Who's Your Favorite Actress of the 1930's?

Submitted by Oedipus on Tue, 11/22/2005 - 04:24

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Jean Arthur Street of Chance (1930), Young Eagles (1930), The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu (1930), Danger Lights (1930), The Silver Horde (1930), The Gang Buster (1931), The Virtuous Husband (1931), The Lawyer's Secret (1931), Ex-Bad Boy (1931), Get That Venus (1933), The Past of Mary Holmes (1933), Whirlpool (1934), The Most Precious Thing in Life (1934), The Defense Rests (1934), The Whole Town's Talking (1935), Party Wire (1935), Public Hero #1 (1935), Diamond Jim (1935), The Public Menace (1935), If You Could Only Cook (1935), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936), Adventure in Manhattan (1936), The Plainsman (1936), More Than a Secretary (1936), History Is Made at Night (1937), Easy Living (1937), You Can't Take It with You (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Mary Astor The Runaway Bride (1930), Ladies Love Brutes (1930), Holiday (1930), The Royal Bed (1931), Other Men's Women (1931), Smart Woman (1931), Men of Chance (1932), The Lost Squadron (1932), Red Dust (1932), The Little Giant (1933), The Kennel Murder Case (1933), The World Changes (1933), Convention City (1933), Easy to Love (1934), The Man with Two Faces (1934), I Am a Thief (1934), Page Miss Glory (1935), Red Hot Tires (1935), Man of Iron (1935), The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936), And So They Were Married (1936), Trapped by Television (1936), Dodsworth (1936), The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), The Hurricane (1937), No Time to Marry (1938), There's Always a Woman (1938), Listen, Darling (1938), Midnight (1939)

Tallulah Bankhead Tarnished Lady (1931), My Sin (1931), The Cheat (1931), Thunder Below (1932), Devil and the Deep (1932), Faithless (1932)

Joan Blondell The Heart Breaker (1930), Broadway's Like That (1930), The Office Wife (1930), Other Men's Women (1931), God's Gift to Women (1931), The Public Enemy (1931), My Past (1931), Night Nurse (1931), The Reckless Hour (1931), Blonde Crazy (1931), The Crowd Roars (1932), Make Me a Star (1932), Miss Pinkerton (1932), Blondie Johnson (1933), Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), Footlight Parade (1933), I've Got Your Number (1934), He Was Her Man (1934), Kansas City Princess (1934), Broadway Gondolier (1935), We're in the Money (1935), Bullets or Ballots (1936), Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936), The King and the Chorus Girl (1937), The Perfect Specimen (1937), There's Always a Woman (1938), East Side of Heaven (1939), The Kid From Kokomo (1939), Good Girls Go to Paris (1939), The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)

Madeleine Carroll School for Scandal (1930), The Written Law (1931), Madame Guillotine (1931), Sleeping Car (1933), I Was a Spy (1933), The World Moves On (1934), The 39 Steps (1935), The Dictator (1935), The Story of Papworth (1936), The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936), Secret Agent (1936), The General Died at Dawn (1936), Lloyd's of London (1936), On the Avenue (1937), It's All Yours (1937), The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), Blockade (1938), Cafe Society (1939), Honeymoon in Bali (1939)

Claudette Colbert Young Man of Manhattan (1930), The Big Pond (1930), Manslaughter (1930), Honor Among Lovers (1931), The Smiling Lieutenant (1931), Secrets of a Secretary (1931), His Woman (1931), The Wiser Sex (1932), Misleading Lady (1932), The Man from Yesterday (1932), The Phantom President (1932), The Sign of the Cross (1932), Tonight Is Ours (1933), I Cover the Waterfront (1933), Three-Cornered Moon (1933), Torch Singer (1933), Four Frightened People (1934), It Happened One Night (1934), Cleopatra (1934), Imitation of Life (1934), The Gilded Lily (1935), Private Worlds (1935), She Married Her Boss (1935), The Bride Comes Home (1935), Under Two Flags (1936), Maid of Salem (1937), I Met Him in Paris (1937), Tovarich (1937), Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938), Zaza (1939), Midnight (1939), It's a Wonderful World (1939), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

Dolores Costello Second Choice (1930), Expensive Women (1931), Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936), Yours for the Asking (1936), The Beloved Brat (1938), Breaking the Ice (1938), King of the Turf (1939), Whispering Enemies (1939), Outside These Walls (1939)

Joan Crawford Great Day (1930), Montana Moon (1930), Our Blushing Brides (1930), Paid (1930), Dance, Fools, Dance (1931), Laughing Sinners (1931), This Modern Age (1931), Possessed (1931), Grand Hotel (1932), Letty Lynton (1932), Rain (1932), Today We Live (1933), Dancing Lady (1933), Sadie McKee (1934), Chained (1934), Forsaking All Others (1934), No More Ladies (1935), I Live My Life (1935), The Gorgeous Hussy (1936), Love on the Run (1936), The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937), The Bride Wore Red (1937), Mannequin (1937), The Shining Hour (1938), The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939), The Women (1939)

Bette Davis The Bad Sister (1931), Waterloo Bridge (1931), Way Back Home (1932), Hell's House (1932), The Man Who Played God (1932), The Dark Horse (1932), The Working Man (1933), Ex-Lady (1933), Bureau of Missing Persons (1933), The Big Shakedown (1934), Of Human Bondage (1934), Housewife (1934), Bordertown (1935), The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935), Front Page Woman (1935), Special Agent (1935), Dangerous (1935), The Petrified Forest (1936), Satan Met a Lady (1936), Marked Woman (1937), Kid Galahad (1937), That Certain Woman (1937), It's Love I'm After (1937), Jezebel (1938), The Sisters (1938), Dark Victory (1939), The Old Maid (1939), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

Olivia De Havilland Alibi Ike (1935), The Irish in Us (1935), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), Captain Blood (1935), Anthony Adverse (1936), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), Call It a Day (1937), It's Love I'm After (1937), The Great Garrick (1937), Gold Is Where You Find It (1938), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Four's a Crowd (1938), Hard to Get (1938), Wings of the Navy (1939), Dodge City (1939), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), Gone with the Wind (1939)

Marlene Dietrich Morocco (1930), Dishonored (1931), Shanghai Express (1932), Blonde Venus (1932), The Song of Songs (1933), The Scarlet Empress (1934), The Devil Is a Woman (1935), I Loved a Soldier (1936), Desire (1936), The Garden of Allah (1936), Knight Without Armour (1937), Angel (1937), Destry Rides Again (1939)

Irene Dunne Leathernecking (1930), Cimarron (1931), Bachelor Apartment (1931), The Great Lover (1931), Consolation Marriage (1931), Symphony of Six Million (1932), Back Street (1932), Thirteen Women (1932), No Other Woman (1933), The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933), The Silver Cord (1933), Ann Vickers (1933), Only Yesterday (1933), If I Were Free (1933), This Man Is Mine (1934), Stingaree (1934), The Age of Innocence (1934), Sweet Adeline (1934), Roberta (1935), Magnificent Obsession (1935), Show Boat (1936), Theodora Goes Wild (1936), High, Wide, and Handsome (1937), The Awful Truth (1937), Joy of Living (1938), Love Affair (1939), Invitation to Happiness (1939), When Tomorrow Comes (1939)

Francis Farmer Too Many Parents (1936), Border Flight (1936), Rhythm on the Range (1936), Come and Get It (1936), Exclusive (1937), The Toast of New York (1937), Ebb Tide (1937), Ride a Crooked Mile (1938)

Joan Fontain No More Ladies (1935), The Man Who Found Himself (1937), You Can't Beat Love (1937), Music for Madame (1937), A Damsel in Distress (1937), Maid's Night Out (1938), A Million to One (1938), Blond Cheat (1938), Sky Giant (1938), The Duke of West Point (1938), Gunga Din (1939), Man of Conquest (1939), The Women (1939)

Kay Francis Street of Chance (1930), A Notorious Affair (1930), For the Defense (1930), Ladies' Man (1931), The Vice Squad (1931), 24 Hours (1931), Girls About Town (1931), Strangers in Love (1932), Jewel Robbery (1932), The Keyhole (1933), Storm at Daybreak (1933), Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933), I Loved a Woman (1933), Mandalay (1934), Dr. Monica (1934), I Found Stella Parish (1935), The White Angel (1936), Give Me Your Heart (1936), Stolen Holiday (1937), Another Dawn (1937), Confession (1937), Women Are Like That (1938), Secrets of an Actress (1938), Comet Over Broadway (1938), Women in the Wind (1939), In Name Only (1939)

Greta Garbo Anna Christie (1930), Romance (1930), Inspiration (1931), Anna Christie (1931), Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931), Mata Hari (1931), Grand Hotel (1932), As You Desire Me (1932), Queen Christina (1933), The Painted Veil (1934), Anna Karenina (1935), Camille (1936), Conquest (1937), Ninotchka (1939)

Judy Garland Pigskin Parade (1936), Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937), Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937), Everybody Sing (1938), Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938), Listen, Darling (1938), The Wizard of Oz (1939), Babes in Arms (1939)

Janet Gaynor High Society Blues (1930), The Man Who Came Back (1931), Daddy Long Legs (1931), Merely Mary Ann (1931), Delicious (1931), The First Year (1932), Tess of the Storm Country (1932), State Fair (1933), Adorable (1933), Paddy the Next Best Thing (1933), Carolina (1934), Change of Heart (1934), Servants' Entrance (1934), One More Spring (1935), The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935), Small Town Girl (1936), Ladies in Love (1936), A Star Is Born (1937), Three Loves Has Nancy (1938), The Young in Heart (1938)

Paulette Goddard Modern Times (1936), The Bohemian Girl (1936), The Young in Heart (1938), Dramatic School (1938), The Women (1939), The Cat and the Canary (1939)

Bonita Granville Ah, Wilderness! (1935), These Three (1936), The Plough and the Stars (1936), Maid of Salem (1937), Call It a Day (1937), It's Love I'm After (1937), White Banners (1938), Merrily We Live (1938), The Beloved Brat (1938), My Bill (1938), Hard to Get (1938), Nancy Drew -- Detective (1938), Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939), Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939), The Angels Wash Their Faces (1939), Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)

Jean Harlow Hell's Angels (1930), The Secret Six (1931), The Public Enemy (1931), Platinum Blonde (1931), The Beast of the City (1932), Red-Headed Woman (1932), Red Dust (1932), Hold Your Man (1933), Dinner at Eight (1933), Bombshell (1933), The Girl from Missouri (1934), Reckless (1935), China Seas (1935), Riffraff (1936), Wife vs. Secretary (1936), Suzy (1936), Libeled Lady (1936), Personal Property (1937), Saratoga (1937)

Katherine Hepburn A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Christopher Strong (1933), Morning Glory (1933), Little Women (1933), Spitfire (1934), The Little Minister (1934), Break of Hearts (1935), Alice Adams (1935), Sylvia Scarlett (1935), Mary of Scotland (1936), A Woman Rebels (1936), Quality Street (1937), Stage Door (1937), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Holiday (1938)

Miriam Hopkins Fast and Loose (1930), The Smiling Lieutenant (1931), 24 Hours (1931), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), Two Kinds of Women (1932), Dancers in the Dark (1932), World and the Flesh (1932), Trouble in Paradise (1932), The Story of Temple Drake (1933), The Stranger's Return (1933), Design for Living (1933), All of Me (1934), She Loves Me Not (1934), The Richest Girl in the World (1934), Becky Sharp (1935), Barbary Coast (1935), Splendor (1935), These Three (1936), Men Are Not Gods (1936), The Woman I Love (1937), Woman Chases Man (1937), Wise Girl (1937), The Old Maid (1939)

Vivien Leigh The Village Squire (1935), Things Are Looking Up (1935), Look Up and Laugh (1935), Gentlemen's Agreement (1935), Fire Over England (1937), Dark Journey (1937), Storm in a Teacup (1937), A Yank at Oxford (1938), Sidewalks of London (1938), Gone with the Wind (1939)

Myrna Loy Body and Soul (1931), Emma (1932), Vanity Fair (1932), The Thin Man (1934), Wife vs. Secretary (1936), The Great Ziegfeld (1936), Libeled Lady (1936), After the Thin Man (1936), Test Pilot (1938), Another Thin Man (1939)

Anita Page Free and Easy (1930), Our Blushing Brides (1930), Little Accident (1930), War Nurse (1930), Reducing (1931), Sidewalks of New York (1931), Skyscraper Souls (1932),Prosperity (1932), Jungle Bride (1933), Soldiers of the Storm (1933), The Big Cage (1933), I Have Lived (1933), Hitch Hike to Heaven (1936)

Ginger Rogers A Night in a Dormitory (1930), Young Man of Manhattan (1930), The Sap From Syracuse (1930), Queen High (1930), Office Blues (1930), Follow the Leader (1930), Honor Among Lovers (1931), The Tip-Off (1931), Suicide Fleet (1931), Carnival Boat (1932), The Tenderfoot (1932), The Thirteenth Guest (1932), Hat Check Girl (1932), You Said a Mouthful (1932), 42nd Street (1933), Broadway Bad (1933), Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), Professional Sweetheart (1933), Don't Bet on Love (1933), A Shriek in the Night (1933), Rafter Romance (1933), Chance at Heaven (1933), Sitting Pretty (1933), Flying Down to Rio (1933), Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934), The Gay Divorcee (1934), Top Hat (1935), Follow the Fleet (1936), Swing Time (1936), Shall We Dance (1937), Bachelor Mother (1939)

Rosalind Russell Evelyn Prentice (1934), The President Vanishes (1934), Forsaking All Others (1934), The Night Is Young (1935), The Casino Murder Case (1935), West Point of the Air (1935), Reckless (1935), China Seas (1935), Rendezvous (1935), Trouble for Two (1936), It Had to Happen (1936), Under Two Flags (1936), Craig's Wife (1936), Night Must Fall (1937), Live, Love and Learn (1937), Man-Proof (1938), Four's a Crowd (1938), The Citadel (1938), Fast and Loose (1939), The Women (1939)

Norma Shearer The Divorcee (1930), Let Us Be Gay (1930), Strangers May Kiss (1931), A Free Soul (1931), Private Lives (1931), Smilin' Through (1932), Strange Interlude (1932), Riptide (1934), The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934), Romeo and Juliet (1936), Marie Antoinette (1938), Idiot's Delight (1939), The Women (1939)

Barbara Stanwyck Ladies of Leisure (1930), Illicit (1931), Ten Cents a Dance (1931), Night Nurse (1931), The Miracle Woman (1931), Forbidden (1932), Shopworn (1932), So Big! (1932), The Purchase Price (1932), The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933), Ladies They Talk About (1933), Baby Face (1933), Ever in My Heart (1933), Gambling Lady (1934), A Lost Lady (1934), The Secret Bride (1934), The Woman in Red (1935), Red Salute (1935), Annie Oakley (1935), A Message to Garcia (1936), The Bride Walks Out (1936), His Brother's Wife (1936), Banjo on My Knee (1936), The Plough and the Stars (1936), Internes Can't Take Money (1937), This Is My Affair (1937), Stella Dallas (1937), Breakfast for Two (1937), Always Goodbye (1938), The Mad Miss Manton (1938), Union Pacific (1939), Golden Boy (1939)

Shirley Temple The Red-Haired Alibi (1932), Little Miss Marker (1934), Now I'll Tell (1934), Baby Take a Bow (1934), Now and Forever (1934), Bright Eyes (1934), The Little Colonel (1935), Our Little Girl (1935), Curly Top (1935), The Littlest Rebel (1935), Captain January (1936), Poor Little Rich Girl (1936), Dimples (1936), Stowaway (1936), Wee Willie Winkie (1937), Heidi (1937), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938), Little Miss Broadway (1938), Just Around the Corner (1938), The Little Princess (1939), Susannah of the Mounties (1939)

Mae West Night After Night (1932), She Done Him Wrong (1933), I'm No Angel (1933), Belle of the Nineties (1934), Goin' to Town (1935), Klondike Annie (1936), Go West Young Man (1936), Every Day's a Holiday (1937)

Dame May Whitty Night Must Fall (1937), The Thirteenth Chair (1937), Conquest (1937), I Met My Love Again (1938), The Lady Vanishes (1938)

Fay Wray Behind the Make-Up (1930), The Border Legion (1930), The Sea God (1930), Captain Thunder (1930), Three Rogues (1931), The Finger Points (1931), The Unholy Garden (1931), Stowaway (1932), Doctor X (1932), The Vampire Bat (1933), Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), King Kong (1933), Below the Sea (1933), Shanghai Madness (1933), The Bowery (1933), Mills of the Gods (1934), The Countess of Monte Cristo (1934), The Richest Girl in the World (1934), Woman in the Dark (1934), White Lies (1935), When Knights Were Bold (1936), Murder in Greenwich Village (1937), The Jury's Secret (1938), Smashing the Spy Ring (1939), Navy Secrets (1939)

Jane Wyman The King and the Chorus Girl (1937), The Singing Marine (1937), Public Wedding (1937), Little Pioneer (1937), The Spy Ring (1938), He Couldn't Say No (1938), Wide Open Faces (1938), The Crowd Roars (1938), Brother Rat (1938), Tail Spin (1939), The Kid From Kokomo (1939), Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite (1939), Kid Nightingale (1939), Private Detective (1939)

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Rushmore11/22/2005

I don't have a favourite but i love the layout of this poll, nice work.

Oedipus11/23/2005

Thanks

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