Best Actor/Actress in a Crying Role

[Insider]

must be cuba gooding, jr. just watched him cry (more than once) in "men of honor". reminded me of his tears of joy at the end of "jerry maguire".

who else cries best, and often, in a starring role?

[Cleita]

1. Shirley Temple of course.

:-)

[Closer]

2. Oh, without a doubt

Sally Field in Steele Magnolias: "I wanna know WHY, WHYYYYY!!!!"

[Insider]

4. will rent tomorrow

check. steel magnolias.

[ezgoingrl]

3. Sally Field in Steel Magnolias

When they are at Shelby's funeral, makes me bawl everytime. She talks about holding her daughter's hand as she died and how honored she was to have that experience...then they break it up with Olivia Dukakis' character says, "Here hit this." and she's talking about Wheezer. What a great scene!!

[Closer]

5. HA!

Good choice ezgoingrl!

That scene KILLS me all 34 times I've seen it! Sally Field is just the best.

I also like that part where what's her face says "don't anybody move, I lost my contact!" LOL!

[ezgoingrl]

11. Thanks!

:-)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

8. WHY?WHY?WHY?

I love that scene

[Paragon]

9. Sally Field in "Soapdish"

Funny on purpose, this time.

[Shanty Oilish]

6. Judith Light, but not in Who's The Boss

Before that, on a soap in the 80's I think it was. Played the wife of a squeaky clean physician. She became the town tramp, had her own pimp and everything. That confession on the witness stand---Lord could she cry.

[kodi]

7. jessica lange/rob roy

scene where she makes her kinsman to swear not to tell her husband she had been purposefully raped so that it would enrage her husband to reckless vengence.

lange was outstanding in that scene. it was a chilling performance. one of the very best things i ever saw on film. i found myself in tears from her performance.

[ibegurpard]

17. Oh man!

That scene tears my guts out. I was actually thinking of it when I saw this thread. Jessica Lange has the ability to get almost uncomfortably raw in her performances...something not many other actresses can do.

[Grassrooter]

10. Genie Franis.

She played Laura on General Hospital. Man, best crier on soaps EVER.

on edit: It's Francis, not Franis - DOH.

[put out]

12. Meryl Streep "Kramer vs. Kramer"

On the witness stand. Shirley MacLaine "Terms of Endearment". Everone in "The Crossing Guard".

[maggrwaggr]

13. Michelle Pfeiffer takes the cake for crying on camera

nobody else comes close

[Punkingal]

14. Denzel Washington in Glory....

after he gets beaten, a single tear slides down his face. It was amazing. (He won an Oscar for that performance.)

[Bundbuster]

15. ongoing role...

Dick Vermiel, coach, Kansas City Chiefs (you gotta be a football fan).

[mitchum]

16. "They took my thumb Charlie!"

Eric Roberts in "The Pope of Greenwich Village" Over the top, but still good