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Posted by Thomas Jonsson (Member # 1902) on 01-23-2005, 04:39 PM:

There have been a lot of actors/actresses over the years.
Who you like is very much a matter of taste. Perhaps it´s
a super pro brought to Hollywood from the theater stage, or
an actor you like because he/she has a special "style" that
you enjoy.

How about listing your 5 favorite male and female actors?

Here´s my list:

John Wayne
Spencer Tracy
Charles Laughton
Boris Karloff
Laurel & Hardy

Bette Davis
Margaret Rutherford
Angela Lansbury
Katharine Hepburn
Gena Rowlands

I´m not trying to break my own rules, but as Laurel & Hardy
was a team I count them as one. And what a team!

Thomas

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 01-23-2005, 08:07 PM:

Ok, here goes.... but they're not all listed here. These are some of my very favorites...

Sorry had to up this first list to eight...

Jimmy Stewart
William H. Macy
Morgan Freeman
Orsen Wells
Laurel & Hardy
W.C. Fields
Alec Guiness
Humphrey Bogart

These are some of the female actors that have really made an impression on me.....

Kate Hepburn
Renee Zellwiger
Joan Greenwood
Grace Kelley
Jody Foster
Barbra Stanwick

Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 01-23-2005, 08:44 PM:

Jimmy Stewert
Gene Hackman
Robin Williams
Tom Hanks
Anthony Hopkins
Dustin Hoffman
Robert Redford
Tom Hulice
Charlie Chaplin
Robert Downy Jr.
Johnny Depp
Robert DiNero
Morgan Freeman
Richard Dryfuss
Marlon Brando
Paul Newman
Tom Cruise

Meryle Streep
Holly Hunter
Julie Andrews
Mary Stuart Masterson

[ 01-23-2005, 09:55 PM: Message edited by: Steve Guttag ]

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 01-23-2005, 09:04 PM:

Steve doesn't like girls. [Smile]

Posted by Richard Greco (Member # 2032) on 01-23-2005, 09:29 PM:

Sorry, Double Post

Posted by Richard Greco (Member # 2032) on 01-23-2005, 09:31 PM:

Are you all REALLY sure you want to know MY list?

Ok, Here goes

Actors:
Tom Hanks
Jack Black
Will Smith
Cole Hauser(REALLY underrated)
Dominic Purcell(Awesome in Blade 3)
Steve Martin
Johnny Depp
Orlando Bloom
Bruce Willis
Samuel L Jackson
Michael Madsen
Ryan Reynolds
Probably the best 2 actors EVER:
Sean Connery
Anthony Hopkins

If voice actors count:
Dan Castelleneta
Nancy Cartwright
Yeardley Smith
Julie Kavner
Hank Azaria
Harry Shearer

Now the great list [Big Grin]

Actresses:
Hilary Duff
Lindsay Lohan
Jennifer Garner
Hayden Penittere
Mandy Moore
Brittany Daniels
Jessica Biel
Now on talent:
Bonnie Hunt
Michelle Pheiffer
Jennifer Garner
Uma Thurman
I'm sure I'll think of others

Posted by Robert E. Allen (Member # 1351) on 01-24-2005, 03:06 PM:

While I grew up and entered this business in the John Wayne, Spencer Tracy, Jimmy Stewart, Doris Day, Rock Hudson era and loved all those and others dearly I have to admit that todays crop of actors are better actors than were those back then. Back the when we went to see John Wayne he was always John Wayne. The same for Jimmy, Rock and the rest of them and that's why we went to see them. But today's actors can run circles around them (I'm not talking about the rap or rock artists turned "actor" bunch of personalities). So there are just too many to name favorites.

Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 01-24-2005, 03:23 PM:

Actors:

Jack Nicholson
Sean Connery
Pierce Brosnan
Liam Neeson
Kurtwood Smith

Actresses:

Angelina Jolie
Judi Dench
Natalie Portman
Emmy Rossum
Harvey Fierstein

AJG

Posted by George Roher (Member # 91) on 01-24-2005, 03:41 PM:

Peter Sellars

Jimmy Stewart
Cary Grant
David Niven
John Cleese
Michael Caine
Grace Kelley
Ingrid Bergman

Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 01-25-2005, 10:24 PM:

Actors:
Richard Dreyfuss
Ryan Gosling
Gregory Smith
Elijah Wood
Topher Grace
Joshua Jackson
Ryan Reynolds

Actresses:
Natalie Portman
Katie Holmes
Amy Irving
Barbara Hershey

[ 01-29-2005, 01:02 PM: Message edited by: Jennifer Pan ]

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 01-25-2005, 10:28 PM:

Gosh Jen, I would have ***NEVER*** guessed you'd like Richard Dreyfuss... [Wink]

Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 01-25-2005, 10:41 PM:

Come on Phil, you know me [Big Grin]

... I can't resist the older dudes.

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 01-26-2005, 08:10 AM:

Who the hell IS Richard Drufass anyway??????? Has he made any films ever???

MArk

Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 01-26-2005, 10:54 AM:

Oh no... you just didn't! (imagine a ghetto girl talking) [Mad]

Don't make me go postal on you Mark. [evil]

Can we please avoid confrontation. [beer]

Back to the topic of favorite actor/actress.

Posted by Dean Kollet (Member # 1789) on 01-26-2005, 11:31 AM:

Actor: Bill Murray
Actress: Audrey Hepburn

Posted by Don Cross (Member # 2980) on 01-28-2005, 07:34 PM:

Actress' who was never really used to her full potential: Diane Lane, Jessica Biel (who should be given the chance for greater acting roles).

Eye candy only movie actress: Jennifer Garner. She does considerably better on television. Most of her movies are flops.

Posted by Phil Blake (Member # 2012) on 01-29-2005, 11:03 AM:

favorite male actors

William Holden
Clint Eastwood
Sean Connery
Harrison Ford
Richard Burton
Richard Harris

Females ............

Kiera Knightly
Renee Zelwegger
Monica Potter
Roseanna Arquette
Amanda Peet
Natasha Henstridge
and most of the Baywatch gals
........... not all necessarily for their acting abilities

[Wink]

Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 01-29-2005, 11:26 AM:

favorite actress
maria montez
eva marie saint
leslie caron
diana rigg
margaret rutherfod

favorite actors
patrick macnee
sean connory
roger moore
james mason
trevor howard

Posted by Thomas Jonsson (Member # 1902) on 01-30-2005, 02:47 PM:

Gordon!
Glad to see you listed Margaret Rutherford. She was
really very special. She became a BIG star in 1962
with "Murder, she said" at the age of 70. If I´m not
mistaken, she was the best paid actress at MGM that year.
I very much doubt it could happen today?

Thomas

Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-03-2005, 01:10 PM:

ACTOR:
Always. The legend, the icon..
John Wayne

ACTRESS (strictly for sex appeal):
The hottest babe ever to grace the screen...
Ava Gardner