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AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars

In June 1999 the AFI unveiled their 100 Years… series, AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars list of the top 50 male and 50 female greatest screen legends in American film history.  The 100 stars are made up of 25 male legends, 25 female legends with 50 current actors making the presentations (listed below the table). Buy – AFI’s 100 Years, 100 Stars: American Film Institute (CBS Television Special) (DVD)

List of 50 greatest screen legends: Top 25 Male and Top 25 Female stars

No Male legends Female legends
1 Humphrey Bogart
(1899–1957)
Humphrey Bogart 1940.jpg Katharine Hepburn
(1907–2003)
Katharine Hepburn promo pic.jpg
2 Cary Grant
(1904–1986)
Grant, Cary (Suspicion) 01 Crisco edit.jpg Bette Davis
(1908–1989)
Bette Davis - portrait.jpg
3 James Stewart
(1908–1997)
Annex - Stewart, James (Call Northside 777) 01.jpg Audrey Hepburn
(1929–1993)
Audrey Hepburn 1956.jpg
4 Marlon Brando
(1924–2004)
Marlon Brando 1948.jpg Ingrid Bergman
(1915–1982)
IngridBergmanportrait.jpg
5 Fred Astaire
(1899–1987)
Astaire, Fred - Never Get Rich.jpg Greta Garbo
(1905–1990)
Greta Garbo - 1935.jpg
6 Henry Fonda
(1905–1982)
Henry Fonda - USN.jpg Marilyn Monroe
(1926–1962)
Monroe 1953 publicity.jpg
7 Clark Gable
(1901–1960)
Clark Gable - publicity.JPG Elizabeth Taylor
(1932–2011)
Elizabeth Taylor 1953.JPG
8 James Cagney
(1899–1986)
James cagney promo photo.jpg Judy Garland
(1922–1969)
Judy Garland publicity photo 1939.jpg
9 Spencer Tracy
(1900–1967)
Spencer tracy state of the union.jpg Marlene Dietrich
(1901–1992)
Marlene Dietrich in No Highway (1951) (Cropped).png
10 Charlie Chaplin
(1889–1977)
Charlie Chaplin portrait.jpg Joan Crawford
(1905–1977)
Joan Crawford - 1936 - Hurrell.JPG
11 Gary Cooper
(1901–1961)
Gary Cooper 1936.jpg Barbara Stanwyck
(1907–1990)
Barbara Stanwyck - early still.JPG
12 Gregory Peck
(1916–2003)
Gregory Peck 1948.jpg Claudette Colbert
(1903–1996)
Claudette-Colbert-1920.jpg
13 John Wayne
(1907–1979)
John Wayne 1940.jpg Grace Kelly
(1929–1982)
Grace Kelly MGM photo.jpg
14 Laurence Olivier
(1907–1989)
Laurence Olivier (borders removed).jpg Ginger Rogers
(1911–1995)
Ginger Rogers - 1940s.jpg
15 Gene Kelly
(1912–1996)
Gene kelly.jpg Mae West
(1893–1980)
Mae West LAT.jpg
16 Orson Welles
(1915–1985)
Orson Welles 1937.jpg Vivien Leigh
(1913–1967)
Vivien Leigh 1948.jpg
17 Kirk Douglas
(born 1916)
Kirk douglas photo signed.JPG Lillian Gish
(1893–1993)
Lillian Gish-edit1.jpg
18 James Dean
(1931–1955)
James Dean - publicity - early.JPG Shirley Temple
(1928–2014)
ShirleyTemple in 1944.jpg
19 Burt Lancaster
(1913–1994)
Burt Lancaster - publicity 1947.JPG Rita Hayworth
(1918–1987)
Rita Hayworth-publicity.JPG
20 Marx Brothers
Chico (1887–1961)
Harpo (1888–1964)
Groucho (1890–1977)
Marx Brothers 1931.jpg Lauren Bacall
(1924–2014)
Lauren Bacall 1945 (cropped).jpg
21 Buster Keaton
(1895–1966)
Busterkeaton edit.jpg Sophia Loren
(born 1934)
Sophia Loren - 1959.jpg
22 Sidney Poitier
(born 1927)
Poitier cropped.jpg Jean Harlow
(1911–1937)
Harlow-publicity.jpg
23 Robert Mitchum
(1917–1997)
Robert Mitchum 1949 (no signature).jpg Carole Lombard
(1908–1942)
Carole Lombard - Paramount.JPG
24 Edward G. Robinson
(1893–1973)
Edward G. Robinson - still.jpg Mary Pickford
(1892–1979)
Mary Pickford cph.3c17995u.jpg
25 William Holden
(1918–1981)
Holden-portrait.jpg Ava Gardner
(1922–1990)
Ava Gardner Show Boat 1951.jpg

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Channel 4’s 100 Greatest Movie Stars

In 2003 Channel 4 carried out a national survey to find the top 100 film stars in history, voted on by the British public. I suppose the issue with the list is the disparity between being a great movie star and being a great actor. For example some of the greatest actors of the 20th century such as Olivier, Guiness and Gielgud don’t make the list. Big stars of yesteryear such Charlton Heston and Kirk Douglas are also absent.

1. Al Pacino
2. Robert De Niro
3. Tom Hanks
4. Kevin Spacey
5. Harrison Ford
6. Jack Nicholson
7. Anthony Hopkins
8. Sean Connery
9. Ewan McGregor
10. Cary Grant
11. Samuel L Jackson
12. James Stewart
13. Audrey Hepburn
14. Steve McQueen
15. Brad Pitt
16. Paul Newman
17. Mel Gibson
18. Clint Eastwood
19. Robin Williams
20. Sigourney Weaver
21. Nicole Kidman
22. Johnny Depp
23. Jodie Foster
24. Dustin Hoffman
25. Susan Sarandon
26. Russell Crowe
27. Morgan Freeman
28. Denzel Washington
29. Julia Roberts
30. Marlon Brando
31. Christopher Lee
32. Tom Cruise
33. Nicolas Cage
34. Christopher Walken
35. Bruce Willis
36. Humphrey Bogart
37. Cate Blanchett
38. Katharine Hepburn
39. Marilyn Monroe
40. Gary Oldman
41. Jackie Vhan
42. Gene Hackman
43. Jack Lemmon
44. Michael Caine
45. Bette Davis
46. John Travolta
47. Jim Carrey
48. John Cusack
49. Bruce Lee
50. Charlie Chaplin
51. Will Smith
52. Sidney Poitier
53. Harvey Keitel
54. Arnold Schwarzenegger
55. Kate Winslet
56. John Wayne
57. Peter Sellers
58. Meryl Streep
59. John Malkovich
60. Jude Law
61. Robert Redford
62. Robert Downey Jr
63. Clark Gable
64. James Dean
65. Cameron Diaz
66. Gene Kelly
67. Eddie Murphy
68. Ingrid Bergman
69. River Phoenix
70. Richard Burton
71. Woody Allen
72. George Clooney
73. Hugh Grant
74. Angelina Jolie
75. Meg Ryan
76. Richard Gere
77. Elizabeth Taylor
78. Oliver Reed
79. Vivien Leigh
80. Dennis Hopper
81. Fred Astaire
82. Judy Garland
83. Ralph Fiennes
84. Doris Day
85. Daniel Day-Lewis
86. Grace Kelly
87. Winona Ryder
88. Juliette Binoche
89. Gwyneth Paltrow
90. Gerard Depardieu
91. Julie Christie
92. Amitabh Bachchan
93. Kevin Costner
94. Leonardo Di Caprio
95. Uma Thurman
96. Wesley Snipes
97. Burt Reynolds
98. Jane Fonda
99. Halle Berry
100. Michael Douglas

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