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T h e  B e s t  /  T h e  W o r s t  :  M y  H u m b l e  O p i n i o n
 
 
 
 
 

M o s t   B e l i e v a b l e   N u t c a s e  ( M a l e )

T o m   S i z e m o r e
[A likeable lunatic]
Psycho Alert : Bringing out the Dead (pic)/Natural born Killers.

J a m e s   S p a d e r
[Mr. Freeze]
Psycho Alert : Crash (pic)/The New Kids.

M i c h a e l   K e a t o n
[Lessons on how to be immature]
Psycho Alert : Beetlejuice (pic).

J a c k   N i c h o l s o n
[Jack being Jack, mad that is]
Psycho Alert : *most of his films*, esp. Batman/The Shining & One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.






G a r y   O l d m a n       >>Oldman and Hopper are fairly talented actors, but they've been cast as
[Eruptions of violence]     demented baddies so many times, that the magic is gone....
Psycho Alert : Leon.
D e n n i s   H o p p e  r
[erm..., Scary]
Psycho Alert : Blue Velvet.
 
 

M o s t   B e l i e v a b l e  N u t c a s e  ( F e m a l e )
 

G l e n   C l o s e
[Creator of the Three-Dimensional Bitch]
(Excellent actress. Without being especially beautiful, the charismatic Close has  presence on screen. Unlike, hmm, Charlize Theron or Catherine Zeta-Jones for example, who are gorgeous to look at but mediocre, to say the least, in their acting skills).
Psycho Alert : Dangerous Liaisons/Fatal Attraction <pic of Glen as Cruella de Vil, from Disney's '101 Dalmatians'>.
 
 

O s c a r
W i n n e r s
( F e m a l e )
 

1979 : ACTRESS - SALLY FIELD (NORMA RAE) / SUPPORTING ACTRESS - MERYL STREEP (KRAMER VS. KRAMER).

1980: ACTRESS - SISSY SPACEK (COALMINER'S DAUGHTER) / SUPPORTING ACTRESS - MARY STEENBURGEN (MELVIN AND HOWARD).

1981 : ACTRESS - KATHARINE HEPBURN (ON GOLDEN POND) / SUPPORTING ACTRESS - MAUREEN STAPLETON (REDS).

1982 : ACTRESS - MERYL STREEP (SOPHIE'S CHOICE) / SUPPORTING ACTRESS - JESSICA LANGE (TOOTSIE).

1983 : ACTRESS -  SHIRLEY MACLAINE (TERMS OF ENDEARMENT) / SUPPORTING ACTRESS - LINDA HUNT (THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY) .

1984 : ACTRESS - SALLY FIELD (PLACES IN THE HEART) / SUPPORTING ACTRESS - PEGGY ASHCROFT (A PASSAGE TO INDIA) .

1985 : ACTRESS - GERALDINE PAGE (THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL) / SUPPORTING ACTRESS - ANJELICA HUSTON (PRIZZI'S HONOR).

1986 : ACTRESS -  MARLEE MATLIN (CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD) / SUPPORTING ACTRESS - DIANE WIEST (HANNAH AND HER SISTERS).

1987 : ACTRESS - CHER (MOONSTRUCK) / SUPPORTING ACTRESS - OLYMPIA DUKAKIS (MOONSTRUCK).

1988 : ACTRESS - JODIE FOSTER (THE ACCUSED) / SUPPORTING ACTRESS - GEENA DAVIS (THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST).

1989 : ACTRESS - JESSICA TANDY (DRIVING MISS DAISY) / SUPPORTING ACTRESS - BRENDA FRICKER (MY LEFT FOOT).

1990 : ACTRESS - KATHY BATES (MISERY) / SUPPORTING ACTRESS - WHOOPI GOLDBERG (GHOST).

1991 : ACTRESS - JODIE FOSTER (SILENCE OF THE LAMBS) / SUPPORTING ACTRESS - MERCEDES RUEHL (THE FISHER KING).

1992 : ACTRESS - EMMA THOMPSON (HOWARD'S END) / SUPPORTING ACTRESS - MARISA TOMEI (MY COUSIN VINNY).

1995 : ACTRESS - SUSAN SARANDON (DEAD MAN WALKING) / SUPPORTING ACTRESS - MIRA SORVINO (MIGHTY APHRODITE).

1996 : ACTRESS - FRANCES MC DORMAND (FARGO) / SUPPORTING ACTRESS - JULIETTE BINOCHE (THE ENGLISH PATIENT).

1997 : ACTRESS - HELEN HUNT (AS GOOD AS IT GETS) / SUPPORTING ACTRESS - KIM BASINGER (L.A. CONFIDENTIAL).

1998 : ACTRESS - GWYNETH PALTROW (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE) / SUPPORTING ACTRESS - JUDI DENCH (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE).

T h e y   D e s e r v e   A n   O s c a r  ( F e m a l e )

A n e t t e   B e n i n g
Briliant in : Valmont, The Grifters, Postcards from the Edge, American Beauty.