Greta Garbo (1905 - 1990) in a promotional portrait for 'Romance', directed by Clarence Brown, 1930. It's about the only time Garbo seems odd on screen. She plays an Italian opera singer and does an Italian accent on top of her own Swedish accent. The effect is bizarre. less

Swedish actress Greta Garbo (1905 - 1990) in a promotional portrait for 'Romance', directed by Clarence Brown, 1930. It's about the only time Garbo seems odd on screen. She plays an Italian opera singer and ... more

Angelina Jolie in THE TOURIST (2010). Basically she did what she rarely does -- played an attitude and played her own stardom. It was a disaster. Depp was just as bad, but from him that wasn't as much of a surprise. less

Angelina Jolie inTHE TOURIST (2010). Basically she did what she rarely does -- played an attitude and played her own stardom. It was a disaster. Depp was just as bad, but from him that wasn't as much of a ... more

Angelina Jolie in THE TOURIST (2010). Basically she did what she... Photo-6393389.87027 - seattlepi.com

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Grace KELLY in a scene from the film THE COUNTRY GIRL in 1954. This is one of Oscar's great disasters. Academy voters at the time were so astonished that Kelly would play a plain Jane that they failed to notice that she was awful in the role. Watch any ten minutes of the film, and she's actually amateurish -- her performance no better than that of a beginning acting student. And this is with