# Best accent by an actor/actress

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-accent-by-an-actor-actress/90109>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 28, 2001, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-accent-by-an-actor-actress/90109 "2001-10-28T16:29:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![highjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed8c4c/32.png) [@highjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/highjack)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-accent-by-an-actor-actress/90109/61 "2001-11-04T17:28:40Z")

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Tracy Ulman whenever she plays an American. Once she was a Brooklynite, and had the class not to oversell it.

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**Author:** ![brido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@brido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brido)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-accent-by-an-actor-actress/90109/62 "2001-11-04T19:29:03Z")

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i’d go for frances macdermott in fargo, closely followed by mike myers, fat bastard - not a precise recreation but funny as hell

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**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-accent-by-an-actor-actress/90109/63 "2001-11-04T21:41:21Z")

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Those aren’t Wisconsin accents in Fargo-they’re Minnesotan, dontyaknow.

The accents were good, with the exception of Steve Buscemi, who didn’t even try.

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**Author:** ![Rmat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rmat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rmat)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-accent-by-an-actor-actress/90109/64 "2001-11-04T22:03:31Z")

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Christopher Guest as “Harlan Pepper” in _Best in Show_

AND

as “Corky St. Clair” in _Waiting for Guffman_.

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**Author:** ![Frannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Frannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frannie)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-accent-by-an-actor-actress/90109/65 "2001-11-05T02:42:39Z")

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> \*Originally posted by brido \*  
> **i’d go for frances macdermott in fargo**

Oh, yes! And my namesake to boot! I dislike most movies, but that one was great. 🙂  
…  
While we’re talking “accents” here, may I hijack this thread just a tad? OK… so who thinks that people who live along the shores of the Great Lakes between Buffalo and Chicago (heck, maybe it’s beyond Chicago; I’m not sure) have very pronounced accents that most people don’t even know exist?

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