Top Ten Post-WWII Femme Fatale Characters

On the commentary track of Angel Face, Eddie Muller names his top ten femme fatale characters of the post-WWII period. Muller notes that the one common characteristic of all these women is that they did not work.

1. Jane Greer — Out of the Past

2. Rita Hayworth — The Lady from Shanghai

3. Joan Bennett — Scarlet Street

4. Ava Gardner — The Killers

5. Gene Tierney — Leave Her To Heaven

6. Yvonne De Carlo — Criss Cross

7. Marie Windsor — The Killing

8. Ann Savage — Detour

9. Claire Trevor — Murder, My Sweet

10. Jean Simmons — Angel Face