Actresses go MIA

I enjoyed Peter Rainer’s passionate article and list of must-have DVDs [“129 ‘Best’ Films: Rich, Risky and Enduring,” April 17]. However, I do have one observation: While his list does ample justice to many of the great actors (some films being cited strictly for their performances), the same respect is not given to equivalent powerhouse actresses. Greta Garbo, Bette Davis, Ingrid Bergman, Anna Magnani, Meryl Streep, Irene Dunne, Jane Fonda, Va- nessa Redgrave, Liv Ullmann, Geraldine Page and Simone Signoret, among others, are all missing in action. What gives?

Bruce Findley

Hollywood