AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars

AFI 100 Years... series

1998	100 Movies
1999	100 Stars
2000	100 Laughs
2001	100 Thrills
2002	100 Passions
2003	100 Heroes & Villains
2004	100 Songs
2005	100 Movie Quotes
2005	100 Scores
2006	100 Cheers
2006	100 Musicals
2007	100 Movies (Updated)
2008	AFI's 10 Top 10

Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars is a list of the top 50 greatest screen legends in American film history, which included 25 male and 25 female stars. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 15, 1999 CBS special hosted by Shirley Temple, with 50 current actors making the presentations. The American Film Institute defined an "American screen legend" as an actor or a team of actors with a significant screen presence in American feature-length (40 min) films whose screen debut occurred in or before 1950, or whose screen debut occurred after 1950 but whose death has marked a completed body of work.

As of 2013, of the fifty stars listed, only five are still alive: two men (Sidney Poitier and Kirk Douglas), and three women (Shirley Temple, Lauren Bacall, and Sophia Loren). At the time the list was unveiled Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando and Gregory Peck were also still living.

List of 50 legends

#	Male Legends	Female Legends
1.	BogartHumphrey Bogart	HepburnKatharine Hepburn
2.	GrantCary Grant	DavisBette Davis
3.	StewartJames Stewart	HepburnAudrey Hepburn
4.	BrandoMarlon Brando	BergmanIngrid Bergman
5.	AstaireFred Astaire	GarboGreta Garbo
6.	FondaHenry Fonda	MonroeMarilyn Monroe
7.	GableClark Gable	TaylorElizabeth Taylor
8.	CagneyJames Cagney	GarlandJudy Garland
9.	TracySpencer Tracy	DietrichMarlene Dietrich
10.	ChaplinCharlie Chaplin	CrawfordJoan Crawford
11.	CooperGary Cooper	StanwyckBarbara Stanwyck
12.	PeckGregory Peck	ColbertClaudette Colbert
13.	WayneJohn Wayne	KellyGrace Kelly
14.	OlivierLaurence Olivier	RogersGinger Rogers
15.	KellyGene Kelly	WestMae West
16.	WellesOrson Welles	LeighVivien Leigh
17.	DouglasKirk Douglas	GishLillian Gish
18.	DeanJames Dean	TempleShirley Temple
19.	LancasterBurt Lancaster	HayworthRita Hayworth
20.	MarxThe Marx Brothers	BacallLauren Bacall
21.	KeatonBuster Keaton	LorenSophia Loren
22.	PoitierSidney Poitier	HarlowJean Harlow
23.	MitchumRobert Mitchum	LombardCarole Lombard
24.	RobinsonEdward G. Robinson	PickfordMary Pickford
25.	HoldenWilliam Holden	GardnerAva Gardner

External links

• AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars
• List of the 500 nominated star legends.
• List of the 50 winning legends.