[macfreak]

Guys, all your suggestions are superb, beautiful and talented ladies. My favorite is Rita Hayworth, who from early childhood was schooled in the art of dance by her father. She could sing too. Her best role was Gilda in the picture of the same name with Glenn Ford. The poor gal never had a husband who was worthy of the name.

May I suggest a sleeper who had the looks of the best of them? -- Virginia Mayo. Although she made several movies with Danny Kaye, she proved she could act when she played a superficial bitch in one of my favorite movies, The Best Years of Our Lives. Two other great ladies are in that one--Myrna Loy and Theresa Wright.

One final suggestion for consideration -- Jeannette McDonald. She had a wonderful screen presence and a voice that could melt your heart. As a young boy, I fell hard for her in I Married an Angel, but actually her role in San Francisco with Spencer Tracy and Clark Gable was her best. Her role in Rose-Marie was good too. James Stewart was the bad guy and Nelson Eddy ( who else?) played the Canadian Mountie-good guy.