AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars

AFI 100 Years... series
1998 100 Movies
1999 100 Stars
2000 100 Laughs
2001 100 Thrills
2002 100 Passions
2003 100 Heroes & Villains
2004 100 Songs
2005 100 Movie Quotes
2005 25 Scores
2006 100 Cheers
2006 25 Musicals
2007 100 Movies (Updated)
2008 AFI's 10 Top 10

Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars is a list of the top 50 greatest screen legends in American film history, which included 25 male and 25 female stars. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 15, 1999, in a CBS special hosted by Shirley Temple, with 50 current actors making the presentations.

The American Film Institute defined an "American screen legend" as an actor or a team of actors during the classic film era with a significant screen presence in American feature-length (40 min) films whose screen debut occurred in or before 1950, or whose screen debut occurred after 1950 but whose death has marked a completed body of work.

The top stars of their respective sexes are Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. They starred together in the classic adventure film The African Queen, for which Bogart won his only Oscar.

All actors and actresses are from the "Golden era of Hollywood" film production. As of 2016, only Kirk Douglas, Sidney Poitier and Sophia Loren are still living.

List of 50 greatest screen legends: Top 25 Male and Top 25 Female stars

No Male legends Female legends
1 Bogart, HumphreyHumphrey Bogart Hepburn, KatharineKatharine Hepburn
2 Grant, CaryCary Grant Davis, BetteBette Davis
3 Stewart, JamesJames Stewart Hepburn, AudreyAudrey Hepburn
4 Brando, MarlonMarlon Brando Bergman, IngridIngrid Bergman
5 Astaire, FredFred Astaire Garbo, GretaGreta Garbo
6 Fonda, HenryHenry Fonda Monroe, MarilynMarilyn Monroe
7 Gable, ClarkClark Gable Taylor, ElizabethElizabeth Taylor
8 Cagney, JamesJames Cagney Garland, JudyJudy Garland
9 Tracy, SpencerSpencer Tracy Dietrich, MarleneMarlene Dietrich
10 Chaplin, CharlieCharlie Chaplin Crawford, JoanJoan Crawford
11 Cooper, GaryGary Cooper Stanwyck, BarbaraBarbara Stanwyck
12 Peck, GregoryGregory Peck Colbert, ClaudetteClaudette Colbert
13 Wayne, JohnJohn Wayne Kelly, GraceGrace Kelly
14 Olivier, LaurenceLaurence Olivier Rogers, GingerGinger Rogers
15 Kelly, GeneGene Kelly West, MaeMae West
16 Welles, OrsonOrson Welles Leigh, VivienVivien Leigh
17 Douglas, KirkKirk Douglas Gish, LillianLillian Gish
18 Dean, JamesJames Dean Temple, ShirleyShirley Temple
19 Lancaster, BurtBurt Lancaster Hayworth, RitaRita Hayworth
20 Brothers, MarxMarx Brothers Bacall, LaurenLauren Bacall
21 Keaton, BusterBuster Keaton Loren, SophiaSophia Loren
22 Poitier, SidneySidney Poitier Harlow, JeanJean Harlow
23 Mitchum, RobertRobert Mitchum Lombard, CaroleCarole Lombard
24 Robinson, Edward G.Edward G. Robinson Pickford, MaryMary Pickford
25 Holden, WilliamWilliam Holden Gardner, AvaAva Gardner

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