AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars
| 1998 | 100 Movies |
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| 1999 | 100 Stars |
| 2000 | 100 Laughs |
| 2001 | 100 Thrills |
| 2002 | 100 Passions |
| 2003 | 100 Heroes & Villains |
| 2004 | 100 Songs |
| 2005 | 100 Movie Quotes |
| 2005 | 25 Scores |
| 2006 | 100 Cheers |
| 2006 | 25 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, in a 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 during the classic film era 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.
The top stars of their respective sexes are Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. They starred together in the classic adventure film The African Queen, for which Bogart won his only Oscar.
All actors and actresses are from the "Golden era of Hollywood" film production. Of the 50 stars listed, only 9 were alive at the time, namely Shirley Temple, Katharine Hepburn, Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Gregory Peck, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Sophia Loren, and Sidney Poitier. As of 2016, only Kirk Douglas, Sidney Poitier, and Sophia Loren are still living.
List of 50 greatest screen legends: Top 25 Male and Top 25 Female stars
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| 1 | Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957) |
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Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003) |
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| 2 | Cary Grant (1904–1986) |
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Bette Davis (1908–1989) |
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| 3 | James Stewart (1908–1997) |
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Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993) |
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| 4 | Marlon Brando (1924–2004) |
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Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982) |
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| 5 | Fred Astaire (1899–1987) |
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Greta Garbo (1905–1990) |
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| 6 | Henry Fonda (1905–1982) |
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Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) |
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| 7 | Clark Gable (1901–1960) |
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Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011) |
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| 8 | James Cagney (1899–1986) |
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Judy Garland (1922–1969) |
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| 9 | Spencer Tracy (1900–1967) |
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Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992) |
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| 10 | Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) |
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Joan Crawford (1905–1977) |
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| 11 | Gary Cooper (1901–1961) |
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Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990) |
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| 12 | Gregory Peck (1916–2003) |
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Claudette Colbert (1903–1996) |
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| 13 | John Wayne (1907–1979) |
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Grace Kelly (1929–1982) |
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| 14 | Laurence Olivier (1907–1989) |
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Ginger Rogers (1911–1995) |
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| 15 | Gene Kelly (1912–1996) |
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Mae West (1893–1980) |
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| 16 | Orson Welles (1915–1985) |
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Vivien Leigh (1913–1967) |
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| 17 | Kirk Douglas (born 1916) |
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Lillian Gish (1893–1993) |
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| 18 | James Dean (1931–1955) |
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Shirley Temple (1928–2014) |
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| 19 | Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) |
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Rita Hayworth (1918–1987) |
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| 20 | Marx Brothers Chico (1887–1961) Harpo (1888–1964) Groucho (1890–1977) Gummo (1892–1977) Zeppo (1901–1979) |
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Lauren Bacall (1924–2014) |
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| 21 | Buster Keaton (1895–1966) |
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Sophia Loren (born 1934) |
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| 22 | Sidney Poitier (born 1927) |
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Jean Harlow (1911–1937) |
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| 23 | Robert Mitchum (1917–1997) |
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Carole Lombard (1908–1942) |
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| 24 | Edward G. Robinson (1893–1973) |
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Mary Pickford (1892–1979) |
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| 25 | William Holden (1918–1981) |
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Ava Gardner (1922–1990) |
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External links
- "AFI Recognizes the 50 Greatest American Screen Legends" (Press release). American Film Institute. June 16, 1999. Archived from the original on January 13, 2013. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
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- List of the 50 winning legends