10 Biggest Actresses of All Time

The Hepburn sistas should replace Bullock/Lopez. LOL.

LOLZ

OP is either 18 years old or has seldom seen a movie.

Chrissy Metz?

Yes Glenn you actually have to win an Oscar to be one of the biggest actresses of all time.

R5. Sure, Mary Louise

Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Lopez?!

I don't know about biggest, but they for sure aren't the best. Here are the ten best actresses of all time (in no order):

1. Ingrid Bergman

2. Glenn Close

3. Bette Davis

4. Meryl Streep (pre 1990)

5. Cate Blanchett

6. Maggie Smith (ignoring Harry Potter and Dowton Abbey)

7. Emma Thompson

8. Katherine Hepburn

9. Francs McDormand

10. Ellen Burstyn

Angie and J FUCKING LO?? No.

Julia and Sandra should be the only two on the list who became famous circa 1990-present day.

It depends on what "biggest" means. If it's "Most well known among the general public during her prime period of activity," it would probably be Mary Pickford, followed closely by Greta Garbo; and Norma Shearer is in the running.

Too bad the OP is unaware that being an actress, and at times a great one, predated and may not necessarily include Joan Crawford, appearing in her first featured role in 1927.

Vivian Leigh

Chrissy Metz

Gaby Sidibe

Hattie McDaniel

Shelly Winters

Melissa McCarthy

Kathy Bates

Kirstie Alley

Queen Latifah

Octavia Spencer

Elizabeth Taylor

I said biggest, cunts. And I ain’t changing.

Lopez is isn't big idiot!! Nor Jolie or Dunaway. Stop reading DL for honorable mentions and take a film class or just watch a month of TCM. A recognizable name doesn't make you big. And you have forgotten some foreign actresses too. What a maroon!

R15 Maroon? Am I aquatic? You fkin cunt.

Here is my attempt based on actresses who carried films on their star power alone. Their names on the marquee drove ticket sales. Not being tied to a Marvel or Star Wars tentpole.

Julia Roberts

Michelle Pfeiffer

Meg Ryan

Jodie Foster

Julie Andrews

Bette Midler

Sandra Bullock

Liz Taylor

Barbra Streisand

Meryl Streep

Judy Garland

Katherine Hepburn

Bette Davis

Ingrid Bergman

Vivien Leigh

Elizabeth Taylor

Meryl Streep

Sigorney Weaver

Michelle Pfeiffer

Cate Blantchett

Faye Dunaway

Jane Fonda

^ couldn’t pick ten, my ceiteria was talent and iconic

I forgot about the beautiful Jane Fonda. Remove Joan Crawford and replace with Fonda.

Also an honorable mention for Whoopi Goldberg. She just needed 1 more blockbuster to seal the deal.

No one has mentioned Barbara Stanwyck.

WTF?

Highest paid women in 1944.

4 Oscar nominations. For "Stella Dallas", "Ball of Fire", "Double Indemnity", and "Sorry Wrong Number".

Being an independent, like Cary Grant, she never got the Best Performance Oscar due to studio players voting for those from their own studio.

Long career.

Comedy ("The Lady Eve" and "Ball of Fire"). Drama ("Stella Dallas", "Meet John Doe") Noir ("Double Indemnity") Westerns....Soap Opera....

Transitioned to television with her own "The Barbara Stanwyck Show". And then, "The Big Valley".

And her later superlative performance in "The Thorn Birds".

Half the people on OP's list can't hold a candle to Stanwyck's versatility.

Sandra Bullock?? Jolie?? Grace Kelly? Ghoulia?? Lopez?

The OP list is not even close to containing a reasonable list.

Sandra Bullock? Really?

Not

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^exactly right. The Hepburns and Marylin should replace 7-9

Jennifer Lopez (said nobody but op)

The incredible Barbara Streisand also gets an honorable mention.

J lo? Angelina? Faye? The ultimate top 10 is Elizabeth Taylor, Ingrid Bergman, Judy Garland, Bette Davis, Marilyn, Julia Roberts, Doris Day, Meryl Streep, Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford. Honourable mentions Vivien Leigh, Sandra Bullock, Jane Fonda, Julie Andrews, Meg Ryan and Goldie Hawn.

Im talking box office power, ability to lead a film, and overall industry clout. My list is spot on except Jane Fonda needs to replace Crawford.

R13 I’m upset.

Julie Andrews OP. Not many had that level of success (movies & musicals) also - ever hear of Barbra Streisand ? Kind of a dumb post

Demi Moore

Jennifer Lopez!??

Oh, my STARS!

Shelley Hack

Sandra Bullock actually belongs on any Biggest Actresses of all time. She might not be a great actress, but she carried movie after movie. And many without a big time male lead.

Vera Hruba Ralston

Pamelyn Ferdin

Maria Ouspenskaya

Deborah Walley

Gretchen Mol

Lilyan Tashman

Diana Dors

Susan Tolsky

Rhonda Fleming

Virginia Christine

Cheryl Ladd

Not one Black actress was named

Alfre Woodard

Shelly Hack

Dahlia Lavi

Anna Magnani

Glynis Johns

Eve Arden

Suzanne Plemachete

Shelly Winters

Aline MacMahon

Thelma Ritter

Hey fucktards. There have been great actresses in NON ENGLISH CINEMA, for crissakes.

I was speaking mostly to OP. At least the last posters are more cosmopolitan and it is appreciated.

^^^ I’m adding “more cosmopolitan” to my stock replies when I have no idea what to say.

I don't see no Audrey Totter on those lists.

Scratch the surface of an actor and you'll find an actress.

Whoopi Goldberg

Black male actors like Denzel Washington and Will Smith made it to the very top of Hollywood r38. A black actress hasn't quite, Whoopi probably came the closest.

Samuel Jackson is the highest grossing Domestic Box Office actor of all time. Of any color or gender.

Scarlett J is the 3rd highest grossing actor - Domestic Box Office - of all time.

The FUCK you say?

[quote]Not one Black actress was named

Gabourey Sidibe is the biggest. 700 pounds at her peak.

Mary Pickford is probably the correct answer for biggest actress of all time. More into Old Hollywood, people like Myrna Loy and Doris Day were far more consistent box office than some of the better known names.

Where is Zendaya!?!?!?

Screw Audrey Totter....what about ME?

Hermione Baddeley

Judy Landers

Cate Blanchett is not an actor?

Barbra

Jessica

Glenn

Liza

Is Cate Blanchett an A+ name r57? If you showed a random person on the street a picture of Cate Blanchett I don't think they would know who she is.

R53 In due time Gen Zer. In due time.

Shelley Hack

JaclynSmith

Cheryl Ladd

Farrah Fawcett

Mine:

Katherine Hepburn Bette Davis Elizabeth Taylor Joan Crawford Vanessa Redgrave Maggie Smith Meryl Streep Emma Thompson Jane Fonda Sigourney Weaver

It’s unfortunate this list has to be so white because of Hollywood rampant racism of black women. I started to enter Diana Ross just cause.

R1 By the way. I know it’s you. You always aping black culture and phrasings when you decide to stalk my posts. Bitch ass cunt.

Life and talent isn’t always a Benneton ad

Shirley Temple

Julia Roberts changed opportunities for all modern actresses. Only her and Meryl belong among the screen icons of the modern actresses. The rest are from the Golden Age.

Streisand

Lange

Close

Box Office Only- in no order

Marilyn Monroe Joan Crawford Shirley Temple Betty Grable Julia Roberts Sandra Bullock Elizabeth Taylor Doris Day Jennifer Lawrence Tyler Perry as Madea

Nicole ?

Charlize ?

Hello ?

Or there should be two lists;

10 greatest female Movie Stars

10 greatest female Actors (“actress” is no longer PC)

Bette Davis Ms Streep Blanchett Etc in one column

Elizabeth Taylor Julia Roberts Marilyn Monroe In the “movie star” list etc

Frances McDormand = 3 Best Actress Oscars

Kate Hepburn = 4 Best Actress Oscars

Geez OP we’re you born in 1995? This list needs to go back, way back, like 1925.

R73 I was born in 1988 and thought I kept a good balance of old and contemporary.

Most Oscars does not equal biggest actresses.

Kate, Audrey, Bette, Liz, Julia, Ingrid, Marylin, Meryl, Joan, Mary. Those are the screen goddesses

Dixie Carter

Tyler Perry as Madea obviously for the win

Doesn't every star of Julia's stature have a second Oscar. I'm surprised she hasn't gotten it yet.

I would replace Jlo and Bullock with Jullianne Moore and Katherine Hepburn. Diana Ross was unbelievably great in her first film but was unfortunately too soon fir it’s time. She definitely should’ve had a more illustrious film career.

No Vivian Vance?

Good god - imagine trying to suggest Faye Dunaway was one of the biggest actresses ever!?!

Dunaway chewed the scenery up in nearly everything she woodenly "acted" in.

Zara Cully

R22, RE: Stanwick, where you write, "And her later superlative performance in "The Thorn Birds"..."

I kept waiting for her false teeth to fly out of her mouth. Very distracting.

What do we think gays? Will the queen have another hit?

Vanessa Redgrave Maggie Smith Emma Thompson Jane Fonda Sigourney Weaver?? The fuck do you consider big? Missing a Hepburn, Roberts and Monroe makes that list ridiculous.

Maeve Kinkead hated Lispy Larson.