# Greatest Female Actors -- SDMB Poll

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-female-actors-sdmb-poll/533606>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 24, 2010, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-female-actors-sdmb-poll/533606 "2010-03-24T12:12:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-female-actors-sdmb-poll/533606/1 "2010-03-24T12:12:57Z")

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See [The greatest actors of your lifetime](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=556561)which was started 03-20-2010, 12:58 PM by Zeldar and was closed after 60 posts.

Over that time 32 voters mentioned 73 Men and 48 Women, and after the names with only one mention each were dropped, we are left with 28 Men and 17 Women to be voted on as the Best Actors of Our Lifetimes.

This poll is for the Female Actors. Male Actors are in a separate poll.

One vote per Doper per poll. Make them count!

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-female-actors-sdmb-poll/533606/2 "2010-03-24T16:12:40Z")

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Bummer. Guess (with the exception of Hepburn), you’re only great if you’re still alive…

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-female-actors-sdmb-poll/533606/3 "2010-03-24T16:16:34Z")

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> [@ArchiveGuy](#):
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> Bummer. Guess (with the exception of Hepburn), you’re only great if you’re still alive…

What this poll may help determine is the Greatest Non-Meryl-Streep Female Actor.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-female-actors-sdmb-poll/533606/4 "2010-03-24T19:07:12Z")

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Yes, this seems to be a poll for the greatest still-living, non-Katharine-Hepburn actress . . . which means you left out 8 of the 10 greatest.

Unless you seriously think that Edie Falco (whoever that is) is a better actress than Bette Davis ever was.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-female-actors-sdmb-poll/533606/5 "2010-03-24T19:20:15Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> Yes, this seems to be a poll for the greatest still-living, non-Katharine-Hepburn actress . . . which means you left out 8 of the 10 greatest.
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> Unless you seriously think that Edie Falco (whoever that is) is a better actress than Bette Davis ever was.

Perhaps if you had offered a bit more than

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> 03-22-2010, 07:36 PM  
> panache45  
> Member Join Date: Oct 2000  
> Location: NE Ohio (the 'burbs)  
> Posts: 11,446
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> Since I was born in 1945, I can almost say that all great actors have been in my lifetime. Unless we’re counting people like Sara Bernhardt and John Wilkes Booth.

in the original thread, more of your issues would have been addressed.

[Edie Falco](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004908/)is probably best know as Carmela Soprano and has a few Emmy awards to show for it.