AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars is a list of the top actors in Hollywood history. It was announced by the American Film Institute on June 16, 1999.
The list promised one hundred people on it, but in the end there were only fifty.
As of 2023, of the fifty stars listed, only one is still alive (Sophia Loren). At the time the list was unveiled Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Shirley Temple, Lauren Bacall, Marlon Brando, Gregory Peck, Kirk Douglas and Sidney Poitier were also still living.
The list
change# | Male Legends | Female Legends |
---|---|---|
1. | Humphrey Bogart | Katharine Hepburn |
2. | Cary Grant | Bette Davis |
3. | James Stewart | Audrey Hepburn |
4. | Marlon Brando | Ingrid Bergman |
5. | Fred Astaire | Greta Garbo |
6. | Henry Fonda | Marilyn Monroe |
7. | Clark Gable | Elizabeth Taylor |
8. | James Cagney | Judy Garland |
9. | Spencer Tracy | Marlene Dietrich |
10. | Charlie Chaplin | Joan Crawford |
11. | Gary Cooper | Barbara Stanwyck |
12. | Gregory Peck | Claudette Colbert |
13. | John Wayne | Grace Kelly |
14. | Laurence Olivier | Ginger Rogers |
15. | Gene Kelly | Mae West |
16. | Orson Welles | Vivien Leigh |
17. | Kirk Douglas | Lillian Gish |
18. | James Dean | Shirley Temple |
19. | Burt Lancaster | Rita Hayworth |
20. | The Marx Brothers | Lauren Bacall |
21. | Buster Keaton | Sophia Loren |
22. | Sidney Poitier | Jean Harlow |
23. | Robert Mitchum | Carole Lombard |
24. | Edward G. Robinson | Mary Pickford |
25. | William Holden | Ava Gardner |