These are the ladies who will be in the next round of matches to narrow them down to a winner of each category:

These matches weren’t super close, but we now have the winners of the DRAMA QUEENS and SOPHISTICATES categories for the 1940s era!

These were the results:

Gene Tierney vs. Lauren Bacall 53-45
Bette Davis vs. Olivia de Havilland 53-44

Congratulations to

Now it is time to start finding out who will be the WINNERS of their categories, starting with the SOPHISTICATES and the DRAMA QUEENS.

Here are the contenders:

WOW, that was one intense round! Roz and Jane Wyman both put up quite a fight. They were neck and neck for just about the entire Round 2, Lucy being in an intensely close match with Eve Arden as well. Even Judy didn’t fare so well because it was probably expected that she would win by a landslide, but she won by just several votes. On the other hand, Rita Hayworth crushed her competition from the start (Ann Miller).

These are the final vote counts for Round 2 (Record number of votes on my blog for the first match):

Rosalind Russell vs. Jane Wyman 79-74
Lucille Ball vs. Eve Arden 68-66
Judy Garland vs. Betty Grable 58-54
Rita Hayworth vs. Ann Miller 59-40

In the end, there were no upsets, but can I get a “hip hip hooray” for our girl ROZ?

Here are the matches staring tomorrow 3/15:

FUNNY LADIES/GIRLS NEXT DOOR
ROSALIND RUSSELL VS. JANE WYMAN

LUCILLE BALL vs. EVE ARDEN

SINGERS/DANCERS
JUDY GARLAND vs. BETTY GRABLE

RITA HAYWORTH vs. ANN MILLER