I'd add Garbo.
Personally, I had a thing for Greer Garson, after seeing Random Harvest.
Regards,
DBT
On Jul 7, 2012, at 6:11 AM, Bruce Hershenson wrote:
> I am going to start a three week series of Face/Offs, choosing the Sexiest
pre-1960 actress ever!
>
> Here's how it will work:
> There will be 16 to start. The first 8 days they will go against each
other. The next four days the winners of the first 8 will go against each
other. Then the next two days the winners of those four will go against each
other. and then the two last winners will have a final Face/Off!
>
> Now here are the rules:
> 1) They must be incredibly sexy (so I don't think great actresses like
> Bette Davis or Barbara Stanwyck or Joan Crawford qualify, but I am
> open to opposing viewpoints!)
> 2) They must be talented actresses who had substantial careers (so I
> don't think super-sexy women like Jayne Mansfield or Gina Lollabrigida
> qualify, but I am open to opposing viewpoints!)
> 3) They must have had a substantial portion of their career before 1960,
and as an adult, so Natalie Wood, Ann-Margret, and tons of others don't
qualify.
>
> Here is a preliminary list (in no particular order):
> Marilyn Monroe
> Sofia Loren
> Brigitte Bardot
> Jean Harlow
> Catherine Deneuve
> Grace Kelly
> Audrey Hepburn
> Kim Novak
> Louise Brooks
> Elizabeth Taylor
> Ava Gardner
> Ingrid Bergman
> Lana Turner
> Veronica Lake
> Gene Tierney
> Rita Hayworth
> Hedy Lamarr
> Diana Dors
>
> HERE IS WHAT I AM ASKING OF YOU!
> 1) Who deserves to be on the above list, but isn't?
> 2) Who is on the above list, but doesn't deserve to be?
> 3) What is the sexiest single image you have ever seen of any or all of
the above (or your alternate choices)? I will use the best of them to create
the Face/Off images!
>
> I will be fascinated to see what you great minds come up with. If this
goes well, I will follow it with a "post-1960" version.
>
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