r/movies • u/Fun_Protection_6939 • 1d ago

Discussion What is the single greatest acting performance you have seen?

What is the single greatest acting performance you have seen?

It's got to be Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice for me. Such a heartbreaking and nuanced portrayal of loss and devastation, and doubly impressive because she had to learn two languages fluently and had to speak German with a Polish accent, when neither language was native to her.

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u/southernfirefly13 1d ago

Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard or Bette Davis in All About Eve.

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u/monsterlynn 1d ago

Also Bette Davis in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane!

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u/StoryIcy8494 1d ago

Crazy how both were nominated the same year, and yet neither won!

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u/southernfirefly13 1d ago

And are more iconic and memorable lol

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u/Thretau 1d ago

I’m sure some votes split between Anne Baxter and Bette Davis. Ironic considering the plot of the movie