Friday, March 1, 2013

Sneak Preview: 2013 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tournament: The 1960s Bracket #8

Voting starts March 3rd.

Shirley MacLaine
Birth Name: Shirley MacLean Beaty
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Song and Dance" #2
Birth Date: April 24, 1934
Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia
Height: 5' 7"
Academy Awards: 6 nominations, 1 win (actress, Terms of Endearment)
Signature Role: Fran Kubelik (The Apartment)

versus

Shirley Jones
Birth Name: Shirley Mae Jones
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Song and Dance" #7
Birth Date: March 31, 1934
Birthplace: Charleroi, Pennsylvania
Height: 5' 5½"
Academy Awards: 1 nomination, 1 win (supporting actress, Elmer Gantry)
Signature Role: Marian Paroo (The Music Man)

with the winner to take on the winner of

Barbra Streisand
Birth Name: Barbara Joan Streisand
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Song and Dance" #3
Birth Date: April 24, 1942
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Height: 5' 5"
Academy Awards: 5 nominations, 2 wins (actress, Funny Girl; best song, A Star is Born)
Signature Role: Katie Morosky (The Way We Were)

versus

Liza Minnelli
Birth Name: Liza May Minnelli
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Song and Dance" #6
Birth Date: March 12, 1946
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
Height: 5' 4"
Academy Awards: 2 nominations, 1 win (actress, Cabaret)
Signature Role: Sally Bowles (Cabaret)

Notes: The battle of the Shirleys; the battle of the Broadway divas.

2 comments:

Erik Beck said...

Wait. I have to choose between MacLaine and Jones, but I am forced to choose either Babs or Liza?

Go to ^%$^%!

Mythical Monkey said...

Go to ^%$^%!

Actually I'm in Seattle -- got here last night.

Katie-Bar-The-Door had the same reaction by the way -- Babs versus Liza is the worst match-up in the whole tournament. But there's a perverse logic behind it ...