List added by Stehako on 7 October 2009 08:32

Best Female Performances (1900-1929)

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8.5

1. Greta Garbo

#1

as Felicitas in "Flesh and the Devil" (1926)

#9

as Tania Fedorova in "The Mysterious Lady" (1927)

#15

as Elena in "The Temptress" (1926)

#23

as Marianne in "The Divine Woman" (1928)

8.9

2. Lillian Gish

#2

as Anna Moore in "Way Down East" (1920)

#11

as Else Stoneman in "The Birth of a Nation" (1915)

#16

as Lucy Burrows in "Broken Blossoms" (1919)

8.5

3. Edna Purviance

#3

as Marie St. Clair in "A Woman of Paris" (1923)

6.8

4. Mary Pickford

#4

as Gwendolyn in "Poor Little Rich Girl" (1917)

#8

as Cedric/Widow Errol in "Little Lord Fauntleroy" (1921)

#18

as Norma Besant in "Coquette" (1929)

#21

as Maggie Johnson in "My Best Girl" (1927)

5. Mary Philbin

#5

as Christine Daae in "The Phantom of the Opera" (1925)

8.8

6. Clara Bow

#6

as Mary Preston in "Wings" (1927)

7. Maria Falconetti

#7

as Joan of Arc in "The Passion of Joan of Arc" (1928)

8. Anita Page

#10

as Queenie Mahoney in "The Broadway Melody" (1929)

9. Gloria Swanson

#12

as Theodora Fitzgerald in "Beyond the Rocks" (1922)

7.8

10. Joan Crawford

#13

as Betty Channing in "West Point" (1928)

#20

as Mrs. Fay Cheyney in "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929)

6.3

11. Norma Shearer

#14

as Kathleen in "Smilin' Through" (1922)

12. Patsy Ruth Miller

#17

as Esmeralda in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1923)

13. Mae Murray

#19

as Sally O'Hara in "The Merry Widow" (1925)

14. Marie Prevost

#22

as Charlotte Braun in "The Marriage Circle" (1924)

15. Dorothy Cumming

#24

as Mary, The Mother in "The King of Kings" (1927)

6.7

16. Brigitte Helm

#25

as Maria/The Robot in "Metropolis" (1927)

17. Renée Adorée

#26

as Melisande in "The Big Parade" (1925)

18. Laura La Plante

#27

as Annabelle West in "The Cat and the Canary" (1927)

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My favorite female performances from the first 20 years of film.

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