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Greatest Film Star Roles and Filmographies (see below) contains a selected sampling of the starring roles that best define the screen presence or persona of some of the greatest stars of the American cinema. The definitive screen role is often the one for which the actor or actress is best-remembered. In some cases, some actors/actresses - over a long, prolific career - have had more than one exemplary or essential example of their acting portrayed in films.
The 25 Greatest Men and 25 Greatest Women Screen Legends in the First Century of American Film, according to the AFI polling of June 1999, are found in a separate section.
The 100 Greatest Films that have been selected at this site are identified by a yellow star
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Alphabetical By Last Name
A1 A2-B1 B2 B3 B4 B5-C1 C2 C3 C4-D1 D2
D3 D4-F1 F2 F3-G1 G2 G3-H1 H2 H3 H4-J1 J2-K1
K2-L1 L2 L3-M1 M2 M3 M4 N O-P1 P2 P3-R1
R2 R3 R4-S1 S2 S3 S4-T1 T2 U-W1 W2 W3-Z
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Definitive Screen Role | Other Great Film Roles |
 Joan Bennett (1910-1990) |
Alice Reed in The Woman in the Window (1944) | Phyllis Benton in Bulldog Drummond (1929) Lady Clarissa Pevensey in Disraeli (1929) Helen Riley in Me and My Gal (1932) Amy March in Little Women (1933) Kay Kerrigan in Trade Winds (1938) Jerry in Man Hunt (1941) Kitty March in Scarlet Street (1945) Margaret Macomber in The Macomber Affair (1947) Lucia Harper in The Reckless Moment (1949) Ellie Banks in Father of the Bride (1950) Ellie Banks in Father's Little Dividend (1951) Amelie Ducotel in We're No Angels (1955) |
 Jack Benny (1894-1974) |
Joseph Tura in To Be or Not To Be (1942) | Bert Keeler in Broadway Melody of 1936
(1935) Himself in Love Thy Neighbor (1940) Bill Fuller in George Washington Slept Here (1942) Athanael in The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) |
 Candice Bergen (1946- ) |
Jessica Potter in Starting Over (1979) | Lakey Eastlake in The Group (1966) Shirley Eckert in The Sand Pebbles (1966) Lily in The Magus (1968) Jan in Getting Straight (1970) Kathy Maribel Lee, "Cresta" in Soldier Blue (1970) Susan in Carnal Knowledge (1971) T.R. Baskin in T.R. Baskin (1971) Miss Jones in Bite the Bullet (1975) Eden Pedecaris in The Wind and the Lion (1975) Merry Noel Blake in Rich and Famous (1981) Margaret Bourke-White in Gandhi (1982) Kathy Morningside in Miss Congeniality (2000) |
 Halle Berry (1968- ) |
Leticia Musgrove in Monster's Ball (2001) | Vivian in Jungle Fever (1991) |
 Juliette Binoche (1964- ) |
Hana in The English Patient (1996) | Juliette in Hail Mary (1985) Anna in Bad Blood (1986) Tereza in The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) Michele in Lovers on the Bridge (1991) Anna Barton in Damage (1992) Cathy/Catherine in Wuthering Heights (1992) Julie in Three Colors: Blue (1993) Vianne Rocher in Chocolat (2000) Amira in Breaking and Entering (2006) |
Joan Blondell (1906-1979) |
Mamie in Public Enemy (1931) | Anne Roberts in Blonde Crazy (1931) Anne Scott in The Crowd Roars (1932) Mary Keaton in Three on a Match (1932) Nan Prescott in Footlight Parade (1933) Carol King in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) Gail Richards in Topper Returns (1941) Grace Lambert in Cry 'Havoc' (1943) Aunt Sissy in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) Zeena in Nightmare Alley (1947) Annie Rawlins in The Blue Veil (1951) Peg Costello in Desk Set (1957) Aunt Morgan in Lizzie (1957) Violet in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957) Lady Fingers in The Cincinnati Kid (1965) Sarah Goode in Opening Night (1977) |
 Claire Bloom (1931- ) |
Terry, a Ballet Dancer in Limelight (1952) | Lady Anne Neville in Richard III (1954) Barsine in Alexander the Great (1956) Helena Charles in Look Back in Anger (1958) Bonnie Brown in The Buccaneer (1958) Katya in The Brothers Karamazov (1958) Dorothea Grimm in The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) Theodora in The Haunting (1963) Wife in The Outrage (1964) Nan Perry in The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (1965) Alice Kinian in Charly (1968) Felicia in The Illustrated Man (1969) Audrey in Islands in the Stream (1977) Hera in Clash of the Titans (1981) Alice in Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987) Miriam Rosenthal in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) |
 Ray Bolger (1904-1988) |
Hunk/The Scarecrow in
The Wizard of Oz (1939) |
Bill Delroy in Rosalie (1937) Hans the Dancer in Sweethearts (1938) Chris Maule in The Harvey Girls (1946) S. Winthrop Putnam in April in Paris (1952) Barnaby in Babes in Toyland (1961) |
Ward Bond (1903-1960) |
Capt. Rev. Samuel Clayton in
The Searchers (1956) |
John Palmer Cass in Young Mr. Lincoln
(1939) Policeman in
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)Ike Botkin in Sergeant York (1941) Detective Sgt. Tom Polhaus in
The Maltese Falcon (1941)Moose Malloy in The Falcon Takes Over (1942) Boats in They Were Expendable (1945) Bert in
It's A Wonderful Life (1946)Morgan Earp in
My Darling Clementine (1946)Sgt.-Major Michael O'Rourke in Fort Apache (1948) Perley "Buck" Sweet in The Three Godfathers (1948) Elder Wiggs in Wagon Master (1950) Father Peter Lonergan/Narrator in The Quiet Man (1952) John McIvers in Johnny Guitar (1954) Chief Petty Officer Dawdy in Mister Roberts (1955) John Dodge in The Wings of Eagles (1957) Pat Wheeler in Rio Bravo (1959) |
 Beulah Bondi (1892-1981) |
Lucy Cooper in Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) | Rachel Jackson in The Gorgeous Hussy
(1936) Mary Wilkins in Of Human Hearts (1938) Mrs Martha Morgan in Vivacious Lady (1938) Ma Smith in
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)Nellie Northrup (Granny) in On Borrowed Time (1939) Mrs. Webb in Our Town (1940) Miss Oliver in Penny Serenade (1941) Anise in Watch on the Rhine (1943) Mrs. Bailey in
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)Mrs. Greer in The Snake Pit (1948) Ma Bridges in Track of the Cat (1954) |
 Ernest Borgnine (1917- ) |
Marty Pilletti in Marty (1955) | Sgt. "Fatso" Judson in From
Here to Eternity (1953) Bart Lonergan in Johnny Guitar (1954) Coley Trimble in Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) Shep Horgan in Jubal (1956) Trucker Cobb in The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) Gen. Worden in The Dirty Dozen (1967) Dutch Engstrom in
The Wild Bunch (1969)Mr. Michael 'Mike' Rogo in The Poseidon Adventure (1972) Shack in Emperor of the North Pole (1973) Lyle Wallace in Convoy (1978) Cabbie in Escape from New York (1981) |
 Clara Bow (1905-1965) |
Betty Lou in It (1927) | Cynthia Day in The Plastic Age (1925) Alverna in Mantrap (1926) Nancy Worthington in Get Your Man (1927) Hula Calhoun in Hula (1927) Mary Preston in Wings (1927) Stella Ames in The Wild Party (1929) Mayme in The Saturday Night Kid (1929) Nasa 'Dynamite' Springer in Call Her Savage (1932) |
 William Boyd (1895-1972) |
Bill Cassidy in Hop-A-long Cassidy (1935) and other similar B-westerns in the 1930s and 1940s |
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