Best & Most Beautiful Blonde Actress

This is great! Some of these actresses aren't even blondes for the majority of their careers.

Barbara Nichols

Why isn't Dee Hall in that poll, OP?

Kim Walker!

Kim Basigner!

Catherine Deneuve. Thread closed.

Whole package? Michelle Pfeiffer by a mile.

Farrah Fawcett is still one the most iconic blonde actresses as well.

Isn’t Michelle Pfeiffer 72 pounds? I never have thought of her as a bombshell, more like a skinny boy

Carmen isn't an actress.

She was in THE LAST OF THE SECRET AGENTS in 1966!

As everyone knows…

Goldie Hawn was cute when she was young. I wouldn't say she was a great beauty. Same with Cameron Diaz.

R10, Pfeiffer looked pretty sexy in "Scarface".

Just rewatched "The Ring". Naomi Watts was awfully pretty.

OP is unaware that cinema existed before the 1970s. Ignoring completely the golden age of the platinum blonde.

If someone mentions homely, boney-faced Shelley Hack, I'm going to scream.

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^^^ This is easy. Tori Spelling is the greatest beauty of all time.

And a great actress, too!

Mme Deneuve

Kirsten Dunst!

More Mme Deneuve

Of course, the answer is Jada Pinkett.

What about models, OP? eg. Claudia Schiffer

By far the most beautiful of all the blondes.

Tori’s hair is so tragic in r21. It looks like a prescription helmet.

Brendad Ickson

Kathleen Turner? Haha

Miss Lora Meredith, by a mile.

Michelle Williams.

Naomi Watts and Kirsten Dunst should have been on the list. They among the best actresses of the last 25 years

R33 Then why is Watts constantly so fucking bad?

I can't think of anything I've seen Watts in where she didn't seem like a frightened rabbit. She's beautiful, but her acting ability seems limited. But then, I also don't think Nicole Kidman is an acting powerhouse.

No Margot Robbie?

No one can rival Michelle Pfeiffer. Michelle is the total package. She is stunningly, breathtakingly beautiful and an incredibly capable actress as well.

R34 Her performance in Mulholland Drive is one of the best performances ever.

It has to be Marilyn. She was the template to which all subsequent blonde bombshells are measured. Even for those who reigned in the decades prior-- Thelma Todd, Jean Harlow, Betty Grable-- all roads led to Marilyn.

Why haven't any of you cunts nominated me?

Connie Stevens

Stella Stevens

Frances Farmer had the looks and AUTHORITY for great roles. It’s too bad she wasn’t given many of much substance… and that she hated Hollywood in general.

It’s hard to succeed at a job long term when you wish you were somewhere else.

Tina Yothers.

If we’re taking into account best acting and best looks, I don’t understand why Charlize isn’t way out in front. She’s one of the best actresses on that list and is undeniably one of the most beautiful women in the world. Did she do something to piss everyone off, or is everyone just taking for granted the fact that she really can act and is really gorgeous and voting for someone else because they figure Charlize is gonna get everyone else’s vote anyway?

JANE FONDA IS BLONDE???

I will always love Marilyn......but Carroll is a favorite, too.

[Quote]If we’re taking into account best acting and best looks, I don’t understand why Charlize isn’t way out in front. She’s one of the best actresses on that list and is undeniably one of the most beautiful women in the world. Did she do something to piss everyone off, or is everyone just taking for granted the fact that she really can act and is really gorgeous and voting for someone else because they figure Charlize is gonna get everyone else’s vote anyway?

We're sorry, Mama Theron. Yes, you're right of course. Charlize is the greatest of all time.

Truly I was pondering between Charlize and Michelle, and having seen Charlize with no makeup, and Michelle with (in person), Michelle definitely is beautiful. Charlize is beautiful with makeup on- she's a blank canvas without (which is perfect for modeling).

I’ve never flipped for Theron. She was excellent in MONSTER and I remember her as believable in YOUNG ADULT… but I just don’t seek out her movies.

Maybe it’s that her roles have mostly been mainstream - I just don’t care too much about her. Though I’m sure she’s most likely a lovely person, etc.

I can get behind Scarjo and Charlize. They are gorgeous and decent actresses as well.

[quote] We're sorry, Mama Theron. Yes, you're right of course. Charlize is the greatest of all time.

GOOD!! Then clear your cookies and log back in and vote for me goddammit! Then finish your dinner and your homework and then it’s off to bed!!!!

I don't understand all the attention that Scarlett Johansson gets for her looks. In my opinion, she's pretty but not stunningly beautiful.

Joey Heatherton

Iris Adrian

Scarjo is hot as hell. She was in some rom com where she was playing a yoga teacher and she’s ridiculous, she’s so hot.

Beauty

I voted for Pheiffer. The film Wolf is her at her peak, as far as beauty.

Van Johnson!

Charlize has a beautiful face but the body of an East German swimmer.

Scarho has a great body but a sloppy looking face.

Without question. She’s been acting like her mother didn’t record her sucking black cock and taking them up her huge ass for over 20 years now.

I notice that no one has mentioned ‘lil Kim Richards.

Cate Blanchett

In terms of genuine, objective beauty, I must say that it's a tie between Sharon Stone, Michelle Pfeiffer and Charlize Theron. In terms of talent, though, the first place must be given to Kathleen Turner, with Michelle Pfeiffer an honourable second.

Monroe was a beautiful girl who wore a ton of make up in order to look glamorous and alluring, but wasn't unusual in any way. Fonda is also a beautiful woman with lots of charisma and some talent, but nothing outstanding. Faye Dunaway is merely attractive and a VERY affected, bad actress. Goldie Hawn is a joke who was moderately pretty and overrated potato noses Cameron Diaz and Scarlet Johansson are a product of aggressive marketing campaigns.

[quote]Monroe was a beautiful girl who wore a ton of make up in order to look glamorous and alluring, but wasn't unusual in any way.

I don't know about that, R64. She steals this scene.

I agree with R36 that Margot Robbie should be on the list, gorgeous face.

[quote]R64 Monroe was a beautiful girl who wore a ton of make up in order to look glamorous and alluring

On a side note, it’s interesting that Monroe didn’t go in for much jewelry. It’s rare to see her wearing a necklace, for instance.

I wonder if this was a conscious choice to give a subtle simulation of nudity. Like, she mostly let her skin and the shape of her body do the talking.

R67 Monroe wore a lot of jewelry. Including necklaces. Earrings. Bracelets.

List so white.

Lorna Luft

Monroe may have sang "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," but it was her rival, Elizabeth Taylor who was the true Material Girl.

How about Sharon Tate?

Nobody mentioned Lauren Bacall.

Grace Kelly

Michelle Pfeiffer looks like a duck when she's not wearing make-up.

R74 Mama was robbed!

Lauren Bacall was beautiful? This is news to me. A bit of a butch vibe. I don't remember her being blonde as a young actress.

Tippi Hedren - breathtaking!

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R77 What color hair do you think she had?

R77 Warner Bros. cartoon dept. depicted her as a blonde. They exaggerated the hair color but they wouldn't have shown her as blonde if she wasn't.

[quote]R77 What color hair do you think she had?

Brown

Grace Kelly

Lauren Bacall is as blonde as Faye Dunaway, Kathleen Turner and Jane Fonda.

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Bacall was honey blonde, similar to Garbo.

Nope. Her hair was light brown.

Blonde is in the eye of the beholder.

Nope. People who say Bacall was blonde are colour blind, except for the few times when she dyed her hair blonde.

Agree with r36. Margot Robbie should definitely be on the list. She has the kind of face that really makes life seem unfair, but she doesn’t just rely on her looks.She’s a smart woman too and has accomplished a lot in her short time including producing her Oscar nominated turn in I, Tonya, at 26 years old. When you talk about full package you have to add savvy to the list as well.

Rebecca DeMornay.

I’d say Grace Kelly too…why’d you leave her off the list?

It should be "natural blondes." Surely the astute gay men (and other DLers of taste and breeding) can tell the difference between a bottle blonde and the natural blonde.

IMHO, there aren't that many natural blondes in the U.S.

It’s funny, in my mind bombshell denotes a processed blond not a natural blond. A bombshell is a force of will, a creation of a persona that didn’t exist before. The good question would be are there really any natural blond bombshells. Like Grace Kelly is pretty, elegant but doesn’t seem like a force of nature like a Pam Anderson who is a quintessential bombshell.

R94, in that vein, Jayne Mansfield should been the list and probably Anna Nicole smith.

Veronica Lake

Vivan Vance

Gosh, how surprising that no one has mentioned Reese Witherspoon!

Reese Witherspoon is not beautiful.

[quote]r93 It should be "natural blondes." Surely the astute gay men (and other DLers of taste and breeding) can tell the difference between a bottle blonde and the natural blonde. IMHO, there aren't that many natural blondes in the U.S.

I do wonder how many true natural blondes were famous.

I guess Candice Bergen - her father was Swedish.

Cate Blanchett is beautiful and a great actress

Toby Wing

You may quibble with actress, but

Taylor Swift

Is the whole 21 Century package

Thanks for trolling, R103. Taylor Swift stunningly beautiful? Only if you're half blind.

Swift isn't ugly but she isn't one of the world's great beauties either.

Sorry, but this is one beautiful woman — face, body and soul.

^How’s that possible? The Devil’s got her soul.

Sorry, R106. With her teefs, she looks like a chipmunk.

Sorry, don't see the haters.

You have a wacky concept of what beauty is, R109. That's cool. And you're probably a huge fan. The photo at R108 shows she is not a stunning beauty. If you have a great photographer, the right angle, the right lighting, really good hair, make-up and clothes, a girl can be photographed in a way that makes her look considerably better than she does in real life. You can find such photos of Swift online.

Never knew I struck such a nerve. Plus, she is a true American Patriot and not a fake right wing blowhard.

Pretty and pretty talented.

Taylor Swift is the whole package.

Again, my apologies, haters.

FFS, R111 -- how old are you? Twenty?

r112, 67. Having seen female powerhouses from Judy to Barbra to Taylor, I stand by my statements.

Sinatra was not classically handsome. But he had cock. Just ask Ava Gardner. Dean had his mellow voice, and cock.

Swift has a special sexuality quality in spades. Plus, she is the girl next door.

Keep hating haters.

R113, there's a difference between having some special quality that makes a celebrity very charismatic and likeable, and being stunningly beautiful. We're talking about physical beauty on this thread, not charisma and likeability.

Oops, actually we're talking about the whole package but Swift is not at the front of the line when it comes to the world's great beauties.

But does Taylor Swift have cock?

Sharon Tate

Sharon Tate isn’t on anyone’s Best Actress lists… except at DL.

Judas Priest, the Swifties are just as odiously toxic as the Beyhive… “I love her, so therefore YOU MUST AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT I SAY ABOUT HER AND IF YOU DON’T YOU WILL DIE!”.

Fucking freaks.

Get on topic people! ACTRESSES.

R89 I don’t know if Bacall ever dyed her hair, but what do you think Marlyn Monroe did? When did this become a “natural blondes only” thread?

Well, I'm not an expert on Bacall like you are, R121, but I remember her mostly being a brunette.

R122

“And Bacall's look was impossible to ignore: bold brows she refused to tweeze, dirty-blonde hair worn always in deeply-parted waves she insisted on doing herself, slightly imperfect teeth and that signature red lipstick...”

Harper’s Bazaar, 2014.

R122

“Lauren Bacall, the sultry blonde siren who became an overnight star via a memorable film debut at age 19 opposite Humphrey Bogart in Howard Hawks’ “To Have and Have Not,” died Tuesday of a suspected stroke at her home in the Dakota in Manhattan. She was 89.”

Doesn't look like a blonde to me in "How to Marry A Millionaire".

The bishes at Variety and Harper's Bazaar are obviously colour blind too. Of course, she had light coloured hair when she was a senior.

Looks like a brunette to me in "Key Largo".

R127 Of course, Harper’s Bazaar and Variety were wrong and you’re the expert. I’m sure those publications were besieged with responses stating Bacall was really a brunette just like Sophia Loren and Ava Gardner.

She looks blonde here…

I don't think anyone ever said they had to be a natural blonde, r121, but some if these women were only blonde for a particular movie or two. Other women, like MM, were blonde for their entire career.

[quote]R127 Of course, Harper’s Bazaar and Variety were wrong and you’re the expert....

My eyes don't deceive me. Besides she wasn't that pretty and she had a brittle personality. Definitely doesn't belong on this list.

Just lookswise (I don't see many movies), I'd say Scarlett Johannson. She has je ne sais quois and a good body.

Heavens to Betsy, R132. We've already determined that Johansson is a plain Jane and her popularity is a mystery.

R128, in the linked photo, Bacall is the darkest blonde I've ever seen.

There are varieties of blonde hair. In her great book GIRLS ON FILM (1986) Julie Burchill has a chapter called “3 Blondes” contrasting Monroe, Bardot… and Garbo.

[quote] Heavens to Betsy, [R132]. We've already determined that Johansson is a plain Jane and her popularity is a mystery.

Heavens to Betsy? It's called opinions. Also, who's "we"? You?

R136, "we" are the people of discernment such as myself who know that Johansson is not a stunning beauty.

Sorry, R136. Her nose is too big. She needs a Michael Jackson nose.

R136 Yes, Garbo was a blonde. I was surprised when I read this years ago, because in black and white she doesn’t look very blonde in an era of platinum blondes. But she doesn’t really appear brunette, either (she was platinum blonde for part of one of her sound films, As You Desire Me - co-starring Erich Von Stroheim and the ubiquitous Melvyn Douglas - which I don’t think a lot of people have seen).

Jeanne Eagels

Grace Kelly, the queen of all ice queens. Breath taking beauty in her prime- pretentious as hell!

She wasn’t an ice queen. She wasusually ladylike and didn’t flaunt her sexiness, that’s all.

Too bad Deborah Kerr was a redhead. She was very pretty and likeable.

Ironically r137, Scarlett has already had rhinoplasty.

I've always considered Marilyn Monroe to be Hollywood's quintessential beautiful blonde.

Omg, R143. She really had a ginormous honker.

OP is blind and has cheap taste.

V I R N A Fucking L I S I.

I meant to include Winona Ryder in my list.

Yes, but Ryder is a klepto. We should have ladies with no criminal records.

Swift is completely sexless. She has no kind of sexuality. I'm not sure what her "thing" or draw is but it is in no way sex. You can almost say it's her basicness that makes her popular.

Where's Catherine?

Where's Emmanuelle?

Blondes aren't anything special and can't compete with brunettes for beauty

Deneuve has been mentioned upthread, R150.

Thanks, R153.

Morgan Fairchild, though her face is a little too perfect and doll-like. She's bit off-putting in interviews.

[quote][R136] Yes, Garbo was a blonde. I was surprised when I read this years ago, because in black and white she doesn’t look very blonde in an era of platinum blondes. But she doesn’t really appear brunette, either (she was platinum blonde for part of one of her sound films, As You Desire Me - co-starring Erich Von Stroheim and the ubiquitous Melvyn Douglas - which I don’t think a lot of people have seen).

...and Hedda Hopper. I was obsessed with that film, r138.

Morgan Fairchild was Faye’s stand in on BONNIE & CLYDE. I wonder if they ever ran into each other years later, and chatted about this.

Interesting R157. I did not know that.

Fairchild is a bit annoying in interviews. She tries too hard to show off how smart she is.

Candice Bergen @19:33

Cybill Shepherd during the Last Picture Show years was a true Lolita.

Anita Ekberg?

What am I, chopped liver?

R113 How exactly would he ask Ava Gardner that? And what is it that she should ask her? Did Frank Sinatra had a cock? I'm pretty sure the person you are arguing with already knows the answer to that question

Cybill was a beautiful and natural looking blonde

Cybill in The Heartbreak Kid

OP said "the whole package," that's looks, talent, personality, and a certain [italic]je ne sais quoi.[/italic] that radiates STAR! That all describes me to a tee.

R156 Why does it say "complete" film, but it's only 5 minutes?

Where’s Margot, dumb OP?