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 10 Greatest Female
Performances of All Time

Marlon Brando &

Vivien Leigh in A
Street Car Named Desire
 After four intensive weeks, I’ve
concluded on ten of the greatest film
performances given by women. The
performances that I chose are based
by popularity in the United States and
internationally. I’m eager to
conclude the top ten best female
performances of all time as you
critique and criticize the list.
– Javier Serrano, founder

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Sunset Blvd
AUDREY HEBPURN

1 JODIE FOSTER
A psychological-
thriller of great
Even if one does not recognize her
name, one can surely recognize her
0 proportion, The
images. Audrey Hepburn as Holly
Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Silence of the Lambs had literally inspired
carries an oversized cigarette holder
women in the early 90’s to change their
which is considered one the most
criminology major due to the intense fictitious
important iconic images of the 20th
character of Dr. Hannibal Lector. Jodie Foster
century American cinema. Hepburn’s
portrays Clarice Starling, the greatest heroine
portrayal of Holly Golightly is one of
in American cinema, and a young FBI
her most memorable and identifiable
trainee, who seeks the advice of Dr. Hannibal
performances of her career. Holly, a
Lector, portrayed by Anthony Hopkins, an
naïve and unconventional woman, is
incarcerated cannibal, for the help in
obsessed with Tiffany’s jewelry store in
capturing a serial killer known as “Buffalo Bill”.
New York City. (1961).
The Silence of the Lambs is currently the last
film to win the top five Academy Awards:
Best Picture, Actress, Actor, Director, and
Screenplay. (1991). 7 INGRID BERGMAN

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Judy
Ingrid Bergman gives an impeccable,
JUDY GARLAND Garland’s
gorgeous, and stunning film
performance
performance in Gaslight. This mystery-
thriller film is centered on a murder of
as Dorothy Gale, a 12-year-old Kansas farm
an opera singer, the perpetrator, and
girl, who is knocked unconscious during a
the singer’s niece Paula (Bergman).
tornado while she, her dog Toto, and the
Paula is sent to Italy to be trained as
farmhouse is swept away and dropped into
an opera star. In her return to the
the magical Land of Oz, is regarded one of
theatre production, she meets and is
the most famous films of all time. Currently,
infatuated with Gregory Anton
the most-watched film in history by the
(Charles Boyer), and soon they fall in
Library of Congress, The Wizard of Oz is a
love and marry. As time progresses,
musical-fantasy journey of Dorothy and her
Paula discovers her husband’s secrecy
friends: Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly
that leads to the murder of her aunt.
Lion who set out to meet the wizard to send
(1944).
her back home. (1939).

Breakfast at Tiffany’s
VIVIEN LEIGH 6 daughter are raped.
After years of typecast from her
performance as Scarlett O’Hara in Gone
With The Wind, Vivien Leigh returns to the
screen as Blanche DuBois in A Street Car
Named Desire. The story unfolds as
Blanche, a fading but attractive Southern
belle, visits her sister Stella in New Orleans.
Blanche, self repressed from reality,
attempts to make her presence known
and attract male suitors. (1951).
GLORIA SWANSON
5 American Civil War from a Southern point
Have you ever wondered, what
happened to those silent era movie stars?
Well, Sunset Boulevard is an exceptional
example, however in a satirist way of those
who’ve been forgotten. In this American
film noir Sunset Boulevard, William Holden
portrays an unsuccessful screenwriter and
Gloria Swanson as a faded silent movie
star, who lures him into her fantasy world,
in which she dreams of making a
triumphant return to the movie screen.
SOPHIA LOREN 4
Beauty, intelligence, and raw, Sophia
Loren’s performance as Cesira in Two
Women is by far the greatest female
performance in a foreign language film.
Sophia portrays Cesira, a woman trying
to protect her teenage daughter from
the horrors of the Second World War in
Italy. The biggest climax of the film lasts
for only 30 seconds, but in those 30
seconds the dramatization becomes too
realistic as Sophia’s character and her
VIVIEN LEIGH 3
An American classic, Gone With The Wind
is an epic of great proportion. With a
stellar cast, brilliant direction, gorgeously
photographed, Gone With The Wind was
the enduring symbol of the golden age
of Hollywood. However, the true star of
Gone With the Wind is Vivien Leigh’s
performance as Scarlett O’Hara, a
Southern belle, who is infatuated with two
bachelor brothers. The story conveys the
of view. (1939).
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BETTE DAVIS
Bette Davis is the second greatest
actress of all time (Katharine Hepburn
being the first). Davis portrays Margo
Channing, a highly regarded but aging
Broadway star, in All About Eve. Margo
hires Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) to
insinuate herself into Channing’s life,
eventually threatening Channing’s
career and her personal relationships. All
About Eve received a record of 14
Academy Awards nominations. (1950).
 MERYL STREEP

Without question, Meryl Streep is

the greatest living actress in
modern cinema. In this 1982
American drama film, the story
unfolds of a Polish immigrant
named Sophie and her lover
Nathan (Kevin Kline), who
occupies the same boarding
house with a younger writer in
Brooklyn, New York. The year is
1947, Stingo (Peter MacNicol), the
film’s narrator, relocates to
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Brooklyn in order to write a novel.
There, he befriends Sophie and
Nathan and discovers that
Sophie’s father and husband
were killed in a German work
camp. Eventually, Sophie reveals
to Stingo that she survived the
Auschwitz concentration camp
only with repentance as she was
forced to send either her son or
daughter into the crematoria.
Meryl Streep garnered an
Academy Award for Best Actress
in 1982 for her mesmerizing
performance as Sophie.
Moviegoers and critics alike have
notably hailed Meryl Streep’s
greatest performance.
 Six Best Horror
Performances of
All time

Jack Nicholson in The Shining

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If you’ve seen the movie Carrie, you have to admit, there

is sympathy for her. Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) is your
unordinary American teenage girl, physically and mentally
abused by her religious mother, Margaret (Piper Laurie),
and is harassed by the girls at her school. Carrie suspects
she may have a telekinetic gift, and researches the
subject in the school library. Out of nowhere, Carrie is
asked to the school prom by the most popular jock in
school. Forbidden by her mother to attend the prom,
Carrie is socially accepted by the student body until Chris
(Nancy Allen), the cruelest of the girls, intervenes. (1976).
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Freddy Krueger has
been invading our
dreams for 26 years
and there is no contest
that Robert Englund
brings the sinister killer
to a whole new level of
disturbing with his dark
humor. A Nightmare on
Elm Street was the first
film of the Freddy
franchise and was
recently reproduced
for a 2010 updated
remake. The formula
for all the Freddy
movies is simple, teens
in an all-American
town begin dying
gruesome deaths in
their nightmares by the
dream stalker-Freddy
and consequently die
in real-life. When they
investigate the
occurrences they
discover the vengeful
dark secret of their
parent’s, Freddy’s, and
the town’s past. (1984).
Who knew a 12-year-old girl
could be so frightening?
Perhaps, if one is so-called
possessed by the devil then
it may be understood.
Regan MacNeil (Linda Blair)
is a 12-year-old girl and the
daughter of actress Chris
MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn).
Regan is caught between
her mother’s demanding
schedule in Georgetown
and her parent’s divorce.
One night, Regan discovers
a Ouija board game in the
basement and expresses to
her mother she has made
contact with someone
named Captain Howdy.
Soon, unexplainable
incidents begin to occur
violently and physically.
Incurable by doctors and
psychiatrists, Regan had
been possessed by an
ancient demon known as
Pazuzu. The Exorcist is
regarded as the scariest film
of all time! (1973).

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Anthony
portrayal as
Perkins’
Norman
Bates is nothing short than
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impeccable. Psycho
directed by Alfred
Hitchcock and adapted
by Joseph Stefano
explains Norman Bates
emotional abuse as a
child at the hands of his
mother. When Norma
Bates takes a lover,
Norman is outraged with
jealousy and murders
them both in their sleep.
Norman eventually is
diagnosed with 5
Dissociative Identity
Disorder, where he
represses his mother’s
death as a way to
escape the guilt of
murdering her. He inherits
his mother’s house, keeps
her corpse preserved in
the basement, and runs
the family’s motel
business. When Norman
becomes infatuated with
a female customer, his
mother immediately
makes her presence
known. Norman Bates
was inspired by serial killer
Ed Gein. (1960).
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Even though One Flew Over
the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) is
not regarded as a
horror/thriller film, however
Jack Nicholson’s
performance as Randle
McMurphy inspired another
great role as Jack Torrance in
Stephen King’s The Shinning
(1980). The film unfolds as a
writer (Nicholson), his wife
(Shelly Duvall) and young son
(Fanny Lloyd) accept the job
as off-season caretakers at
an isolated hotel in Colorado.
As the winter storm becomes
violently aggressive, where
the family is snowbound, Jack
becomes influenced by a
supernatural presence in the
hotel and descends into
madness attempting to kill his
wife and son. (1980).
It’s hard to believe Anthony
Hopkins is the second actor to
portray Dr. Hannibal Lecter, the
first being Brian Cox in
Manhunter (1986). Despite an
underrated performance by
Brian Cox as the original
Hannibal Lecter, Anthony
Hopkins in The Silence of the
Lambs is by far the creepiest,
spine-chilling, and impeccable
horror performance in the history
of cinema. Eventually this leads
to the question: What makes
Hannibal Lecter the most
frightening fictitious character in
movie history? It’s the fact that
Hannibal Lecter is human; an
individual who specializes in
Forensic Psychiatry which means
Hannibal Lecter can manipulate
your consciousness. With a little
over 16 minutes of screen time in
The Silence of the Lambs,
Anthony Hopkins became the
first Best Actor Oscar winner with
the shortest screen time. (1991).

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Laura Linney has established herself as one of the most important
dramatic actresses in Hollywood. Her impressive resume has spanned
two decades and over forty films and television shows. Most notably,
The Truman Show (1998), You Can Count on Me (2000), Wild Iris
(2001), Mystic River (2003), Love Actually (2003), The Exorcism of Emily
Rose (2005), and John Adams (2008), to name a few. Unlike
traditional method acting, Laura Linney, who studied and trained at
Julliard and the Arts Theatre School in Moscow, does not need to
transform herself physically like most actresses in Hollywood for a
particular role. Laura has garnered three Emmy Awards and has
been nominated for three Academy Awards.

Laura Linney

Max Theiriot-22
Max has been in such films as The
Pacifier (2005), Nancy Drew (2007) and
Jumper (2008), claiming status as a choice for
smaller parts in younger movies. However in
My Soul To Take (2010), Max broke out of the
genre to take on psychological thriller/slasher
in Wes Craven’s newest film. Sadly the film
itself did not live up to the high expectations,
however there is much to be said about the
performances of the young cast, mainly Max
as he portrays the skittish Adam “Bug” Heller.
His performance rivaled Jake Gyllenhaal as
the disturbed Donnie Darko (from the 2001
film of the same name). Bug suffers from
memory loss, nightmares and undiagnosed
schizophrenia leading to hallucinations. The
parts of the movie that are most chilling are
when Bug mimics his friend’s voices and
movements so well it’s like they are looking
into a mirror and the innocent tone of his
voice when he is confronted with the
question, “have you killed anyone?”, to
which he honestly replies “not that I can
remember”.
Jodelle Ferland-16
Jodelle Ferland has been playing the part of
creepy little girl for most of her young
life. Her most memorable performances
can be seen in Tideland (2005) and Silent Hill
(2006). Recently she appeared in Case 39
(2009) which premiered this year although it
had been complete for several years. Once
again she takes on the part of innocence
surrounded by malice and deceit as the
part of Lilith. When a social worker takes on
her case in which it appears her parents are
emotionally abusive, she discovers they
intend to murder Lilith when she finds they
have trapped her in a burning oven. The
social worker soon takes-in the sweet Lilith
only to realize the girl is more demonic than
abused. Jodelle seems to play these
characters with such ease one almost
forgets how young she really is.

Breakthrough Young Actors Chloë Moretz-13

Chloë Moretz has mostly played small parts in TV shows but recently played the in-your-face
Hit Girl in Kick Ass (2010) and lonely vampire Abby in Let Me In (2010). Portraying a very old
vampire trapped in a twelve-year old’s body, Chloë, is able to convey the emotions of an
adult, a child and a demon-voiced monster all at the same time. Abby’s naïve
understanding of the world allows her to become quick friends with Owen, her twelve-year
old neighbor, while he teaches her new things and she teaches him how to stand-up for
himself. The film focuses on their relationship so much so that by the end we almost forget
Abby is indeed a vampire, until she reveals her true nature, which Chloë is able to bring
haunting realism as a young girl committing bloody violence.
 R E V I
Head-On
THE ENGLISH
PATIENT
Gorgeously photographed, The English Patient
is set during the Second World War and depicts
a critically burned man, known as “the English
Patient,” who is cared for and nursed by Hana
(Juliette Binoche) in an abandoned Italian
monastery. The English patient is unwilling to
disclose any personal information save only
through a series of flashbacks. The story unveils
secrecy and deception as he commits an affair
with a married woman in the Sahara Desert.
(1996).
HEAD-ON
You have to admit, Germany produces some of
the best films such as Run Lola Run (1998),
Goodbye Lenin (2003), Downfall (2004), Sophie
Scholl - The Final Days (2005), The Lives of Others
(2006), and The Counterfeiters (2007). Even though
Germany is a youthful nation in terms of film
producing, their films are provocative, captivating,
and compelling that win over audiences and
critics alike. For instance, Head-On surprisingly won
the coveted Best Picture at the European Film
Awards. The film centers around two lonely drifters
in a psychiatric clinic: Cahit (Birol Unel), who battles
cocaine addiction and alcoholism, and Sibel (Sibel
Kekili), who tried to commit suicide. Out of some
bizarre twist of fate, they marry unconditionally
reveling their secrecy. (2004).
E W S
Movies
THELMA & LOUISE
We don’t see it very often in American
cinema for two female leads. However, in
Thelma & Louise Susan Sarandon and
Geena Davis convey the odds
impeccably. The film centers around
Thelma (Davis) and Louise (Sarandon),
who escape from their caged lives and
venture on a getaway road trip.
Interrupted while at a pit stop, Thelma,
intoxicated, is nearly raped and is rescued
by Louise who kills the rapist. (1991).
CHILDREN OF A
LESSER GOD
In her acting debut in Children of a
Lesser God, Marlee Matlin captivated
audiences and critics alike as a troubled
deaf student who falls in love with her
instructor. Matlin won the 1986 Academy
Award for Best Actress at the age of 21;
she’s currently the youngest actress to
have received a Best Actress Oscar.
Even more so, Maltin, who in real-life is
deaf, joined the list of three Best Actress
Oscar winners for a non-speaking role.
(1986).
Thelma & Louise
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