Time for the actresses in the categories “FUNNY LADIES/GIRLS NEXT DOOR” and “SINGERS/DANCERS” to battle it out in the first round for the 1940s era!!! Good luck to all of them. Here are the matches in these categories. I will put up the polls on the sidebar right after I publish this post:
FUNNY LADIES/GIRLS NEXT DOOR
ROSALIND RUSSELL
Known for: His Girl Friday (1940), Auntie Mame (1958)
VS.
JEANNE CRAIN
Known for: State Fair (1945), A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
JANE WYMAN
Known for: The Lost Weekend (1945), Johnny Belinda (1948)
VS.
DONNA REED
Known for: It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), From Here to Eternity (1953)
LUCILLE BALL
Known for: The Long, Long Trailer (1953), Yours, Mine, and Ours (1968)
VS.
MAUREEN O’HARA
Known for: Miracle on 34th Street (1947), The Quiet Man (1952)
EVE ARDEN
Known for: Stage Door (1937), Mildred Pierce (1945)
VS.
TERESA WRIGHT
Known for: Shadow of a Doubt (1943), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
SINGERS/DANCERS
JUDY GARLAND
Known for: The Wizard of Oz (1939), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
VS.
MARGARET O’BRIEN
Known for: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Little Women (1949)
BETTY GRABLE
Known for: How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
VS.
JUNE ALLYSON
Known for: The Glenn Miller Story (1954), Little Women (1949)
RITA HAYWORTH
Known for: Gilda (1946), The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
VS.
HEDY LAMARR
Known for: Samson and Delilah (1949), Algiers (1938)
ANN MILLER
Known for: On the Town (1949), Kiss Me Kate (1953)
VS.
VIRGINIA MAYO
Known for: White Heat (1949), The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
Get to voting, everyone!! Polls close 3/10 at 11 PM (PST). Have fun!
