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Best Female Performances - 1950s
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#1
as Tracy Samantha Lord in "High Society" (1956)#8
as Lisa Carol Fremont in "Rear Window" (1954)#10
as Frances Stevens in "To Catch a Thief" (1955)#21
as Georgie Elgin in "The Country Girl" (1954)#32
as Amy Fowler Kane in "High Noon" (1952)#35
as Margot Mary Wendice in "Dial 'M' for Murder" (1954)#43
as Linda Nordley in "Mogambo" (1953)
Stehako's rating:
8.7
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#3
as Sabrina Fairchild in "Sabrina" (1954)#12
as Princess Ann in "Roman Holiday" (1953)#15
as Jo Stockton in "Funny Face" (1957)#28
as Ariane Chavasse/Thin Girl in "Love in the Afternoon" (1957)#51
as Natasha Rostova in "War and Peace" (1956)#70
as Sister Luke in "The Nun's Story" (1959)
Stehako's rating:
8.2
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#7
as Maria Vargas in "Barefoot Contessa" (1954)#16
as Julie LaVerne in "Show Boat" (1951)#31
as Cynthia Green in "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" (1952)#55
as Honey Bear Kelly in "Mogambo" (1953)
Stehako's rating:
8.2
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#9
as Vicki Lester/Esther Blodgett in "A Star is Born" (1954)#22
as Jane Falbury in "Summer Stock" (1950)
Stehako's rating:
8.2
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#11
as Angela Vickers in "A Place in the Sun" (1951)#24
as Margaret 'Maggie the Cat' Pollitt in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958)#40
as Catherine Holly in "Suddenly, Last Summer" (1959)#56
as Kay Banks in "Father of the Bride" (1950)#78
as Leslie Benedict in "Giant" (1956)#93
as Rebecca in "Ivanhoe" (1952)
Stehako's rating:
7.8
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#14
as Eve in "All About Eve" (1950)#30
as Nefretiri in "The Ten Commandments" (1956)
Stehako's rating:
8.4
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#17
as Sugar Kane Kowalczyk in"Some Like it Hot" (1959)#41
as The Girl in "Seven Year Itch" (1955)#50
as Lorelei Lee in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953)#58
as Pola Debevoise in "How to Marry a Millionaire" (1953)#81
as Vicky in "There's No Business Like Show Business" (1954)#96
as Miss Lois Laurel in "Monkey Business" (1952)
Stehako's rating:
8
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#19
as Sergeant Sarah Brown in "Guys and Dolls" (1955)#62
as Julie Maragon in "The Big Country" (1958)
Stehako's rating:
7.7
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#20
as Lise Bouvier in "An American in Paris" (1951)#48
as Gigi in "Gigi" (1958)#92
as Lili Daurier in "Lili" (1953)
Stehako's rating:
8.5
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#23
as Mrs. Violet Venable in "Suddenly, Last Summer" (1959)#42
as Rose Sayer in "The African Queen" (1951)#88
as Lizzie Curry in "The Rainmaker" (1956)
Stehako's rating:
8.1
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#25
as Karen Holmes in "From Here to Eternity" (1953)#67
as Sibyl Railton-Bell in "Separate Tables" (!958)#75
as Anna Leonowens in "The King and I" (1956)#86
as Portia in "Julius Caesar" (1953)
Stehako's rating:
8.1
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#27
as Christine Vole in "Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Stehako's rating:
8.3
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#33
as Susie Vargas in "Touch of Evil" (1958)#72
as Morgana in "The Vikings" (1958)
Stehako's rating:
7.6
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#34
as Joy Henderson in "Les Girls" (1957)#53
as Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN in "South Pacific" (1958)
Stehako's rating:
8.2
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#39
as Lora Meredith in "Imitation of Life" (1959)#79
as Georgia Larisson in "The Bad and the Beautiful" (1952)
Stehako's rating:
8.4
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#44
as Lucy Moore Hadley in "Written on the Wind" (1956)#57
as Schatze Page in "How to Marry a Millionaire" (1953)
Stehako's rating:
8.2
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#45
as Karen in "All About Eve" (1950)#61
as Liz Imbrie in "High Society" (1956)
Stehako's rating:
8
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#46
as Jackie Leighton in "It's Always Fair Weather" (1955)#65
as Fiona Campbell in "Brigadoon" (1954)
Stehako's rating:
7.9
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#49
as Josephine Conway McKenna in "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956)#80
as Julie Benton in "Julie" (1956)
Stehako's rating:
7.9
0
#54
as Sharon Kensington in "Career" (1959)#71
as Ginnie Moorehead in "Some Came Running" (1958)
Stehako's rating:
8.5
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#63
as Debbie Edwards in "The Searchers" (1956)#84
as Judy in "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955)
Stehako's rating:
7.4
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#66
as Eve White/Eve Black/Jane in "The Three Faces of Eve" (1957)
Stehako's rating:
8.2
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#68
as Helen in "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" (1952)#89
as Lillian Roth in "Ill Cry Tomorrow" (1955)#100
as Vinnie Holt in "Rawhide" (1951)
Stehako's rating:
8.1
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#69
as Rose Balestrero in "The Wrong Man" (1956)#85
as Laurie Jorgensen in "The Searchers" (1956)
Stehako's rating:
8
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#83
as Gidget in "Gidget" (1959)#98
as Molly Jorgenson in "A Summer Place" (1959)
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My top 100 favorite female performances of the decade!
Ranging from classic dramatic roles from stars in their twilight years (Bette Davis & Gloria Swanson) to sexy new starlets in comedies (Marilyn Monroe) and two out of my three favorite actresses broke out in this decade (Audrey Hepburn & Grace Kelly (my third is Cate Blanchett)).
Enjoy!
Ranging from classic dramatic roles from stars in their twilight years (Bette Davis & Gloria Swanson) to sexy new starlets in comedies (Marilyn Monroe) and two out of my three favorite actresses broke out in this decade (Audrey Hepburn & Grace Kelly (my third is Cate Blanchett)).
Enjoy!
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