Top 3 old time Actors (prime before 1980)

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Sidney Portier
Audrey Hepburn
Gregory Peck

Glad to see someone mention Sidney Poitier even though my favorite role of his was post 1980 (Shoot To Kill).

Sidney Poitier
Maureen O’Hara
John Wayne

 

[L&Lfan]

Debbie Reynolds
June Allyson
Jane Powell

 

[starry_solo]

Actors :
Gregory Peck
Cary Grant
Gene Kelly

Actresses:
Audrey Hepburn
Debbie Reynolds
Vivien Leigh

 

[DeniseJH]

Katherine Hepburn
Cary Grant
Bette Davis

 

[alizesmom]

John Wayne or Jimmy Stewart (tie)
Spencer Tracey
Cary Grant

Bette Davis
Joan Crawford
Barbara Stanwick

 

[KingCrusher]

All the obvious ones have been taken so I'll say:

Kirk Douglas
Robert Duvall (had some epic movies pre-1980)
Eli Wallach

 

[verleniahall]

Dean Martin
Frank Sinatra
Elvis Presley

 

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Jimmy Stewart
Cary Grant
Peter Lorre

Did you see Philadelphia Story

 

[neverlandsky]

George Burns
Dick Van Dyke
Carol Burnett

 

[adelaster]

Did you see Philadelphia Story

Doggone it C. K. Dexter Haven. Either I'm gonna sock you or you're gonna sock me.

Shall we toss a coin?

 

[adelaster]

I love everyone's answers! I'm gonna be that person.

Overall:

• Jimmy Stewart
• Cary Grant
• Audrey Hepburn
• Katherine Hepburn

Dramatic:

• Gregory Peck
• Paul Newman
• Orson Welles
• Marlon Brando

Performance: (dance, song, etc.)

• Fred Astaire
• Judy Garland
• Gene Kelly
• Debbie Reynolds

Were they even acting though:

• Clint Eastwood
• Gene Hackman
• Humphrey Bogart

Honorable Mention:
Elizabeth Taylor in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

 

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Carey Grant
Rock Hudson
Rod Taylor

 

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Actresses
Katherine Hepburn
Ingrid Bergman
Josephine Hull (who played two of my all time favorite performances so I have to put here here.) Not sure but it might have been her only Hollywood performances.

 

[DawnM]

Margaret O'Brien
Jayne Mansfield
Dick VanDyke

 

[WDWBarb]

Dick Van Dyke, my #1 choice
Roddy Mcdowell
Jimmy Stewart

 

[L&Lfan]

Barbra Streisand
Shani Wallis
Julie Andrews

 

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Did you see Philadelphia Story

My, It was Yar.

 

[superme80]

Howard Keel
Kathryn Grayson
Gene Kelly
Honorable Mentionsonald O'Connor and Fred Astaire

 

[fhtpdw20]

Danny Kaye
Mickey Rooney
Van Johnson

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

My, It was Yar.

For Cary Grant / Katherine Hepburn together I prefer Bringing Up Baby