AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars is a list of the top actors in Hollywood history. It was announced by the American Film Institute on June 16, 1999.

The list promised one hundred people on it, but in the end there were only fifty.

As of 2023, of the fifty stars listed, only one is still alive (Sophia Loren). At the time the list was unveiled Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Shirley Temple, Lauren Bacall, Marlon Brando, Gregory Peck and Kirk Douglas were also still living.

The list

- Studio publicity photograph of Katharine Hepburn. The full image, seen here, includes a stock number, the name of the studio, and the name of the subject - confirming that this was a promotional image. * Such images were taken by a studio photographer, and then disseminated to the media and the public for the purpose of pro
Photo of Humphrey Bogart. The release at back says this was a new photo of him from the upcoming film Brother Orchid.
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RKO publicity still from Suspicion (1941)
Studio publicity photo of James Stewart.
Press release publicity photo of Ingrid Bergman for film Gaslight (1944). Cropped from original upload of
Marlon Brando in The Men, 1950.
Greta Garbo in a publicity still for the American film Inspiration (1931).
Studio publicity portrait for film You'll Never Get Rich (1941).