Mine is Johnny Belinda. I also liked her in The Yearling.
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jude-thadd — 20 years ago(September 20, 2005 03:32 AM)
hi
she prob. my fave after maureen, and im only 24!
fave-its hard.
from what ive seen, prob. "stage fright", such a great antithesis to marlene, but "the yearling" is up there. i was surprise, thought it would go nowhere, yet she brings such a dramatic, and emotional performance form somewhere deep in her, with an ability to let you feel her pain, and eventually share her liberating joy, in the arms of her son-if anyone can think of another star who could have played it as well, let me know.
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wmteebe — 19 years ago(July 29, 2006 11:56 AM)
I have 2 favs. This will surprise all. Wide Open Faces and Spyring! I saw these 2 in 1938 or 39. I was OVERHELMED! Yes, SHE did many great roles. In JUST one scene in Spyring that I run over and over you could see SHE was what acting is all about!
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pish_360 — 19 years ago(January 21, 2007 07:51 AM)
I have always loved her acting since I saw her in Pollyanna. Yesterday, I saw Johnny Belinda for the first time. I have to say that she deserved her Oscar. The fact that she doesn't even say a word, just shows that acting comes from the emotions and not the words. I don't think anyone could match up to that because it is certainly one of the best lead actress perfomances to ever win an oscar.
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HarlowMGM — 15 years ago(March 20, 2011 02:23 AM)
JOHNNY BELINDA but then I loved her in everything. She was always very good, even in her early small parts. It's a surprise it took her so long to reach stardom, the talent was always there but I guess she got locked into B movies and second leads and it was tough to climb out of them.