| Actors are ranked according to overall movie critic score |
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| 1 |  | Marlene Dietrich |  3.3520
| 56 |
- 1920s - 17
- 1930s - 14
- 1940s - 12
- 1950s - 8
- 1960s - 2
- 1970s - 2
- 1990s - 1
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- 1. Touch of Evil (1958)
- 2. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
- 3. Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
- 4. Rancho Notorious (1952)
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| 2 |  | Grace Kelly |  3.2813
| 14 |
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- 1. Rear Window (1954)
- 2. High Noon (1952)
- 3. Dial M for Murder (1954)
- 4. High Society (1956)
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| 3 |  | James Stewart |  3.2714
| 81 |
- 1930s - 21
- 1940s - 16
- 1950s - 22
- 1960s - 13
- 1970s - 7
- 1980s - 1
- 1990s - 1
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- 1. Rear Window (1954)
- 2. Vertigo (1958)
- 3. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
- 4. Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1956)
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| 4 |  | Kim Novak |  3.2238
| 27 |
- 1950s - 12
- 1960s - 9
- 1970s - 3
- 1980s - 1
- 1990s - 2
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- 1. Vertigo (1958)
- 2. Pal Joey (1957)
- 3. Picnic (1955)
- 4. Eddy Duchin Story, The (1956)
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| 5 |  | Doris Day |  3.2151
| 42 |
- 1940s - 3
- 1950s - 23
- 1960s - 15
- 1990s - 1
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- 1. Pillow Talk (1959)
- 2. Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
- 3. Pajama Game, The (1957)
- 4. Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1956)
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| 6 |  | Marilyn Monroe |  3.2038
| 28 |
- 1940s - 3
- 1950s - 22
- 1960s - 3
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- 1. All About Eve (1950)
- 2. Some Like It Hot (1959)
- 3. Asphalt Jungle, The (1950)
- 4. Seven Year Itch, The (1955)
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| 7 |  | Thelma Ritter |  3.1850
| 28 |
- 1940s - 2
- 1950s - 16
- 1960s - 10
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- 1. Rear Window (1954)
- 2. All About Eve (1950)
- 3. Pillow Talk (1959)
- 4. Pickup on South Street (1953)
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| 8 |  | John Wayne |  3.1580
| 145 |
- 1920s - 1
- 1930s - 63
- 1940s - 33
- 1950s - 18
- 1960s - 20
- 1970s - 10
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- 1. Searchers, The (1956)
- 2. Quiet Man, The (1952)
- 3. Island in the Sky (1953)
- 4. Hondo (1953)
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| 9 |  | Katharine Hepburn |  3.1391
| 47 |
- 1930s - 15
- 1940s - 12
- 1950s - 7
- 1960s - 4
- 1970s - 4
- 1980s - 4
- 1990s - 1
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- 1. African Queen, The (1951)
- 2. Desk Set (1957)
- 3. Pat and Mike (1952)
- 4. Summertime (1955)
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| 10 |  | William Holden |  3.1194
| 70 |
- 1930s - 3
- 1940s - 19
- 1950s - 24
- 1960s - 12
- 1970s - 9
- 1980s - 3
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- 1. Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
- 2. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
- 3. Stalag 17 (1953)
- 4. Born Yesterday (1950)
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| 11 |  | Deborah Kerr |  3.1149
| 47 |
- 1940s - 12
- 1950s - 20
- 1960s - 12
- 1980s - 1
- 1990s - 1
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- 1. King and I, The (1956)
- 2. From Here to Eternity (1953)
- 3. Julius Caesar (1953)
- 4. King Solomon's Mines (1950)
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| 12 |  | Marlon Brando |  3.0955
| 44 |
- 1940s - 2
- 1950s - 12
- 1960s - 12
- 1970s - 7
- 1980s - 2
- 1990s - 7
- 2000s - 2
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- 1. On the Waterfront (1954)
- 2. Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951)
- 3. Guys and Dolls (1955)
- 4. Julius Caesar (1953)
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| 13 |  | Kirk Douglas |  3.0764
| 79 |
- 1940s - 8
- 1950s - 24
- 1960s - 21
- 1970s - 12
- 1980s - 6
- 1990s - 5
- 2000s - 3
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- 1. Paths of Glory (1958)
- 2. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
- 3. Vikings, The (1958)
- 4. Bad and the Beautiful, The (1952)
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| 14 |  | Jane Wyman |  3.0710
| 71 |
- 1930s - 21
- 1940s - 28
- 1950s - 18
- 1960s - 3
- 1990s - 1
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- 1. All That Heaven Allows (1955)
- 2. Here Comes the Groom (1951)
- 3. Stage Fright (1950)
- 4. Magnificent Obsession (1954)
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| 15 |  | Lauren Bacall |  3.0684
| 50 |
- 1940s - 6
- 1950s - 10
- 1960s - 3
- 1970s - 2
- 1980s - 6
- 1990s - 14
- 2000s - 9
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- 1. Written on the Wind (1956)
- 2. Blood Alley (1955)
- 3. Designing Woman (1957)
- 4. Young Man with a Horn (1950)
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| 16 |  | Lee Patrick |  3.0573
| 66 |
- 1920s - 1
- 1930s - 10
- 1940s - 40
- 1950s - 9
- 1960s - 5
- 1970s - 1
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- 1. Vertigo (1958)
- 2. Pillow Talk (1959)
- 3. Auntie Mame (1958)
- 4. There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
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| 17 |  | Humphrey Bogart |  3.0561
| 79 |
- 1920s - 1
- 1930s - 35
- 1940s - 27
- 1950s - 16
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- 1. African Queen, The (1951)
- 2. Caine Mutiny, The (1954)
- 3. Beat the Devil (1953)
- 4. Desperate Hours, The (1955)
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| 18 |  | Elizabeth Taylor |  3.0370
| 61 |
- 1940s - 10
- 1950s - 18
- 1960s - 15
- 1970s - 11
- 1980s - 5
- 1990s - 1
- 2000s - 1
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- 1. Giant (1956)
- 2. Place in the Sun, A (1951)
- 3. Father of the Bride (1950)
- 4. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
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| 19 |  | Gene Kelly |  3.0354
| 44 |
- 1930s - 2
- 1940s - 15
- 1950s - 16
- 1960s - 3
- 1970s - 4
- 1980s - 3
- 1990s - 1
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- 1. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
- 2. American in Paris, An (1951)
- 3. It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
- 4. Les Girls (1957)
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| 20 |  | Natalie Wood |  3.0091
| 49 |
- 1940s - 10
- 1950s - 20
- 1960s - 12
- 1970s - 4
- 1980s - 3
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- 1. Searchers, The (1956)
- 2. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
- 3. From Here to Eternity (1953)
- 4. Star, The (1952)
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| 21 |  | Cary Grant |  3.0082
| 72 |
- 1930s - 34
- 1940s - 20
- 1950s - 13
- 1960s - 5
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- 1. North by Northwest (1959)
- 2. People Will Talk (1951)
- 3. Affair to Remember, An (1957)
- 4. Indiscreet (1958)
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| 22 |  | Verna Felton |  3.0075
| 17 |
- 1910s - 1
- 1940s - 3
- 1950s - 12
- 1960s - 1
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- 1. Lady and the Tramp (1955)
- 2. Cinderella (1950)
- 3. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
- 4. Gunfighter, The (1950)
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| 23 |  | James Dean |  3.0041
| 5 |
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- 1. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
- 2. East of Eden (1955)
- 3. Giant (1956)
- 4. Warner Pathé News Issue # 87 (1955)
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| 24 |  | Judy Holliday |  2.9797
| 9 |
- 1940s - 2
- 1950s - 6
- 1960s - 1
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- 1. Born Yesterday (1950)
- 2. It Should Happen to You (1954)
- 3. Solid Gold Cadillac, The (1956)
- 4. Phffft! (1954)
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| 25 |  | Susan Harrison |  2.9740
| 1 |
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- 1. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
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| 26 |  | Barbara Bel Geddes |  2.9723
| 12 |
- 1940s - 4
- 1950s - 4
- 1960s - 2
- 1970s - 2
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- 1. Vertigo (1958)
- 2. Panic in the Streets (1950)
- 3. Fourteen Hours (1951)
- 4. Five Pennies, The (1959)
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| 27 |  | Anne Baxter |  2.9628
| 51 |
- 1930s - 1
- 1940s - 23
- 1950s - 17
- 1960s - 6
- 1970s - 2
- 1980s - 2
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- 1. All About Eve (1950)
- 2. Ten Commandments, The (1956)
- 3. I Confess (1953)
- 4. Blue Gardenia, The (1953)
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| 28 |  | Gloria Swanson |  2.9621
| 59 |
- 1910s - 17
- 1920s - 30
- 1930s - 5
- 1940s - 1
- 1950s - 3
- 1970s - 3
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- 1. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
- 2. Nero's Mistress (1956)
- 3. Three for Bedroom C (1952)
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| 29 |  | Judith Evelyn |  2.9587
| 9 |
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- 1. Rear Window (1954)
- 2. Giant (1956)
- 3. Tingler, The (1959)
- 4. Brothers Karamazov, The (1958)
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| 30 |  | Spencer Tracy |  2.9518
| 73 |
- 1930s - 37
- 1940s - 19
- 1950s - 12
- 1960s - 5
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- 1. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
- 2. Father of the Bride (1950)
- 3. Old Man and the Sea, The (1958)
- 4. Desk Set (1957)
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| 31 |  | Hugh Marlowe |  2.9503
| 31 |
- 1930s - 2
- 1940s - 6
- 1950s - 16
- 1960s - 7
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- 1. All About Eve (1950)
- 2. Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)
- 3. Casanova's Big Night (1954)
- 4. Night and the City (1950)
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| 32 |  | Orson Welles |  2.9469
| 95 |
- 1930s - 2
- 1940s - 15
- 1950s - 19
- 1960s - 26
- 1970s - 19
- 1980s - 10
- 1990s - 2
- 2000s - 1
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- 1. Third Man, The (1950)
- 2. Touch of Evil (1958)
- 3. Compulsion (1959)
- 4. Mr. Arkadin (1955)
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| 33 |  | Cyd Charisse |  2.9422
| 34 |
- 1940s - 11
- 1950s - 13
- 1960s - 6
- 1970s - 3
- 1990s - 1
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- 1. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
- 2. Band Wagon, The (1953)
- 3. It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
- 4. Brigadoon (1954)
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| 34 |  | Inga Landgré |  2.9312
| 36 |
- 1940s - 12
- 1950s - 14
- 1960s - 5
- 1970s - 1
- 1990s - 2
- 2000s - 2
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- 1. Seventh Seal, The (1957)
- 2. Det är aldrig för sent (1956)
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| 35 |  | Montgomery Clift |  2.9264
| 18 |
- 1940s - 3
- 1950s - 9
- 1960s - 5
- 1980s - 1
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- 1. From Here to Eternity (1953)
- 2. Place in the Sun, A (1951)
- 3. I Confess (1953)
- 4. Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
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| 36 |  | Gregory Peck |  2.9145
| 54 |
- 1940s - 12
- 1950s - 18
- 1960s - 12
- 1970s - 6
- 1980s - 3
- 1990s - 3
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- 1. Roman Holiday (1953)
- 2. Pork Chop Hill (1959)
- 3. On the Beach (1959)
- 4. Gunfighter, The (1950)
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| 37 |  | Betsy Palmer |  2.9124
| 14 |
- 1950s - 7
- 1980s - 2
- 1990s - 2
- 2000s - 3
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- 1. Mister Roberts (1955)
- 2. Queen Bee (1955)
- 3. It Happened to Jane (1959)
- 4. Tin Star, The (1957)
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| 38 |  | Bette Davis |  2.9046
| 95 |
- 1930s - 43
- 1940s - 21
- 1950s - 10
- 1960s - 9
- 1970s - 7
- 1980s - 4
- 1990s - 1
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- 1. All About Eve (1950)
- 2. Star, The (1952)
- 3. Another Man's Poison (1952)
- 4. Catered Affair, The (1956)
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| 39 |  | Charlton Heston |  2.9028
| 70 |
- 1940s - 1
- 1950s - 21
- 1960s - 13
- 1970s - 18
- 1980s - 4
- 1990s - 10
- 2000s - 3
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- 1. Ben-Hur (1959)
- 2. Touch of Evil (1958)
- 3. Ten Commandments, The (1956)
- 4. Naked Jungle, The (1954)
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| 40 |  | Fred Astaire |  2.8957
| 44 |
- 1930s - 11
- 1940s - 11
- 1950s - 9
- 1960s - 4
- 1970s - 6
- 1980s - 3
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- 1. Band Wagon, The (1953)
- 2. On the Beach (1959)
- 3. Funny Face (1957)
- 4. Daddy Long Legs (1955)
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| 41 |  | Jennifer Jones |  2.8901
| 26 |
- 1940s - 8
- 1950s - 11
- 1960s - 3
- 1970s - 2
- 1980s - 1
- 2000s - 1
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- 1. Beat the Devil (1953)
- 2. Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The (1956)
- 3. Carrie (1952)
- 4. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
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| 42 |  | Joan Crawford |  2.8847
| 82 |
- 1920s - 24
- 1930s - 26
- 1940s - 13
- 1950s - 12
- 1960s - 6
- 1970s - 1
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- 1. Queen Bee (1955)
- 2. Sudden Fear (1952)
- 3. Best of Everything, The (1959)
- 4. Johnny Guitar (1954)
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| 43 |  | Mildred Dunnock |  2.8823
| 24 |
- 1940s - 2
- 1950s - 12
- 1960s - 7
- 1970s - 2
- 1980s - 1
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- 1. Nun's Story, The (1959)
- 2. Trouble with Harry, The (1955)
- 3. Death of a Salesman (1951)
- 4. Baby Doll (1956)
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| 44 |  | Barbara Stanwyck |  2.8821
| 88 |
- 1920s - 3
- 1930s - 34
- 1940s - 26
- 1950s - 22
- 1960s - 3
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- 1. Clash by Night (1952)
- 2. Forty Guns (1957)
- 3. Executive Suite (1954)
- 4. Titanic (1953)
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| 45 |  | Haya Harareet |  2.8677
| 7 |
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| 46 |  | Janet Leigh |  2.8561
| 53 |
- 1940s - 10
- 1950s - 21
- 1960s - 12
- 1970s - 3
- 1980s - 3
- 1990s - 2
- 2000s - 1
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- 1. Touch of Evil (1958)
- 2. Vikings, The (1958)
- 3. Naked Spur, The (1953)
- 4. Houdini (1953)
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| 47 |  | Tony Curtis |  2.8479
| 94 |
- 1940s - 3
- 1950s - 30
- 1960s - 20
- 1970s - 12
- 1980s - 15
- 1990s - 12
- 2000s - 2
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- 1. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
- 2. Some Like It Hot (1959)
- 3. Vikings, The (1958)
- 4. Defiant Ones, The (1958)
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| 48 |  | Gloria Grahame |  2.8479
| 39 |
- 1940s - 9
- 1950s - 18
- 1960s - 1
- 1970s - 9
- 1980s - 2
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- 1. Big Heat, The (1953)
- 2. Bad and the Beautiful, The (1952)
- 3. Oklahoma! (1955)
- 4. In a Lonely Place (1950)
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| 49 |  | Peter Cushing |  2.8477
| 89 |
- 1930s - 1
- 1940s - 7
- 1950s - 15
- 1960s - 26
- 1970s - 34
- 1980s - 6
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- 1. Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1959)
- 2. Dracula (1958)
- 3. Curse of Frankenstein, The (1957)
- 4. Abominable Snowman, The (1957)
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| 50 |  | Shelley Winters |  2.8461
| 100 |
- 1940s - 7
- 1950s - 25
- 1960s - 18
- 1970s - 24
- 1980s - 11
- 1990s - 14
- 2000s - 1
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- 1. Night of the Hunter, The (1955)
- 2. Place in the Sun, A (1951)
- 3. Winchester '73 (1950)
- 4. Executive Suite (1954)
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