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{{Short description|List of legends of American film history}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{AFI 100 Years... series}}'''AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars''' is the [[American Film Institute]]'s list ranking the top 25 male and 25 female greatest screen legends of [[Cinema of the United States|American film history]] and is the second list of the [[AFI 100 Years... series]].

The list was unveiled through a [[CBS]] special on June 15, 1999, hosted by [[Shirley Temple]] (who is herself honored on the female legends list), with 50 then-current actors making the presentations.<ref name="afi">{{cite web|title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars: The 50 Greatest American Screen Legends|url=https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-stars/|access-date=November 10, 2019|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]}}</ref>

AFI defines an "American screen legend" as "an actor or a team of actors with a significant screen presence in American [[Feature film|feature-length films]] (films of 40 minutes or more) 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."<ref name="afi" /> Jurors selected the final lists from 250 male and 250 female nominees.<ref name=":0">[https://prdaficalmjediwestussa.blob.core.windows.net/images/2019/08/stars500.pdf List of the 500 nominated star legends] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200819211644/https://prdaficalmjediwestussa.blob.core.windows.net/images/2019/08/stars500.pdf Archive])</ref>

When the lists were unveiled, [[Gregory Peck]], [[Katharine Hepburn]], [[Marlon Brando]], [[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[Shirley Temple]], [[Lauren Bacall]], [[Kirk Douglas]] and [[Sidney Poitier]] were alive, but have since died. As of 2025, at age {{age nts|1934|9|20}}, [[Sophia Loren]] is the sole surviving star.

== The AFI's 50 greatest screen legends ==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 1%;"
|-
! style="width: 1%;" | No.
! colspan="2" |Female legends
! colspan="2" |Male legends
|-
|1
| {{sortname|Katharine|Hepburn}} 
(12 May 1907 – 29 June 2003)
| [[File:Katharine Hepburn publicity photograph.jpg|125x125px]]
|{{sortname|Humphrey|Bogart}} 
(25 December 1899 – 14 January 1957)
|[[File:Humphrey Bogart 1940.jpg|142x142px]]
|-
|2
|{{sortname|Bette|Davis}} 
(5 April 1908 – 6 October 1989)
|[[File:Jezebel-1938-Bette-Davis-cropped.jpg|100px]]
|{{sortname|Cary|Grant}}
(18 January 1904 – 29 November 1986)
|[[File:Grant, Cary (Suspicion) 01 Crisco edit.jpg|129x129px]]
|-
|3
|{{sortname|Audrey|Hepburn}}
(4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993)
|[[File:Audrey Hepburn 1959.jpg|100px]]
|{{sortname|James|Stewart}}
(20 May 1908 – 2 July 1997)
|[[File:Annex - Stewart, James (Call Northside 777) 01.jpg|126x126px]]
|-
|4
|{{sortname|Ingrid|Bergman}}
(29 August 1915 – 29 August 1982)
|[[File:Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight 1944.jpg|125x125px]]
|{{sortname|Marlon|Brando}} 
(3 April 1924 – 1 July 2004)
|[[File:Marlon Brando in The Men.jpg|100px]]
|-
|5
|{{sortname|Greta|Garbo}}
(18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990)
|[[File:Garbo in Inspiration.jpg|127x127px]]
|{{sortname|Fred|Astaire}}
(10 May 1899 – 22 June 1987)
|[[File:Astaire, Fred - Never Get Rich.jpg|126x126px]]
|-
|6
|{{sortname|Marilyn|Monroe}}
(1 June 1926 – 4 August 1962)
|[[File:Monroe 1953 publicity.jpg|123x123px]]
|{{sortname|Henry|Fonda}}
(16 May 1905 – 12 August 1982)
|[[File:Henry Fonda, 1940.jpg|123x123px]]
|-
|7
|{{sortname|Elizabeth|Taylor}}
(27 February 1932 – 23 March 2011)
|[[File:Studio publicity Elizabeth Taylor.jpg|126x126px]]
|{{sortname|Clark|Gable}}
(1 February 1901 – 16 November 1960)
|[[File:Clark Gable - publicity.JPG|127x127px]]
|-
|8
|{{sortname|Judy|Garland}}
(10 June 1922 – 22 June 1969)
|[[File:Judy Garland 1943 publicity photo.jpg|100px]]
|{{sortname|James|Cagney}}
(17 July 1899 – 30 March 1986)
|[[File:James cagney promo photo.jpg|135x135px]]
|-
|9
|{{sortname|Marlene|Dietrich}}
(27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992)
|[[File:Marlene Dietrich in No Highway (1951) (Cropped).png|125x125px]]
|{{sortname|Spencer|Tracy}}
(5 April 1900 – 10 June 1967)
|[[File:Spencer Tracy.jpg|100px]]
|-
|10
|{{sortname|Joan|Crawford}}
(23 March 1906
{{refn|group=Note|Either 1904, 1905, 1906, or 1908, according to various sources (see [[Joan Crawford|biographical entry]]).}} – 10 May 1977)
|[[File:Joan Crawford - 1936 - Hurrell.JPG|133x133px]]
|{{sortname|Charlie|Chaplin}}
(16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977)
|[[File:Charlie Chaplin portrait Getty 1739411952.jpg|133x133px]]
|-
|11
|{{sortname|Barbara|Stanwyck}}
(16 July 1907 – 20 January 1990)
|[[File:BarbaraS39.jpg|126x126px]]
|{{sortname|Gary|Cooper}}
(7 May 1901 – 13 May 1961)
|[[File:Gary Cooper 1936.jpg|100px]]
|-
|12
|{{sortname|Claudette|Colbert}}
(13 September 1903 – 30 July 1996)
|[[File:Claudette Colbert 1931.jpg|122x122px]]
|{{sortname|Gregory|Peck}}
(5 April 1916 – 12 June 2003)
|[[File:Gregory Peck 1948.jpg|127x127px]]
|-
|13
|{{sortname|Grace|Kelly}}
{{nowrap|(12 November 1929 – 14 September 1982)}}
|[[File:Grace Kelly 1955.jpg|100px]]
|{{sortname|John|Wayne}}
(26 May 1907 – 11 June 1979)
|[[File:John Wayne 1940.jpg|126x126px]]
|-
|14
|{{sortname|Ginger|Rogers}}
(16 July 1911 – 25 April 1995)
|[[File:Ginger Rogers - Tender Comrade.jpg|132x132px]]
|{{sortname|Laurence|Olivier}}
(22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989)
|[[File:Laurence Olivier - Rebecca.jpg|130x130px]]
|-
|15
|{{sortname|Mae|West}}
(17 August 1893 – 22 November 1980)
|[[File:Mae West - 1936.jpg|133x133px]]
|{{sortname|Gene|Kelly}}
(23 August 1912 – 2 February 1996)
|[[File:Gene kelly.jpg|141x141px]]
|-
|16
|{{sortname|Vivien|Leigh}}
(5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967)
|[[File:Vivien Leigh - Anna Karenina.jpg|123x123px]]
|{{sortname|Orson|Welles}}
(6 May 1915 – 10 October 1985)
|[[File:Orson Welles 1937.jpg|128x128px]]
|-
|17
|{{sortname|Lillian|Gish}}
(14 October 1893 – 27 February 1993)
|[[File:Lillian Gish-edit1.jpg|129x129px]]
|{{sortname|Kirk|Douglas}}
(9 December 1916 – 5 February 2020)
|[[File:Kirk douglas photo signed.JPG|135x135px]]
|-
|18
|{{sortname|Shirley|Temple}}
(23 April 1928 – 10 February 2014)
|[[File:Shirley Temple 1949.jpg|128x128px]]
|{{sortname|James|Dean}}
(8 February 1931 – 30 September 1955)
|[[File:James Dean - publicity - early.JPG|128x128px]]
|-
|19
|{{sortname|Rita|Hayworth}}
(17 October 1918 – 14 May 1987)
|[[File:Rita Hayworth-publicity.JPG|125x125px]]
|{{sortname|Burt|Lancaster}}
(2 November 1913 – 20 October 1994)
|[[File:Burt Lancaster - publicity 1947.JPG|123x123px]]
|-
|20
|{{sortname|Lauren|Bacall}}
(16 September 1924 – 12 August 2014)
|[[File:Lauren Bacall 1945 (cropped).jpg|128x128px]]
|{{sortname|Marx|Brothers}}
* [[Chico Marx|Chico]] (22 March 1887 – 11 October 1961)
* {{nowrap|[[Harpo Marx|Harpo]] (23 November 1888 – 28 September 1964)}}
* [[Groucho Marx|Groucho]] (2 October 1890 – 19 August 1977)
|[[File:Marx Brothers 1931.jpg|133x133px]]
|-
|21
|{{sortname|Sophia|Loren}}
(born 20 September 1934)
|[[File:Sophia Loren - 1959.jpg|124x124px]]
|{{sortname|Buster|Keaton}}
(4 October 1895 – 1 February 1966)
|[[File:Busterkeaton edit.jpg|143x143px]]
|-
|22
|{{sortname|Jean|Harlow}}
(3 March 1911 – 7 June 1937)
|[[File:Harlow-publicity.jpg|128x128px]]
|{{sortname|Sidney|Poitier}}
(20 February 1927 – 6 January 2022)
|[[File:Sidney Poitier 1968.jpg|130x130px]]
|-
|23
|{{sortname|Carole|Lombard}}
(6 October 1908 – 16 January 1942)
|[[File:Carole Lombard - Paramount.JPG|100px]]
|{{sortname|Robert|Mitchum}}
(6 August 1917 – 1 July 1997)
|[[File:Robert Mitchum 1949 (no signature).jpg|126x126px]]
|-
|24
|{{sortname|Mary|Pickford}}
(8 April 1892 – 29 May 1979)
|[[File:Mary Pickford cph.3c17995u.jpg|127x127px]]
|{{sortname|Edward G.|Robinson}}
(12 December 1893 – 26 January 1973)
|[[File:Edward G. Robinson 1948.jpg|127x127px]]
|-
|25
|{{sortname|Ava|Gardner}}
(24 December 1922 – 25 January 1990)
|[[File:Ava Gardner Show Boat 1951.jpg|128x128px]]
|{{sortname|William|Holden}}
(17 April 1918 – 12 November 1981)
|[[File:Holden-portrait.jpg|123x123px]]
|}

==Nominees==
The legends were chosen out of a list of 250 male and 250 female nominees. The adjoining reference gives the lists of the original selection.<ref name=":0b">[https://prdaficalmjediwestussa.blob.core.windows.net/images/2019/08/stars500.pdf List of the 500 nominated star legends] [https://web.archive.org/web/20200819211644/https://prdaficalmjediwestussa.blob.core.windows.net/images/2019/08/stars500.pdf Archive] [https://www.filmsite.org/afilegendsnoms.html]</ref>

With the death of [[Sidney Poitier]] in January 2022, all male living legends and nominees have now died.  There is one surviving female living legend, [[Sophia Loren]] ({{age|20 September 1934}}), and 4 remaining female nominees: [[Ann Blyth]] ({{age|1928|8|16}}), [[Claire Bloom]] ({{age|1931|2|15}}), [[Rita Moreno]] ({{age|1931|12|11}}) and [[Margaret O'Brien]] ({{age|1937|1|15}}). The most recent nominee to die is [[Mitzi Gaynor]], aged 93, in October 2024.

===The 250 male nominees===
The actors that are part of the complete list of nominees are:
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* [[Abbott and Costello]]
** [[Bud Abbott]] (1897–1974)
** [[Lou Costello]] (1906–1959)
* [[Brian Aherne]] (1902–1986)
* [[Don Ameche]] (1908–1993)
* [[Eddie "Rochester" Anderson]] (1905–1977)
* [[Broncho Billy Anderson]] (1880–1971)
* [[Dana Andrews]] (1909–1992)
* [[Roscoe Arbuckle|Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle]] (1887–1933)
* [[George Arliss]] (1868–1946)
* [[Louis Armstrong]] (1901–1971)
* [[Edward Arnold (actor)|Edward Arnold]] (1890–1956)
* [[Gene Autry]] (1907–1998)
* [[Lew Ayres]] (1908–1996)
* [[King Baggot]] (1879–1948)
* [[John Barrymore]] (1882–1942)
* [[Lionel Barrymore]] (1878–1954)
* [[Richard Barthelmess]] (1895–1963)
* [[Freddie Bartholomew]] (1924–1992)
* [[Warner Baxter]] (1889–1951)
* [[Noah Beery]] (1882–1946)
* [[Wallace Beery]] (1885–1949)
* [[Ralph Bellamy]] (1904–1991)
* [[John Belushi]] (1949–1982)
* [[William Bendix]] (1906–1964)
* [[Jack Benny]] (1894–1974)
* [[Edgar Bergen]] (1903–1978) and [[Charlie McCarthy]]
* [[Milton Berle]] (1908–2002)
* [[Ray Bolger]] (1904–1987)
* [[Ward Bond]] (1903–1960)
* [[William Boyd (actor)|William Boyd]] (1895–1972)
* [[Charles Boyer]] (1899–1978)
* [[Eddie Bracken]] (1915–2002)
* [[Walter Brennan]] (1894–1974)
* [[Lloyd Bridges]] (1913–1998)
* [[Joe E. Brown]] (1891–1973)
* [[Yul Brynner]] (1920–1985)
* [[George Burns]] (1896–1996)
* [[Richard Burton]] (1925–1984)
* [[Francis X. Bushman]] (1883–1966)
* [[Eddie Cantor]] (1892–1964)
* [[John Carradine]] (1906–1988)
* [[Leo G. Carroll]] (1886–1972)
* [[Jack Carson]] (1910–1963)
* [[John Cassavetes]] (1929–1989)
* [[Lon Chaney]] (1883–1930)
* [[Lon Chaney Jr.]] (1906–1973)
* [[Maurice Chevalier]] (1888–1972)
* [[Montgomery Clift]] (1920–1966)
* [[Lee J. Cobb]] (1911–1976)
* [[Charles Coburn]] (1877–1961)
* [[Ronald Colman]] (1891–1958)
* [[Jackie Coogan]] (1914–1984)
* [[Jackie Cooper]] (1922–2011)
* [[Joseph Cotten]] (1905–1994)
* [[Buster Crabbe]] (1908–1983)
* [[Broderick Crawford]] (1911–1986)
* [[Hume Cronyn]] (1911–2003)
* [[Bing Crosby]] (1903–1977)
* [[Robert Cummings]] (1910–1990)
* [[Tony Curtis]] (1925–2010)
* [[Dan Dailey]] (1915–1978)
* [[Ossie Davis]] (1917–2005)
* [[Sammy Davis Jr.]] (1925–1990)
* [[Divine (performer)|Divine]] (1945–1988)
* [[Richard Dix]] (1893–1949)
* [[Robert Donat]] (1905–1958)
* [[Brian Donlevy]] (1901–1972)
* [[Melvyn Douglas]] (1901–1981)
* [[Jimmy Durante]] (1893–1980)
* [[Buddy Ebsen]] (1908–2003)
* [[Nelson Eddy]] (1901–1967)
* [[Douglas Fairbanks]] (1883–1939)
* [[Douglas Fairbanks Jr.]] (1909–2000)
* [[William Farnum]] (1876–1953)
* [[José Ferrer]] (1912–1992)
* [[W. C. Fields]] (1880–1946)
* [[Peter Finch]] (1916–1977)
* [[Barry Fitzgerald]] (1888–1961)
* [[Errol Flynn]] (1909–1959)
* [[Glenn Ford]] (1916–2006)
* [[John Garfield]] (1913–1952)
* [[John Gielgud]] (1904–2000)
* [[John Gilbert (actor)|John Gilbert]] (1897–1936)
* [[Jackie Gleason]] (1916–1987)
* [[Farley Granger]] (1925–2011)
* [[Stewart Granger]] (1913–1993)
* [[Sydney Greenstreet]] (1879–1954)
* [[Alec Guinness|Sir Alec Guinness]] (1914–2000)
* [[Edmund Gwenn]] (1877–1959)
* [[Jack Haley]] (1897–1979)
* [[Rex Harrison]] (1908–1990)
* [[William S. Hart]] (1864–1946)
* [[Laurence Harvey]] (1928–1973)
* [[Sessue Hayakawa]] (1886–1973)
* [[Sterling Hayden]] (1916–1986)
* [[George "Gabby" Hayes]] (1885–1969)
* [[Van Heflin]] (1908–1971)
* [[Paul Henreid]] (1908–1992)
* [[Charlton Heston]] (1923–2008)
* [[Bob Hope]] (1903–2003)
* [[Edward Everett Horton]] (1883–1970)
* [[John Houseman]] (1902–1988)
* [[Leslie Howard]] (1893–1943)
* [[Trevor Howard]] (1913–1988)
* [[Rock Hudson]] (1925–1985)
* [[Tab Hunter]] (1931–2018)
* [[John Huston]] (1906–1987)
* [[Walter Huston]] (1883–1950)
* [[Rex Ingram (actor)|Rex Ingram]] (1895–1969)
* [[Burl Ives]] (1909–1995)
* [[Emil Jannings]] (1884–1950)
* [[Ben Johnson (actor)|Ben Johnson]] (1918–1996)
* [[Van Johnson]] (1916–2008)
* [[Al Jolson]] (1886–1950)
* [[Louis Jourdan]] (1921–2015)
* [[Raul Julia]] (1940–1994)
* [[Boris Karloff]] (1887–1969)
* [[Danny Kaye]] (1911–1987)
* [[Howard Keel]] (1919–2004)
* [[Arthur Kennedy]] (1914–1990)
* [[Alan Ladd]] (1913–1964)
* [[Bert Lahr]] (1895–1967)
* [[Harry Langdon]] (1884–1944)
* [[Mario Lanza]] (1921–1959)
* [[Charles Laughton]] (1899–1962)
* [[Laurel and Hardy]]
** [[Stan Laurel]] (1890–1965)
** [[Oliver Hardy]] (1892–1957)
* [[Peter Lawford]] (1923–1984)
* [[Oscar Levant]] (1906–1972)
* [[Jerry Lewis]] (1926–2017)
* [[Harold Lloyd]] (1893–1971)
* [[Peter Lorre]] (1904–1964)
* [[Bela Lugosi]] (1882–1956)
* [[Keye Luke]] (1904–1991)
* [[Fred MacMurray]] (1908–1991)
* [[Gordon MacRae]] (1921–1986)
* [[Karl Malden]] (1912–2009)
* [[Fredric March]] (1897–1975)
* [[Herbert Marshall]] (1890–1966)
* [[Dean Martin]] (1917–1995)
* [[Lee Marvin]] (1924–1987)
* [[James Mason]] (1909–1984)
* [[Raymond Massey]] (1896–1983)
* [[Victor Mature]] (1913–1999)
* [[Joel McCrea]] (1905–1990)
* [[Roddy McDowall]] (1928–1998)
* [[Victor McLaglen]] (1886–1959)
* [[Steve McQueen]] (1930–1980)
* [[Adolphe Menjou]] (1890–1963)
* [[Burgess Meredith]] (1907–1997)
* [[Ray Milland]] (1907–1986)
* [[Sal Mineo]] (1939–1976)
* [[Thomas Mitchell (actor)|Thomas Mitchell]] (1892–1962)
* [[Tom Mix]] (1880–1940)
* [[Ricardo Montalbán]] (1920–2009)
* [[George Montgomery (actor)|George Montgomery]] (1916–2000)
* [[Robert Montgomery (actor)|Robert Montgomery]] (1904–1981)
* [[Mantan Moreland]] (1902–1973)
* [[Frank Morgan]] (1890–1949)
* [[Zero Mostel]] (1915–1977)
* [[Paul Muni]] (1895–1967)
* [[George Murphy]] (1902–1992)
* [[Nicholas Brothers|The Nicholas Brothers]]
** [[Fayard Nicholas]] (1914–2006)
** [[Harold Nicholas]] (1921–2000)
* [[David Niven]] (1910–1983)
* [[Ramon Novarro]] (1899–1968)
* [[Jack Oakie]] (1903–1978)
* [[Edmond O'Brien]] (1915–1985)
* [[Pat O'Brien (actor)|Pat O'Brien]] (1899–1983)
* [[Donald O'Connor]] (1925–2003)
* [[Jack Palance]] (1919–2006)
* [[Larry Parks]] (1914–1975)
* [[George Peppard]] (1928–1994)
* [[Anthony Perkins]] (1932–1992)
* [[Slim Pickens]] (1919–1983)
* [[Walter Pidgeon]] (1897–1984)
* [[Dick Powell]] (1904–1963)
* [[William Powell]] (1892–1984)
* [[Tyrone Power]] (1914–1958)
* [[Elvis Presley]] (1935–1977)
* [[Robert Preston (actor)|Robert Preston]] (1918–1987)
* [[Vincent Price]] (1911–1993)
* [[Anthony Quinn]] (1915–2001)
* [[George Raft]] (1901–1980)
* [[Claude Rains]] (1889–1967)
* [[Basil Rathbone]] (1892–1967)
* [[Charles Ray (actor)|Charles Ray]] (1891–1943)
* [[Ronald Reagan]] (1911–2004)
* [[Wallace Reid]] (1891–1923)
* [[Ralph Richardson]] (1902–1983)
* [[Paul Robeson]] (1898–1976)
* [[Bill Robinson|Bill "Bojangles" Robinson]] (1878–1949)
* [[Charles "Buddy" Rogers]] (1904–1999)
* [[Roy Rogers]] (1911–1998)
* [[Will Rogers]] (1879–1935)
* [[Gilbert Roland]] (1905–1994)
* [[Cesar Romero]] (1907–1994)
* [[Mickey Rooney]] (1920–2014)
* [[Charlie Ruggles]] (1886–1970)
* [[Harold Russell]] (1914–2002)
* [[Robert Ryan]] (1909–1973)
* [[Sabu (actor)|Sabu]] (1924–1963)
* [[George Sanders]] (1906–1972)
* [[Randolph Scott]] (1898–1987)
* [[Peter Sellers]] (1925–1980)
* [[Robert Shaw (actor)|Robert Shaw]] (1927–1978)
* [[Frank Sinatra]] (1915–1998)
* [[Red Skelton]] (1913–1997)
* [[Dean Stockwell]] (1936–2021)
* [[Woody Strode]] (1914–1994)
* [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]] (1911–1969)
* [[The Three Stooges]]
** [[Larry Fine]] (1902–1975)
** [[Curly Howard]] (1903–1952)
** [[Moe Howard]] (1897–1975)
* [[Franchot Tone]] (1905–1968)
* [[Ben Turpin]] (1869–1940)
* [[Peter Ustinov]] (1921–2004)
* [[Rudolph Valentino]] (1895–1926)
* [[Rudy Vallée]] (1901–1986)
* [[Conrad Veidt]] (1893–1943)
* [[Erich von Stroheim]] (1885–1957)
* [[Max von Sydow]] (1929–2020)
* [[Robert Walker (actor, born 1918)|Robert Walker]] (1918–1951)
* [[Clifton Webb]] (1889–1966)
* [[Johnny Weissmuller]] (1904–1984)
* [[Richard Widmark]] (1914–2008)
* [[Cornel Wilde]] (1912–1989)
* [[Chill Wills]] (1902–1978)
* [[Gig Young]] (1913–1978)
* [[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]] (1907–1998)
}}

===The 250 female nominees===
The actresses that are part of the complete list of nominees are:

NOTE: Those listed in '''bold''' indicate that the star is still living.

{{columns-list|colwidth=18em|
* [[Gracie Allen]] (1895–1964)
* [[June Allyson]] (1917–2006)
* [[Judith Anderson|Dame Judith Anderson]] (1897–1992)
* [[Annabella (actress)|Annabella]] (1907–1996)
* [[Eve Arden]] (1908–1990)
* [[Jean Arthur]] (1900–1991)
* [[Mary Astor]] (1906–1987)
* [[Pearl Bailey]] (1918–1990)
* [[Lucille Ball]] (1911–1989)
* [[Tallulah Bankhead]] (1902–1968)
* [[Vilma Bánky]] (1901–1991)
* [[Theda Bara]] (1885–1955)
* [[Ethel Barrymore]] (1879–1959)
* [[Anne Baxter]] (1923–1985)
* [[Louise Beavers]] (1900–1962)
* [[Barbara Bel Geddes]] (1922–2005)
* [[Constance Bennett]] (1904–1965)
* [[Joan Bennett]] (1910–1990)
* [[Joan Blondell]] (1906–1979)
* '''[[Claire Bloom]]''' (born 1931)
* '''[[Ann Blyth]]''' (born 1928)
* [[Beulah Bondi]] (1889–1981)
* [[Shirley Booth]] (1898–1992)
* [[Clara Bow]] (1905–1965)
* [[Alice Brady]] (1892–1939)
* [[Helen Broderick]] (1891–1959)
* [[Betty Bronson]] (1906–1971)
* [[Louise Brooks]] (1906–1985)
* [[Virginia Bruce]] (1910–1982)
* [[Billie Burke]] (1884–1970)
* [[Spring Byington]] (1886–1971)
* [[Kitty Carlisle]] (1910–2007)
* [[Madeleine Carroll]] (1906–1987)
* [[Cyd Charisse]] (1922–2008)
* [[Ruth Chatterton]] (1892–1961)
* [[Mae Clarke]] (1910–1992)
* [[Dolores Costello]] (1903–1979)
* [[Jeanne Crain]] (1925–2003)
* [[Viola Dana]] (1897–1987)
* [[Dorothy Dandridge]] (1922–1965)
* [[Bebe Daniels]] (1901–1971)
* [[Linda Darnell]] (1923–1965)
* [[Danielle Darrieux]] (1917–2017)
* [[Jane Darwell]] (1879–1967)
* [[Marion Davies]] (1897–1961)
* [[Joan Davis]] (1907–1961)
* [[Doris Day]] (1922–2019)
* [[Laraine Day]] (1920–2007)
* [[Yvonne De Carlo]] (1922–2007)
* [[Ruby Dee]] (1922–2014)
* [[Gloria DeHaven]] (1925–2016)
* [[Olivia de Havilland|Dame Olivia de Havilland]] (1916–2020)
* [[Dolores del Río]] (1904–1983)
* [[Louise Dresser]] (1878–1965)
* [[Marie Dressler]] (1868–1934)
* [[Margaret Dumont]] (1882–1965)
* [[Irene Dunne]] (1898–1990)
* [[Deanna Durbin]] (1921–2013)
* [[Jeanne Eagels]] (1890–1929)
* [[Dale Evans]] (1912–2001)
* [[Frances Farmer]] (1913–1970)
* [[Glenda Farrell]] (1904–1971)
* [[Alice Faye]] (1915–1998)
* [[Betty Field]] (1916–1973)
* [[Gracie Fields]] (1898–1979)
* [[Geraldine Fitzgerald]] (1913–2005)
* [[Rhonda Fleming]] (1923–2020)
* [[Nina Foch]] (1924–2008)
* [[Joan Fontaine]] (1917–2013)
* [[Kay Francis]] (1905–1968)
* [[Peggy Ann Garner]] (1932–1984)
* [[Betty Garrett]] (1919–2011)
* [[Greer Garson]] (1904–1996)
* [[Janet Gaynor]] (1906–1984)
* [[Mitzi Gaynor]] (1931–2024)
* [[Hermione Gingold]] (1897–1987)
* [[Dorothy Gish]] (1898–1968)
* [[Paulette Goddard]] (1910–1990)
* [[Ruth Gordon]] (1896–1985)
* [[Betty Grable]] (1916–1973)
* [[Gloria Grahame]] (1923–1981)
* [[Bonita Granville]] (1923–1988)
* [[Kathryn Grayson]] (1922–2010)
* [[Jane Greer]] (1924–2001)
* [[Corinne Griffith]] (1894–1979)
* [[Jean Hagen]] (1923–1977)
* [[Barbara Hale]] (1922–2017)
* [[Margaret Hamilton (actress)|Margaret Hamilton]] (1902–1985)
* [[Ann Harding]] (1902–1981)
* [[June Haver]] (1926–2005)
* [[Helen Hayes]] (1900–1993)
* [[Susan Hayward]] (1917–1975)
* [[Sonja Henie]] (1912–1969)
* [[Judy Holliday]] (1921–1965)
* [[Celeste Holm]] (1917–2012)
* [[Miriam Hopkins]] (1902–1972)
* [[Lena Horne]] (1917–2010)
* [[Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1917)|Marsha Hunt]] (1917–2022)
* [[Kim Hunter]] (1922–2002)
* [[Ruth Hussey]] (1911–2005)
* [[Betty Hutton]] (1921–2007)
* [[Jennifer Jones]] (1919–2009)
* [[Ruby Keeler]] (1909–1993)
* [[Madge Kennedy]] (1891–1987)
* [[Deborah Kerr]] (1921–2007)
* [[Veronica Lake]] (1922–1973)
* [[Hedy Lamarr]] (1914–2000)
* [[Dorothy Lamour]] (1914–1996)
* [[Elsa Lanchester]] (1902–1986)
* [[Priscilla Lane]] (1915–1995)
* [[Angela Lansbury|Dame Angela Lansbury]] (1925–2022)
* [[Piper Laurie]] (1932–2023)
* [[Florence Lawrence]] (1886–1938)
* [[Janet Leigh]] (1927–2004)
* [[Joan Leslie]] (1925–2015)
* [[Viveca Lindfors]] (1920–1995)
* [[Gina Lollobrigida]] (1927–2023)
* [[Bessie Love]] (1898–1986)
* [[Myrna Loy]] (1905–1993)
* [[Ida Lupino]] (1918–1995)
* [[Jeanette MacDonald]] (1903–1965)
* [[Anna Magnani]] (1908–1973)
* [[Marjorie Main]] (1890–1975)
* [[Dorothy Malone]] (1924–2018)
* [[Jayne Mansfield]] (1933–1967)
* [[Mae Marsh]] (1894–1968)
* [[Mary Martin]] (1913–1990)
* [[Virginia Mayo]] (1920–2005)
* [[May McAvoy]] (1899–1984)
* [[Mercedes McCambridge]] (1916–2004)
* [[Hattie McDaniel]] (1893–1952)
* [[Dorothy McGuire]] (1916–2001)
* [[Nina Mae McKinney]] (1912–1967)
* [[Butterfly McQueen]] (1911–1995)
* [[Una Merkel]] (1903–1986)
* [[Ethel Merman]] (1908–1984)
* [[Ann Miller]] (1923–2004)
* [[Carmen Miranda]] (1909–1955)
* [[Maria Montez]] (1912–1951)
* [[Colleen Moore]] (1899–1988)
* [[Agnes Moorehead]] (1900–1974)
* '''[[Rita Moreno]]''' (born 1931)
* [[Mae Murray]] (1885–1965)
* [[Mildred Natwick]] (1905–1994)
* [[Alla Nazimova]] (1879–1945)
* [[Anna Neagle|Dame Anna Neagle]] (1904–1986)
* [[Patricia Neal]] (1926–2010)
* [[Pola Negri]] (1897–1987)
* [[Anna Q. Nilsson]] (1888–1974)
* [[Mabel Normand]] (1893–1930)
* '''[[Margaret O'Brien]]''' (born 1937)
* [[Maureen O'Hara]] (1920–2015)
* [[Maureen O'Sullivan]] (1911–1998)
* [[Merle Oberon]] (1911–1979)
* [[Seena Owen]] (1894–1966)
* [[Geraldine Page]] (1924–1987)
* [[Lilli Palmer]] (1914–1986)
* [[Eleanor Parker]] (1922–2013)
* [[Gail Patrick]] (1911–1980)
* [[ZaSu Pitts]] (1894–1963)
* [[Eleanor Powell]] (1912–1982)
* [[Jane Powell]] (1929–2021)
* [[Marie Prevost]] (1896–1937)
* [[Edna Purviance]] (1895–1958)
* [[Luise Rainer]] (1910–2014)
* [[Vera Ralston]] (1919–2003)
* [[Martha Raye]] (1916–1994)
* [[Donna Reed]] (1921–1986)
* [[Lee Remick]] (1935–1991)
* [[Anne Revere]] (1903–1990)
* [[Debbie Reynolds]] (1932–2016)
* [[Thelma Ritter]] (1902–1969)
* [[Flora Robson|Dame Flora Robson]] (1902–1984)
* [[Ruth Roman]] (1922–1999)
* [[Gail Russell]] (1924–1961)
* [[Jane Russell]] (1921–2011)
* [[Rosalind Russell]] (1907–1976)
* [[Ann Rutherford]] (1917–2012)
* [[Lizabeth Scott]] (1921–2015)
* [[Martha Scott]] (1912–2003)
* [[Jean Seberg]] (1938–1979)
* [[Norma Shearer]] (1902–1983)
* [[Ann Sheridan]] (1915–1967)
* [[Dinah Shore]] (1916–1994)
* [[Sylvia Sidney]] (1910–1999)
* [[Jean Simmons]] (1929–2010)
* [[Simone Simon]] (1910–2005)
* [[Penny Singleton]] (1908–2003)
* [[Alexis Smith]] (1921–1993)
* [[Gale Sondergaard]] (1899–1985)
* [[Ann Sothern]] (1909–2001)
* [[Gloria Stuart]] (1910–2010)
* [[Margaret Sullavan]] (1909–1960)
* [[Gloria Swanson]] (1899–1983)
* [[Blanche Sweet]] (1896–1986)
* [[Constance Talmadge]] (1898–1973)
* [[Norma Talmadge]] (1894–1957)
* [[Jessica Tandy]] (1909–1994)
* [[Gene Tierney]] (1920–1991)
* [[Ann Todd]] (1907–1993)
* [[Thelma Todd]] (1906–1935)
* [[Claire Trevor]] (1910–2000)
* [[Lana Turner]] (1921–1995)
* [[Helen Twelvetrees]] (1907–1958)
* [[Lupe Vélez]] (1908–1944)
* [[Evelyn Venable]] (1913–1993)
* [[Vera-Ellen]] (1926–1981)
* [[Ethel Waters]] (1896–1977)
* [[Pearl White]] (1889–1938)
* [[Esther Williams]] (1921–2013)
* [[Lois Wilson (actress)|Lois Wilson]] (1894–1988)
* [[Marie Wilson (American actress)|Marie Wilson]] (1916–1972)
* [[Marie Windsor]] (1919–2000)
* [[Shelley Winters]] (1920–2006)
* [[Estelle Winwood]] (1883–1984)
* [[Jane Withers]] (1926–2021)
* [[Anna May Wong]] (1905–1961)
* [[Natalie Wood]] (1938–1981)
* [[Irene Worth]] (1916–2002)
* [[Fay Wray]] (1907–2004)
* [[Teresa Wright]] (1918–2005)
* [[Jane Wyatt]] (1910–2006)
* [[Jane Wyman]] (1917–2007)
* [[Clara Kimball Young]] (1890–1960)
* [[Loretta Young]] (1913–2000)
}}

==Notes==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.afi.com/afis-guide-on-what-to-watch-from-the-lists-youve-always-loved/ AFI's lists]
* [https://prdaficalmjediwestussa.blob.core.windows.net/images/2019/08/stars500.pdf List of the 500 nominated star legends (2005)]  (PDF) ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200819211644/https://prdaficalmjediwestussa.blob.core.windows.net/images/2019/08/stars500.pdf archived] 19 August 2020)
* [https://prdaficalmjediwestussa.blob.core.windows.net/images/2019/08/stars50.pdf List of the 50 winning legends (2005)] (PDF)

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