MANILA, Philippines — Mila Manayon shares the result of a poll conducted by the American Film Institute on the film world’s most admired screen icons:

Not surprisingly, Katharine Hepburn topped the women, while Humphrey Bogart, best remembered for “Casablanca,” led the men. Coming hot on the heels of the sardonic Bogie was the film world’s epitome of tall, dark and handsome—Cary Grant. Following Hepburn was Bette Davis.

Bette once made public her envy of the photogenic Hepburn. She wished she looked like Kate! Her most hated contemporary was the much-feared Joan Crawford, her costar in the blockbuster drama, “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” Davis’ performance earned the actress another Oscar nomination. Since Joan was not nominated for “Baby Jane,” La Crawford openly campaigned for and even accepted the golden statuette on behalf of winner Anne Bancroft.

Method acting

The third placers were James Stewart and Audrey Hepburn. In fourth were the brash and unconventional Marlon Brando, who popularized method acting in the ’50s, and Swedish import, Ingrid Bergman.

Then came Fred Astaire, Greta Garbo, Henry Fonda and Marilyn Monroe.

MGM king, Clark Gable, shared the seventh position with legendary beauty, Elizabeth Taylor. Gable won an Oscar for “It Happened One Night,” while La Liz bagged two of the coveted statuettes—for “Butterfield 8” and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”

Fabulous legs

Next came James Cagney and the incomparable Judy Garland, and Spencer Tracy and Marlene Dietrich.

Charlie Chaplin shared the 10th position with Joan Crawford, who won an Oscar for “Mildred Pierce.” Two-time Best Actor winner, Gary Cooper, grabbed the 11th place.

—Iconic legends, one and all!