Marlon Brando was on a list.
Part of the AFI 100 Years ... series , AFI 's 100 Years ... 100 Stars is a list of the top 50 greatest screen legends in American film history , which included 25 male and 25 female stars . Of the 54 stars listed , only 9 were alive at the time , namely Shirley Temple , Katharine Hepburn , Marlon Brando , Elizabeth Taylor , Gregory Peck , Kirk Douglas , Lauren Bacall , Sophia Loren , and Sidney Poitier . Marlon Brando . Brando was included in a list of Top Ten Money Making Stars three times in the 1950s , coming in at number 10 in 1954 , number 6 in 1955 , and number 4 in 1958 . Brando was ranked by the American Film Institute as the fourth-greatest movie star among male movie stars whose screen debuts occurred in or before 1950 .