Greatest screen star?

[Jezebel]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 2:44am

Who would you say is the greatest movie star of all time?

What do you base 'greatness' on? Sheer skill - glamour - magnetism - presence?

Marlon Brando
Vivean Leigh
Grace Kelly
Marilyn Monroe
Al Pacino
Meryl Streep

Posted: 6/27/05 at 2:49am

Only one?

Greta Garbo - because she left us wanting more.

Sheer talent?

Judy Garland - but I have NO objectivity there.

Lingering effect?

Marilyn Monroe - even though I don't personally get it, the impact can not be denied.

[Jezebel]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 2:50am

Well, I couldn't pick only one myself...it's tough! I've left more than a few out too.

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 2:51am

Premiere had an issue a few months ago featuring "The 50 Greatest Movie Stars of All Time". Cary Grant came in first, and I might be inclined to agree.
Updated On: 6/27/05 at 02:51 AM

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 2:55am

Sheer skill, I'd say Meryl Streep. But if we're talking "stars" (as opposed to "actors"), I'd say Audrey Hepburn is just...beyond words.

Updated On: 6/27/05 at 02:55 AM

Posted: 6/27/05 at 2:55am

The men never even occur to me. I'm such a fag

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 2:57am

Ed Norton is my god, with Jake Gylenhall, Brad Pitt, Sam Rockwell and of course Johnny Depp pulling close behind. What can i say...I'm a modern kind of guy.

Akiva

[cturtle]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 2:57am

i would have to say KATE ... she was an atypical success who became a true legend.

Updated On: 6/27/05 at 02:57 AM

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 3:02am

MARILYN

Then again, I'm biased. But look at her. Just as famous post-mortem as in life.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 3:02am

Ed Norton would be my favorite actor, but I don't think he's really the greatest "movie star", per se, if we're making a distinction. This isn't necessarily a bad thing - it allows him to remain enigmatic and disappear into each role. I do love him.

[Jezebel]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 3:02am

I don't know how I could have left out Katherine Hepburn! And I've loved Ed Norton in everything I've seen him in, with the exception of The Italian Job.
Updated On: 6/27/05 at 03:02 AM

Posted: 6/27/05 at 3:07am

The Great Kate and the luminous Audrey transcend mere movie stardom - they are cultural touchstones - and set new parameters for what humans, and women specifically, can be.

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 3:07am

I want to say Kate too... how can you pick just one?

[nmartin]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 6:51am

Greta Garbo- She had something no one before or since has had.

Spencer Tracy- An actor who has no peer.

[thirdrowcenter]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 11:26am

Jack Nicholson

[Beergoggles]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 11:27am

James Dean
Brad Pitt
Angelina Jolie
Judi Dench
Ewan Mcgregor

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 11:42am

Glamour? Skill? Magnetism? Presence?

These words describe one actor and one actor only as far as I'm concerned: Chris Elliott.
Updated On: 6/27/05 at 11:42 AM

[Greekmusicalfan]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 12:11pm

Marilyn Monroe
Marlon Brando
Cary Grant
Elizabeth Taylor
Clark Gable
Greta Garbo
Charlie Chaplin
Robert De Niro

And I base greatness in presence, endurance and worldwide familiarity !

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 1:32pm

I could not choose between Kate and Audrey.......

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 2:18pm

Divine

[matthius202]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 2:37pm

Katherine Hepburn...hands down.

Close second...
Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn.

Nowadays....Laura Linney, Mary-Louise Parker, Edward Norton.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 2:41pm

VIVIEN LEIGH

Yesterday, today and tomorrow.

[ForTheLoveOfLea]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 2:46pm

Where's the Bette love?

[suddenlyseymour]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 4:16pm

James Dean, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe

[mandy2loveRB]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 4:23pm

"Star.." then..

Simply Beautiful: Alain Delon, Gérard Philipe, Jean Gabin
Sexy men with no words: Gary Cooper, Clint Eastwood