# Second Pass -- Your Favorite Westerns FEMALE Stars **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 9, 2015, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-pass-your-favorite-westerns-female-stars/722046 "2015-06-09T06:55:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-pass-your-favorite-westerns-female-stars/722046/1 "2015-06-09T06:55:22Z")
Background for this poll has come from > **[Pre-Poll Data Collecting -- FEMALE Westerns Stars](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=758488)** > > In spite of the 70+ posts that were contributed to Pre-Poll Data Collecting – Westerns Stars– which had been active from 04-02-2015 03:10 PM until (#72) - 05-04-2015, 06:52 PM – it took this elegant post in Your Top 5 All-Time Westerns Stars –... Pre-Poll Data Collecting – FEMALE Westerns Stars 06-03-2015, 05:54 AM Zeldar > **[First pass at Your Favorite Westerns FEMALE Stars](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=758650)** > > Just to test the water with the input we’ve gotten at … Pre-Poll Data Collecting – FEMALE Westerns Stars … let’s see what your TOP TEN from this group would look like: Honor System Anonymous Poll. Mention any others not on the list, either here... First pass at Your Favorite Westerns FEMALE Stars 06-04-2015, 09:00 PM Zeldar (specifically [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18424547&postcount=14)) Please vote for your TOP TEN (Honor System Anonymous Poll) from this group: **Please nominate any other actresses not on the list, either here or in those other threads.** ==================================================== Jean Arthur Joan Crawford Linda Darnell Joanne Dru Susan Hayward Diane Lane Sacheen Littlefeather Vera Miles Elizabeth Montgomery Debra Paget Pamela Reed Jean Simmons Claire Bloom Tantoo Cardinal Jeanne Crain Gail Davis Linda Evans Rhonda Fleming Betty Hutton Katy Jurado Virginia Mayo Mercedes McCambridge Mildred Natwick Annie Oakley Joanna Pacula Melody Patterson Julie Adams Anne Baxter Patricia Blair Susan Cabot Rita Coolidge Faith Domergue Felicia Farr Lucy Liu Marilyn Monroe Jean Peters Barbara Rush Ann-Margret Joan Blondell Alison Brie Doris Day Grace Kelly Hailee Steinfeld ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-pass-your-favorite-westerns-female-stars/722046/2 "2015-06-09T08:25:45Z")
Jane Fonda starred in Cat Ballou, so I guess you could include her. Also Amanda Blake from Gunsmoke and Kim Darby from True Grit. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-pass-your-favorite-westerns-female-stars/722046/3 "2015-06-09T13:11:26Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > Jane Fonda starred in Cat Ballou, so I guess you could include her. Also Amanda Blake from Gunsmoke and Kim Darby from True Grit. Check the OP link to **First pass at Your Favorite Westerns FEMALE Stars** ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-pass-your-favorite-westerns-female-stars/722046/4 "2015-06-11T17:37:59Z")
We need more votes if this list is to move on to the Next Phase – whatever that may be. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-pass-your-favorite-westerns-female-stars/722046/5 "2015-06-11T21:53:53Z")
Looks as if the top four are the only ones apt to move on to later phases of the project. View Poll Results: Please vote for your TOP TEN (Honor System Anonymous Poll) from this group This poll will close on 06-29-2015 at 02:03 AM ```auto Linda Evans 3 60.00% Susan Hayward 2 40.00% Mercedes McCambridge 2 40.00% Ann-Margret 2 40.00% Jean Arthur 1 20.00% Joan Crawford 1 20.00% Diane Lane 1 20.00% Vera Miles 1 20.00% Debra Paget 1 20.00% Pamela Reed 1 20.00% Jean Simmons 1 20.00% Jeanne Crain 1 20.00% Rhonda Fleming 1 20.00% Joanna Pacula 1 20.00% Anne Baxter 1 20.00% Jean Peters 1 20.00% Hailee Steinfeld 1 20.00% ``` Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 5 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-pass-your-favorite-westerns-female-stars/722046/6 "2015-06-12T15:37:49Z")
Now we’re getting somewhere: View Poll Results: Please vote for your TOP TEN (Honor System Anonymous Poll) from this group This poll will close on 06-29-2015 at 02:03 AM ```auto Linda Evans 5 71.43% Susan Hayward 3 42.86% Mercedes McCambridge 3 42.86% Jean Simmons 2 28.57% Anne Baxter 2 28.57% Ann-Margret 2 28.57% Joan Blondell 2 28.57% Jean Arthur 1 14.29% Joan Crawford 1 14.29% Linda Darnell 1 14.29% Joanne Dru 1 14.29% Diane Lane 1 14.29% Vera Miles 1 14.29% Debra Paget 1 14.29% Pamela Reed 1 14.29% Jeanne Crain 1 14.29% Rhonda Fleming 1 14.29% Mildred Natwick 1 14.29% Joanna Pacula 1 14.29% Jean Peters 1 14.29% Alison Brie 1 14.29% Hailee Steinfeld 1 14.29% ``` Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 7 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-pass-your-favorite-westerns-female-stars/722046/7 "2015-06-14T20:07:46Z")
A combined total from Second Pass and First Pass votes can be seen at [this post in the other thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18438206&postcount=17) ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-pass-your-favorite-westerns-female-stars/722046/8 "2015-06-14T20:29:33Z")
Besides the names I voted for, I checked “Other” for Dale Evans and Barbara Stanwyck. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-pass-your-favorite-westerns-female-stars/722046/9 "2015-06-14T20:38:27Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Besides the names I voted for, I checked “Other” for Dale Evans and Barbara Stanwyck. Thanks for the info. They’re doing very well anyway. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-pass-your-favorite-westerns-female-stars/722046/10 "2015-06-17T13:45:30Z")
Tantoo Cardinal tops the list of my favorites. Probably shouldn’t count Joanna Pacuła as a “western” star, but she excelled as Kate in _Tombstone_. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-pass-your-favorite-westerns-female-stars/722046/11 "2015-06-17T14:26:42Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > Tantoo Cardinal tops the list of my favorites. Probably shouldn’t count Joanna Pacuła as a “western” star, but she excelled as Kate in _Tombstone_. When you get right down to it, it’s difficult to decide what makes a woman a “Westerns Star” where a man seems to be easier to place in that category. Is it the guns? Anyway, here’s how this poll is going: View Poll Results: Please vote for your TOP TEN (Honor System Anonymous Poll) from this group This poll will close on 06-29-2015 at 02:03 AM ```auto Linda Evans 5 55.56% Susan Hayward 4 44.44% Jean Simmons 3 33.33% Mercedes McCambridge 3 33.33% Joan Blondell 3 33.33% Linda Darnell 2 22.22% Elizabeth Montgomery 2 22.22% Jeanne Crain 2 22.22% Rhonda Fleming 2 22.22% Joanna Pacula 2 22.22% Anne Baxter 2 22.22% Ann-Margret 2 22.22% Jean Arthur 1 11.11% Joan Crawford 1 11.11% Joanne Dru 1 11.11% Diane Lane 1 11.11% Sacheen Littlefeather 1 11.11% Vera Miles 1 11.11% Debra Paget 1 11.11% Pamela Reed 1 11.11% Tantoo Cardinal 1 11.11% Gail Davis 1 11.11% Katy Jurado 1 11.11% Mildred Natwick 1 11.11% Annie Oakley 1 11.11% Jean Peters 1 11.11% Alison Brie 1 11.11% Doris Day 1 11.11% Hailee Steinfeld 1 11.11% OTHER (post and identify) 1 11.11% ``` Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 9 ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-pass-your-favorite-westerns-female-stars/722046/12 "2015-06-17T15:01:15Z")
My others: Barbara Stanwyck and Gail Russell ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-pass-your-favorite-westerns-female-stars/722046/13 "2015-06-17T16:15:43Z")
> [@gallows\_fodder](#): > > My others: Barbara Stanwyck and Gail Russell See the OP link to the “first pass” poll/thread. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-pass-your-favorite-westerns-female-stars/722046/14 "2015-06-17T16:57:40Z")
Shelley Winters for Winchester 73 if nothing else. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-pass-your-favorite-westerns-female-stars/722046/15 "2015-06-17T17:56:39Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Shelley Winters for Winchester 73 if nothing else. I will try to gather up these write-in nominations from the various threads and present them as a poll – after we’re close to the expiry date of the ones already up. Thanks for the idea. There are probably many qualified actresses we just haven’t named yet. But there’s still some time to do that. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-pass-your-favorite-westerns-female-stars/722046/16 "2015-06-18T03:57:03Z")
New “Second Pass” numbers: ======================================== View Poll Results: Please vote for your TOP TEN (Honor System Anonymous Poll) from this group This poll will close on 06-29-2015 at 02:03 AM ```auto Linda Evans 6 50.00% Susan Hayward 4 33.33% Joan Blondell 4 33.33% Linda Darnell 3 25.00% Elizabeth Montgomery 3 25.00% Jean Simmons 3 25.00% Mercedes McCambridge 3 25.00% Annie Oakley 3 25.00% Anne Baxter 3 25.00% Jean Arthur 2 16.67% Sacheen Littlefeather 2 16.67% Vera Miles 2 16.67% Tantoo Cardinal 2 16.67% Jeanne Crain 2 16.67% Rhonda Fleming 2 16.67% Joanna Pacula 2 16.67% Ann-Margret 2 16.67% OTHER (post and identify) 2 16.67% Joan Crawford 1 8.33% Joanne Dru 1 8.33% Diane Lane 1 8.33% Debra Paget 1 8.33% Pamela Reed 1 8.33% Gail Davis 1 8.33% Katy Jurado 1 8.33% Virginia Mayo 1 8.33% Mildred Natwick 1 8.33% Jean Peters 1 8.33% Barbara Rush 1 8.33% Alison Brie 1 8.33% Doris Day 1 8.33% Hailee Steinfeld 1 8.33% ``` Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 12 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-pass-your-favorite-westerns-female-stars/722046/17 "2015-06-18T12:38:01Z")
Is old age finally getting to me, or do I really not see either Marlene Dietrich or Madeline Kahn on list?!? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-pass-your-favorite-westerns-female-stars/722046/18 "2015-06-18T12:47:38Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Is old age finally getting to me, or do I really not see either Marlene Dietrich or Madeline Kahn on list?!? :eek: Read the OP, please. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-pass-your-favorite-westerns-female-stars/722046/19 "2015-06-19T18:29:24Z")
Here’s a sorted update of the non-zero votes: View Poll Results: Please vote for your TOP TEN (Honor System Anonymous Poll) from this group This poll will close on 06-29-2015 at 02:03 AM ```auto Linda Evans 6 46.15% Susan Hayward 4 30.77% Joan Blondell 4 30.77% Linda Darnell 3 23.08% Sacheen Littlefeather 3 23.08% Elizabeth Montgomery 3 23.08% Jean Simmons 3 23.08% Mercedes McCambridge 3 23.08% Annie Oakley 3 23.08% Anne Baxter 3 23.08% Jean Arthur 2 15.38% Vera Miles 2 15.38% Pamela Reed 2 15.38% Tantoo Cardinal 2 15.38% Jeanne Crain 2 15.38% Rhonda Fleming 2 15.38% Virginia Mayo 2 15.38% Joanna Pacula 2 15.38% Ann-Margret 2 15.38% OTHER (post and identify) 2 15.38% Joan Crawford 1 7.69% Joanne Dru 1 7.69% Diane Lane 1 7.69% Debra Paget 1 7.69% Gail Davis 1 7.69% Katy Jurado 1 7.69% Mildred Natwick 1 7.69% Jean Peters 1 7.69% Barbara Rush 1 7.69% Alison Brie 1 7.69% Doris Day 1 7.69% Hailee Steinfeld 1 7.69% ``` Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 13 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-pass-your-favorite-westerns-female-stars/722046/20 "2015-06-21T21:00:12Z")
Another sorted update of the non-zero votes: View Poll Results: Please vote for your TOP TEN (Honor System Anonymous Poll) from this group This poll will close on 06-29-2015 at 02:03 AM ```auto Linda Evans 6 40.00% Susan Hayward 5 33.33% Jean Simmons 4 26.67% Joan Blondell 4 26.67% Jean Arthur 3 20.00% Linda Darnell 3 20.00% Sacheen Littlefeather 3 20.00% Elizabeth Montgomery 3 20.00% Rhonda Fleming 3 20.00% Mercedes McCambridge 3 20.00% Annie Oakley 3 20.00% Anne Baxter 3 20.00% Ann-Margret 3 20.00% Vera Miles 2 13.33% Pamela Reed 2 13.33% Tantoo Cardinal 2 13.33% Jeanne Crain 2 13.33% Virginia Mayo 2 13.33% Joanna Pacula 2 13.33% OTHER (post and identify) 2 13.33% Joan Crawford 1 6.67% Joanne Dru 1 6.67% Diane Lane 1 6.67% Debra Paget 1 6.67% Claire Bloom 1 6.67% Gail Davis 1 6.67% Betty Hutton 1 6.67% Katy Jurado 1 6.67% Mildred Natwick 1 6.67% Marilyn Monroe 1 6.67% Jean Peters 1 6.67% Barbara Rush 1 6.67% Alison Brie 1 6.67% Doris Day 1 6.67% Hailee Steinfeld 1 6.67% ``` Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 15 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-pass-your-favorite-westerns-female-stars/722046.md?page=2)