Greatest Classic Film Stars

Greatest Classic Film Stars (July 2016)

This is volume one. There is a volume two and volume three will follow. These are classic film stars who were active before 1980. I am aware that the order is slightly off. For example, Carole Lombard and Olivia De Havilland should be much higher. So, don't take the numbers too much too heart. 

130. Peter Ustinov

129. Lionel Barrymore

128. Vincent Price

127. Omar Sharif

126. Janet Gaynor

125. Peter Cushing

124. Lon Chaney

123. James Caan

122. Cloris Leachman

121. Jean Simmons

120. Vanessa Redgrave

119. Buster Keaton

118. Shirley Temple

117. Eva Marie Saint

116. Lana Turner

115. Errol Flynn

114. Ernest Borgnine

113. Myrna Loy

112. Anne Bancroft

111. Anne Baxter

110. Doris Day

109. Robert Duvall

108. Sidney Pointier

107. Sean Connery

106. Donald Sutherland

105. Bela Lugosi

104. Fredric March

103. Jane Russell

102. Catherine Deneuve

101. Harrison Ford

100. Mia Farrow

99. Betty Grable

98. John Gielgud

97. Lee Marvin

96. Woody Allen

95. Rex Harrison

94. Peter Finch

93. Dennis Hopper

92. Julie Andrews

91. Diane Keaton

90. Martin Sheen

89. James Mason

88. Gene Tierney

87. Lillian Gish

86. Susan Hayward

85. Jane Wyman

84. Peter O'Toole

83. Bridget Bardot

82. Robert Mitchum

81. Yul Brynner

80. Max Von Sydow

79. Julie Christie

78. Boris Karloff

77. Rock Hudson

76. Mae West

75. Shirley MaClaine

74. Charles Laughton

73. John Cazale

72. Jack Lemmon

71. Carole Lombard

70. Montgomery Clift

69. Faye Dunaway

68. Mary Pickford

67. Meryl Streep

66. Natalie Wood

65. Warren Beatty

64. Richard Burton

63. Debbie Reynolds

62. Shelley Winters

61. Olivia De Havilland

60. Ava Gardner

59. Barbara Stanwyck

58. Claudia Cardinale

57. Peter Lorre

56. Clint Eastwood

55. Claude Raines

54. Ginger Rogers

53. Judy Garland

52. Rita Hayworth

51. Gregory Peck

50. Peter Sellers

49. Gene Kelly

48. Charlton Heston

47. Robert Redford

46. Marcello Mastroianni

45. Edward G. Robinson

44. Joan Fontaine

43. Burt Lancaster

42. Steve McQueen

41. Paul Newman

40. Gene Hackman

39. Sophia Loren

38. Grace Kelly

37. Gloria Swanson

36. Kirk Douglas

35. Orson Welles

34. Fred Astaire

33. Laurence Olivier

32. Claudette Colbert

31. Jean Harlow

30. William Holden

29. John Wayne

28. Deborah Kerr

27. Lauren Bacall

26. Marlene Dietrich

25. Greta Garbo

24. Gary Cooper

23. James Cagney

22. Joan Crawford

21. Vivien Leigh

20. Spencer Tracy

19. Henry Fonda

18. Jack Nicholson

17. Marilyn Monroe

16. Alec Guinness

15. James Dean

14. Charlie Chaplin

13. Clark Gable

12. Ingrid Bergman

11. Dustin Hoffman

10. Al Pacino

9. Robert De Niro

8. Cary Grant

7. Marlon Brando

6. Audrey Hepburn

5. Katharine Hepburn

4. Jimmy Stewart

3. Bette Davis

2. Humphrey Bogart

1. Elizabeth Taylor