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Cinema Scholars’ Fifty Favorite Performers Poll Results!

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Cinema Scholars recently conducted a poll on social media where we asked people to provide their ten favorite performers (actors and actresses in one list). Below are the results.

50. Daniel Craig

Birth Name: Daniel Wroughton Craig
Born: March 2, 1968 – Chesire, England
Died: N/A
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 0/0

49. Laurence Olivier

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Birth Name: Laurence Kerr Olivier
Born: May 22, 1907 – Surrey, England
Died: July 11, 1989 – West Sussex, England
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 10/1

48. Doris Day

Birth Name: Doris Mary Kappelhoff
Born: April 3, 1922 – Cincinnati, Ohio
Died: May 13, 2019 – Carmel Valley, California
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 1/0

47. Mickey Rooney

Birth Name: Joseph Yule Jr.
Born: September 23, 1920 – New York, New York
Died: April 6, 2014 – Los Angeles, California
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 4/0

46. William Powell

Birth Name: William Horatio Powell
Born: July 29, 1892 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died: March 5, 1984 – Palm Spring, California
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 3/0

45. Marlon Brando

Birth Name: Marlon Brando Jr.
Born: April 3, 1924 – Omaha, Nebraska
Died: July 1, 2004 – Los Angeles, California
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 8/2

44. William Holden

Birth Name: William Franklin Beedle Jr.
Born: April 17, 1918 – O’Fallon, Illinois
Died: November 12, 1981 – Santa Monica, California
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 3/1

43. Sam Rockwell

Birth Name: Sam Rockwell
Born: November 5, 1968 – Daly City, California
Died: N/A
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 2/1

42. Maureen O’Hara

Birth Name: Maureen FitzSimons
Born: August 17, 1920 – Dublin, Ireland
Died: October 24, 2015 – Boise, Idaho
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 0/0

41. Robert De Niro

Birth Name: Robert Anthony De Niro
Born: August 17, 1943 – New York, New York
Died: N/A
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 7/2

40. Sean Connery

Birth Name: Thomas Connery
Born: August 25, 1930 – Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: October 31, 2020 – Lyford Cay, Bahamas
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 1/1

39. Rock Hudson

 

Birth Name: Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
Born:  Novermber 17, 1925 – Winnetka, Illinois
Died: October 2, 1985 – Beverly Hills, California
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 1/0

38. Spencer Tracy

Birth Name: Spencer Bonaventure Tracy
Born: April 5, 1920 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Died: June 10, 1967 – Beverly Hills, California
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 9/2

37. Michael Caine

Birth Name: Maurice Joseph Micklewhite
Born: March 14, 1933 – London, England
Died: N/A
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 6/2

36. Charlton Heston

Birth Name: John Charles Carter
Born: October 4, 1923 – Wilmette, Illinois 
Died: April 5, 2008 – Beverly Hills, California
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 1/1

35. Yul Brynner

 

Birth Name: Yuliy Borisovich Briner
Born: July 11, 1920 – Vladivostok, Russia
Died: October 10, 1985 – New York, New York
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 1/1

34. Harrison Ford

Birth Name: Harrison Ford
Born: July 13, 1942 – Chicago, Illinois
Died:  N/A
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 1/0

33. Judy Garland

Birth Name: Frances Ethel Gumm
Born: June 10, 1922 – Grand Rapids, Michigan
Died: June 22, 1969 – London, England
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 2/0

32. James Coburn

 

Birth Name: James Harrison Coburn III
Born: August 31, 1928 – Laurel, Nebraska
Died: November 18, 2002 – Beverly Hills, California
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 1/1

31. Ginger Rogers

Birth Name: Virginia Katherine McMath
Born: July 16, 1911 – Independence, Missouri
Died: April 25, 1995 – Rancho Mirage, California
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 1/1

30. Katharine Hepburn

Birth Name: Katharine Houghton Hepburn
Born: May 12, 1907 – Hartford, Connecticut
Died: June 29, 2003 – Fenwick, Connecticut
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 12/4

29. Meryl Streep

 

Birth Name: Mary Louise Streep
Born: June 22, 1949 – Summit, New Jersey
Died: N/A
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 21/3

28. Fred Astaire

Birth Name: Frederick Austerlitz
Born: May 10, 1899 – Omaha, Nebraska
Died: June 22, 1987 – Los Angeles, California
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 1/0

27. Vivien Leigh

Birth Name: Vivian Mary Hartley
Born: November 5, 1913 – Darjeeling, India
Died: July 8, 1967 – London, England
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 2/2

26. Denzel Washington

 

Birth Name: Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. 
Born: December 28, 1954 – Mount Vernon, New York
Died: N/A
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 9/2

25. Philip Seymour Hoffman

Birth Name: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Born: July 23, 1967 – Fairport, New York
Died: February 2, 2014
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 4/1

24. Jack Lemmon

Birth Name: John Uhler Lemmon III
Born: February 8, 1925 – Newton, Massachusetts
Died: June 27, 2001 – Los Angeles, California
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 8/2

23. Tony Randall

 

Birth Name: Aryeh Leonard Rosenberg
Born: February 26, 1920 – Tulsa Oklahoma
Died: May 17, 2004 – New York, New York
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 0/0

22. Clark Gable

Birth Name: William Clark Gable
Born: February 1, 1901 – Cadiz, Ohio
Died: November 16, 1960 – Los Angeles, California
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 3/1

21. Ingrid Bergman

Birth Name: Ingrid Bergman
Born: August 29, 1915 – Stockholm, Sweden
Died: August 29, 1982 – London, England
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 7/3

20. Errol Flynn

Birth Name: Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn
Born: June 20, 1909 – Tasmania, Australia
Died: October 14, 1959 – Vancouver, Canada 
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 0/0

19. Barbara Stanwyck

Birth Name: Ruby Catherine Stevens
Born: July 16, 1907 – Brooklyn, New York
Died: January 20, 1990 – Santa Monica, California
Academy Award Nominations/Wins:4/0

18. Gregory Peck

Birth Name: Eldred Gregory Peck 
Born: April 5, 1916 – San Diego, California
Died: June 12, 2003 – Los Angeles, California
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 2/1

17. Myrna Loy

Birth Name: Myrna Adele Williams
Born: August 2, 1905 – Helena, Montana
Died: December 14, 1993 – New York, New York
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 0/0

16. Clint Eastwood

Birth Name: Clinton Eastwood Jr.
Born: May 31, 1930 – San Francisco, California
Died: N/A
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 11/4

15. Boris Karloff

Birth Name: William Henry Pratt 
Born: November 23, 1887 – Surrey, England
Died: February 2, 1969 – Sussex, England
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 0/0

14. Al Pacino

 

Birth Name: Alfredo James Pacino
Born: April 25, 1940 – New York, New York
Died: N/A
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 9/1

13. James Cagney

Birth Name: James Francis Cagney Jr. 
Born: July 17, 1899 – New York, New York
Died: March 30, 1986 – Stanford, New York
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 3/1

12. Marilyn Monroe

 

Birth Name: Norma Jeane Mortenson
Born: June 1, 1926 – Los Angeles, California
Died: August 4, 1962 – Los Angeles, California
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 0/0

11. John Wayne

Birth Name: Marion Robert Morrison
Born: May 26, 1907 – Winterset, Iowa
Died: June 11, 1979 – Los Angeles, California
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 2/1

10. Leonardo DiCaprio

Birth Name: Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio
Born: November 11, 1974 – Los Angeles, California
Died: N/A
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 6/1

9. Charlie Chaplin

Birth Name: Charles Spencer Chaplin
Born: April 16, 1889 – London, England
Died: December 25, 1977 – Corsier – sur – Vevey, Switzerland
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 4/1

8. Julianne Moore

Birth Name: Julie Anne Smith
Born: December 3, 1960 – Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Died: N/A
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 5/1

7. Daniel Day-Lewis

Birth Name: Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis
Born: April 29, 1957 – London, England
Died: N/A
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 6/3

6. Bette Davis

Birth Name: Ruth Elizabeth Davis
Born: April 5, 1908 – Lowell, Massachusetts
Died: October 6, 1989 – Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 10/2

5. James Stewart

Birth Name: James Maitland Stewart
Born: May 20, 1908 – Indiana, Pennsylvania
Died: July 2, 1997 – Beverly Hills, California
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 5/1

4. Jack Nicholson

Birth Name: John Joseph Nicholson
Born: April 22, 1937 – Neptune City, New Jersey
Died: N/A
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 12/3

3. Paul Newman

 

Birth Name: Paul Leonard Newman
Born: January 26, 1925 – Shaker Heights, Ohio
Died: September 26, 2008 – Westport, Connecticut
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 10/1

2. Humphrey Bogart

Birth Name: Humphrey DeForest Bogart 
Born: December 25, 1899 – New York, New York
Died: January 14, 1957 – Los Angeles, California
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 3/1

1. Cary Grant

Birth Name: Archibald Alec Leach
Born: January 18, 1904 – Bristol, England
Died: November 29, 1986 – Davenport, Iowa
Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 2/0

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