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Speaking voices, for me would be:

Male, James Mason and Orson Welles
Female, Agnes Moorehead and Judy Garland (with Greer Garson a close third)

I hadn't been able to get on the site since last Monday evening; it's great to be back.

I really missed visiting, even though I've only been a member for a couple of months -- I was in withdrawal.

According to the IMDB, Walter Brennan was nominated for four supporting actor Oscars, and won three of the four.

Yup, I think Vivian and Orson would have been dynamite together, and she was British! Remember, she tried out for the meek and plain second Mrs. de Winter in Rebecca and would have been good in that one, too. Actually, Vivien Leigh did play the second Mrs. de Winter in 1950 for Lux Radio Theater , ...

I think Joan Fontaine did well as Jane Eyre. But someone who could have been brilliant in the role, who had good chemistry with Orson (they had a tryst a couple of years later) was Judy Garland. She wasn't given opportunity to play these kinds of dramatic roles in those days, but she really could ha...

mongoII wrote:
We see Ronald Reagan standing to the left. Who else do we see here?

Let's see -- Carolyn Jones, Mickey Rooney, Dick Powell, Lloyd Bridges. That's all I can get.

Any more modern-day character-type actors that you all are fond of? Well let's see, I haven't been going to the movies much in the past couple of years, but: Tilda Swinton Paul Giamatti Laura Linney Phillip Seymour Hoffman Carmen Maura Javier Bardem Daniel Auteuil Juliette Binoche Hillary Swank Mor...

Favorite performances, hmmm, okay: Agnes Moorehead -- Magnificent Obsession , Johnny Belinda Thelma Ritter -- How the West Was Won , Miracle on 34th Street Eve Arden -- Mildred Pierce , Anatomy of a Murder Frank Morgan -- The Wizard of Oz , The Stratton Story Cecil Kellaway -- Hush. . .Hush, Sweet C...

Thanks very much for the update, MichiganJ.

Nothing for me on that list. . . .

<sigh>

Here are a few more character actors to add to my list (after my #1 heart-throb already mentioned ):

Thelma Ritter
Eve Arden
Frank Morgan
Cecil Kellaway
Mildred Natwick
S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall
Robert Preston
Charles Bickford

I want to add two more to my list, who occurred to me this afternoon:

Paul Scofield (though he made precious few films)
Catherine Deneuve

Knitwit45-- congratulations are in order! I'm dying for Our Vines Have Tender Grapes to be released on DVD, so I can finally see it.

The only actors I can think of that I will watch no matter the picture they're in:

Judy Garland
James Mason
Agnes Moorehead

I'll watch these folks multiple times in an otherwise bad picture!

Hollis wrote:Please add those actors and actresses that deserve to be mentioned as the best in their profession.

The top of my list is Agnes Moorehead.