`` Film historian Cari Beauchamp has stated, ''When you look at the top 10 actresses of the past 80 years, since sound came in, first you have Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn and Meryl Streep -- but I think Glenn Close is definitely in that list, it's a combination of _her_ guts, in the roles she chooses, and her perseverance. <sep>, Pronoun: her <sep>, A: Katharine Hepburn <sep>, B: Meryl Streep