AFI Screen Legends - Complete Nominee List

In 1999 the American Film Institute unveiled a list of it's Top 25 male and 25 female greatest screen legends of American film history. Jurors selected from 250 male and 250 female nominees. See how many nominees you can name!

Answers in gold = Top 25 Greatest Screen Legend, Answers in green = Oscar winner for acting, Answers in brown = Oscar nominee for acting

Most of the nominees made their screen debut before 1950

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Actor
1897-1974 1906-1959	Abbott and Costello
1902-1986	Brian Aherne
1908-1993	Don Ameche
1905-1977	Eddie "Rochester" Anderson
1880-1971	Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson
1909-1992	Dana Andrews
1887-1933	Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
1868-1946	George Arliss
1901-1971	Louis Armstrong
1890-1956	Edward Arnold
1899-1987	Fred Astaire
1907-1998	Gene Autry
1908-1996	Lew Ayres
1879-1948	King Baggot
1882-1942	John Barrymore
1878-1954	Lionel Barrymore
1985-1963	Richard Barthelmess
1924-1992	Freddie Bartholomew
1889-1951	Warner Baxter
1882-1946	Noah Beery
1885-1949	Wallace Beery
1904-1991	Ralph Bellamy
1949-1982	John Belushi
1906-1964	William Bendix
1894-1974	Jack Benny
1903-1978	Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy
1908-2002	Milton Berle
1899-1957	Humphrey Bogart
1904-1987	Ray Bolger
1903-1960	Ward Bond
1895-1972	William Boyd
1899-1978	Charles Boyer
1915-2002	Eddie Bracken
1924-2004	Marlon Brando
1894-1974	Walter Brennan
1913-1998	Lloyd Bridges
1891-1973	Joe E. Brown
1920-1985	Yul Brynner
1896-1996	George Burns
1925-1984	Richard Burton
1883-1966	Francis X. Bushman
1899-1986	James Cagney
1892-1964	Eddie Cantor
1906-1988	John Carradine
1886-1972	Leo G. Carroll
1910-1963	Jack Carson
1929-1989	John Cassavetes
1883-1930	Lon Chaney
1906-1973	Lon Chaney Jr.
1889-1977	Charlie Chaplin
1888-1972	Maurice Chevalier
1920-1966	Montgomery Clift
1911-1976	Lee J. Cobb
1877-1961	Charles Coburn
1891-1958	Ronald Colman
1914-1984	Jackie Coogan
1901-1961	Gary Cooper
1922-2011	Jackie Cooper
1905-1994	Joseph Cotten
1908-1983	Buster Crabbe
1911-1986	Broderick Crawford
1911-2003	Hume Cronyn
1903-1977	Bing Crosby
1910-1990	Robert Cummings
1925-2010	Tony Curtis
1915-1978	Dan Dailey
1917-2005	Ossie Davis
1925-1990	Sammy Davis Jr.
1931-1955	James Dean
1945-1988	Divine
1893-1949	Richard Dix
1905-1958	Robert Donat
1901-1972	Brian Donlevy
1916-2020	Kirk Douglas
1901-1981	Melvyn Douglas
1893-1980	Jimmy Durante
1908-2003	Buddy Ebsen
1901-1967	Nelson Eddy
1883-1939	Douglas Fairbanks
1909-2000	Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
1876-1953	William Farnum
1912-1992	José Ferrer
1880-1946	W. C. Fields
1916-1977	Peter Finch
1888-1961	Barry Fitzgerald
1909-1959	Errol Flynn
1905-1982	Henry Fonda
1916-2006	Glenn Ford
1901-1960	Clark Gable
1913-1952	John Garfield
1904-2000	John Gielgud
1897-1936	John Gilbert
1916-1987	Jackie Gleason
1925-2011	Farley Granger
1913-1993	Stewart Granger
1904-1986	Cary Grant
1879-1954	Sydney Greenstreet
1914-2000	Alec Guinness
1877-1959	Edmund Gwenn
1897-1979	Jack Haley
1908-1990	Rex Harrison
1864-1946	William S. Hart
1928-1973	Laurence Harvey
1886-1973	Sessue Hayakawa
1916-1986	Sterling Hayden
1885-1969	George "Gabby" Hayes
1908-1971	Van Heflin
1908-1992	Paul Henreid
1923-2008	Charlton Heston
1918-1981	William Holden
1903-2003	Bob Hope
1883-1970	Edward Everett Horton
1902-1988	John Houseman
1893-1943	Leslie Howard
1913-1988	Trevor Howard
1925-1985	Rock Hudson
1931-2018	Tab Hunter
1906-1987	John Huston
1883-1950	Walter Huston
1895-1969	Rex Ingram
1909-1995	Burl Ives
1884-1950	Emil Jannings
1918-1996	Ben Johnson
1916-2008	Van Johnson
1886-1950	Al Jolson
1921-2015	Louis Jourdan
1940-1994	Raul Julia
1887-1969	Boris Karloff
1911-1987	Danny Kaye
1885-1966	Buster Keaton
1919-2004	Howard Keel
1912-1996	Gene Kelly
1914-1990	Arthur Kennedy
1913-1964	Alan Ladd
1895-1967	Bert Lahr
1913-1994	Burt Lancaster
1884-1944	Harry Langdon
1921-1959	Mario Lanza
1899-1962	Charles Laughton
1890-1965 1882-1957	Laurel and Hardy
1923-1984	Peter Lawford
1906-1972	Oscar Levant
1926-2017	Jerry Lewis
1893-1971	Harold Lloyd
1904-1964	Peter Lorre
1882-1956	Bela Lugosi
1904-1991	Keye Luke
1908-1991	Fred MacMurray
1921-1986	Gordon MacRae
1912-2009	Karl Malden
1897-1975	Fredric March
1890-1966	Herbert Marshall
1917-1995	Dean Martin
1924-1987	Lee Marvin
1887-1961 1888-1964 1880-1977	The Marx Brothers
1909-1984	James Mason
1896-1983	Raymond Massey
1913-1999	Victor Mature
1905-1990	Joel McCrea
1928-1998	Roddy McDowall
1886-1959	Victor McLaglen
1930-1980	Steve McQueen
1890-1963	Adolphe Menjou
1907-1997	Burgess Meredith
1907-1986	Ray Milland
1939-1976	Sal Mineo
1892-1962	Thomas Mitchell
1917-1997	Robert Mitchum
1880-1940	Tom Mix
1920-2009	Ricardo Montalbán
1916-2000	George Montgomery
1904-1981	Robert Montgomery
1902-1973	Mantan Moreland
1890-1949	Frank Morgan
1915-1977	Zero Mostel
1895-1967	Paul Muni
1902-1992	George Murphy
1914-2006 1921-2000	The Nicholas Brothers
1910-1983	David Niven
1899-1968	Ramon Novarro
1903-1978	Jack Oakie
1915-1985	Edmond O'Brien
1899-1983	Pat O'Brien
1925-2003	Donald O'Connor
1907-1989	Laurence Olivier
1919-2006	Jack Palance
1914-1975	Larry Parks
1916-2003	Gregory Peck
1928-1994	George Peppard
1932-1992	Anthony Perkins
1919-1983	Slim Pickens
1897-1984	Walter Pidgeon
1927-2022	Sidney Poitier
1904-1963	Dick Powell
1892-1984	William Powell
1914-1958	Tyrone Power
1935-1977	Elvis Presley
1918-1987	Robert Preston
1911-1993	Vincent Price
1915-2001	Anthony Quinn
1901-1980	George Raft
1889-1967	Claude Rains
1892-1967	Basil Rathbone
1891-1943	Charles Ray
1911-2004	Ronald Reagan
1891-1923	Wallace Reid
1902-1983	Ralph Richardson
1898-1976	Paul Robeson
1878-1949	Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
1893-1973	Edward G. Robinson
1904-1999	Charles "Buddy" Rogers
1911-1998	Roy Rogers
1879-1935	Will Rogers
1905-1994	Gilbert Roland
1907-1994	Cesar Romero
1920-2014	Mickey Rooney
1886-1970	Charles Ruggles
1914-2002	Harold Russell
1909-1973	Robert Ryan
1924-1963	Sabu
1906-1972	George Sanders
1898-1987	Randolph Scott
1925-1980	Peter Sellers
1927-1978	Robert Shaw
1915-1998	Frank Sinatra
1913-1997	Red Skelton
1908-1997	James Stewart
1936-2021	Dean Stockwell
1914-1994	Woody Strode
1911-1969	Robert Taylor
1902-1975 1903-1952 1897-1975	The Three Stooges
1905-1968	Franchot Tone
1900-1967	Spencer Tracy
1869-1940	Ben Turpin
1921-2004	Peter Ustinov
1895-1926	Rudolph Valentino
1901-1986	Rudy Vallée
1893-1943	Conrad Veidt
1885-1957	Erich von Stroheim
1929-2020	Max von Sydow
1888-1954	Robert Walker
1907-1979	John Wayne
1889-1966	Clifton Webb
1904-1984	Johnny Weissmuller
1915-1985	Orson Welles
1914-2008	Richard Widmark
1912-1989	Cornel Wilde
1902-1978	Chill Wills
1913-1978	Gig Young
1907-1998	Robert Young

Actress
1895-1964	Gracie Allen
1917-2006	June Allyson
1897-1992	Judith Anderson
1907-1996	Annabella
1908-1990	Eve Arden
1900-1991	Jean Arthur
1906-1987	Mary Astor
1924-2014	Lauren Bacall
1918-1990	Pearl Bailey
1911-1989	Lucille Ball
1902-1968	Tallulah Bankhead
1901-1991	Vilma Bánky
1885-1955	Theda Bara
1879-1959	Ethel Barrymore
1923-1985	Anne Baxter
1900-1962	Louise Beavers
1922-2005	Barbara Bel Geddes
1904-1965	Constance Bennett
1910-1990	Joan Bennett
1915-1982	Ingrid Bergman
1906-1979	Joan Blondell
1931-Present	Claire Bloom
1928-Present	Ann Blyth
1889-1981	Beulah Bondi
1898-1992	Shirley Booth
1905-1965	Clara Bow
1892-1939	Alice Brady
1891-1959	Helen Broderick
1906-1971	Betty Bronson
1906-1985	Louise Brooks
1910-1982	Virginia Bruce
1884-1970	Billie Burke
1886-1971	Spring Byington
1910-2007	Kitty Carlisle
1906-1987	Madeleine Carroll
1922-2008	Cyd Charisse
1892-1961	Ruth Chatterton
1910-1992	Mae Clarke
1903-1996	Claudette Colbert
1903-1979	Dolores Costello
1925-2003	Jeanne Crain
1906-1977	Joan Crawford
1897-1987	Viola Dana
1922-1965	Dorothy Dandridge
1901-1971	Bebe Daniels
1923-1965	Linda Darnell
1917-2017	Danielle Darrieux
1879-1967	Jane Darwell
1897-1961	Marion Davies
1908-1989	Bette Davis
1907-1961	Joan Davis
1922-2019	Doris Day
1920-2007	Laraine Day
1922-2007	Yvonne De Carlo
1922-2014	Ruby Dee
1925-2016	Gloria DeHaven
1916-2020	Olivia de Havilland
1904-1983	Dolores del Río
1901-1992	Marlene Dietrich
1879-1965	Louise Dresser
1868-1934	Marie Dressler
1882-1965	Margaret Dumont
1898-1990	Irene Dunne
1921-2013	Deanna Durbin
1890-1929	Jeanne Eagels
1912-2001	Dale Evans
1913-1970	Frances Farmer
1904-1971	Glenda Farrell
1915-1998	Alice Faye
1916-1973	Betty Field
1898-1979	Gracie Fields
1913-2005	Geraldine Fitzgerald
1923-2020	Rhonda Fleming
1924-2008	Nina Foch
1917-2013	Joan Fontaine
1905-1968	Kay Francis
1905-1990	Greta Garbo
1922-1990	Ava Gardner
1922-1969	Judy Garland
1932-1984	Peggy Ann Garner
1919-2011	Betty Garrett
1904-1996	Greer Garson
1906-1984	Janet Gaynor
1931-2024	Mitzi Gaynor
1897-1987	Hermione Gingold
1898-1968	Dorothy Gish
1893-1993	Lillian Gish
1910-1990	Paulette Goddard
1896-1985	Ruth Gordon
1916-1973	Betty Grable
1923-1981	Gloria Grahame
1923-1988	Bonita Granville
1922-2010	Kathryn Grayson
1921-2001	Jane Greer
1894-1979	Corinne Griffith
1923-1977	Jean Hagen
1922-2017	Barbara Hale
1902-1985	Margaret Hamilton
1902-1981	Ann Harding
1911-1937	Jean Harlow
1926-2005	June Haver
1900-1993	Helen Hayes
1917-1975	Susan Hayward
1918-1987	Rita Hayworth
1912-1969	Sonja Henie
1929-1993	Audrey Hepburn
1907-2003	Katharine Hepburn
1921-1965	Judy Holliday
1917-2012	Celeste Holm
1902-1972	Miriam Hopkins
1917-2010	Lena Horne
1917-2022	Marsha Hunt
1922-2002	Kim Hunter
1911-2005	Ruth Hussey
1921-2007	Betty Hutton
1919-2009	Jennifer Jones
1909-1993	Ruby Keeler
1929-1982	Grace Kelly
1891-1987	Madge Kennedy
1921-2007	Deborah Kerr
1922-1973	Veronica Lake
1914-2000	Hedy Lamarr
1914-1996	Dorothy Lamour
1902-1986	Elsa Lanchester
1915-1995	Priscilla Lane
1925-2022	Angela Lansbury
1932-2023	Piper Laurie
1886-1938	Florence Lawrence
1927-2004	Janet Leigh
1893-1993	Vivien Leigh
1925-2015	Joan Leslie
1920-1995	Viveca Lindfors
1927-2023	Gina Lollobrigida
1908-1942	Carole Lombard
1934-Present	Sophia Loren
1898-1986	Bessie Love
1905-1993	Myrna Loy
1918-1995	Ida Lupino
1903-1965	Jeanette Macdonald
1908-1973	Anna Magnani
1890-1975	Marjorie Main
1924-2018	Dorothy Malone
1933-1967	Jayne Mansfield
1894-1968	Mae Marsh
1913-1990	Mary Martin
1920-2005	Virginia Mayo
1899-1984	May McAvoy
1916-2004	Mercedes McCambridge
1893-1952	Hattie McDaniel
1916-2001	Dorothy McGuire
1912-1967	Nina Mae McKinney
1911-1995	Butterfly McQueen
1903-1986	Una Merkel
1908-1984	Ethel Merman
1923-2004	Ann Miller
1909-1955	Carmen Miranda
1926-1962	Marilyn Monroe
1912-1951	Maria Montez
1899-1988	Colleen Moore
1900-1974	Agnes Moorhead
1931-Present	Rita Moreno
1885-1965	Mae Murray
1905-1994	Mildred Natwick
1879-1945	Alla Nazimova
1904-1986	Anna Neagle
1926-2010	Patricia Neal
1897-1987	Pola Negri
1888-1974	Anna Q. Nilsson
1893-1930	Mabel Normand
1937-Present	Margaret O'Brien
1920-2015	Maureen O'Hara
1911-1998	Maureen O'Sullivan
1911-1979	Merle Oberon
1894-1966	Seena Owen
1924-1987	Geraldine Page
1914-1986	Lilli Palmer
1922-2013	Eleanor Parker
1911-1980	Gail Patrick
1892-1979	Mary Pickford
1894-1963	Zasu Pitts
1912-1982	Eleanor Powell
1929-2021	Jane Powell
1896-1937	Marie Prevost
1895-1958	Edna Purviance
1910-2014	Luise Rainer
1919-2003	Vera Ralston
1916-1994	Martha Raye
1921-1986	Donna Reed
1935-1991	Lee Remick
1903-1990	Anne Revere
1932-2016	Debbie Reynolds
1902-1969	Thelma Ritter
1902-1984	Flora Robson
1911-1995	Ginger Rogers
1922-1999	Ruth Roman
1924-1961	Gail Russell
1921-2011	Jane Russell
1907-1976	Rosalind Russell
1917-2012	Ann Rutherford
1921-2015	Lizabeth Scott
1912-2003	Martha Scott
1938-1979	Jean Seberg
1902-1983	Norma Shearer
1915-1967	Ann Sheridan
1916-1994	Dinah Shore
1910-1999	Sylvia Sidney
1929-2010	Jean Simmons
1910-2005	Simone Simon
1908-2003	Penny Singleton
1921-1993	Alexis Smith
1899-1985	Gale Sondergaard
1909-2001	Ann Sothern
1907-1990	Barbara Stanwyck
1910-2010	Gloria Stuart
1909-1960	Margaret Sullavan
1899-1983	Gloria Swanson
1896-1986	Blanche Sweet
1898-19733	Constance Talmadge
1894-1957	Norma Talmadge
1909-1994	Jessica Tandy
1932-2011	Elizabeth Taylor
1928-2014	Shirley Temple
1920-1991	Gene Tierney
1907-1993	Ann Todd
1906-1935	Thelma Todd
1910-2000	Claire Trevor
1921-1995	Lana Turner
1907-1958	Helen Twelvetrees
1908-1944	Lupe Vélez
1913-1993	Evelyn Venable
1926-1981	Vera-Ellen
1896-1977	Ethel Waters
1893-1980	Mae West
1889-1938	Pearl White
1921-2013	Esther Williams
1894-1988	Lois Wilson
1916-1972	Marie Wilson
1919-2000	Marie Windsor
1920-2006	Shelley Winters
1883-1984	Estelle Winwood
1926-2021	Jane Withers
1905-1961	Anna May Wong
1938-1981	Natalie Wood
1916-2002	Irene Worth
1907-2004	Fay Wray
1918-2005	Teresa Wright
1910-2006	Jane Wyatt
1917-2007	Jane Wyman
1890-1960	Clara Kimball Young
1913-2000	Loretta Young

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