# When you think of \_\_\_\_\_ you think of what performance?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-_____-you-think-of-what-performance/392658
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [February 17, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-_____-you-think-of-what-performance/392658 "2007-02-17T23:13:05Z")
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### Author: ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-_____-you-think-of-what-performance/392658/1 "2007-02-17T23:13:05Z")

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Gregory Peck = Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird

Billy Bob Thornton = Slingblade

Brad Pitt = The Twelve Monkeys

Meryl Streep = Sophie’s Choice  
Anyone wanna play?

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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: [February 17, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-_____-you-think-of-what-performance/392658/2 "2007-02-17T23:23:16Z")

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Yeah. I have a few. I’m going with “first impressions” and not the one that may be “most popular” or “most recognized” by others.

Brando – Streetcar  
James Dean – Rebel Without A Cause  
Montgomery Clift – From Here To Eternity  
Robert Mitchum – Thunder Road  
Burt Lancaster – The Crimson Pirate  
Kirk Douglas – The Vikings  
Alan Ladd - Shane  
Paul Newman – Cool Hand Luke  
Steve McQueen – Bullitt

Elizabeth Taylor – Cat On A Hot Tin Roof  
Grace Kelly – High Noon  
Sophia Loren – Two Women  
Virginia Mayo – The Iron Mistress  
Bette Davis – Now Voyager  
Marilyn Monroe – The Seven Year Itch  
Jane Russell – The Outlaw

I’ll stop, but I could name another dozen of each gender.

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### Author: ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2007, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-_____-you-think-of-what-performance/392658/3 "2007-02-17T23:52:46Z")

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Mae West - My Little Chickadee  
Gene Wilder - Young Frankenstein

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### Author: ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-_____-you-think-of-what-performance/392658/4 "2007-02-18T00:20:41Z")

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[John Haymes Newton](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628542/) - [Desert Kickboxer.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104087/)

[Lisa Marie](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0547273/) - [If, Dog, Rabbit.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138511/)

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### Author: ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-_____-you-think-of-what-performance/392658/5 "2007-02-18T01:06:40Z")

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Michael Caine - The Man Who Would Be King  
Hugo Weaving - The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert  
Judi Dench - Her Majesty, Mrs Brown  
Peter Lorre - The Maltese Falcon  
Danny Kaye - The Court Jester  
Ingrid Bergman - Notorious