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The 100 Best Female Characters Part 4 (31-40) Cruella de Vil (the cartoon) in One Hundred and One Dalmations: She sounds like Tallulah Bankhead imitating a seal, and is too cool to sing. The New Mrs. de Winter (played by Joan Fontaine) in Rebecca: A heroine for women who are forced by circumstance to compete with the Ideal Woman without benefit of poise, confidence or the ability to accessorize--which is to say, most women. Phyllis Dietrichson (played by Barbara Stanwyck) in Double Indemnity: An inspiration or cautionary tale, depending, for women wo don't merely like to use men, but like to use them to kill their husbands. Fran Dodsworth (played by Ruth Chatterton) in Dodsworth: A pinnacle of female vanity, selfishness, pretension, grandiosity, disloyalty, self-delusion and overdressing. Blanche DuBois (played by Vivien Leigh) in A Streetcar Named Desire: Vain, neurotic, self-deluded, manipulative, weak but tyrranical--you know, Southern. PAGE 1 | 2 |
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Isadora Duncan (played by Vanessa Redgrave) in Isadora: A righteously annoying creative pioneer. Jean Louise "Scout" Finch (played by Mary Badham) in To Kill a Mockingbird: The socially blundering, pre-feminine girl-child of Atticus Finch has curiosity, impatience, combativeness and smarts operating both for and against her as she tries to crack the codes of adult society. Alex Forrest (played by Glenn Close) in Fatal Attraction: Cinematic evidence that nothing is tougher on a marriage, a car or a furry little animal than an umarried, libidinous, big-city lady editor. Lisa Carol Fremont (played by Grace Kelly) in Rear Window: The girl too sexy, too refined and too smart not to indulge her boyfriend's fantasy that she's frivolous. Frenchie (played by Marlene Dietrich) in Destry Rides Again: The ultimate old West saloon gal--sexy, tough and heroic when motivated by love. The 100 Best Female Characters, Part 5 (41-50) PAGE 1 | 2 |