My Twenty Favorite Film Actresses Of All Time

Here is the list of my favorite film actresses of all time. I will absolutely admit that how much I am attracted to these ladies plays a large role in who got picked. Is that politically incorrect? Oh well...you can bring down my statue if this bothers you.

Having said that...acting ability does matter here. Just because you've been on the cover of MAXIM doesn't mean you're a great actress. And I know somebody out there is going to say, "Most of these women are dead!!" So be it.


1. Carole Lombard
Favorite Film Role: Hazel Flagg in NOTHING SACRED

2. Ingrid Bergman
Favorite Film Role: Alicia Huberman in NOTORIOUS

3. Barbara Stanwyck
Favorite Film Role: Sugarpuss O'Shea in BALL OF FIRE

4. Kim Novak
Favorite Film Role: Judy Barton in VERTIGO

5. Uma Thurman
Favorite Film Role: Beatrix Kiddo in KILL BILL VOL. 1

6. Thelma Todd
Favorite Film Role: Connie Bailey in HORSE FEATHERS

7. Maureen O'Hara
Favorite Film Role: Mary Kate Danaher in THE QUIET MAN

8. Joan Blondell
Favorite Film Role: Carol King in GOLDDIGGERS OF 1933

9. Marlene Dietrich
Favorite Film Role: Lola Lola in THE BLUE ANGEL

10. Linda Darnell
Favorite Film Role: Netta Longdon in HANGOVER SQUARE

11. Jean Arthur
Favorite Film Role: Clarissa Saunders in MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON

My favorite actor, Peter Cushing, and my favorite actress, Carole Lombard, in VIGIL IN THE NIGHT

12. Dorothy Malone
Favorite Film Role: Abigail Parker in ARTISTS AND MODELS

13. Barbara Steele
Favorite Film Role: Katia Vajda/Princess Asa in BLACK SUNDAY

14. Madeleine Carroll
Favorite Film Role: Pamela in THE 39 STEPS

15. Kumi Mizuno
Favorite Film Role: Miss Namikawa in GODZILLA VS. MONSTER ZERO

16. Carrie Fisher
Favorite Film Role: Princess Leia Organa in STAR WARS

17. Eva Green
Favorite Film Role: Vesper Lynd in CASINO ROYALE

18. Louise Brooks
Favorite Film Role: Lulu in PANDORA'S BOX

19. Ziyi Zhang
Favorite Film Role: Jen Yu in CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON

20. All of the Hammer Ladies (I can't pick one over the others because I come into contact with some of these women every so often)