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TIEBREAKER Poll Question

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With the help of my friend Monty, I have figured out a poll question to break the tie between LAUREN BACALL and IDA LUPINO…

The poll will appear on the sidebar ASAP and please vote so we can break the tie between them! Thank you! 🙂 This poll will run through tomorrow evening.

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FINAL RESULTS of Round 2 for SOPHISTICATES and FILM NOIR FEMMES… and a SURPRISE!

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Here are the final results for Round 2 of SOPHISTICATES and FILM NOIR FEMMES!

SOPHISTICATES



RITA HAYWORTH beat Lucille Ball 35-21


LORETTA YOUNG beat Maureen O’Hara 33-30 (very close match!)


FILM NOIR FEMMES


GENE TIERNEY beat Claire Trevor 37-27

SURPRISE! We have a tie between LAUREN BACALL and IDA LUPINO! This is the first tie I have ever had since participating in this tournament, so I will think of a question to ask my readers concerning these two actresses, and put it in the siderbar ASAP. I will let you all know!




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Polls are now OPEN for SOPHISTICATES and FILM NOIR FEMMES – Round 2!

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Here are the matches that will appear tonight in the polls on my sidebar to the right:

SOPHISTICATES


Rita Hayworth
Born 1913
Known for: Gilda 		VS
Lucille Ball
Born 1911
Known for: The Big Street

Loretta Young
Born 1913
Known for: The Bishop’s Wife 		VS
Maureen O’Hara
Born 1920
Known for: Miracle on 34th Street

FILM NOIR FEMMES

Gene Tierney
Born 1920
Known for: Laura

VS

Claire Trevor
Born 1910
Known for: Murder, My Sweet

Lauren Bacall
Born 1924
Known for: The Big Sleep

VS

Ida Lupino
Born 1918
Known for: High Sierra

Classic Actress Tournament

Final Results for Part 1 of Round 2!

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Here are the final results for Round 2 of DRAMA QUEENS and ALL-AMERICAN GIRLS!

DRAMA QUEENS



BETTE DAVIS beat Olivia de Havilland 31-13


VIVIEN LEIGH beat Ingrid Bergman 30-18


ALL-AMERICAN GIRLS


JUDY GARLAND beat Ann Miller 25-22


TERESA WRIGHT beat Virginia Mayo 22-21

Have to admit, I was excited to see such close matches in the All-American Girls categories. Judy won by only 3 votes and Teresa by just 1!

Congratulations to these four ladies, who have just made it to the final 8 in the 1940s era!

P.S. In case you are interested, these are the results for the other decades of the tourney:

1930s
Barbara Stanwyck beat Claudette Colbert 47-25
Norma Shearer beat Marlene Dietrich 39-32
Greta Garbo beat Kay Francis 44-18
Lillian Gish upset Gloria Swanson 38-33

1950s
Kristen will be starting the second round (all 8 matches at once) today, since she is behind.

1960s
Natalie Wood beat Ann-Margret 31-17
Shirley Jones beat Liza Minneli 34-18
Catherine Deneuve beat Claudia Cardinale 27-20
Romy Schneider beat Liv Ullman 29-28






Classic Actress Tournament

DRAMA QUEENS and ALL-AMERICAN GIRLS Round 2 Polls Now Open

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Here are the matches that will appear tonight in the polls on my sidebar to the right:

DRAMA QUEENS


Bette Davis
Born 1908
Known for: All About Eve 		VS
Olivia de Havilland
Born 1916
Known for: The Adventures of Robin Hood

Vivien Leigh
Born 1913
Known for: Gone With the Wind 		VS
Ingrid Bergman
Born 1915
Known for: Casablanca

ALL-AMERICAN GIRLS

Judy Garland
Born 1922
Known for: The Wizard of Oz

VS

Ann Miller
Born 1923
Known for: On the Town

Teresa Wright
Born 1918
Known for: Shadow of a Doubt

VS

Virginia Mayo
Born 1920
Known for: White Heat