Simple Question, Difficult Answer: Best Actresses of the 1920s

Okay, I'll just say it: I found most of the female performances I saw in the 1920s underwhelming, especially compared to the women's dominance of the previous decade.  So, I'm breaking my previous rule (that I had to see them in more than one film) in order to pull together this list.

Of course, at least one of those single film performances may just be my favorite one of the 1920s... but, I've already said too much.  This is your poll to vote on, not mine.

Vote in the sidebar. Poll closes Monday, September 10.

• Vilma Banky (The Eagle)
• Clara Bow (It, Wings)
• Joan Crawford (The Unknown)
• Janet Gaynor (Sunrise)
• Dorothy Gish (Orphans of the Storm)
• Lillian Gish (Way Down East, The Wind)
• Brigitte Helm (Metropolis, The Love of Jeanne Ney)
• Mary Philbin (The Phantom of the Opera, The Man Who Laughs)
• Mary Pickford (Tess of Storm Country, Little Annie Rooney)
• Gloria Swanson (Beyond the Rocks, Sadie Thompson)
• Other