And I agree with beowulf573: Natalie Wood
Fixed link for Catherine Deneuve
Well, four of my choices have already been posted, and I’m going to cheat and name 6 because I can’t decide, but, in no particular order:
Audrey Hepburn
Veronica Lake
Ingrid Bergman
Jennifer Connely
I would add
Jewel Staite
and
Yvette Mimieux (Not her best picture)
Ok…
My 5: (in no particular order)
1)Raquel Welch
2) Sophie Marceau
3)Eva Mendez
4) Halle Berry
5) Teri Hatcher
My personal opinion is that the five most beautiful women in film would have to be porn stars, easily. Many have faces to match their bodies, and their bodies are FAR more beautiful than the skinny lollipops who dominate in mainstream film. My list would include:
Jenna Jameson (before she grew blimp lips via collagen she have a very nice gamine look); Hyapatia Lee, Desiree Cousteau, bondage film star Tori Sinclair (an exotic redhead with green eyes and cheeks to die for) and Alexis Taylor, another bondage film star with a very nice, feminine face, nothing harsh or angular about it, and the usual nicely rounded sex star curves below the neck. Well, more than the usual.
I know you want links, but for obvious reasons it’s hard to find links for these partiicular actresses that meet SDMB standards. But Google is your friend.
And no one is mentioning Jessica Alba? Where are your PRIORITIES, people? Sexy-sweet face, a hint of the exotic, curves, smooth skin? What’s not to like? She’s got the whole package. Could be number one of all time, if you’re going strictly mainstream. Maybe even if not.
What about Natalie Portman?
My addition to the list would by Jaclyn Smith. She wasn’t a film star by any means, but I thought she was the most beautiful woman alive back in the day. Looking at pictures of Halle Berry, she might be the most beautiful woman alive now - I don’t think she can take a bad picture.
Dangit, I forgot the link to Jaclyn.
Only five? No way.
Here’s my list of the most beautiful women in film:
Natalie Wood
Scarlett Johansson
Charlize Theron
Halle Berry
Juliette Binoche
Salma Hayek
Kate Winslet
Parminder Nagra
Audrey Hepburn
Ashley Judd
Emily Watson
Liv Tyler
Claire Danes
Lucy Lui
Andie MacDowell
Rene Russo
I’m sorry, I only have one. No one tops Ingrid Bergman. Lots of pretty women but only one who’s beautiful.
. . . Except Roberto Rossellini . . .
Some many beauties, so little space.
Audrey Hepburn
Kristen Miller
Winona Ryder
Oliva D’Abo
Natalie Portman
Those are probably the five I can least take my eyes off of.
In which case, I nominate Courteney Cox, as seen in Cocoon: The Return.
Sharmila Tagore pictures…
http://www.satyajitray.org/films/apursan.htm
http://www.satyajitray.org/films/devi.htm
I thought she was the ultimate in beauty when she started out in Bengali regional cinema, before she went Bollywood.
Was Evelyn Nesbit ever in any films, though? (Although I do agree, she was gorgeous-and a Gibson Girl too!)
Nancy Kulp
LaWanda Page
Phyllis Diller
Roseanne Arnold
Shirley Hemphill
Yikes! Other than a passing mention as Jessica Rabbit, no one mentions Kathleen Turner for her uber hottie role in Body Heat?
Snort. Just watched *Stromboli *the other night, so the image you suggest springs all too readily to mind. I will try to morph Roberto into Mario Vitale if the image persists.