Quote by tonorlo

1. Hepburn. Takes one of the most notoriously difficult playwrights of the twentieth century to the mat, abdicates the role of movie star for that of an earnest actor, and gives perhaps her most indelibly haunted performance.

2. Davis. Admittedly, a bit of a love-hate relationship for me with this performance. One day, I see the vulnerable artistry Davis weaves into the performance; other days, all I can see is its bombastic grotesquerie.
  
3. Bancroft. Not so much a case of socking it between the eyes as much as it is canny calibration throughout the performance.... Lets just enough out without ever going for blatantly obvious effects. Laudable.

4. Page. Luckily, you can be overripe with Tennessee Williams and get away with it... But for all of Page's percolating theatricality, she does manage a poignant underline to the character that a lesser woman would have lost.

5. Remick. Tries so hard, and is often commendable for the trying... But it's very tough to steal a movie from Jack Lemmon, although Remick gives a surprisingly sturdy account of herself in the attempt.