Most consistent, dependable actress in history

[Cubsfan]

Meryl Streep.

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[jordanr2]

Gena Rowlands.

[Ethilrist]

I was gonna get all researchy on you and looked up who had the most nominations for best actress and best supporting actress and, well, that's Meryl Streep. Go figure.

[ioioio]

Katharine Hepburn was no slouch.

[BrainGlutton]

Do you mean "consistent, dependable" from the audiences' POV, or from the directors'?

[OtakuLoki]

Dame Ellen Terry.

[RealityChuck]

Bette Davis

[Annie-Xmas]

Bernadette Peters. She is multi-talented, could justifiably be a diva supreme, yet is one of the nicest, down-to-earth people you will ever meet.

[BubbaDog]

Originally Posted by Cubsfan

Meryl Streep.

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1. I'm not even sure what exactly your criteria are.

2. Meryl Streep is most likely a wonderful person but I've always thought hat she makes all of her characters larger than life, hence unbelievable, hence I avoid her performances like the plague.

3. Helen Mirren

[NoClueBoy]

I can't stand Meryl Streep.

Goo from about 40,000 BCE was very good. When she mimed that forest fire ... wow.

[KneadToKnow]

Talia Shire.

You didn't say consistently, dependably good.

[Bob Ducca]

Kate Winslet is well on her way.

[Novelty Bobble]

You could make a case for the three dames,
Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren and Judi Dench.

or.............Meryl Streep. (And if she were from the UK she'd be a dame as well)

[Sister Vigilante]

Katharine Hepburn for me too.

[kunilou]

Actually, with adjectives like "consistent" and "dependable" my mind goes more to someone like Mary Wickes.

[Scumpup]

Jane Darwell.

[panache45]

Originally Posted by Annie-Xmas

Bernadette Peters. She is multi-talented, could justifiably be a diva supreme, yet is one of the nicest, down-to-earth people you will ever meet.

This. I have met her and performed with her, and it's true. And I'd add "ageless."

Otherwise, it's Bette Davis.

[Mrs. Cake]

Emma Thompson.

[bucketybuck]

Andie MacDowell

[Loach]

Sandra Locke. Consistently, dependably bad.

[Eugene of Sandwich]

Olivia de Havilland

[TriPolar]

There's plenty of them. I'll throw Jean Arthur out there. Bette Davis was remarkable in carrying her career into her senior years. Meryl Streep is OK, but I don't like most of her movies, though that's not necessarily her fault.

[Elendil's Heir]

Originally Posted by Novelty Bobble

You could make a case for the three dames,
Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren and Judi Dench.

or.............Meryl Streep. (And if she were from the UK she'd be a dame as well)

GET OUT OF MY HEAD, dammit! How did you know I'd write that?

Keira Knightley and Kate Winslet are on their way to joining this club, too.

[RickJay]

Also in to say Kate Winslet; when done, I believe she will be regarded as the greatest actress in the history of film. Greatest. Better than Streep, Bette Davis, anyone.

You'd also be hard pressed to find a bad performance in Cate Blanchett's IMDB profile.

[Leaffan]

Ginger Lynn's still making movies.

[Novelty Bobble]

Originally Posted by Elendil's Heir

GET OUT OF MY HEAD, dammit! How did you know I'd write that?

Keira Knightley and Kate Winslet are on their way to joining this club, too.

Feel that little bump on the back of your neck?.........brain-wave transceiver,

Although I think it may be glitchy as nothing else can explain your selection of Keira Knightley

(Actually I have no idea how good she is as I've had limited exposure to her, I agree with Kate Winslet though)

[jali]

Julianne Moore and Diane Lane are both excellent actresses who become their characters.

[Zeldar]

Originally Posted by jali

Julianne Moore and Diane Lane are both excellent actresses who become their characters.

For damn sure!

[Saint Cad]

For about 14 years I would say Janet Gaynor.

[phreesh]

Streep in a landslide.

Hepburne is second.

Bette Davis probably third.

Then Winslet or Mirren. Dench and Close are, well, close. In the running are Blanchette, Keener, Linney and Emily Watson.

[Elendil's Heir]

Originally Posted by Novelty Bobble

...nothing else can explain your selection of Keira Knightley

(Actually I have no idea how good she is as I've had limited exposure to her, I agree with Kate Winslet though)

Hmm. May I suggest Love Actually, Atonement, Pirates of the Caribbean, Bend It Like Beckham, and Pride & Prejudice, then, to start.