Great Actress / Singer

[jenlovetv]

I was wondering. do you think it's possible to be a great actress & a singer
at the same time. And which female actress/singer do you think has the best
acting AND singing talent?


I started thinking about this after I found out that Jennifer Landon
(daughter of Michael Landon of 'Highway to Heaven', 'Little House on the
Prairie', & 'Bonanza' fame) who followed her dad's acting career and really
did well in the daytime soap AWS (As the World Turns) went on to launch a
singing career. I believe she only has 1 song out right now, called Slide,
but it's really good. You can check it on iTunes if you like.

Any thoughts?"

[Iron Maiden]

The late Judy Garland comes to mind

[tangentman]

Angela Bassett sounded pretty good in What's Love Got To Do With It?

Sara Rue has a lovely singing voice, as seen in Gypsy 83.

Amber Benson wowed Buffy fans when she sang in the "Once More With Feeling" episode.

[Vaders shoeshine boy]

Start with Julie Andrews,Chita Rivera,and Liza Minelli (I think they all won a Tony,a Grammy and an Emmy.) Not to mention an Oscar while in a musical! (My memory might be off on the second fact)

[superion]

Barbara Streisand

[Haunt]

not an actress but Jamie Foxx

[Ontir]

Maggie Gylenhaal is quite good at both.

Megan Mullally is great at both, just NOT hosting a talk-show!

Betty Buckley, who went from 8 is Enough to Cats!

The late Mary Martin.

Julie Andrews prior to surgery, when she still had her wonderful, multi-octave voice.

Angela Landsbury has lost her voice; but once upon a time...

Carol Burnett, who was so wonderful in the original Broadway cast of Once Upon a Matress.

Linda Lavin, who began her career as "Sidney" in It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!, and was back on Broadway, not too long ago in the Tale of the Allergist's Wife.

[Atom_basher]

id say queen Latifah qualifies

[LordEd1976]

Audrey Hepburn. Don't believe me? Just watch "My Fair Lady"

[Matt Linton]

Actually, that wasn't Audrey Hepburn singing. She was dubbed by Marni Nixon, who also did the singing for Natalie Wood in West Side Story and Deborah Kerr in The King and I.

[mattx110]

billie piper!
umm mary ford did comedy bits.
and ummm... after the last post, i don't know who to name... my world has been sorta shattered.

[rick]

Start with Julie Andrews,Chita Rivera,and Liza Minelli (I think they all won a Tony,a Grammy and an Emmy.) Not to mention an Oscar while in a musical! (My memory might be off on the second fact)


Actually the actress who has the Oscar a Emmy a Grammy and a Tony is Rita Moreno.

As good as they are the others haven't matched this feat.

[rick]

I looked it up and I'm wrong.

Liza has all four too.

Good for her!!!

[Ontir]

Actually the actress who has the Oscar a Emmy a Grammy and a Tony is Rita Moreno.

As good as they are the others haven't matched this feat.


Doh! How could I forget Rita, aka "Sister Pete!" I think she's won an Obie and or a Clio too! She's got to do an indie film, so she can win a Spirit, because I think that's about all that's left!

[Vaders shoeshine boy]

Actually the actress who has the Oscar a Emmy a Grammy and a Tony is Rita Moreno.

As good as they are the others haven't matched this feat.


Double-Doh! I keep getting those two names mixed up!!

[the_big_billbowski]

Lindsey Lohan.

It's a tie between Britney in CrossRoads and Mariah in Glitter

[Aggie]

Lindsey Lohan.

It's a tie between Britney in CrossRoads and Mariah in Glitter


there are soooo many things wrong w/ this...

i vote for ginger rogers, eartha kitt, dorthy dandridge, doris day, and deanna durban and thanks rick for pointing out rita moreno, she is truly amazing.

[tangentman]

Yes, cheers to Rita Moreno, Julie Andrews, Eartha Kitt, Linda Lavin, Angela Lansbury, Doris Day, Carol Burnett, and Betty Buckley! I went for the "surprises", rather than the ladies with reputations established by their vocal lalents. Still, they undeniably deserve the esteem for their work! :)


Oh yeah...Lucy Lawless!

[Magneto_X]

Mandy Moore, Judy Garland, Emmy Russom, Doris Day, Julie Andrews, Amber Benson, Vanessa L. Williams, Kristen Bell

[DMike]

Billie Piper. Great as Rose Tyler, and while her music phase was quite bubble-gum poppy, I admit a guilty pleasure toward Day and Night (both in song and video).

[Lord of Denial]

Liza and Babs both make me want to shove pencils in my ears and scoop out my eyes with a melon baller.

[Jared]

Kristin Chenoweth. I think she does more broadway than TV/film, so I guess it's to be expected.

[jenlovetv]

This is actually her video on aol music:
Jennifer Landon (http://recp.mkt31.net/ctt?kn=6&m=22373&r=MTk0OTM1MDc3S0&b=2&j=MTQxMTk5MjUS1&mt=1)
Let me know what you think...

[Albert]

"Great" would be a stretch, but Deborah Harry is not too shabby. Her performances in Videodrome and Tales from the Darks Side: the Movie were very watchable.

[KenK]

"Great" would be a stretch, but Deborah Harry is not too shabby. Her performances in Videodrome and Tales from the Darks Side: the Movie were very watchable.

Her role in Videodrome was pretty damn good. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie was just funny, 'cause she's acting all sweet and homely. . . . as she's preparing to cook a small child!!:D

[HomerJay]

I'm not really a fan, but the first people I thought of were Cher & Bette Midler.

[Atom_basher]

supposedly Jennifer Hudson is AMAZING in dreamgirls and is a show in for supporting actress at the academy awards, so she is another who gets my vote

[monkeysweat]

Hi, Jennifer Landon (and/or her people).

[Jamal]

For the record that was Tina Turner singing in "What's Love Got To Do With It" not Angela Basset ( But Angela that good of an actress that she fooled a lot of people :)

My pick is Diana Ross, Go pick up the movie "Lady Sing's The Blues" ( Movie about Billie Holiday ) she played that part and sang those songs so well that you forget that she looks and sings nothing like Holiday. She should have got an Oscar for that role.