Rhonda Fleming (1923-2020) was an American film/television actress and singer. She acted in more than forty films, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, and became renowned as one of the most glamorous actresses of her day. She was nicknamed the “Queen of Technicolor” because her fair complexion and flaming red hair photographed exceptionally well. This page ranks 36 Rhonda Fleming movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, bit parts and her movies not released in North America theaters are not included in the rankings. This page comes from a request by Mike.
Bruce Willis Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1945
Spellbound (1945)
AA Best Picture Nom
1946
The Spiral Staircase (1946)
1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
1949
The Great Lover (1949)
1948
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1948)
1947
Out of the Past (1947)
1959
The Big Circus (1959)
1946
Abilene Town (1946)
1951
Cry Danger (1951)
1964
The Patsy (1964)
1958
Home Before Dark (1958)
1951
The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951)
1953
Inferno (1953)
1950
The Eagle and the Hawk (1950)
1954
Yankee Pasha (1954)
1951
Crosswinds (1951)
1956
Slightly Scarlet (1956)
1955
Tennessee's Partner (1955)
1951
Little Egypt (1951)
1956
While The City Sleeps (1956)
1959
Alias Jesse James (1959)
1956
The Killer Is Loose (1956)
1980
The Nude Bomb (1980)
1957
Gun Glory (1957)
1954
Jivaro (1954)
1952
Hong Kong (1952)
1960
The Crowded Sky (1960)
1957
The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
1953
Pony Express (1953)
1953
Those Redheads From Seattle (1953)
1952
The Golden Hawk (1952)
1951
The Last Outpost (1951)
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
1947
Adventure Island (1947)
1953
Tropic Zone (1953)
1953
Serpent of the Nile (1953)
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | Spellbound (1945) AA Best Picture Nom |
Gregory Peck & Ingrid Bergman |
12.50 | 395.4 | 395.40 | 8 | 78 | 06 / 01 | 98.9 | |
| 2 | The Spiral Staircase (1946) | Elsa Lanchester & Dorothy McGuire |
7.40 | 228.9 | 228.90 | 45 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 98.2 | |
| 3 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) | Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas |
13.40 | 258.5 | 258.50 | 9 | 77 | 02 / 00 | 97.1 | |
| 4 | The Great Lover (1949) | Bob Hope | 9.20 | 229.8 | 229.80 | 12 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 93.8 | |
| 5 | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1948) | Bing Crosby | 7.90 | 212.8 | 212.80 | 20 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 93.2 | |
| 6 | Out of the Past (1947) | Kirk Douglas & Robert Mitchum |
4.00 | 117.7 | 166.90 | 87 | 88 | 00 / 00 | 93.1 | |
| 7 | The Big Circus (1959) | Victor Mature & Peter Lorre |
7.70 | 138.6 | 138.60 | 32 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 85.3 | |
| 9 | Abilene Town (1946) | Randolph Scott | 4.10 | 125.2 | 125.20 | 81 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 82.0 | |
| 10 | Cry Danger (1951) | Dick Powell | 2.40 | 52.4 | 67.80 | 139 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 79.6 | |
| 11 | The Patsy (1964) | Jerry Lewis & Peter Lorre |
7.10 | 81.9 | 81.90 | 42 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 79.1 | |
| 11 | Home Before Dark (1958) | Jean Simmons | 3.50 | 62.8 | 102.10 | 63 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 79.1 | |
| 13 | The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951) | Glenn Ford & Edmond O'Brien |
3.60 | 77.0 | 77.00 | 105 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 74.6 | |
| 12 | Inferno (1953) | Robert Ryan | 3.00 | 53.1 | 53.10 | 134 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 74.6 | |
| 15 | The Eagle and the Hawk (1950) | John Payne | 4.30 | 96.2 | 96.20 | 72 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 74.1 | |
| 14 | Yankee Pasha (1954) | Jeff Chandler | 2.00 | 47.8 | 47.80 | 121 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 73.4 | |
| 16 | Crosswinds (1951) | John Payne | 3.60 | 77.0 | 77.00 | 103 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 73.2 | |
| 17 | Slightly Scarlet (1956) | Arlene Dahl | 2.80 | 54.1 | 54.10 | 117 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 71.3 | |
| 18 | Tennessee's Partner (1955) | Ronald Reagan | 3.10 | 65.2 | 65.20 | 100 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 70.7 | |
| 18 | Little Egypt (1951) | Mark Stevens | 3.10 | 67.8 | 67.80 | 116 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 70.5 | |
| 20 | While The City Sleeps (1956) | Dana Andrews & George Sanders |
2.60 | 50.4 | 50.40 | 125 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 69.2 | |
| 21 | Alias Jesse James (1959) | Bob Hope & Wendell Corey |
5.00 | 89.8 | 89.80 | 50 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 66.5 | |
| 22 | The Killer Is Loose (1956) | Joseph Cotten | 1.80 | 36.0 | 36.00 | 144 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 60.2 | |
| 22 | The Nude Bomb (1980) | Don Adams | 19.00 | 78.8 | 78.80 | 37 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 59.3 | |
| 25 | Gun Glory (1957) | Stewart Granger | 3.20 | 61.9 | 140.30 | 77 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 49.5 | |
| 24 | Jivaro (1954) | Brian Keith | 1.60 | 37.1 | 37.10 | 137 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 49.0 | |
| 27 | Hong Kong (1952) | Ronald Reagan | 3.50 | 68.1 | 68.10 | 109 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 43.2 | |
| 28 | The Crowded Sky (1960) | Dana Andrews | 2.50 | 39.7 | 39.70 | 91 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 41.5 | |
| 26 | The Buster Keaton Story (1957) | Peter Lorre & Donald O'Connor |
1.40 | 26.1 | 26.10 | 138 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 40.7 | |
| 30 | Pony Express (1953) | Charlton Heston | 4.20 | 76.2 | 76.20 | 85 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 40.6 | |
| 29 | Those Redheads From Seattle (1953) | Agnes Moorehead | 1.60 | 28.6 | 28.60 | 180 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 38.0 | |
| 32 | The Golden Hawk (1952) | Sterling Hayden | 1.60 | 30.6 | 30.60 | 176 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 32.3 | |
| 31 | The Last Outpost (1951) | Ronald Reagan | 0.90 | 19.4 | 19.40 | 212 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 32.2 | |
| 33 | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) | Victor Mature & Walter Pidgeon |
3.60 | 18.4 | 18.40 | 94 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 22.9 | |
| 34 | Adventure Island (1947) | Rory Calhoun | 1.30 | 37.8 | 37.80 | 153 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 22.3 | |
| 35 | Tropic Zone (1953) | Ronald Reagan | 2.10 | 38.1 | 38.10 | 163 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 18.7 | |
| 36 | Serpent of the Nile (1953) | Raymond Burr | 1.00 | 17.8 | 17.80 | 214 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 13.1 |
I was born in the late 1950’s, and my parents must’ve loved her so much, that they named me after her!! Because of that, since about 2014 I starting buying her old movies on DVD, just to see why my folks loved her so much. I now have become a fan of hers, too! I was sad when I noticed around my birthday (01/2021) that she passed away. I feel very honored to bear her name.
Hey Rhonda. That is awesome that you got me in for her. Interesting that both of your parents loved her so much that they could agree on naming you after her. Yes it was very sad when she passed, but she had good long life and left behind an awesome movie legacy. Thanks for stopping by and sharing this information, good feedback.
Rhonda’s heyday ended long ago of course -around 1960-but I never forgot her and in recent years being aware that she was in her eighties and nineties I have kept a regular check on her current situation.
In those later years I watched her in a strong dramatic supporting role as the calculating would-be lover [always the temptress!] to Jean Simmons’ cold and insensitive husband Dan O’Herlihy in 1958’s Wait Until Dark and I was impressed with Rhonda’s fine performance.
I am therefore grateful to Flora for alerting us to her death and to this site as a vehicle for allowing me to pay my last respects. Although at 97 Rhonda had a great innings her passing still holds a kind of sadness for me because of my nostalgia for all those trips to the cinema years ago to watch her movies.
My local Astoria cinema [just a short distance from where Ilive today] was where I saw most of her films but sadly it too is now gone “Alas the very spot. Where many a time she triumphed is forgot.” RIP
In second paragraph of part 2 of my tribute to Rhonda Wait Until Dark [the Audrey Hepburn film] should have read Home Before Dark of course.
My apologies to the memories of both actresses for the error.
Growing up in the 1950s most of my cinema idols were male as THEY largely appeared in the western/action/adventure films [especially the B ones] that appealed most to me.
Therefore among the A list female stars I was interested in just Crawford/Durbin/Day; but my fave B movie heroine was probably Rhonda as she appeared in droves of the aforementioned kinds of films that I liked best.
Examples of her movies that I used to clamour to see are: Tropic Zone; Tennessee’s Partner; Eagle and the Hawk; Bullwhip; Inferno; Serpent of the Nile; The Last Outpost and Hong Kong which were 2 of her 4 with Reagan; Those Redheads from Seattle; Redhead and the Cowboy; Yankee Pasha; and my 2 personal faves among her flicks While the City Sleeps with Dana Andrews and Slightly Scarlet with another of her regular leading men John Payne whom I liked.
Another great actress of the Golden Age of Cinema has left us. She was one of the final artists to have worked with Hitchcock. I remember her most from Out of the Past, While the City Sleeps, Gunfight at the OK Corral and Spellbound . Rest in peace
Hey Flora. Sad news about her passing. This morning when I woke up to do a teaching seminar…I noticed she was on my trending page…..so I looked her up on Google and noticed that she had passed away. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on her movies. I have seen all the ones you menitoned with the exception of Gunfight at the OK Corral. Rest in peace.