Well, why not give it a shot? In my opinion and off the top of my head:
— O de H in "the heiress"
— Meryl Streep in "out of Africa"
— Katharine Hepburn in "the lion in winter"
— Audrey Hepbrun in "the nun's story"
— Faye Dunaway in "Bonnie and Clyde"
1.) Vivien Leigh in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
2.) Elizabeth Taylor in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf"
3.) Vivien Leigh in "Gone with the Wind"
4.) Jodie Foster in "The Silence of the Lambs"
5.) Kathy Bates in "Misery"
*Olivia de Havilland in "The Heiress"
Isabelle Adjani, L'Histoire d'Adele H.
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
Jane Fonda, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Anna Karina, Vivre sa Vie
Marilyn Monroe, Bus Stop
Totally, tenderly, tragically.
Vivien Leigh in GWTW
Barbara Stanwyck in STELLA DALLAS
Judy Garland in A STAR IS BORN
Ingrid Bergman in INTERMEZZO: A LOVE STORY
Olivia deHavilland in THE HEIRESS
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Barbara Stanwyck - Stella Dallas
Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire
Ruth Gordon - Harold and Maude
Olivia de Havilland - The Heiress
Barbara Stanwyck - Double Indemnity
Ellen Burstyn- Requiem For A Dream
Glenda Jackson- A Touch Of Class
Joanne Woodward- The Three Faces Of Eve
Meryl Streep- Sophie's Choice
Gloria Swanson- Sunset Boulevard
Olivia De Havilland The Heiress
Geraldine Paige Summer and Smoke
Francis McDormand Fargo
Sissy Spacek Coal Miners Daughter
Vivian Leigh Streetcar Named Desire
Vivien Leigh-GWTW
Vivien Leigh-A Streetcar Named Desire
Geraldine Page--The Trip To Bountiful
Anna Magnani--The Rose Tattoo
O de H-The Heiress
Liv Ullman Face to Face 1976
Glenda Jackson Marat/Sade 1967
Gloria Swanson Sunset Boulevard 1950
Kim Stanley The Goddess 1958
Carrie Snodgress Diary of a Mad Housewife 1970
My top 5:
Joan Crawford -- Paid / Mildred Pierce / Sudden Fear
Bette Davis -- Jezabel / In this Our Life / All About Eve
Jean Harlow -- Red Headed Woman / Saratoga
Helen Mirren -- The Queen / Red and Red 2
Katharine Hepburn -- Christopher Strong / Stage Door / Alice Adams
These are just my faves, there are many more wonderful actors out there.
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