This is the American Film Institute's list of the 50

Greatest American Screen Legends, the top 25 male

and top 25 female legends selected by more than
1,800 leaders from across the film community from
the list of 500.

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

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