Favorite Femme Fatale

[davidraphael]

Cyd Charisse in Singin' in the Rain

Otherwise, Bacall, Bacall, Bacall...

 

[Chasseur]

I think my two all time favorites of the film noir era are:

Ava Gardner in The Killers:

[video]http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/296712/Killers-The-Movie-Clip-The-More-I-Know-Of-Love.html[/video]

Rita Heyworth in Gilda:
[video=youtube;e-LO9Ay6v_M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-LO9Ay6v_M[/video]

However, my all time favorites would have to be pre-noir:

Louise Brooks in Pandora's Box
[video=youtube;ecd0OV4E1YA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecd0OV4E1YA[/video]

Greta Garbo in Flesh and the Devil
[video=youtube;UBnLqRPnLLM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBnLqRPnLLM[/video]

Non-noir:
Cyd Charisse in Singin' in the Rain and Bandwagon
[video=youtube;7YWBOfsXsDA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YWBOfsXsDA[/video]


Some honorable mentions for:

Martha Vickers in Big Sleep (what gams!)
[video=youtube;jTBj3hXgOZE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTBj3hXgOZE&playnext=1&list=PL1078BF96FD93896A&feature=results_main[/video]

Simone Signoret in Les Diaboliques:
[video=youtube;LCTaH5PhvH8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCTaH5PhvH8[/video]

Audrey Totter in Tension:
[video=youtube;Xz3gWzL3tBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz3gWzL3tBE[/video]

Jane Greer in Out of the Past
[video=youtube;y7oTM9oaDmI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7oTM9oaDmI[/video]

 

[bulldog1935]

she was famous as Mrs. Kirby from Topper and played a few femme fatal roles, but I think Constance Bennett was a knockout.