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AFI Legends 1-5

The American Film Institute issued a list of its 50 greatest screen legends, 25 each of male and female

#1 Humphrey Bogart

 
Up the River (1930)
A Devil With Women (1930)
Body and Soul (1931)
The Bad Sister (1931)
A Holy Terror (1931)
Love Affair (1932)
Three On a Match (1932)
Midnight (1934)
The Petrified Forest (1936)
Bullets Or Ballots (1936)
Two Against the World (1936)
China Clipper (1936)
Isle of Fury (1936)
Black Legion (1937)
The Great O'Malley (1937)
Marked Woman (1937)
Kid Galahad (1937)
San Quentin (1937)
Dead End (1937)
Stand-In (1937)
Swing Your Lady (1938)
Crime School (1938)
Racket Busters (1938)
Men Are Such Fools (1938)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)
King of the Underworld (1939)
The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
Dark Victory (1939)
You Can't Get Away With Murder (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Return of Doctor X (1939)
Invisible Stripes (1939)
Virginia City (1940)
It All Came True (1940)
Brother Orchid (1940)
They Drive By Night (1940)
High Sierra (1941)
The Wagons Roll At Night (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
All Through the Night (1941)
The Big Shot (1942)
Across the Pacific (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Action In the North Atlantic (1943)
Sahara (1943)
Passage To Marseille (1944)
To Have and Have Not (1944)
Conflict (1945)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Dead Reckoning (1947)
The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
Dark Passage (1947)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Key Largo (1948)
Knock On Any Door (1949)
Tokyo Joe (1949)
Chain Lightning (1950)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
The Enforcer (1951)
Sirocco (1951)
The African Queen (1951)
Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
Battle Circus (1953)
Beat the Devil (1953)
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Sabrina (1954)
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
We're No Angels (1955)
The Left Hand of God (1955)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
The Harder They Fall (1956)

#2 Cary Grant

 
This Is the Night (1932)
Sinners In the Sun (1932)
Merrily We Go To Hell (1932)
Devil and the Deep (1932)
Blonde Venus (1932)
Hot Saturday (1932)
Madame Butterfly (1932)
She Done Him Wrong (1933)
The Woman Accused (1933)
The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)
Gambling Ship (1933)
I'm No Angel (1933)
Alice In Wonderland (1933)
Thirty Day Princess (1934)
Born To Be Bad (1934)
Kiss and Make-Up (1934)
Ladies Should Listen (1934)
Enter Madame (1935)
Wings In the Dark (1935)
The Last Outpost (1935)
Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936)
Big Brown Eyes (1936)
Suzy (1936)
Wedding Present (1936)
When You're In Love (1937)
Topper (1937)
The Toast of New York (1937)
The Awful Truth (1937)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Holiday (1938)
Gunga Din (1939)
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
In Name Only (1939)
His Girl Friday (1940)
My Favorite Wife (1940)
The Howards of Virginia (1940)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Penny Serenade (1941)
Suspicion (1941)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
Mr. Lucky (1943)
Destination Tokyo (1943)
Once Upon a Time (1944)
None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Night and Day (1946)
Notorious (1946)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
Crisis (1950)
People Will Talk (1951)
Room For One More (1952)
Monkey Business (1952)
Dream Wife (1953)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
An Affair To Remember (1957)
The Pride and the Passion (1957)
Kiss Them For Me (1957)
Indiscreet (1958)
Houseboat (1958)
North By Northwest (1959)
Operation Petticoat (1959)
The Grass Is Greener (1960)
That Touch of Mink (1962)
Charade (1963)
Father Goose (1964)
Walk Don't Run (1966)

#3 Jimmy Stewart

 
The Murder Man (1935)
Rose-Marie (1936)
Next Time We Love (1936)
Wife Vs. Secretary (1936)
Small Town Girl (1936)
Speed (1936)
The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
Born To Dance (1936)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Seventh Heaven (1937)
The Last Gangster (1937)
Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
Of Human Hearts (1938)
Vivacious Lady (1938)
The Shopworn Angel (1938)
You Can't Take It With You (1938)
Made For Each Other (1939)
The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The Mortal Storm (1940)
No Time For Comedy (1940)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Come Live With Me (1941)
Pot O' Gold (1941)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
American Creed (1946)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Magic Town (1947)
Call Northside 777 (1948)
On Our Merry Way (1948)
Rope (1948)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
The Stratton Story (1949)
Malaya (1949)
Winchester '73 (1950)
Broken Arrow (1950)
Harvey (1950)
The Jackpot (1950)
No Highway In the Sky (1951)
The Greatest Show On Earth (1952)
Bend of the River (1952)
Carbine Williams (1952)
The Naked Spur (1953)
Thunder Bay (1953)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Tomorrow's Drivers (1954)
Rear Window (1954)
The Far Country (1954)
Strategic Air Command (1955)
The Man From Laramie (1955)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The Heart of Show Business (1957)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Night Passage (1957)
Vertigo (1958)
Bell, Book, and Candle (1958)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
The FBI Story (1959)
The Mountain Road (1960)
Two Rode Together (1961)
X-15 (1961)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
How the West Was Won (1962)
Take Her, She's Mine (1963)
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
Dear Brigitte (1965)
Shenandoah (1965)
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
The Rare Breed (1966)
Firecreek (1968)
Bandolero! (1968)
The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)
Fools' Parade (1971)
The Shootist (1976)
Airport '77 (1977)
The Big Sleep (1978)
The Magic of Lassie (1978)
A Tale of Africa (1980)
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)

#4 Marlon Brando

 
The Men (1950)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Viva Zapata! (1952)
Julius Caesar (1953)
The Wild One (1953)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Desiree (1954)
Guys and Dolls (1955)
The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
Sayonara (1957)
The Young Lions (1958)
The Fugitive Kind (1959)
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
Mutiny On the Bounty (1962)
The Ugly American (1963)
Bedtime Story (1964)
Morituri (1965)
The Chase (1966)
The Appaloosa (1966)
A Countess From Hong Kong (1967)
Reflections In a Golden Eye (1967)
Candy (1968)
The Night of the Following Day (1968)
Queimada (1969)
The Nightcomers (1971)
The Godfather (1972)
Last Tango In Paris (1972)
The Missouri Breaks (1976)
Superman (1978)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Formula (1980)
A Dry White Season (1989)
The Freshman (1990)
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992)
Don Juan Demarco (1994)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
The Brave (1997)
Free Money (1998)
The Score (2001)

#5 Fred Astaire

 
Flying Down To Rio (1933)
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
Roberta (1935)
Top Hat (1935)
Follow the Fleet (1936)
Swing Time (1936)
Shall We Dance (1937)
A Damsel In Distress (1937)
Carefree (1938)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Second Chorus (1940)
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
Holiday Inn (1942)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
The Sky's the Limit (1943)
Yolanda and the Thief (1945)
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Blue Skies (1946)
Easter Parade (1948)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Three Little Words (1950)
Let's Dance (1950)
Royal Wedding (1951)
The Belle of New York (1952)
The Band Wagon (1953)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Funny Face (1957)
Silk Stockings (1957)
On the Beach (1959)
The Pleasure of His Company (1961)
The Notorious Landlady (1962)
Finian's Rainbow (1968)
Midas Run (1969)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Amazing Dobermans (1976)
The Purple Taxi (1977)
Ghost Story (1981)

#1 Katharine 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)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Woman of the Year (1942)
Keeper of the Flame (1942)
Dragon Seed (1944)
Without Love (1945)
American Creed (1946)
Undercurrent (1946)
The Sea of Grass (1947)
Song of Love (1947)
State of the Union (1948)
Adam's Rib (1949)
The Schumann Story (1950)
The African Queen (1951)
Pat and Mike (1952)
Summertime (1955)
The Rainmaker (1956)
The Iron Petticoat (1956)
Desk Set (1957)
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962)
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967)
The Lion In Winter (1968)
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
The Trojan Women (1971)
A Delicate Balance (1973)
Rooster Cogburn (1975)
Olly, Olly, Oxen Free (1978)
On Golden Pond (1981)
Grace Quigley (1984)
Love Affair (1994)

#2 Bette Davis

 
The Bad Sister (1931)
Seed (1931)
Waterloo Bridge (1931)
Way Back Home (1931)
The Menace (1932)
Hell's House (1932)
The Man Who Played God (1932)
So Big! (1932)
The Rich Are Always With Us (1932)
The Dark Horse (1932)
The Cabin In the Cotton (1932)
Three On a Match (1932)
20,000 Years In Sing Sing (1932)
Parachute Jumper (1933)
The Working Man (1933)
Ex-Lady (1933)
Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)
The Big Shakedown (1934)
Fashions of 1934 (1934)
Jimmy the Gent (1934)
Fog Over Frisco (1934)
Of Human Bondage (1934)
Housewife (1934)
Bordertown (1935)
The Girl From Tenth Avenue (1935)
Front Page Woman (1935)
Special Agent (1935)
Dangerous (1935)
The Petrified Forest (1936)
The Golden Arrow (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)
Juarez (1939)
The Old Maid (1939)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
The Letter (1940)
The Great Lie (1941)
The Bride Came C.O.D (1941)
The Little Foxes (1941)
The Man Who Came To Dinner (1942)
In This Our Life (1942)
Now, Voyager (1942)
Watch On the Rhine (1943)
Old Acquaintance (1943)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
The Corn Is Green (1945)
A Stolen Life (1946)
Deception (1946)
Winter Meeting (1948)
June Bride (1948)
Beyond the Forest (1949)
All About Eve (1950)
Payment On Demand (1951)
Another Man's Poison (1951)
Phone Call From a Stranger (1952)
The Star (1952)
The Virgin Queen (1955)
The Catered Affair (1956)
Storm Center (1956)
John Paul Jones (1959)
The Scapegoat (1959)
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)
The Empty Canvas (1963)
Dead Ringer (1964)
Where Love Has Gone (1964)
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
The Nanny (1965)
The Anniversary (1968)
Connecting Rooms (1970)
Bunny O'Hare (1971)
Madame Sin (1972)
The Scopone Game (1972)
Burnt Offerings (1976)
Return From Witch Mountain (1978)
Death On the Nile (1978)
The Watcher In the Woods (1980)
The Whales of August (1987)
Wicked Stepmother (1989)

#3 Audrey Hepburn

 
Monte Carlo Baby (1951)
Laughter In Paradise (1951)
One Wild Oat (1951)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Young Wives' Tale (1951)
The Secret People (1952)
We Will All Go To Monte Carlo (1951)
Roman Holiday (1953)
Sabrina (1954)
War and Peace (1956)
Funny Face (1957)
Love In the Afternoon (1957)
Green Mansions (1959)
The Nun's Story (1959)
The Unforgiven (1960)
Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961)
The Children's Hour (1961)
Charade (1963)
Paris - When It Sizzles (1964)
My Fair Lady (1964)
How To Steal a Million (1966)
Two For the Road (1967)
Wait Until Dark (1967)
Robin and Marian (1976)
Bloodline (1979)
They All Laughed (1981)
Always (1989)

#4 Ingrid Bergman

 
The Count of the Old Monk's Bridge (1935)
The Surf (1935)
Swedenhielms Family (1935)
Walpurgis Night (1935)
Intermezzo (1936)
On the Sunny Side (1936)
Dollar (1938)
The Four Companions (1938)
A Woman's Face (1938)
One Single Night (1939)
Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)
A Night In June (1940)
Rage In Heaven (1941)
Adam Had Four Sons (1941)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Casablanca (1942)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
Gaslight (1944)
Spellbound (1945)
Saratoga Trunk (1945)
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
American Creed (1946)
Notorious (1946)
Arch of Triumph (1948)
Joan of Arc (1948)
Under Capricorn (1949)
Stromboli (1950)
Europa '51 (1952)
Voyage To Italy (1954)
Fear (1954)
Joan At the Stake (1954)
Paris Does Strange Things (1956)
Anastasia (1956)
Indiscreet (1958)
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
Goodbye Again (1961)
The Visit (1964)
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
Stimulantia (1967)
Cactus Flower (1969)
Walk In the Spring Rain (1970)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973)
Murder On the Orient Express (1974)
A Matter of Time (1976)
Autumn Sonata (1978)

#5 Greta Garbo

 
A Happy Knight (1921)
Peter the Tramp (1922)
The Story of Gosta Berling (1924)
Torrent (1926)
The Temptress (1926)
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
Love (1927)
The Divine Woman (1928)
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
A Woman of Affairs (1928)
Wild Orchids (1929)
The Single Standard (1929)
The Kiss (1929)
Anna Christie (1930)
Romance (1930)
Inspiration (1931)
Anna Christie (1931)
Susan Lenox (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)
Two-Faced Woman (1941)