List of 50 greatest screen legends: Top 25 Male and Top 25 Female stars
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| 1 | Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957) |
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Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003) |
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| 2 | Cary Grant (1904–1986) |
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Bette Davis (1908–1989) |
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| 3 | James Stewart (1908–1997) |
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Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993) |
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| 4 | Marlon Brando (1924–2004) |
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Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982) |
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| 5 | Fred Astaire (1899–1987) |
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Greta Garbo (1905–1990) |
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| 6 | Henry Fonda (1905–1982) |
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Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) |
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| 7 | Clark Gable (1901–1960) |
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Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011) |
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| 8 | James Cagney (1899–1986) |
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Judy Garland (1922–1969) |
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| 9 | Spencer Tracy (1900–1967) |
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Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992) |
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| 10 | Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) |
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Joan Crawford (1905–1977) |
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| 11 | Gary Cooper (1901–1961) |
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Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990) |
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| 12 | Gregory Peck (1916–2003) |
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Claudette Colbert (1903–1996) |
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| 13 | John Wayne (1907–1979) |
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Grace Kelly (1929–1982) |
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| 14 | Laurence Olivier (1907–1989) |
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Ginger Rogers (1911–1995) |
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| 15 | Gene Kelly (1912–1996) |
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Mae West (1893–1980) |
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| 16 | Orson Welles (1915–1985) |
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Vivien Leigh (1913–1967) |
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| 17 | Kirk Douglas (born 1916) |
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Lillian Gish (1893–1993) |
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| 18 | James Dean (1931–1955) |
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Shirley Temple (1928–2014) |
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| 19 | Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) |
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Rita Hayworth (1918–1987) |
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| 20 | Marx Brothers Chico (1887–1961) Harpo (1888–1964) Groucho (1890–1977) |
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Lauren Bacall (1924–2014) |
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| 21 | Buster Keaton (1895–1966) |
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Sophia Loren (born 1934) |
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| 22 | Sidney Poitier (born 1927) |
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Jean Harlow (1911–1937) |
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| 23 | Robert Mitchum (1917–1997) |
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Carole Lombard (1908–1942) |
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| 24 | Edward G. Robinson (1893–1973) |
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Mary Pickford (1892–1979) |
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| 25 | William Holden (1918–1981) |
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Ava Gardner (1922–1990) |
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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.