Being that the Oscars was last night, I’ve listed the top 25 “legends” according with the AFI (American Film Institute). In my opinion, the most talented of all the individuals listed below would have to be Orson Welles. TGO
Source: Wikipedia
The full list of the 25 top male and 25 top female legends is:
| # | MEN | # | WOMEN |
| 1 | Humphrey Bogart | 1 | Katharine Hepburn |
| 2 | Cary Grant | 2 | Bette Davis |
| 3 | James Stewart | 3 | Audrey Hepburn |
| 4 | Marlon Brando | 4 | Ingrid Bergman |
| 5 | Fred Astaire | 5 | Greta Garbo |
| 6 | Henry Fonda | 6 | Marilyn Monroe |
| 7 | Clark Gable | 7 | Elizabeth Taylor |
| 8 | James Cagney | 8 | Judy Garland |
| 9 | Spencer Tracy | 9 | Marlene Dietrich |
| 10 | Charlie Chaplin | 10 | Joan Crawford |
| 11 | Gary Cooper | 11 | Barbara Stanwyck |
| 12 | Gregory Peck | 12 | Claudette Colbert |
| 13 | John Wayne | 13 | Grace Kelly |
| 14 | Laurence Olivier | 14 | Ginger Rogers |
| 15 | Gene Kelly | 15 | Mae West |
| 16 | Orson Welles | 16 | Vivien Leigh |
| 17 | Kirk Douglas | 17 | Lillian Gish |
| 18 | James Dean | 18 | Shirley Temple |
| 19 | Burt Lancaster | 19 | Rita Hayworth |
| 20 | The Marx Brothers | 20 | Lauren Bacall |
| 21 | Buster Keaton | 21 | Sophia Loren |
| 22 | Sidney Poitier | 22 | Jean Harlow |
| 23 | Robert Mitchum | 23 | Carole Lombard |
| 24 | Edward G. Robinson | 24 | Mary Pickford |
| 25 | William Holden | 25 | Ava Gardner |
