tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post6514578276386746938..comments2024-03-28T08:51:47.164-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Who's Your Favorite Actress In Westerns?pattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-28980907138895137752012-02-15T14:29:57.567-05:002012-02-15T14:29:57.567-05:00I cannot think of a one. The movies always seemed...I cannot think of a one. The movies always seemed to revolve around the male characters.<br /><br />Maybe that is because I mainly watched westerns when I was a kid.Gerardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-42144526969880885502012-02-13T19:18:02.423-05:002012-02-13T19:18:02.423-05:00Katy Jurado, Debra Paget, Amanda Blake, Dale Evans...Katy Jurado, Debra Paget, Amanda Blake, Dale Evans, Gail Davis, Claire Trevor, Maureen O'Hara, Linda Stirling, and many more.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-40882961328972247492012-02-13T18:52:56.081-05:002012-02-13T18:52:56.081-05:00Yes, Debbie. Unsinkable Molly Brown counts I guess...Yes, Debbie. Unsinkable Molly Brown counts I guess.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-9619397705549238352012-02-13T18:42:10.128-05:002012-02-13T18:42:10.128-05:00HOW THE WEST WAS WON was so studded with bankroll ...HOW THE WEST WAS WON was so studded with bankroll actors that the women are listed alphabetically with the men...<br /><br />http://www.moviegoods.com/large_detail.asp?http://www.moviegoods.com//Assets/product_images/1020/190790.1020.A.jpg<br /><br />for an image of the poster...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-59202081967274175232012-02-13T18:38:45.672-05:002012-02-13T18:38:45.672-05:00Genvieve Bujold in ANOTHER MAN, ANOTHER CHANCE bel...Genvieve Bujold in ANOTHER MAN, ANOTHER CHANCE belatedly comes to mind. (Beverly Garland was a female sheriff in GUNSLINGER, 1956.)Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-20697696850234625532012-02-13T16:31:47.688-05:002012-02-13T16:31:47.688-05:00Good one, Mike. Love that movie.Good one, Mike. Love that movie.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-82131787838677853932012-02-13T15:04:15.183-05:002012-02-13T15:04:15.183-05:00Claudia Cardinale in ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST....Claudia Cardinale in ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST. <br /><br />She stood up to Henry Fonda (as the most evil villain in Western history), Charles Bronson, and Jason Robards Jr. And she got top billing over all those guys. Except for JOHNNY GUITAR, I don't think there's ever been another actress who's received top billing in a major Western.Mike Dennishttp://mikedennisnoir.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-21840776899610639862012-02-13T14:28:58.934-05:002012-02-13T14:28:58.934-05:00Jane has spunk. Although I am sort of depressed at...Jane has spunk. Although I am sort of depressed at how mannered her acting seems to me now. At the time, I really thought she was good. Even a recent viewing of KLUTE surprised me.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-64378784485211380882012-02-13T14:27:35.953-05:002012-02-13T14:27:35.953-05:00So little of the show is about anything other than...So little of the show is about anything other than romance. I can't remember U/D of the 70s being quite so focused on that.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-47787367845457165912012-02-13T14:11:13.427-05:002012-02-13T14:11:13.427-05:00Patti, I'm with you on Downton Abbey despite t...Patti, I'm with you on Downton Abbey despite the soap elements. (For instance, the whole Mrs.-Bates-kills-herself-and-frames-her-husband plot is straight out of Days of Our Lives.)<br /><br />Considering my interest in current music is zero this was not a tough choice.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-68282632487237901752012-02-13T13:51:23.303-05:002012-02-13T13:51:23.303-05:00I like Katherine Ross in 'Butch Cassidy' a...I like Katherine Ross in 'Butch Cassidy' and 'Conagher.' But I also have a guilty partiality for Jane Fonda in 'Cat Ballou.'Naomi Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08005429772070247806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-7589546934293378012012-02-13T12:46:30.111-05:002012-02-13T12:46:30.111-05:00Almost every Hollywood actress from 1930 to 1960 m...Almost every Hollywood actress from 1930 to 1960 made westerns. It is simply amazing how many B movies featured the same character actresses over and over again. Beverly Garland is a good example. Nobody has mentioned Dale Evans. Or Doris Day in Annie Get Your Gun.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-77086949711606131472012-02-13T12:32:11.320-05:002012-02-13T12:32:11.320-05:00You are all leaving out Maureen O'Hars.You are all leaving out Maureen O'Hars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-15882650733728712112012-02-13T12:26:28.350-05:002012-02-13T12:26:28.350-05:00I'll go with Jean Arthur in SHANE and with Ama...I'll go with Jean Arthur in SHANE and with Amanda Blake's Miss Kitty from Gunsmoke.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-7399458246024322092012-02-13T12:23:41.405-05:002012-02-13T12:23:41.405-05:00I'm surprised no one has mentioned Virginia Ma...I'm surprised no one has mentioned Virginia Mayo. She did a great many Westerns but she was especially good in Along the Great Divide. She held her own with both Walter Brennan and Kirk Douglas.sandra seamanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09786095189231150008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-2904728184693607542012-02-13T11:40:06.270-05:002012-02-13T11:40:06.270-05:00I watched DOWNTON ABBEY, which has turned into qui...I watched DOWNTON ABBEY, which has turned into quite a soap opera.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-33774188941051900492012-02-13T10:48:32.586-05:002012-02-13T10:48:32.586-05:00I have no idea. I was hoping for, kinda expecting ...I have no idea. I was hoping for, kinda expecting a post on the Grammy's this morning. So...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-47376214148527386922012-02-13T10:47:12.559-05:002012-02-13T10:47:12.559-05:00Oh, Angie was amazing. Claire was perfect for the ...Oh, Angie was amazing. Claire was perfect for the setting, wasn't she. Various comments are not showing up on the blog. I think something is going on.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-84495511713870998052012-02-13T10:42:25.111-05:002012-02-13T10:42:25.111-05:00Claire Trevor by far. But also Mercedes McCambridg...Claire Trevor by far. But also Mercedes McCambridge as Luz in Giant, and Angie Dickinson as Feathers in Rio Bravo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-80295089911924732622012-02-13T10:29:26.454-05:002012-02-13T10:29:26.454-05:00Blogger is such a piece of [excrement], particular...Blogger is such a piece of [excrement], particularly when it comes to interacting with Firefox.<br /><br />As I've written once already, only to have it eaten entire, Georgia Ellis was the radio GUNSMOKE Miss Kitty; Amanda Blake played her on tv.<br /><br />I'd suggest that Tex Guinan was more a contemporary of Mae West than Cullen's comment might suggest, as West was headlining the Big Time on vaudeville while Guinan was making silents, but I'll believe West was paying attention.<br /><br />I'd suggested that most of the responses to the first part of your query, Patti, were nonetheless not so relevant to "traditional" roles (not that frontier life didn't tend to upset tradition)...the best performance by a woman in an otherwise forgettable western which came to mind was that of Beverly Garland in GUNSLINGER (and that Garland had no shortage of particularly tv western roles), and that the most unlikely presence in a good western, with a good performance and a fairly reasonable explanation of why she was there, was that of Jean Simmons in THE BIG COUNTRY (and that Carroll Baker was also good in a thankless role).Todd Masonhttp://www.socialistjazz.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-35720743549106091202012-02-13T09:59:42.081-05:002012-02-13T09:59:42.081-05:00Barbara Stanwyck is great in The Furies. Even in l...Barbara Stanwyck is great in The Furies. Even in lesser things like The Cattle Queen of Montana and The Moonlighter she is wonderful.<br /><br />Jean Arthur is also great in Arizona.<br /><br />Another fav -- Texas Guinan, a now forgotten silent film star. Most of her movies are lost, but you can find "The Gun Woman" on eBay. She was a famous performer in her day, known both as a Western star and "The Queen of the Night Clubs." She was a big influence on May West, apparently. I wrote a review of "The Gun Woman" here: http://notcoming.com/reviews/TheGunWoman/Cullen Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236957954996740924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-32417050864331087962012-02-13T09:52:17.012-05:002012-02-13T09:52:17.012-05:00Georgia Ellis played Miss Kitty on the radio and i...Georgia Ellis played Miss Kitty on the radio and in the TV program. With further thought, let me also cast my vote for Shirley Maclaine in TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-49326461226085420242012-02-13T09:49:57.068-05:002012-02-13T09:49:57.068-05:00Miss Kitty, yeah. Glad someone mentioned her. She...Miss Kitty, yeah. Glad someone mentioned her. She was a character.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-7468886903282282312012-02-13T09:21:00.983-05:002012-02-13T09:21:00.983-05:00You mean there was another Miss Kitty? Radio?You mean there was another Miss Kitty? Radio?pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-90469222983147350892012-02-13T09:08:23.283-05:002012-02-13T09:08:23.283-05:00Georgia Ellis as Miss Kitty in GUNSMOKE.Georgia Ellis as Miss Kitty in GUNSMOKE.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.com