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FranLovesBetteD
I've got some hobbies; reading is one of the most important to me, although I'm not a fan of fiction. I prefer historical reading and, especially, movie stars' bios (I think the greatest ever is 'Marlene', by Dietrich's daughter, Maria Riva), as well as any book on classic motion pictures ('Hollywood Babylon' may contain some BS, but it's just AWESOME, intriguing and quite entertaining anyway, LOL).
Movies is my biggest passion, especially classics. I have been loving love motion pictures since I was a little boy. The very 1st one I remember having seen is 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' [1938], on a big screen, in 1983, when I was 4 or 5, and ever since, I became a huge moviegoer.
As you surely guessed by my username, I do adore the legendary Miss Bette Davis. It started when I was 16 years old, in early 1995, and to this day I still think she IS the BEST actor ever. I consider there's no star (male or female / dead or alive) who can equal her incredible talent and personality. She's for me the most exciting celebrity ever. I find the dear Miss Davis to be UNIQUE, FASCINATING, TALENTED and CHARMING indeed.
My favorite period for movies is, by far, the dynamic '30s, which I consider the REAL Golden Age of motion pictures. That glorious decade was full of energy, magic, mystery, glamour, fun, exotism, erotism AND talent. Either dramas, musicals, gangsters genre, comedies, horror, romance or even cartoons, I think almost every single thing made in the '30s -with a very few exceptions- was absolutely AMAZING.
Well, I'm a very friendly guy and I'm truly wishing to find good friends on here, especially classic movies fans who love Miss Bette Davis as much as I do. Please, fell free to PM me whenever you want. I'll be glad to get messages from all of you. (By the way, I've never received formal instruction regarding English language, so I apologize in advance for the lots of possible grammatical mistakes).
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The following list is my actresses top ten:
1. Miss Bette Davis (all the way!)
2. Shelley Winters
3. Joan Crawford
4. Marlene Dietrich
5. Mae West
6. Jennifer Jones
7. Shirley Temple
8. Sylvia Sidney
9. Paulette Goddard
10. Judy Garland
These wonderful actresses just ROCK as well:
Ruby Keeler
Ginger Rogers
Una Merkel
Olga Baclanova
Helen Chandler
Mae Clarke
Jean Harlow
Vilma Banky
Gena Rowlands
Gloria Swanson
Claudette Colbert
Myrna Loy
Elsa Lanchester
Glenda Farrell
Mary Astor
Agnes Moorehead
Helen Broderick
Una O'Connor
Eileen Heckart
Bo Derek
Lola Lane
Katy Jurado
Jane Badler
June Chadwick
Alice Pearce
Isabel Jewell
Ann Dvorak
Joan Blondell
Ann Savage
Carla Laemmle
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Mary Philbin
Kathy Bates
Miriam Hopkins
Anna May Wong
Marie Dressler
Butterfly McQueen
Luise Rainer
Lupita Tovar
Jane Russell
Evelyn Keyes
Rochelle Hudson
Edna May Oliver
Loretta Young
Carmen Miranda
Jessica Tandy
Zita Johann
Capucine
Piper Laurie
Alice Faye
Lillian Gish
Lana Turner
Maila Nurmi (Vampira)
Dianne Wiest
Margaret Hamilton
Barbara Eden
Helen Mack
Elizabeth Taylor
Elmarie Wendel
Yvonne De Carlo
Sissy Spacek
Betty Grable
Louise Dresser
Sharon Gless
Carolyn Jones
Leslie Caron
Amy Irving
Terry Moore
Angela Lansbury
Shelley Morrison
Greta Garbo
Ruth Donnelly
Frieda Inescort
Elaine Stritch
Marjorie Main
Carroll Borland
Gloria Stuart
Judy Holliday
Allison Skipworth
Jane Darwell
Virginia Bruce
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Eva Gabor
Adrienne Ames
Mary Boland
Billie Burke
Tyne Daly
Beulah Bondi
Jean Hagen
Louise Henry
Molly Ringwald
Shirley MacLaine
Rosalind Russell
Lynda Carter
Simone Signoret
Ruth Gordon
Gene Tierney
Martha Raye
Joanne Woodward
Nina Foch
Lucille Ball
Esther Williams
Ann Revere
Simone Simon
Lili Taylor
Eleanor Powell
Beatrice Straight
Gladys George
Virginia Mayo
Mary Nash
Isabelle Adjani
Geraldine Page
Maureen O'Sullivan
Linda Darnell
Hazel Court
Joan Collins
Ingrid Pitt
Lauren Tewes
Margot Kidder
Candice Bergen
Lee Remick
Mary Steenburgen
Jacqueline Bisset
Tatum O'Neal
Anjelica Huston
Heather Angel
Jane Fonda
Mena Suvari
Samantha Eggar
Coral Browne
Gloria Holden
Debra Messing
Virginia Madsen
Jodie Foster
Jean Arthur
Jamie Lee Curtis
Carole Lombard
Cecil Cunningham
Irene Dunne
ZaSu Pitts
Kathleen Howard
Dolly Parton
Janis Paige
Barbara Kent
Julie Andrews
Sally Field
Dorothy Lamour
Ella Raines
Veronica Lake
Claire Trevor
Esther Howard
Anne Bancroft
Patty Duke
Peggy Cummins
Deanna Durbin
Rosemary DeCamp
Beverly D'Angelo
Jetta Goudal
Mary Wickes
Audrey Totter
Osa Massen
Anna Sten
Karen Dotrice
Hayley Mills
Diane Keaton
Mia Farrow
Cassandra Peterson (Elvira)
Edie McClurg
Brooke Shields
Mary Tyler Moore
Cloris Leachman
Valerie Harper
Katey Sagal
Louise Closser Hale
Amanda Bearse
Faye Grant
Goldie Hawn
Maureen Stapleton
Barbra Streisand
Liza Minnelli
Mildred Davis
Jobyna Ralston
Henrietta Crosman
Marian Nixon
Bessie Love
Anita Page
Li Gong
Janet Gaynor
Nancy Olson
Karen Black
Deborah Kerr
Flora Robson
Julie Harris
Katharine Hepburn
Barbara Stanwyck
Sue Lyon
Anna Lee
Mildred Dunnock
Claire Bloom
Lucille La Verne
Carrol Baker
Kim Novak
Maria Felix
Liv Ullmann
Miroslava Stern
Bibi Andersson
Dolores del Rio
Rosita Arenas
Sara Garcia
Ingrid Thulin
Marga Lopez
Columba Dominguez
Estelle Parsons
Emma Roldan
Nini Marshall
Libertad Lamarque
Vera Miles
Catherine Deneuve
Phyllis Haver
Leatrice Joy
Mabel Normand
Pola Negri
Mae Marsh
Mary Pickford
Marion Davies
Madge Bellamy
Madge Evans
May McAvoy
Arline Pretty
Lya De Putti
Clara Bow
Louise Brooks
Lil Dagover
Enid Bennett
Minta Durfee
Dita Parlo
Frances Dee
Anna Magnani
Margaret Rutherford
Giulietta Massina
Theda Bara
Renée Adorée
Elizabeth Russell
Martita Hunt
Edith Barrett
Marie Mosquini
Alla Nazimova
Brigitte Helm
Ossi Oswalda
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As well as the following actors...
Bela Lugosi
Lon Chaney, Sr.
Lon Chaney, Jr.
Boris Karloff
Brian Donlevy
Lionel Atwill
Snub Pollard
Vincent Price
Christopher Lee
Peter Cushing
Billy Bevan
Earle Foxe
Richard Barthelmess
James Stewart
Donald Crisp
Henry Wilcoxon
Rin Tin Tin
Frank Morgan
Clyde Cook
Joel McCrea
Chester Conklin
George Kennedy
Herbert Marshall
George Brent
Dick Powell
Melvyn Douglas
Van Johnson
William Powell
David Manners
Harold Lloyd
Allen Jenkins
Lewis Stone
John Boles
Guy Kibbee
Fredrich March
Robert Armstrong
Fred MacMurray
Buster Keaton
Don Ameche
Richard Cromwell
Henry Czerny
Wallace Beery
Ray Milland
Will Rogers
John Carradine
David Carradine
Preston Foster
Thomas Beck
Clu Gulager
Henry Fonda
Donald Pleasance
Oliver Reed
Warner Baxter
Leon Ames
Reginald Denny
Gary Cooper
Robert Montgomery
Ian Hunter
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Roland Young
Charley Chase
Max von Sydow
Jorge Negrete
Pedro Infante
Pedro Armendariz
Rafael Baledon
Cantinflas
Roberto Cañedo
Anton Walbrook
George O'Brien
Charles Farrell
Conrad Nagel