Boyd's Bunch

In ruminating over the filmography of Stephen Boyd, as we are often wont to do, we've decided upon a rudimentary categorization of his oft-illustrious co-stars. Therefore, we hereby declare the following:

THE BEST LOOKING BOOKENDS: Dorothy Dandridge and Joan Collins
Island in the Sun (20th Century Fox, 1957)

 

THE BEST POUT: Brigitte Bardot
The Night Heaven Fell (Kingsley-International, 1958)

 



THE MOST FRIGHTENING: Joan Crawford
The Best of Everything (20th Century Fox, 1959)
 

THE TOUGHEST: Susan Hayward
Woman Obsessed (20th Century Fox, 1959)

THE MOST SUPERIOR: Dolores Hart
Lisa (20th Century Fox, 1962)



THE SUNNIEST: Doris Day
Billy Rose's Jumbo (MGM, 1962)



THE MOST REGAL: Sophia Loren
The Fall of the Roman Empire (Paramount, 1964)

THE CLASSIEST: Eleanor Parker
The Oscar (Embassy, 1966)

THE MOST LIKELY TO STEAL FOCUS FROM BOYD'S BULGE: Raquel Welch
Fantastic Voyage (20th Century Fox, 1966)



THE BEST WIGLET: Yvette Mimieux
Caper of the Golden Bulls (Embassy, 1967)

THE MOST CLUELESS: Charlton Heston
Ben Hur (MGM, 1959)

 

 

Here's To Life

This was originally posted in 2011, following the death of Elizabeth Taylor. Since then, we have lost a sobering number of ladies celebrated on this list: Celeste Holm, Joan Fontaine, Esther Williams, Deanna Durbin, Eleanor Parker, and Shirley Temple. All the more reason to continue to appreciate and celebrate the goddesses who remain -- there are no ascendants to the throne who can take their place.

LUISE RAINER
January 12, 1910

OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND
July 1, 1916

ZSA ZSA GABOR
February 6, 1917

CELESTE HOLM
April 29, 1917

JOAN FONTAINE
October 22, 1917

MAUREEN O'HARA
August 17, 1920

ESTHER WILLIAMS
August 8, 1921

DEANNA DURBIN
December 4, 1921

DORIS DAY
April 3, 1922

ELEANOR PARKER
June 26, 1922

LIZABETH SCOTT
September 29, 1922

RHONDA FLEMING
August 10, 1923

EVA MARIE SAINT
July 4, 1924

LAUREN BACALL
September 16, 1924

DOROTHY MALONE
January 30, 1925

ARLENE DAHL
August 11, 1925

ANGELA LANSBURY
October 16, 1925

GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA
July 4, 1927

SHIRLEY TEMPLE
April 23, 1928

NANCY OLSON
July 14, 1928

ANN BLYTH
August 16, 1928

JANE POWELL
April 1, 1929

TIPPI HEDREN
January 19, 1930

JOANNE WOODWARD
February 27, 1930

MAMIE VAN DOREN
February 6, 1931

JOAN COLLINS
May 23, 1931

CARROLL BAKER
May 28, 1931

LESLIE CARON
July 1, 1931

MITZI GAYNOR
September 4, 1931

ANITA EKBERG
September 29, 1931

ANGIE DICKINSON
September 30, 1931

DEBBIE REYNOLDS
April 1, 1932

KIM NOVAK
February 19, 1933

SHIRLEY JONES
March 31, 1934

SHIRLEY MACLAINE
April 24, 1934

SOPHIA LOREN
September 20, 1934

Still among us in the 75-and-over category: ten bona fide Oscar winners (Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress); multiple Tony winners; and all sorts of fabulous. Carry on, ladies...

Patrician Fields

Vera Miles, c. 1960

Eleanor Parker, 1969

Alexis Smith, 1957

Patti Page, 1968