these were the Golden Girls of the
Golden Age do you think she’s handsomely
paid welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top ten era-defining actresses classic
edition for this list we’ve looked at
actresses that were especially
successful and influential within the
classic era maras if you cannot be
honest with me we shall have nothing
more to say to each other for the
purposes of our countdown we are
defining the classic era as the years
between 1930 and 1969 this is part of a
series of videos on era-defining
actresses through the ages what I live
for number 10
Rita Hayworth that since humanity
discovered vanity we only know the show
must go our first actress found fame by
playing the exotic foreigner at the
beginning of her career before landing
lead roles of plenty in the 1940s and no
how do you do Rita Hayworth was a real
Second World War sweetheart with
covergirl in 44 she covered herself in
glory and with Gilda and 46 she garnered
yet more praise remember me I’m Gilda
your wife she played the scale between
sweetness and seduction with apparent
ease and when she married Prince Ali
Khan in 49 she became Hollywood’s first
ever princess she really was acting
royalty
number nine Julie Andrews with a sound
of music
a star of the stage who swiftly and
sensationally became a star of the
screen Julie Andrews cemented her spot
in cinematic history in the early 60s
she declined the offer to star as Mary
Poppins originally due to pregnancy but
so perfect for the part did Disney
believe her to be they waited until she
was available to make the movie or a
spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go
down
the rest is record-breaking history that
earned Andrews an Oscar with The Sound
of Music the following year here was a
woman who really knew how to act number
8 Judy Garland hello everybody
sometimes child stardom doesn’t lead to
adult success but sometimes it does and
for Judy Garland it did big time not
repeating we’re not in Kansas anymore
known in Hollywood as the greatest
entertainer who ever lived
Garland’s get lay in her versatility
she could sing she could dance she could
act which led to her winning a Golden
Globe and two Grammys as well as her
nominations for Oscars and Emmys and if
you love me
a one-hit wonder she certainly was not
but she will forever be remembered for
one film in particular there’s no
there’s no place like home
and there’s no one like Miss Garland
number seven Elizabeth Taylor aha one of
the most glamorous girls to ever appear
on screen Liz Taylor triumphed
relentlessly when it came to making
movies sure I got the world by the tail
with National Velvet in 1944 the style
icon scored her first big success and
with Butterfield 8 in 1960 she secured
her first Academy Award have you ever
stopped to think that perhaps you bring
out the wildness in me a second
statuette would follow for a role that
Taylor herself was especially proud of
and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf I’m
loud and I’m Volga and I wear the pants
in the house because somebody’s got to
but I am NOT a monster
I’m not a legendary love life and a
liking for Jules add to her lasting
legacy as Taylor proved a great actress
and a great character
I am Isis I am worshipped by millions
who believe it number six
Vivien Leigh Vanity Dean one of
England’s greatest ever exports Vivien
Leigh was destined for the camera by the
age of three God my wit
I never she first took to the stage to
recite Little Bo Peep for her mother’s
amateur theatre group and a little over
20 years later she was Scarlett O’Hara
in Gone with the Wind so you are no
gentleman and you miss are no lady
famous for playing the southern belle
she won an Oscar as O’Hara and as
Blanche DuBois in a streetcar named
desire
you must be Stan and Blanche off-screen
she battled illness and depression as a
sometimes tragic personal life ran
parallel to an always terrific
professional one after all number 5
Marilyn Monroe you like not to marry a
girl just because she’s pretty but my
goodness doesn’t inhale an icon if ever
there was one Marilyn Monroe was also a
mighty fine actress her playful nature
and flirtatious behavior translated to
films fantastically yes when it’s hot
like this you know what I do I keep my
undies in the icebox
the original blonde bombshell her first
especially big break came with Gentlemen
Prefer Blondes and her singing diamonds
are a girl’s best friend
diamonds are girls
friend then followed there’s no business
like show business and some like it hot
it’s very likely Monroe’s personal
difficulties matched her on-screen
dominance but class is permanent and
this lady had a lot of that but first I
want to kiss you good-bye very well in
front of everybody come on in Jenny turn
number four Betty Davis what did you say
a prolific performer Betty Davis notched
up over 100 film theater and TV credits
within her career and is quite rightly
regarded as one of the best actresses to
have ever lived
last night was beautiful will always be
beautiful and now that it’s over in
terms of Academy Awards she won – and
was nominated for ten how cozy the first
person to reach double-figure
nominations Davis was never too far away
from the top of her game whatever you
might do I can do more cuz I know how to
fight better than you an actress who
continued working into her old age with
no sense of hyperbole do we remember
Davis as a legend a beautifully I’ve
always had beautiful hair number three
Ingrid Bergman this Swedish superstar
scooped almost every award possible
within her career kiss message for the
last time three Oscars four Golden
Globes two Emmys and a Tony Ingrid
Bergman was simply brilliant who are you
really and what were you before what are
you doing what did you think
we said no questions a notably
conscientious performer she is perhaps
most well known for her role as Ilsa
lund in Casablanca yeah very Chi however
it was for Gaslight Anastasia and Murder
on the Orient Express that she secured
Oscar wins I was born backwards that is
why I work in Africa is missionary one
of the most successful actresses of all
time she’s one of the most well
remembered and well respected as well
what about us
you’ll always have Paris number two
Katharine Hepburn a quite a girl is here
here think Thank You professor I don’t
think I’m exceptional I know in a number
like me you were to get around the
actress to win more Academy Awards than
Bergman is our runner-up my Richard is
the next king nacho John an opinionated
independent and ambitious woman Hepburn
proved a leading lady in Hollywood for
over 60 years
we’re at the far edge of middle-age
that’s all or not you know we’re not
middle-aged year old and I’m a Teahupoo
and her ambitions were fantastically
fulfilled with successes too lengthy to
list effectively Hepburn’s career is
especially impressive because of the
versatility that she demonstrated guess
who’s coming to dinner
comedy drama history or mystery
Catherine could do them all I’m not
afraid of being just a morning Nora
I’m not afraid I’m not afraid only one
could come close to her talent our
number one we told her it was wrong to
believe that the white people were
somehow essentially superior to the
black people well the brown are the red
are the other ones for that matter
before we unveil our top pick here are
some honorable mentions
you’re here and I’m here with your heart
and my heart tell you pause wake up well
I’m glad I asked you to take me home
well so am I shall we go now uh-huh
hear what my heart is play
number one audrey hepburn boasting a
back catalogue of iconic films like
sheeta’s Audrey Hepburn has narrowly
defeated Katherine but there’s no ribbon
in it
one of the most naturally beautiful
women of all time roles in Roman holiday
charade Breakfast at Tiffany’s and my
fair lady among many others have Hepburn
placed at the top of this tree lovely
with an accent at once sweet sexy and
sophisticated and a Manor at once
commanding and cute Audrey Hepburn was
the perfect combination do help me get
undressed these Hollywood has seen no
one like her since nor are we ever
likely to in the future good night
do you agree with our list don’t you try
to get around me which actress from the
1930s to the 1960s is your favorite is
titanium for more classic top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com I quite agree
Golden Age do you think she’s handsomely
paid welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top ten era-defining actresses classic
edition for this list we’ve looked at
actresses that were especially
successful and influential within the
classic era maras if you cannot be
honest with me we shall have nothing
more to say to each other for the
purposes of our countdown we are
defining the classic era as the years
between 1930 and 1969 this is part of a
series of videos on era-defining
actresses through the ages what I live
for number 10
Rita Hayworth that since humanity
discovered vanity we only know the show
must go our first actress found fame by
playing the exotic foreigner at the
beginning of her career before landing
lead roles of plenty in the 1940s and no
how do you do Rita Hayworth was a real
Second World War sweetheart with
covergirl in 44 she covered herself in
glory and with Gilda and 46 she garnered
yet more praise remember me I’m Gilda
your wife she played the scale between
sweetness and seduction with apparent
ease and when she married Prince Ali
Khan in 49 she became Hollywood’s first
ever princess she really was acting
royalty
number nine Julie Andrews with a sound
of music
a star of the stage who swiftly and
sensationally became a star of the
screen Julie Andrews cemented her spot
in cinematic history in the early 60s
she declined the offer to star as Mary
Poppins originally due to pregnancy but
so perfect for the part did Disney
believe her to be they waited until she
was available to make the movie or a
spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go
down
the rest is record-breaking history that
earned Andrews an Oscar with The Sound
of Music the following year here was a
woman who really knew how to act number
8 Judy Garland hello everybody
sometimes child stardom doesn’t lead to
adult success but sometimes it does and
for Judy Garland it did big time not
repeating we’re not in Kansas anymore
known in Hollywood as the greatest
entertainer who ever lived
Garland’s get lay in her versatility
she could sing she could dance she could
act which led to her winning a Golden
Globe and two Grammys as well as her
nominations for Oscars and Emmys and if
you love me
a one-hit wonder she certainly was not
but she will forever be remembered for
one film in particular there’s no
there’s no place like home
and there’s no one like Miss Garland
number seven Elizabeth Taylor aha one of
the most glamorous girls to ever appear
on screen Liz Taylor triumphed
relentlessly when it came to making
movies sure I got the world by the tail
with National Velvet in 1944 the style
icon scored her first big success and
with Butterfield 8 in 1960 she secured
her first Academy Award have you ever
stopped to think that perhaps you bring
out the wildness in me a second
statuette would follow for a role that
Taylor herself was especially proud of
and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf I’m
loud and I’m Volga and I wear the pants
in the house because somebody’s got to
but I am NOT a monster
I’m not a legendary love life and a
liking for Jules add to her lasting
legacy as Taylor proved a great actress
and a great character
I am Isis I am worshipped by millions
who believe it number six
Vivien Leigh Vanity Dean one of
England’s greatest ever exports Vivien
Leigh was destined for the camera by the
age of three God my wit
I never she first took to the stage to
recite Little Bo Peep for her mother’s
amateur theatre group and a little over
20 years later she was Scarlett O’Hara
in Gone with the Wind so you are no
gentleman and you miss are no lady
famous for playing the southern belle
she won an Oscar as O’Hara and as
Blanche DuBois in a streetcar named
desire
you must be Stan and Blanche off-screen
she battled illness and depression as a
sometimes tragic personal life ran
parallel to an always terrific
professional one after all number 5
Marilyn Monroe you like not to marry a
girl just because she’s pretty but my
goodness doesn’t inhale an icon if ever
there was one Marilyn Monroe was also a
mighty fine actress her playful nature
and flirtatious behavior translated to
films fantastically yes when it’s hot
like this you know what I do I keep my
undies in the icebox
the original blonde bombshell her first
especially big break came with Gentlemen
Prefer Blondes and her singing diamonds
are a girl’s best friend
diamonds are girls
friend then followed there’s no business
like show business and some like it hot
it’s very likely Monroe’s personal
difficulties matched her on-screen
dominance but class is permanent and
this lady had a lot of that but first I
want to kiss you good-bye very well in
front of everybody come on in Jenny turn
number four Betty Davis what did you say
a prolific performer Betty Davis notched
up over 100 film theater and TV credits
within her career and is quite rightly
regarded as one of the best actresses to
have ever lived
last night was beautiful will always be
beautiful and now that it’s over in
terms of Academy Awards she won – and
was nominated for ten how cozy the first
person to reach double-figure
nominations Davis was never too far away
from the top of her game whatever you
might do I can do more cuz I know how to
fight better than you an actress who
continued working into her old age with
no sense of hyperbole do we remember
Davis as a legend a beautifully I’ve
always had beautiful hair number three
Ingrid Bergman this Swedish superstar
scooped almost every award possible
within her career kiss message for the
last time three Oscars four Golden
Globes two Emmys and a Tony Ingrid
Bergman was simply brilliant who are you
really and what were you before what are
you doing what did you think
we said no questions a notably
conscientious performer she is perhaps
most well known for her role as Ilsa
lund in Casablanca yeah very Chi however
it was for Gaslight Anastasia and Murder
on the Orient Express that she secured
Oscar wins I was born backwards that is
why I work in Africa is missionary one
of the most successful actresses of all
time she’s one of the most well
remembered and well respected as well
what about us
you’ll always have Paris number two
Katharine Hepburn a quite a girl is here
here think Thank You professor I don’t
think I’m exceptional I know in a number
like me you were to get around the
actress to win more Academy Awards than
Bergman is our runner-up my Richard is
the next king nacho John an opinionated
independent and ambitious woman Hepburn
proved a leading lady in Hollywood for
over 60 years
we’re at the far edge of middle-age
that’s all or not you know we’re not
middle-aged year old and I’m a Teahupoo
and her ambitions were fantastically
fulfilled with successes too lengthy to
list effectively Hepburn’s career is
especially impressive because of the
versatility that she demonstrated guess
who’s coming to dinner
comedy drama history or mystery
Catherine could do them all I’m not
afraid of being just a morning Nora
I’m not afraid I’m not afraid only one
could come close to her talent our
number one we told her it was wrong to
believe that the white people were
somehow essentially superior to the
black people well the brown are the red
are the other ones for that matter
before we unveil our top pick here are
some honorable mentions
you’re here and I’m here with your heart
and my heart tell you pause wake up well
I’m glad I asked you to take me home
well so am I shall we go now uh-huh
hear what my heart is play
number one audrey hepburn boasting a
back catalogue of iconic films like
sheeta’s Audrey Hepburn has narrowly
defeated Katherine but there’s no ribbon
in it
one of the most naturally beautiful
women of all time roles in Roman holiday
charade Breakfast at Tiffany’s and my
fair lady among many others have Hepburn
placed at the top of this tree lovely
with an accent at once sweet sexy and
sophisticated and a Manor at once
commanding and cute Audrey Hepburn was
the perfect combination do help me get
undressed these Hollywood has seen no
one like her since nor are we ever
likely to in the future good night
do you agree with our list don’t you try
to get around me which actress from the
1930s to the 1960s is your favorite is
titanium for more classic top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com I quite agree
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