There's a new meme going around, started by Nathan at Film Experience, to list twenty favorite actresses. No one, so far as I know, has actually tagged me, but what the hell, I'll do it anyway. Here are mine, with my favorite performances from each in parentheses.
Bibi Andersson (Persona)
Patricia Arquette (Flirting With Disaster)
Jean Arthur (Only Angels Have Wings)
Lauren Bacall (The Big Sleep)
Juliet Berto (Celine and Julie Go Boating)
Beatrice Dalle (Trouble Every Day)
Katharine Hepburn (Holiday)
Anna Karina (Vivre sa vie)
Diane Keaton (Annie Hall)
Grace Kelly (Rear Window)
Nicole Kidman (Eyes Wide Shut)
Julianne Moore (Safe)
Marie Rivière (The Green Ray)
Jean Seberg (Bonjour Tristesse)
Hanna Schygulla (The Marriage of Maria Braun)
Barbara Stanwyck (Forty Guns)
Uma Thurman (Kill Bill)
Lily Tomlin (Nashville)
Paz Vega (Sex and Lucia)
Naomi Watts (Mulholland Dr.)
Bibi Andersson (Persona)
Patricia Arquette (Flirting With Disaster)
Jean Arthur (Only Angels Have Wings)
Lauren Bacall (The Big Sleep)
Juliet Berto (Celine and Julie Go Boating)
Beatrice Dalle (Trouble Every Day)
Katharine Hepburn (Holiday)
Anna Karina (Vivre sa vie)
Diane Keaton (Annie Hall)
Grace Kelly (Rear Window)
Nicole Kidman (Eyes Wide Shut)
Julianne Moore (Safe)
Marie Rivière (The Green Ray)
Jean Seberg (Bonjour Tristesse)
Hanna Schygulla (The Marriage of Maria Braun)
Barbara Stanwyck (Forty Guns)
Uma Thurman (Kill Bill)
Lily Tomlin (Nashville)
Paz Vega (Sex and Lucia)
Naomi Watts (Mulholland Dr.)
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