Academy Award For Best Actress

1927/1928 ~ Janet Gaynor as Diane

"Seventh Heaven" as Diane, "Street Angel" as Angela, and "Sunrise" as The Wife - Indre

Nominees:
Louise Dresser - A Ship Comes In as Mrs. Pleznik
Gloria Swanson - Sadie Thompson as Sadie Thompson

1928/1929 ~ Mary Pickford as Norma Besant

Nominees:
Ruth Chatterton - Madame X as Jacqueline Floriot
Betty Compson - The Barker as Carrie
Jeanne Eagels - The Letter as Leslie Crosbie (posthumous nomination)
Bessie Love - The Broadway Melody as Hank Mahoney

1929/1930 ~ Norma Shearer as Jerry Bernard Martin

Nominees:
Nancy Carroll - The Devil's Holiday as Hallie Hobart
Ruth Chatterton - Sarah and Son as Sarah Storm
Greta Garbo - Anna Christie as Anna Christie and Romance as Madame Rita Cavallini
Norma Shearer - Their Own Desire as Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
Gloria Swanson - The Trespasser as Marion Donnell

1930/1931 ~ Marie Dressler as Min Divot, Inkeeper

Nominees:
Marlene Dietrich - Morocco as Mademoiselle Amy Jolly
Irene Dunne - Cimarron as Sabra Cravat
Ann Harding - Holiday as Linda Seton
Norma Shearer - A Free Soul as Jan Ashe

1931/1932 ~ Helen Hayes as Madelon Claudet

Nominees:
Marie Dressler - Emma as Emma Thatcher Smith
Lynn Fontanne - The Guardsman as The Actress

1932/1933 ~ Katharine Hepburn as Eva Lovelace

Nominees:
May Robson - Lady for a Day as Apple Annie
Diana Wynyard - Cavalcade as Jane Marryot

1934 ~ Claudette Colbert as Ellie Andrews

Nominees:
Grace Moore - One Night of Love as Mary Barrett
Norma Shearer - The Barretts of Wimpole Street as Elizabeth Barrett

1935 ~ Bette Davis as Joyce Heath

Nominees:
Elisabeth Bergner - Escape Me Never as Gemma Jones
Claudette Colbert - Private Worlds as Dr. Jane Everest
Katharine Hepburn - Alice Adams as Alice Adams
Miriam Hopkins - Becky Sharp as Becky Sharp
Merle Oberon - The Dark Angel as Kitty Vane

1936 ~ Luise Rainer as Anna Held

Nominees:
Irene Dunne - Theodora Goes Wild as Theodora Lynn
Gladys George - Valiant Is the Word for Carrie as Carrie Snyder
Carole Lombard - My Man Godfrey as Irene Bullock
Norma Shearer - Romeo and Juliet as Juliet - Daughter to Capulet

1937 ~ Luise Rainer as O-Lan

Nominees:
Irene Dunne - The Awful Truth as Lucy Warriner
Greta Garbo - Camille as Marguerite Gautier
Janet Gaynor - A Star Is Born as Esther Victoria Blodgett, aka Vicki Lester
Barbara Stanwyck - Stella Dallas as Stella Martin 'Stell' Dallas

1938 ~ Bette Davis as Julie Marsden

Nominees:
Fay Bainter - White Banners as Hannah Parmalee
Wendy Hiller - Pygmalion as Eliza Doolittle
Norma Shearer - Marie Antoinette as Marie Antoinette
Margaret Sullavan - Three Comrades as Patricia 'Pat' Hollmann

1939 ~ Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara

Nominees:
Bette Davis - Dark Victory as Judith Traherne
Irene Dunne - Love Affair as Terry McKay
Greta Garbo - Ninotchka as Nina Yakushova 'Ninotchka' Ivanoff
Greer Garson - Goodbye, Mr. Chips as Katherine

1940 ~ Ginger Rogers as Kitty Foyle

Nominees:
Bette Davis - The Letter as Leslie Crosbie
Joan Fontaine - Rebecca as The Second Mrs. de Winter
Katharine Hepburn - The Philadelphia Story as Tracy Lord
Martha Scott - Our Town as Emily Webb

1941 ~ Joan Fontaine as Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth

Nominees:
Bette Davis - The Little Foxes as Regina Giddens
Olivia de Havilland - Hold Back the Dawn as Emmy Brown
Greer Garson - Blossoms in the Dust as Edna Kahly Gladney
Barbara Stanwyck - Ball of Fire as Katherine 'Sugarpuss' O'Shea

1942 ~ Greer Garson as Mrs. Miniver

Nominees:
Bette Davis - Now, Voyager as Charlotte Vale
Katharine Hepburn - Woman of the Year as Tess Harding
Rosalind Russell - My Sister Eileen as Ruth Sherwood
Teresa Wright - The Pride of the Yankees as Eleanor Twitchell

1943 ~ Jennifer Jones as Bernadette

Nominees:
Jean Arthur - The More the Merrier as Constance "Connie" Milligan
Ingrid Bergman - For Whom the Bell Tolls as María
Joan Fontaine - The Constant Nymph as Tessa Sanger
Greer Garson - Madame Curie as Marie Curie

1944 ~ Ingrid Bergman as Paula Alquist Anton

Nominees:
Claudette Colbert - Since You Went Away as Mrs. Anne Hilton
Bette Davis - Mr. Skeffington as Fanny Trellis
Greer Garson - Mrs. Parkington as Susie 'Sparrow' Parkington
Barbara Stanwyck - Double Indemnity as Phyllis Dietrichson

1945 ~ Joan Crawford as Mildred Pierce Beragon

Nominees:
Ingrid Bergman - The Bells of St. Mary's as Sister Mary Benedict
Greer Garson - The Valley of Decision as Mary Rafferty
Jennifer Jones - Love Letters as Singleton/Victoria Morland
Gene Tierney - Leave Her to Heaven as Ellen Berent Harland

1946 ~ Olivia de Havilland as Miss Josephine 'Jody' Norris

Nominees:
Celia Johnson - Brief Encounter as Laura Jesson
Jennifer Jones - Duel in the Sun as Pearl Chavez
Rosalind Russell - Sister Kenny as Sister Elizabeth Kenny
Jane Wyman - The Yearling as Orry Baxter

1947 ~ Loretta Young as Katrin Holstrom

Nominees:
Joan Crawford - Possessed as Louise Howell
Susan Hayward - Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman as Angelica 'Angie' / 'Angel' Evans Conway
Dorothy McGuire - Gentleman's Agreement as Kathy Lacy
Rosalind Russell - Mourning Becomes Electra as Lavinia Mannon

1948 ~ Jane Wyman as Belinda McDonald

Nominees:
Ingrid Bergman - Joan of Arc as Joan of Arc
Olivia de Havilland - The Snake Pit as Virginia Stuart Cunningham
Irene Dunne - I Remember Mama as Martha 'Mama' Hanson
Barbara Stanwyck - Sorry, Wrong Number as Leona Stevenson

1949 ~ Olivia de Havilland as Catherine Sloper

Nominees:
Jeanne Crain - Pinky as Patricia 'Pinky' Johnson
Susan Hayward - My Foolish Heart as Eloise Winters
Deborah Kerr - Edward, My Son as Evelyn Boult
Loretta Young - Come to the Stable as Sister Margaret

1950 ~ Judy Holliday as Emma 'Billie' Dawn

Nominees:
Anne Baxter - All About Eve as Eve Harrington
Bette Davis - All About Eve as Margo Channing
Eleanor Parker - Caged as Marie Allen
Gloria Swanson - Sunset Boulevard as Norma Desmond

1951 ~ Vivien Leigh as Blanche DuBois

Nominees:
Katharine Hepburn - The African Queen as Rose Sayer
Eleanor Parker - Detective Story as Mary McLeod
Shelley Winters - A Place in the Sun as Alice Tripp
Jane Wyman - The Blue Veil as Louise Mason

1952 ~ Shirley Booth as Lola Delaney

Nominees:
Joan Crawford - Sudden Fear as Myra Hudson
Bette Davis - The Star as Margaret Elliot
Julie Harris - The Member of the Wedding as Frances 'Frankie' Addams
Susan Hayward - With a Song in My Heart as Jane Froman

1953 ~ Audrey Hepburn as Princess Ann

Nominees:
Leslie Caron - Lili as Lili Daurier
Ava Gardner - Mogambo as Eloise Y. Honey Bear Kelly
Deborah Kerr - From Here to Eternity as Karen Holmes
Maggie McNamara - The Moon Is Blue as Patty O'Neill

1954 ~ Grace Kelly as Georgie Elgin

Nominees:
Dorothy Dandridge - Carmen Jones as Carmen Jones
Judy Garland - A Star Is Born as Vicki Lester (Esther Blodgett)
Audrey Hepburn - Sabrina as Sabrina Fairchild
Jane Wyman - Magnificent Obsession as Helen Phillips

1955 ~ Anna Magnani as Serafina Delle Rose

Nominees:
Susan Hayward - I'll Cry Tomorrow as Lillian Roth
Katharine Hepburn - Summertime as Jane Hudson
Jennifer Jones - Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing as Dr. Han Suyin
Eleanor Parker - Interrupted Melody as Marjorie 'Margie' Lawrence

1956 ~ Ingrid Bergman as Anna Koreff/Anastasia

Nominees:
Carroll Baker - Baby Doll as Baby Doll Meighan
Katharine Hepburn - The Rainmaker as Lizzie Curry
Nancy Kelly - The Bad Seed as Christine Penmark
Deborah Kerr - The King and I as Anna Leonowens

1957 ~ Joanne Woodward - The Three Faces of Eve as Eve White/Eve Black/Jane

Nominees:
Deborah Kerr - Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison as Sister Angela
Anna Magnani - Wild Is the Wind as Gioia
Elizabeth Taylor - Raintree County as Susanna Drake
Lana Turner - Peyton Place as Constance MacKenzie

1958 ~ Susan Hayward as Barbara Graham

Nominees:
Deborah Kerr - Separate Tables as Sibyl Railton-Bell
Shirley MacLaine - Some Came Running as Ginnie Moorehead
Rosalind Russell - Auntie Mame as Mame Dennis
Elizabeth Taylor - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Margaret 'Maggie the Cat' Pollitt

1959 ~ Simone Signoret as Alice Aisgill

Nominees:
Doris Day - Pillow Talk as Jan Morrow
Audrey Hepburn - The Nun's Story as Sister Luke (Gabrielle van der Mal)
Katharine Hepburn - Suddenly, Last Summer as Violet Venable
Elizabeth Taylor - Suddenly, Last Summer as Catherine Holly

1960 ~ Elizabeth Taylor - BUtterfield 8 as Gloria

Nominees:
Wandrous
Shirley MacLaine - The Apartment as Fran Kublick
Greer Garson - Sunrise at Campobello as Eleanor Roosevelt
Deborah Kerr - The Sundowners as Ida Carmody
Melina Mercouri - Never on Sunday as Ilya

1961 ~ Sophia Loren as Cesira

Nominees:
Audrey Hepburn - Breakfast at Tiffany's as Holly Golightly
Piper Laurie - The Hustler as Sarah Packard
Geraldine Page - Summer and Smoke as Alma Winemiller
Natalie Wood - Splendor in the Grass Wilma Dean 'Deanie' Loomis

1962 ~ Anne Bancroft as Annie Sullivan

Nominees:
Bette Davis - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? as Baby Jane Hudson
Katharine Hepburn - Long Day's Journey Into Night as Mary Tyrone
Geraldine Page - Sweet Bird of Youth as Alexandra Del Lago
Lee Remick - Days of Wine and Roses as Kirsten Arnesen Clay

1963 ~ Patricia Neal as Alma Brown

Nominees:
Leslie Caron - The L-Shaped Room as Jane Fossett
Shirley MacLaine - Irma la Douce as Irma La Douce
Rachel Roberts - This Sporting Life as Margaret Hammond
Natalie Wood - Love with the Proper Stranger as Angie Rossini

1964 ~ Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins

Nominees:
Anne Bancroft - The Pumpkin Eater as Jo Armitage
Sophia Loren - Marriage Italian Style as Filumena Marturano
Debbie Reynolds - The Unsinkable Molly Brown as Molly Brown
Kim Stanley - Séance on a Wet Afternoon as Myra Savage

1965 ~ Julie Christie as Diana Scott

Nominees:
Julie Andrews - The Sound of Music as Maria von Trapp
Samantha Eggar - The Collector as Miranda Grey
Elizabeth Hartman - A Patch of Blue as Selina D'Arcy
Simone Signoret - Ship of Fools as La Contessa

1966 ~ Elizabeth Taylor as Martha

Nominees:
Anouk Aimée - A Man and a Woman as Anne Gauthier
Ida Kaminska - The Shop on Main Street as Rozalie Lautmann
Lynn Redgrave - Georgy Girl as Georgy
Vanessa Redgrave - Morgan! as Leonie Delt

1967 ~ Katharine Hepburn as Christina Drayton

Nominees:
Anne Bancroft - The Graduate as Mrs. Robinson
Faye Dunaway - Bonnie and Clyde as Bonnie Parker
Edith Evans - The Whisperers as Maggie Ross
Audrey Hepburn - Wait Until Dark as Susy Hendrix

1968 ~ Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice (tied with Katharine Hepburn)

Katharine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine

Nominees:
Patricia Neal - The Subject Was Roses as Nettie Cleary
Vanessa Redgrave - Isadora as Isadora Duncan
Joanne Woodward - Rachel, Rachel as Rachel Cameron

1969 ~ Maggie Smith as Jean Brodie

Nominees:
Geneviève Bujold - Anne of the Thousand Days as Anne Boleyn
Jane Fonda - They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Gloria Beatty
Liza Minnelli - The Sterile Cuckoo as Mary Ann 'Pookie' Adams
Jean Simmons - The Happy Ending as Mary Wilson

1970 ~ Glenda Jackson as Gudrun Brangwen

Nominees:
Jane Alexander - The Great White Hope as Eleanor Backman
Ali MacGraw - Love Story as Jennifer Cavalleri
Sarah Miles - Ryan's Daughter as Rosy Ryan
Carrie Snodgress - Diary of a Mad Housewife as Tina Balser

1971 ~ Jane Fonda as Bree Daniels

Nominees:
Julie Christie - McCabe & Mrs. Miller as Constance Miller
Glenda Jackson - Sunday Bloody Sunday as Alex Greville
Vanessa Redgrave - Mary, Queen of Scots as Mary, Queen of Scots
Janet Suzman - Nicholas and Alexandra as Empress Alexandra / Alix of Hesse Darmstadt

1972 ~ Liza Minnelli as Sally Bowles

Nominees:
Diana Ross - Lady Sings the Blues as Billie Holiday
Maggie Smith - Travels with My Aunt as Augusta Bertram
Cicely Tyson - Sounder as Rebecca Morgan
Liv Ullmann - The Emigrants as Kristina

1973 ~ Glenda Jackson as Vickie

Nominees:
Ellen Burstyn - The Exorcist as Chris MacNeil
Marsha Mason - Cinderella Liberty as Maggie Paul
Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were as Katie Morosky
Joanne Woodward - Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Rita Walden

1974 ~ Ellen Burstyn as Alice Hyatt

Nominees:
Diahann Carroll - Claudine as Claudine
Faye Dunaway - Chinatown as Evelyn Cross Mulwray
Valerie Perrine - Lenny as Honey Bruce
Gena Rowlands - A Woman Under the Influence as Mabel Longhetti

1975 ~ Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched

Nominees:
Ann-Margret - Tommy as Nora Walker Hobbs
Isabelle Adjani - The Story of Adele H. as Adèle Hugo a.k.a. Adèle Lewry
Glenda Jackson - Hedda as Hedda Gabler
Carol Kane - Hester Street as Gitl

1976 ~ Faye Dunaway as Diana Christensen

Nominees:
Marie-Christine Barrault - Cousin, cousine as Marthe
Talia Shire - Rocky as Adrian Pennino
Sissy Spacek - Carrie as Carrie White
Liv Ullmann - Face to Face as Dr. Jenny Isaksson

1977 ~ Diane Keaton as Annie Hall

Nominees:
Anne Bancroft - The Turning Point as Emma Jacklin
Jane Fonda - Julia as Lillian Hellman
Shirley MacLaine - The Turning Point as Deedee Rodgers
Marsha Mason - The Goodbye Girl as Paula McFadden