March Madness Preview #1: 1960s "Europe's Most Wanted"

Favorites, Cinderellas—And A Tie

The second round of the 2013 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tournament is complete—well, almost—and among the winners are a mixture of favorites and Cinderellas. Here at the Monkey, each quarter-final round in the 1960s bracket includes a #1 seed and either a #6 or a #7 seed. The other eras produced similar results, with favorites such as Carole Lombard and Audrey Hepburn and longshots such as Eleanor Powell advancing.

And the 1940s era produced the first tie in the three-year history of the tournament, with Lauren Bacall and Ida Lupino deadlocked after three full days of voting. Desiree is hosting a today-only tiebreaker to determine the winner: "Which performance with co-star Humphrey Bogart did you like more? Lauren Bacall in To Have and Have Not or Ida Lupino in They Drive By Night." Click here to get your vote on.

Meanwhile, the rest of the tournament continues with round three.

Here at the Monkey, you have four matches to vote on:

"Song and Dance"
#1 Natalie Wood versus #7 Shirley Jones

"All-American Girls"
#1 Anne Bancroft versus #6 Paula Prentiss

"The British Invasion"
#1 Julie Andrews versus #7 Diana Rigg

"A Foreign Affair"
#1 Catherine Deneuve versus #6 Romy Schneider

Monty of All Good Things is hosting the 1930s bracket (click here).
Kristen of Journeys in Classic Film is hosting the 1950s bracket (click here).

Round Two (And More Round One Results)

Okay, round two is up and running—well, for the most part.

Kristen, who is hosting the 1950s bracket over at Journeys in Classic Film, discovered to her chagrin that the "free" site she was using to generate her poll wasn't so free after all. So she's starting part two of round one over again. Click here to recast your votes.

In the meantime, the rest of us are good to go. We'll be running half of round two through Wednesday afternoon, then the rest of round two on Wednesday night through Saturday (Kristen will run all of her round two Wednesday through Saturday). Got that?

In the 1960s bracket, here are your match-ups:

Song and Dance
#1 Natalie Wood versus #4 Ann-Margret

#6 Liza Minnelli versus #7 Shirley Jones

A Foreign Affair
#1 Catherine Deneuve versus #5 Claudia Cardinale

#2 Liv Ullmann versus #6 Romy Schneider

To vote in the other Round Two contests:

Monty of All Good Things is hosting the 1930s bracket (click here).
Desiree of Rosalind Russell: Dazzling Star is hosting the 1940s bracket (click here).

Oh, and for those keeping score at home, these were the results of Round One (Part Two) here at the Monkey:

#1 Julie Andrews def. #8 Margaret Rutherford, 41-14
#7 Diana Rigg def. #2 Julie Christie, 43-19
#6 Angela Lansbury def. #3 Jean Simmons, 44-22
#4 Maggie Smith def. #5 Vanessa Redgrave, 50-16
#1 Anne Bancroft def. #8 Julie Harris, 42-10
#7 Tuesday Weld def. #2 Jane Fonda, 41-24
#6 Paula Prentiss def. #3 Faye Dunaway, 38-25
#4 Patricia Neal def. #5 Geraldine Page, 33-30

Sneak Preview: 2013 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tournament: The 1960s Bracket #4

Voting starts March 3rd.

Liv Ullmann

Birth Name: Liv Johanne Ullmann
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "A Foreign Affair" #2
Birth Date: December 16, 1938
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Height: 5' 8"
Academy Awards: 2 nominations
Signature Role: Marianne (Scenes from a Marriage)

versus

Lila Kedrova

Birth Name: Lila Kedrova
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "A Foreign Affair" # 7
Birth Date: October 9, 1918
Birthplace: Petrograd (now St. Petersburg), Russia
Academy Awards: 1 win (supporting actress, Zorba the Greek)
Signature Role: Madame Hortense (Zorba the Greek)

with the winner to take on the winner of

Anna Karina

Birth Name: Hanne Karen Blarke Bayer
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "A Foreign Affair" #3
Birth Date: September 22, 1940
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Height: 5' 7"
Academy Awards: none
Signature Role: Marianne Renoir (Pierrot le Fou)

versus

Romy Schneider

Birth Name: Rosemarie Magdelena Albach-Retty
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "A Foreign Affair" #6
Birth Date: September 23, 1938
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Height: 5' 3½"
Academy Awards: none
Signature Role: Leni (The Trial)