The Silence of the Lambs (film) American Film Institute named Hannibal Lecter (as portrayed by Hopkins) the number one film villain of all time and Clarice Starling (as portrayed by Foster) the sixth-greatest film hero of all time. In 2011, ABC aired a prime-time special, "", that counted down the best films chosen by fans based on results of a poll conducted by ABC and "People" magazine. "The Silence of the Lambs" was selected as the 1 Best Suspense/Thriller and Dr. Hannibal Lecter was selected as the 4 Greatest Film Character. The film and its characters have appeared in the following AFI "100 Years" lists: In
Clarice Tinsley and news anchor. Tinsley has appeared as a news anchor or reporter in several Dallas-based television productions, including "The Good Guys", "Prison Break" and "Walker, Texas Ranger". In the 1980s, her work on "A Call For Help," an investigative reporting series on problems with Dallas' 911 emergency system, earned KDFW both a Peabody Award in 1984 and a 1980 Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award for investigative journalism. In 2007 she was awarded the "Director's Community Leadership Award" from the FBI. Clarice Tinsley Clarice Tinsley (born December 31, 1958) is an American broadcast journalist. In November 1978, she moved to the