Table 9 Top 5 actors and actresses by decade, from the 40’s to the 90’s
From: Identification of key films and personalities in the history of cinema from a Western perspective
Rank | Name | Points | Name | Points | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | 1940-49 | 1950-59 | 1960-69 | |||
1 | Bond, Ward | 9, 1, 2 | Shimura, Takashi | 7, 2, 2 | Hawtrey, Charles (I) | 7, 2, 1 |
2 | Weissmuller, Johnny | 8, 0, 2 | Tsuchiya, Yoshio (I) | 7, 0, 1 | Williams, Kenneth (I) | 7, 1, 1 |
3 | Wayne, John (I) | 7, 0, 2 | Cushing, Peter | 6, 1, 0 | James, Sidney (II) | 6, 1, 1 |
4 | Cotten, Joseph (I) | 6, 3, 2 | Nakajima, Haruo | 6, 0, 1 | Lee, Bernard (I) | 6, 1, 0 |
5 | Trowbridge, C. (I) | 6, 0, 1 | ÅŒtomo, Shin | 6, 0, 0 | Wayne, John (I) | 5, 5, 3 |
1 | Joyce, Brenda (I) | 5, 0, 0 | Monroe, Marilyn | 5, 2, 4 | Maxwell, Lois | 7, 1, 0 |
2 | McShane, Kitty | 4, 3, 1 | Jones, Carolyn (I) | 5, 0, 1 | Taylor, Elizabeth (I) | 5, 0, 1 |
3 | Bergman, Ingrid (I) | 4, 2, 2 | Grahame, Gloria | 4, 3, 0 | Sims, Joan (I) | 4, 1, 1 |
4 | Hayworth, Rita | 4, 1, 2 | Kelly, Grace (I) | 4, 1, 1 | Houston, Renee (I) | 4, 0, 1 |
5 | Anderson, Judith (I) | 4, 0, 2 | Jacques, Hattie | 4, 0, 1 | Thulin, Ingrid | 4, 0, 0 |
| Â | 1970-79 | 1980-89 | 1990-99 | |||
1 | Eastwood, Clint | 8, 4, 0 | Schwarzenegger, A. | 8, 0, 0 | Jackson, Samuel L. | 12, 3, 5 |
2 | Beatty, Ned | 8, 1, 2 | Aykroyd, Dan | 7, 2, 0 | Willis, Bruce | 10, 4, 2 |
3 | Duvall, Robert | 6, 2, 2 | Miller, Dick (I) | 6, 3, 3 | Buscemi, Steve (I) | 10, 3, 3 |
4 | Sutherland, D. (I) | 6, 1, 4 | Ford, Harrison (I) | 6, 1, 1 | Sizemore, Tom (I) | 8, 3, 1 |
5 | James, Clifton (I) | 6, 0, 1 | Feldman, Corey (I) | 6, 1, 0 | Cruise, Tom | 8, 0, 1 |
1 | Maxwell, Lois | 5, 0, 0 | Curtis, Jamie Lee | 6, 1, 0 | Moore, Julianne | 6, 2, 3 |
2 | Leachman, Cloris | 4, 2, 1 | Trainor, Mary Ellen | 5, 2, 0 | Russo, Rene (I) | 5, 4, 0 |
3 | Christie, Julie (I) | 4, 2, 0 | Fisher, Carrie (I) | 5, 1, 0 | Ricci, Christina (I) | 5, 3, 1 |
4 | Dunaway, Faye | 4, 2, 0 | Shaye, Lin | 4, 1, 2 | Graham, Heather (I) | 5, 2, 1 |
5 | Shire, Talia | 4, 0, 0 | Barkin, Ellen | 4, 0, 1 | Walters, Melora | 5, 1, 0 |