AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherAFI's 100 Years...100 Stars is the American Film Institute's list ranking the top 25 male and 25 female greatest screen legends of 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.[1]
AFI defines an "American screen legend" as "an actor or a team of actors with a significant screen presence in American 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."[1] Jurors selected the final lists from 250 male and 250 female nominees.[2]
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 Script error: No such module "age"., Sophia Loren is the sole surviving star.
The AFI's 50 greatest screen legends
| No. | Female legends | Male legends | ||
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(12 May 1907 – 29 June 2003) |
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(25 December 1899 – 14 January 1957) |
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| 2 | Script error: No such module "Sort".
(5 April 1908 – 6 October 1989) |
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(18 January 1904 – 29 November 1986) |
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| 3 | Script error: No such module "Sort".
(4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) |
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(20 May 1908 – 2 July 1997) |
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| 4 | Script error: No such module "Sort".
(29 August 1915 – 29 August 1982) |
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(3 April 1924 – 1 July 2004) |
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| 5 | Script error: No such module "Sort".
(18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) |
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(10 May 1899 – 22 June 1987) |
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| 6 | Script error: No such module "Sort".
(1 June 1926 – 4 August 1962) |
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(16 May 1905 – 12 August 1982) |
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| 7 | Script error: No such module "Sort".
(27 February 1932 – 23 March 2011) |
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(1 February 1901 – 16 November 1960) |
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| 8 | Script error: No such module "Sort".
(10 June 1922 – 22 June 1969) |
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(17 July 1899 – 30 March 1986) |
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| 9 | Script error: No such module "Sort".
(27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992) |
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(5 April 1900 – 10 June 1967) |
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| 10 | Script error: No such module "Sort".
(23 March 1906 Template:Refn – 10 May 1977) |
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(16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) |
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| 11 | Script error: No such module "Sort".
(16 July 1907 – 20 January 1990) |
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(7 May 1901 – 13 May 1961) |
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(13 September 1903 – 30 July 1996) |
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(5 April 1916 – 12 June 2003) |
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| 13 | Script error: No such module "Sort".
(12 November 1929 – 14 September 1982) |
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(26 May 1907 – 11 June 1979) |
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| 14 | Script error: No such module "Sort".
(16 July 1911 – 25 April 1995) |
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(22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) |
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| 15 | Script error: No such module "Sort".
(17 August 1893 – 22 November 1980) |
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(23 August 1912 – 2 February 1996) |
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| 16 | Script error: No such module "Sort".
(5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967) |
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(6 May 1915 – 10 October 1985) |
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| 17 | Script error: No such module "Sort".
(14 October 1893 – 27 February 1993) |
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(9 December 1916 – 5 February 2020) |
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| 18 | Script error: No such module "Sort".
(23 April 1928 – 10 February 2014) |
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(8 February 1931 – 30 September 1955) |
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| 19 | Script error: No such module "Sort".
(17 October 1918 – 14 May 1987) |
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(2 November 1913 – 20 October 1994) |
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| 20 | Script error: No such module "Sort".
(16 September 1924 – 12 August 2014) |
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| 21 | Script error: No such module "Sort".
(born 20 September 1934) |
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(4 October 1895 – 1 February 1966) |
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| 22 | Script error: No such module "Sort".
(3 March 1911 – 7 June 1937) |
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(20 February 1927 – 6 January 2022) |
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| 23 | Script error: No such module "Sort".
(6 October 1908 – 16 January 1942) |
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(6 August 1917 – 1 July 1997) |
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| 24 | Script error: No such module "Sort".
(8 April 1892 – 29 May 1979) |
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(12 December 1893 – 26 January 1973) |
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(24 December 1922 – 25 January 1990) |
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(17 April 1918 – 12 November 1981) |
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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.[3]
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 (Script error: No such module "age".), and 4 remaining female nominees: Ann Blyth (Script error: No such module "age".), Claire Bloom (Script error: No such module "age".), Rita Moreno (Script error: No such module "age".) and Margaret O'Brien (Script error: No such module "age".). The most recent nominee to die is Mitzi Gaynor, aged 93, in October 2024.
The 250 male nominees
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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.
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Notes
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References
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- ↑ List of the 500 nominated star legends (Archive)
- ↑ List of the 500 nominated star legends Archive [1]
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External links
- AFI's lists
- List of the 500 nominated star legends (2005) (PDF) (archived 19 August 2020)
- List of the 50 winning legends (2005) (PDF)