Thursday, February 28, 2013

Sneak Preview: 2013 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tournament: The 1960s Bracket #7

Voting starts March 3rd.

Natalie Wood
Birth Name: Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Song and Dance" #1
Birth Date: July 20, 1938
Birthplace: San Francisco, California
Height: 5'
Academy Awards: 3 nominations
Signature Role: Wilma Dean Loomis (Splendor in the Grass)

versus

Rita Moreno
Birth Name: Rosita Dolores Alverio
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Song and Dance" #8
Birth Date: December 11, 1931
Birthplace: Humacao, Puerto Rico
Height: 5' 2½"
Academy Awards: 1 nomination, 1 win (supporting actress, West Side Story)
Signature Role: Anita (West Side Story)

with the winner to take on the winner of

Ann-Margret
Birth Name: Ann-Margret Olsson
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Song and Dance" #4
Birth Date: April 28, 1941
Birthplace: Valsjöbyn, Jämtlands län, Sweden
Height: 5' 3½"
Academy Awards: 2 nominations
Signature Role: Kim McAfee (Bye Bye Birdie)

versus

Diahann Carroll
Birth Name: Carol Diann Johnson
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Song and Dance" #5
Birth Date: July 17, 1935
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York City, New York
Academy Awards: 1 nomination
Signature Role: Julia Baker ("Julia")

Notes: Natalie Wood and Rita Moreno—West Side Story, obviously.

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