It's about time to get this show on the road. Even with the extension, I didn't get as many comments or ballots as I would've liked, but have ultimately decided to go ahead with the postign anyway. If you have yet to send a ballot, but wish to send your thoughts, please feel free to leave a comment. Over the next few days, I'll be posting the bests and worsts, along with the runners-ups to each.
HOWEVER. To warm up to the occasion I'm going to post the names of those ladies that were untouched by our voters, good or bad:
Alice Brady - In Old Chicago (1937)
Mary Astor - The Great Lie (1941)
Katina Paxinou - For Whom The Bell Tolls (1943)
Ethel Barrymore - None But The Lonely Heart (1944)
Anne Revere - National Velvet (1945)
Anne Baxter - The Razor's Edge (1946)
Josephine Hull - Harvey (1950)
Wendy Hiller - Separate Tables (1959)
Eileen Heckart - Butterflies are Free (1972)
Lee Grant - Shampoo (1975)
Olympia Dukakis - Moonstruck (1987)
Marcia Gay Harden - Pollock (2000)
Any objections to these unvoted ladies? (I'm personally surprised that Dukakis remained untouched for both best and worst, though I would put her in the latter if I were to vote for her.) Is there anybody here that you think gave an awful performance? Or anybody that really deserved to be voted for? Feel free to leave a comment!
Come back tomorrow for the Runner Ups for the Best!
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Dukakis almost made my list of the best, but I was afraid I was going to be too 80s heavy, so I let her go. I considered Josephine Hull for the best, but she got pruned from the final 8 or 9. None of the rest were contenders for my worst list.
ReplyDeleteI must agree with the above comment about Olympia Dukakis; she also almost made my list and was certainly in my top 10 with Lee Grant in my top 15.
ReplyDeleteI would put Lee Grant on my best list. The only Supporting Actress winner who gave a truly awful performance is Jennifer Hudson. Her singing is top notch, but the acting is most certinley not.
ReplyDeleteLee Grant was awful.
ReplyDeleteI wrote more about her here:
http://sophomorecritic.blogspot.com/2011/03/best-supporting-actress-grades-of-all.html