The 15 Best Female Acting Performances of All Time
00:32 Sharon Stone in Casino
01:23 Jodie Foster in The Silence of The Lambs
02:01 Meryl Streep in The Bridges of Madison County
02:49 Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream
03:41 Rhea Seehorn in Better Call Saul
04:31 Sissy Spacek in Carrie
05:14 Frances McDormand in Fargo
05:56 Kathy Bates in Misery
06:48 Natalie Portman in Black Swan
07:30 Bette Davis in All About Eve
08:12 Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard
09:00 Naomi Watts in Mulholland Drive
09:50 Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind
10:40 Naomi Watts in 21 Grams
11:40 Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | April 26, 2025 10:36 PM
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Better Call Saul is not a movie.
Agree with the Streep choices.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | April 26, 2025 4:13 PM
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Read the thread title R1.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | April 26, 2025 4:18 PM
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R1, the title of OP's post is "The 15 Best Female Acting Performances of All Time" - not "The 15 Best Female Acting Performances of All Time in Movies"
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | April 26, 2025 4:18 PM
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IMO, Anne Bancroft gave the greatest female acting performance of all time in THE MIRACLE WORKER, but she's not even on this list.
I love Meryl Streep, but did she really need to be on this list twice?
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | April 26, 2025 4:23 PM
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Oh shut up you lot! I'm sorry!
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | April 26, 2025 4:30 PM
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[quote]06:48 Natalie Portman in Black Swan
This choice invalidates this entire list. Where's Raquel Welch or Ali MacGraw while we're at it?
It's also missing the following:
Glenn Close - Fatal Attraction
Liv Ullman - Scenes from a Marriage
Liv Ullman - The New Land (Ullman should be there AT LEAST twice)
Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple
Gena Rowlands - A woman under the influence
Jane Fonda - Klute
Charlize Theron - Monster
Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry
Glenda Jackson - Women In Love
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | April 26, 2025 5:37 PM
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Fascinating that all the "best female acting performances" come from American films
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | April 26, 2025 5:43 PM
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Where are:
Falconetti, "The Passion of Joan of Arc"
Barbara Stanwyck, "Stella Dallas"
Arletty, "Children of Paradise"
Olivia de Havilland, "The Heiress"
Setsuko Hara, "Late Spring"
Anna Magnani, "The Golden Coach"
Giulietta Masina, "Nights of Cabiria"
Delphine Seyrig, "Jeanne Diehlmann"
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | April 26, 2025 5:53 PM
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Maggie Smith, "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"
Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"
Ronee Blakley, "Nashville"
Jessica Lange, "Frances"
Brenda Blethyn, "Secrets and Lies"
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | April 26, 2025 5:55 PM
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pathetic middlebrow list, and typically America Fuck Yeah xenophobic as if there are no great performances in the rest of the world.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | April 26, 2025 6:03 PM
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You fucking aliens go back to your country and make your own fucking list!
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | April 26, 2025 6:06 PM
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Jodie wasn't that great in SOTL to be top 10.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | April 26, 2025 8:03 PM
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Lindsay Lohan - I Know Who Killed Me.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | April 26, 2025 8:51 PM
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Lesley Ann Warren as Norma Cassady - Victor/Victoria
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | April 26, 2025 8:58 PM
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Vivian Vance in I Love Lucy!
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | April 26, 2025 10:14 PM
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Gloria Swanson - Sunset Boulevard
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | April 26, 2025 10:18 PM
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Janet Jackson, Her Mother's White
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | April 26, 2025 10:24 PM
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Cindy Carol, Gidget Goes to Rome
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | April 26, 2025 10:25 PM
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Tammy Cruise in Cock Tale!
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | April 26, 2025 10:29 PM
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Olivia de Havilland, "The Swarm”
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | April 26, 2025 10:33 PM
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I know many disagree with this one but I love Katherine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter.
Judy Garland- Judgement at Nuremberg
Olivia de Havilland- The Heiress
Bette Davis- The Little Foxes
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | April 26, 2025 10:33 PM
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[quote] Gloria Swanson - Sunset Boulevard
That's listed at the OP, r20.
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | April 26, 2025 10:36 PM
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