Buster's Top 30 Blonde Bombshells

Two things, utterly unrelated: 

First, I hate lists.  In the internet age, it seems like everybody makes lists about everything every day.  The Top this, the Best that, and so on and so forth, ad nauseum.  Second, back in the day, I never had much luck with blonde girls.  Don't know why.  Just the way it was.

So naturally it's time for Buster's List of the Top 30 Blonde Bombshells of American Cinema.

My list is completely subjective.  It has a Golden Age prejudice, given my opinion that true "bombshells" began with the talkies and became extinct somewhere in the 1970's (when I stopped fantasizing about celluloid cuties and started going after some real ones.) 

A couple loose rules apply to my list:

• A bombshell actress is a "hot mama" with an obvious aura of sexuality.  Marilyn Monroe, yes.  Debbie Reynolds, no.
• She must be generally known as a blonde.  Ann Margaret and Racquel Welch are certainly bombshells, but not generally blonde.
• She must have fairly high name recognition.  Sari Maritza and Franciska Gaal (who?) don't make the cut.

Without further ado, here, in chronological order, are Buster's Top 30 Blonde Bombshells of American Cinema.  (Why 30?  It's all I could think of.)

Mae West 1893-1980




Marion Davies 1897-1961

Marlene Dietrich 1901-1992



Constance Bennett 1904-1965

Carole Lombard 1908-1942



Gloria Stuart 1910-2010

Jean Harlow 1911-1937

Lana Turner 1921-1995

 

Veronica Lake 1922-1973

Lauren Bacall 1924 - present



Eva Marie Saint 1924-present



Marilyn Monroe 1926-1962

Janet Leigh 1927-2004



Grace Kelly 1929-1982

Tippi Hedren 1930-present



Anne Francis 1930-2011





Carroll Baker 1931-present

Kim Novak 1933-present



Jayne Mansfield 1933-1967



Brigitte Bardot 1934-present



Ursula Andress 1936-present



Shirley Eaton 1937-present



Elke Sommer 1940-present

Faye Dunaway 1941-present

Julie Christie 1941-present



Britt Ekland 1942-present

Yvette Mimieux 1942-present

Catherine Deneuve 1943-present



Goldie Hawn 1945-present



Farrah Fawcett 1947-2009
 



Like I said, totally subjective, stops in the 70's, and I'm sure I overlooked many worthy candidates. Let the debates begin!   Leave a comment and let me know who should have made the list.  Tell me who's on my list that doesn't belong.

Of course the best bombshell on any list is the lovely non-blonde Mrs. Gammons!