Knights & Knaves Alehouse

Well, that certainly changes the game. I guess it's my age: I assume, by the use of the word "actor" that males only were intended. I'm afraid that my valuation of actresses is strongly coloured by my attraction to them, and not necessarily their thespic abilities, but then again, I'm probably not alone in that regard. YMMV, etc.

Favorite actresses? Charlize Theron, Helen Mirren and Kathy Bates.

- Wheggi

Julie Andrews.

Jane Fonda (duh), Shirley Maclaine, Ingrid Bergman, Rita Hayworth, Rachel Weisz, Julianne Moore, Anna Magnani, Maria Casares, Carole Lombard, Miriam Hopkins

Olivia de Havilland, Joan Fontaine, Katherine Hepburn, Claudette Colbert, Elizabeth Taylor, etc et al...

ThirstyStirge wrote:I'm afraid that my valuation of actresses is strongly coloured by my attraction to them, and not necessarily their thespic abilities, but then again, I'm probably not alone in that regard.

Yeah, I'm pretty piggish in that regard, too. Trying to put a filter on it a little bit, my list...

Fay Wray
Barbara Stanwyck
Audrey Hepburn
Charlize Theron
Nicole Kidman

...and goddamn it, I know she's not the greatest actress, but she may be the single coolest person in the world...

Milla Jovovich

And I can't believe I forgot:

Annette Benning.

I need to add Sigourney Weaver and Dame Judi Dench to my favorite actress list.

- Wheggi

Ooh, good call on Barbara Stanwyck. Put her on my list in place of Maria Casares. I wanted to include Nicole Kidman, but couldn't bring myself to because she's made way too many mediocre-to-bad movies. But when she's at the top of her game - like in Dead Calm, To Die For, The Portrait of a Lady, Eyes Wide Shut, Moulin Rouge!, The Others, The Hours, Birth, Rabbit Hole, and Stoker - she fully deserves it.

Just realized that today is Olivia de Havilland's 100th birthday!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_de_Havilland

Welleran wrote:Just realized that today is Olivia de Havilland's 100th birthday!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_de_Havilland

I'm a big fan of Errol Flynn. The two of them starred together in eight different films. The six of those I've seen are all good, esp. Captain Blood and Adventures of Robin Hood:

Captain Blood
Charge of the Light Brigade
The Adventures of Robin Hood
They Died with their Boots On
Dodge City
Santa Fe Trail

I watched the first half of Captain Blood last night. Will be watching the rest tonight.

I always thought those films were awesome but she was just ok (hot, yes). But then I saw her in The Snake Pit and realized was a tremendous talent she had. Her and her sister, Joan Fontaine.

Jeff Bridges should be added just because of His Dudeness.

Jody Foster has always been a favorite actress of mine too.

Far too many actors & actresses to mention, but these two hadn't been mentioned in any posts yet, so I thought I'd lump in.

Clint Eastwood, Sean Connery, Sean Bean, Christopher Walken, Karl Urban, Charlize Theron, Maureen O'Hara, Kate Blanchett, Famke Jansen, Jane Seymour, etc...