Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Hollywood's Best Female Characters - HBFC

WELL, THAT was nuts...picked approximately 150, and nominated another 80+. I was guided by their list, which was nearly exhaustive (but still significantly lacking--hence my additions), and seemed to be sticking to adult (or at least teen) humans. 

Votes included:
Merida, Ariel, Belle, Aurora, Mulan, Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel, Tiana, Giselle, Jessica Rabbit, the Bride (aka Beatrix Kiddo); Daenerys, Arya, Margaery, Brienne, Katniss, Lucy Ricardo, Laverne & Shirley, Thelma & Louise, Sandy & Rizzo, the Golden Girls, Carla, Edith Bunker, Reba, Cruella, Maleficent (ONLY the animated one), Annie, Morticia & Wednesday, Marge & Lisa Simpson, Mrs. Robinson, Private Benjamin, Maude, Winnie Cooper, Carol Brady & June Cleaver, Blanche DuBois, the Carries, the Dorothys, the Marias, Daphne, Elle Woods, Piper Chapman, Elise, Eve, Heidi, Helen, Hildy & Holly, Ilsa Lund, Jeannie & Samantha Stevens, Jenny, Jo, Julia Sugarbaker, Janeway & Uhura, Ma Joad, Mallory Knox, Mame, "Hot Lips," Martha, a few Marys, Hit Girl, Miss Gulch/Wicked Witch of the West, Mona Lisa Vito, Mystique (just Rebecca's; no offense to Jen, but I really only loved her in X2), Nikita, Peggy Bundy, Rebecca, Rhoda, some Roses, Satine, Scarlett, Stella, Storm, Sugar Kane, the Hayley Mills Parent Trap twins, Velvet, Wilma & Betty, Xena, Annie Hall, Amelie, & Nurse Ratched.

My additions:
Elsa & Anna (Frozen); Effie Trinket (The Hunger Games); Miranda Hobbes (Sex and the City--HOW FUCKING DARE THEY INCLUDE THE OTHER THREE AND NOT THE CLEAR BEST ONE?!?!); Beverly Crusher (Star Trek: The Next Generation); Lilith Sternin-Crane (Cheers/Frasier); Ethel Mertz (I Love Lucy); Frenchy (Grease); Amber Mariens (Clueless); Elle Driver & O-Ren Ishii (Kill Bill); Ouiser Boudreaux  & the other Steel Magnolias; C.C. Bloom & Hilary Whitney (Beaches); Jane & Judy Jetson; Pocahontas; Jasmine (Aladdin); Melisandre, Olenna Tyrell, Ygritte (Game of Thrones); Alice Kramden & Trixie Norton (The Honeymooners); Mirage (The Incredibles); Megara (Hercules); Esmeralda (The Hunchback of Notre Dame); Mother Gothel (Tangled); Yzma (The Emperor's New Groove); Ursula (The Little Mermaid); the Evil Queen (Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs); Lady Tremaine (Cinderella); Madame Medusa (The Rescuers); Capable (Mad Max: Fury Road); Ulla (The Producers); Idgie Threadgoode & Ruth Jamison (Fried Green Tomatoes); the four stars of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood; Roxie Hart & Velma Kelly (Chicago); Brenda, Elise, & Annie of The First Wives Club; Madison (Splash); Audrey (Little Shop of Horrors); Anastasia; Crysta (FernGully: The Last Rainforest); Thumbelina; the Sanderson Sisters (Hocus Pocus); Princess Mononoke; Annie Oakley (Annie Get Your Gun); Janet Weiss, Magenta, Columbia (Rocky Horror Picture Show); Ophelia (Hamlet); Allison Reynolds & Claire Standish (The Breakfast Club); Nancy, Rochelle, Sarah, & Bonnie (The Craft); Daphne Blake & Velma (Scooby-Doo); the Baby-Sitters Club; Galadriel (The Lord of the Rings)...you could go on with a few besides Hermione from HP, Kida & the other Atlantis ladies, etc., but that was enough. xD

[2/2/17: Aaaand, THR does it again! ~500 choices for favorite actors...top faves have check marks...
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