Okay, voting was robust enough on the 1970s -- THAT POLL IS STILL OPEN -- that we're adding ten more years to take us back a full half century to 1961. If you're joining us late, here are the results from the 80s, and 1991 thru 2010. As before these polls are not asking you to choose the five best performances from fives years but to name which character creation hogs your mental real estate. (Sometimes those are the same things, sometimes they're not.)
Two polls so scroll down to make sure you get both.You choose up to five from each five year grouping. Here we go...
1961-1965
and once more for the next five years.
1966-1970
* please note on the following poll "Maggie Ross" The Subject was Roses should read "Nettie Cleary" The Subject Was Roses. I can't correct it lest I lose all your votes. So keep that in mind should you happen to be a fan of thise subject they call roses.
This might be easier for some of you the further we go back, with less screenings winnowing down your vote. How many of you are unfamiliar with most of these roles? Lately I have begun to realize that anything older than the 1970s in the cinema -- unless it's epically famous -- tends to draw blank stares. I'm less well versed in 60s cinema than 50s or 70s cinema for some reason myself.
If you feel utterly flummoxed by a lack of personal experience here, why not use the results for rental ideas? Some of these movies (and/or performances) deserve bigger modern audiences than they get. I'll tell you who I'd have voted for a little later on.