American Film Institute's 50 Greatest Screen Legends

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The Greatest Screen Legends were actors and actresses selected by the American Film Institute for their popularity, craftmanship in their career, star quality, legacy and their role in society. The Top 50 Greatest Screen Legends was composed of 25 men and 25 women selected from a list of 250 men and 250 women nominees.

Below is the list of the 50 Greatest Screen Legends:

1. Katharine Hepburn / Humphrey Bogart
2. Bette Davis / Cary Grant
3. Audrey Hepburn / James Stewart
4. Ingrid Bergman / Marlon Brando
5. Greta Garbo / Fred Astaire
6. Marilyn Monroe / Henry Fonda
7. Elizabeth Taylor / Clark Gable
8. Judy Garland / James Cagney
9. Marlene Dietrich / Spencer Tracy
10. Joan Crawford / Charlie Chaplin
11. Barbara Stanwyck / Gary Cooper
12. Claudette Colbert / Gregory Peck
13. Grace Kelly / John Wayne
14. Ginger Rogers / Laurence Olivier
15. Mae West / Gene Kelly
16. Vivien Leigh / Orson Welles
17. Lillian Gish / Kirk Douglas
18. Shirley Temple / James Dean
19. Rita Hayworth / Burt Lancaster
20. Lauren Bacall / The Marx Brothers
21. Sophia Loren / Buster Keaton
22. Jean Harlow / Sidney Poitier
23. Carole Lombard / Robert Mitchum
24. Mary Pickford / Edward G. Robinson
25. Ava Gardner / William Holden

[edit] References

[1]Filmsite.org

[2]Factmonster.com

[3]IMDB.com

Time Almanac 2002