CINEMATIC PASSIONS’ TOP 30 FEMALE PERFORMANCES OF THE 80S

Here are my 30 Top Female Performances of the 80s.

Tomorrow the men go up and we permanently return to our regularly scheduled programming.

30. BARBARA HERSHEY – THE STUNT MAN

29. VIRGINIA MADSEN – SLAM DANCE

28. LOLITA DAVIDOVICH – BLAZE

27. JULIA ROBERTS – MYSTIC PIZZA

26. KIM BASINGER – THE NATURAL

25. SHIRLEY MacLAINE – TERMS OF ENDEARMENT

24. OLYMPIA DUKAKIS – MOONSTRUCK

23. DIANE KEATON – SHOOT THE MOON

22. JESSICA LANGE – CRIMES OF THE HEART

21. WHOOPI GOLDBERG – THE COLOR PURPLE

20. ANJELICA HUSTON – PRIZZI’S HONOR

19. LESLEY ANN WARREN – VICTOR/VICTORIA

18. JESSICA LANGE – TOOTSIE

17. LESLEY ANN WARREN – CHOOSE ME

16. MIRANDA RICHARDSON – DANCE WITH A STRANGER

15. GLENN CLOSE – DANGEROUS LIAISONS

14. DIANE KEATON – REDS

13. ISABELLE ADJANI – CAMILLE CLAUDEL

12. CATHY MORIARTY – RAGING BULL

11. MARY ELIZABETH MASTRANTONIO – THE COLOR OF MONEY

10. CHER – MOONSTRUCK

9. MERYL STREEP – OUT OF AFRICA

8. MICHELLE PFEIFFER – THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS

7. LENA OLIN – THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING

6. SUSAN SARANDON – BULL DURHAM

5. JESSICA LANGE – FRANCES

4. MERYL STREEP – THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN

3. MERYL STREEP – SOPHIE’S CHOICE

2. MERYL STREEP – PLENTY

1. KATHLEEN TURNER – BODY HEAT