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Great Dramatic Film Acting(FEMALE)
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A Streetcar Named Desire (Two-Disc Special Edition)A Streetcar Named Desire (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Vivien Leigh as Blanche Dubois in Tennessee Williams' play. Oscar winner 1951
Gone with the WindGone with the Wind
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Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara.(Oscar winner 1939) See also That Hamilton Woman, Anna Karenina, Ship of Fools
Dead RingerDead Ringer
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Bette Davis. She was the female Humphrey Bogart. Good in almost every role she played and in so many good films. See also Petrified Forest, Now Voyager, Dark Victory, The Letter, Jezebel, Dangerous, Of Human Bondage, All About Eve, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane etc etc
The Miracle WorkerThe Miracle Worker
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Patty Duke as the blind-deaf-mute adolescent Helen Keller. At the time she was the youngest actress to have an Oscar-winning role.d(1961) On my list of INSPIRATIONAL films.
The Three Faces of EveThe Three Faces of Eve
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1957 Oscar winning role as a woman with multiple personalities. See also The Fugitive Kind,Long Hot Summer, Rachel Rachel, Effect of Gamma Rays, Summer Wishes...Winter Dreams, The Glass Menagerie
Network (Two-Disc Special Edition)Network (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Faye Dunaway's Oscar win 1976. Dunno what happened to this great actress' career. Poor choices, other priorities? But see also Bonnie and Clyde, Evita Peron, Disappearance of Aimee, Chinatown, Albino Alligator, Mommie Dearest etc etc
The Mary Tyler Moore Show - The Complete First SeasonThe Mary Tyler Moore Show - The Complete First Season
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In this long-running series, Ms Moore was often superb in dramatic moments, not only comedy.
Cheers - The First Four Complete SeasonsCheers - The First Four Complete Seasons
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Ditto for Shelley Long in the first FIVE seasons of this series.
All in the Family 20th AnniversaryAll in the Family 20th Anniversary
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Despite the cartoonish voice adopted early in season one, Edith Bunker was a woman we got to know well in flesh-and-blood during the decade of this series. We shared many moments of superbly acted drama as well as laughs.
Inside MovesInside Moves
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Diana Scarwid.(Oscar nom 1980) She's not really MY usual type physically(this does NOT mean she's unattractive) but she created a character here that I have fallen in love with repeatedly.
Elmer GantryElmer Gantry
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Jean Simmons 1960. See also Great Expectations, and Hamlet.
The African Queen [IMPORT]The African Queen [IMPORT]
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Katherine Hepburn 1951. See also Long Day's Journey into Night, The Rainmaker, Love Among the Ruins, Morning Glory, Sylvia Scarlett, Mary of Scotland, Little Minister, many more...especially several films with Spencer Tracy. Second only to Meryl Streep in Oscar noms.
Cat on a Hot Tin RoofCat on a Hot Tin Roof
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Madelaine Sherwood plays a meddling, manipulative, scheming daughter-in-law. On my list of INSPIRATIONAL films and also my favorite all-time movie.
The Last Picture Show (Definitive Director's Cut Special Edition)The Last Picture Show (Definitive Director's Cut Special Edition)
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Cloris Leachman won an Oscar for this supporting role, well deserved. She also had fine dramatic moments in her Phyllis Lindstrom role in the comedy TV series 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show'.
Sybil (Two-Disc Special Edition)Sybil (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Sally Field shocked everyone with her newly shown maturity and dramatic range, after Gidget and The Flying Nun. She plays a woman with 25 personalities.Won an Emmy.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Two-Disc Special Edition)Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Elizabeth Taylor pulled out all the stops in her role as Martha in this Edward Albee play. Oscar nom.
Min & BillMin & Bill
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Marie Dressler(Oscar winner 1931) See also 'Emma'.
The Trip to BountifulThe Trip to Bountiful
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Geraldine Page(Oscar win 1985) plays an old woman making a sentimental pilgrimage to her old home town. On my list of INSPIRATIONAL films.(See also Woody Allen's 'Interiors').
Young at HeartYoung at Heart
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Ethel Barrymore. I love her scenes with Sinatra in this film. See also Pinky, Portrait of Jenny, None But the Lonely Heart, Paradine Case, Spiral Staircase. Several Oscar noms.
Rio Bravo [Region 2]Rio Bravo [Region 2]
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Angie Dickenson in a role that critics loved, but she didn't even get an Oscar nom.
Brief Encounter - Criterion CollectionBrief Encounter - Criterion Collection
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Celia Johnson.(Oscar nom)
To Have and Have Not (Snap case)To Have and Have Not (Snap case)
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Lauren Bacall.
Camille (1937)Camille (1937)
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Greta Garbo.(Oscar nom) See also Ninotchka, Anna Karenina, Mata Hari
The Magnificent AmbersonsThe Magnificent Ambersons
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Agnes Moorehead (Oscar nom)
HombreHombre
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Diane Cilento(ex-Mrs Sean Connery) has a strong supporting role in this Martin Ritt/Paul Newman western, ahead of its time in social relevance.