the roles no matter how small well cast. Special mention to Tom Robinson and Mayella Ewell for their testimony. As important as their characters were to the plot, they were largely off-screen.
by Anonymous | reply 249 | May 30, 2021 1:31 PM |
Dick Hogan as the very unfortunate David in "Rope".
by Anonymous | reply 250 | May 30, 2021 5:14 PM |
r63 and r64, would have appreciated a warning about how violent and bloody the ending is, but it was a great scene. Disturbing
by Anonymous | reply 251 | May 30, 2021 5:17 PM |
Just saw Kramer vs Kramer on TCM the other night. Jo Beth Williams in a small role was a total knockout. Sexy and confident and funny.
by Anonymous | reply 253 | November 19, 2022 12:21 AM |
Vanessa Redgrave in CORIOLANUS, FOXCATCHER, VENUS . . . v
by Anonymous | reply 254 | November 28, 2022 2:37 AM |
Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road
Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Anonymous | reply 255 | November 28, 2022 2:48 AM |