This would have to be one of your best videos so far and I think your videos are great. I love how you have ranked them according to how both actresses interact with each other onscreen in their respective, as opposed to simply focusing on one actress over another. I totally agree with your order. I would definitely have Bancroft and Duke at number 1. What I would give to have been able to see these two great actresses perform Annie and Helen on stage. Leigh and Hunter also rank very highly on my list too. Bravo to you and and thank you. 😊😊
Thank you so much! I too would have loved to have seen both of those duos on the stage. I can only imagine what it must have been like to watch the power of that dinner scene performed live!
Loved this video. I didn't like Vivian Leigh until I saw her in 'A Streetcar Name Desire' and then it clicked. I all of a sudden liked everything shes done.
Nice ranking and a reminder of these awesome duos. As long as Shakespeare is near the bottom where it belongs I'm happy. The battle of wills in The Miracle Worker is the length of Dame Dench's entire screen time.
Love your ranking. The top 4 are non-negotiable imo. It seems Vivian Leigh has a way of lifting up the performances of her costars. That Sandy Dennis screen test, wow!! 😮
Right? Two iconic performances that also won for her co-stars (I thought about that after I completed the video). Dennis was as good in her screen test as she was in the film!
I have a little sugestion for your next video: Actors who won multiple oscars working for the same Director. From i all know this only happend 4 times.
My top 3 are Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke Cher and Olympia Dukakis Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis The rest I agree with the order you put them in .
This is a top tier video. Thank you for giving us this material. Ok, now my favorite...the performances of Elizabeth Taylor and Sandy Dennis as Martha and Honey were just superb. I love the remark of how they could be ranked higher based on her individual performances. Honey clapping and shouting "Violence!" has become a recurrent joke among my friends.
Pretty good ranking, agree with! And glad you showed part of the dining room scene from 'The Miracle Worker!', the scene I think clinched them both he Oscars!
I would rank them 1.streetcar, 2.virginia wolf 3.jezebel 4.the miracle worker and shakespeare in love last. Vivien leigh and Kim hunter are the best here in my view.
Favorites: Vivien (favorite performance of all time) and Kim in "A Streetcar Named Desire", Vivien and Hattie in "Gone with the Wind, and Bette and Fay in "Jezebel".
I think your choices, especially the top three, are spot-on. Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke richly deserved their Oscars, despite tough competition (especially from Angela Lansbury).
Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis had an excellent dynamic in EEAAO. Seemed so natural in the different universes they interacted. I love they got Oscars for this roles which are out of conventional. This interesting chemestry you mentioned is why I believe Jamie Lee Curtis managed this win. And sorry, I had to post a different comment for this. Keep it up! Awesome material!
My top three duos here are: 1. Vivien Leigh and Kim Hunter 2. Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke 3. Elizabeth Taylor and Sandy Dennis. I judged this as you defined it based on screentime together. Otherwise, numbers two and three would switch in terms of quality of the film. Thank you, thank you for the screen test of Sandy Dennis for Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf. Wonderful to see!
@@oscarman42 Yes, it's true! I think if ever an actress was made for a role, it was Dennis for Honey. Though she gave a few good performances after, she never rose to this level of interpretive perfection. I wouldn't say Oscar curse exactly, but when you've reached those heights, where to go??
I would add, I loved Wendy Hiller in A Man For All Seasons. If ever an actress was lost in the role, as revelation of character, she was, as Moore's wife. But just her luck to compete with Dennis' inimitable performance. No second Oscar
@@williamreed2558 My opinion - which you may not agree with - is that Dennis was often "mannered" in her performances, using the same nervous tics and stutters, which might have worn thin with film audiences.
If the criteria is the on-screen relationship between the two characters, then I'd have to go with: 1. Hunter and Paquin. 2. Leigh and McDaniel. 3. Cher and Dukakis
Everyone was made for their rokes in Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf!!! Strongly disagree with your personal top but that's the word, personal. I think Vivien Leigh is strikingly amazing and, more amazing, two Oscar's and her movie repertoire is not that large at all. Great Actress!!!
I agree with your top ranking of Bancroft & Duke. I would bump both Taylor & Dennis and Hunter & Paquin higher. But honestly, Dunaway & Straight in Network truly are in the top 3 greatest wins ever of a lead and supporting actress from the same film. I would even say they're #2 after Bancroft & Duke.
Dunaway and Straight would rank high based on their individual performances - but because they did not interact at all in the film, they were not included. Same for Taylor & Dennis - individually excellent, but they weren't a "duo."
I'm so happy to see Anne and Patty rank the highest! Their performances are amazing! Also can we appreciate how Vivien Leigh made the top three for two epic performances?
What can we say about WAOVW? A movie of excellence with brilliant acting. The Piano showcased 2 phenomenal performances, one who acted through their mannerisms, their eyes & gestures and a child actor who had to act for the both of them, much deserved. The same for Bancroft & Duke. I will never forget that dining room scene, for 8 minutes, we watched one of the greatest scenes ever on a movie screen between 2 characters. Vivien Leigh had 2 movies that earned her and her supporting 2 Oscars. Next up the men, ex: March & Russell, Heston & Robinson & Murphy & Downey, to name a few! Great video.
@@oscarman42 👍I was just talking about Best Actress & Supporting winners from the same movie the other night with my Family & Friends and low & behold you upload the same video. LOL!
@@oscarman42 Of course, I'm more obsessed with the Oscars, than they are, but we did agree Top 3: The Miracle Worker, The Piano & Jezebel, mainly because these had the most interaction between the 2. It was like you couldn't honor one without honoring the other!
Michael, it really doesn't get better than that! Bancroft and Duke are two of the Best Oscar winning performances ever (and faced spectacular competition). Great episode as always 👏
Thank you, as always, friend! No matter how many times I watch The Miracle Worker, I am deeply moved (and awed) by this dynamic pair. I also remain relieved that the studio didn't cast others (Taylor?) just to ensure bigger box office. Others may not agree, but I maintain that the Academy made the right choices.
@@oscarman42 Me too, Bancroft made this role famous on stage and was kinda done with Hollywood, thankfully, Bill Gibson directed and she trusted him wholeheartedly. The decision to also use Duke was wise as she did the play with Bancroft and had that electrifying chemistry.
There is a lot of separating performances from the films themselves here. I am not really a fan of some of them here that many rank as their favorite films. It’s always easier when you love the film too.
Very true. I only ranked these pairs based on their performances (scenes) together. If judged by their respective films, the order would likely have been different.
@@VTMCompany No "ouch" intended. I'm very curious as to how you would have accomplished the same results in a more gentler way that would not be considered "child abuse."
I'm just under the Bette Davis way of thinking that stage performances redone on film aren't the same caliber of acting as original screen roles...they're simply akin to sleepwalking through a performance. Bette felt this way after losing the 1950 Oscar to Judy Holliday.@@oscarman42
I am glad you went for Yeoh. I have watched it a couple of times now and I love it . I know it’s not for everyone but I am happy her performance wasn’t passed over because of that.
Awe, seeing the first clip of AB and Patty Duke made me cry...This is a great list, thanks for posting, sometimes we forget the great duos and for all the "Bette Davis should have won for Baby Jane"...um...no...There is no acting like The Miracle Worker and both actresses so deserved the awards. And we have Penn to thank for that.
Thank you! I know this is all subjective...that said, I feel strongly that the Bancroft-Duke pairing remains one of the best in Oscar - and film - history.
I think that your number 1 is right on target. Patty Duke's performance may be the greatest by a supporting actress ever. I believed every frame of it, and the scene with her at the water pump finally making the connection is one for the ages. It still gives me chills. The two of them together... Well, this is why we go to the movies.
Moonstruck it's a shame! Detestable characters and just mediocre acting. I hope everyone knows that in the movie they are americans (with italian grandparents) and not italians. In Italy we NEVER use spoon to eat spaghetti or put sugar in the bubbly wine!!
So we’re just going to completely ignore Duke being a co-lead and NOT a supporting actress? They were both great but the category fraud here is atrocious.
