Academy Awards For Best Actress Deservers

1927/28!

Winner: Janet Gaynor (and for Street Angel and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans)!

Nominees:
Louise Dresser - A Ship Comes In
Gloria Swanson - Sadie Thompson

1928/29!

Winner: Mary Pickford!

Nominees:
Ruth Chatterton - Madame X as Jacqueline Floriot
Jeanne Eagels - The Letter as Leslie Crosbie
Corinne Griffith - The Divine Lady as Emma Hart
Bessie Love - The Broadway Melody as Hank Mahoney

1929/30!

Winner: Norma Shearer!

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
Gloria Swanson - The Trespasser as Marion Donnell

1930/31!

Winner: Marie Dressler!

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

1931/32!

Winner: Helen Hayes!

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

1932/33!

Winner: Katharine Hepburn!

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

1934!

Winner: Claudette Colbert!

Nominees:
Bette Davis - Of Human Bondage as Mildred Rogers
Myrna Loy - The Thin Man as Nora Charles
Grace Moore - One Night of Love as Mary
Norma Shearer - The Barretts of Wimpole Street as Elizabeth Barrett

1935!

Winner: Katharine Hepburn!

Nominees:
Elisabeth Bergner - Escape Me Never as Gemma Jones
Bette Davis - Dangerous as Joyce Heath
Miriam Hopkins - Becky Sharp as Becky Sharp
Merle Oberon - The Dark Angels as Kitty Vane

1936!

Winner: Carole Lombard!

Nominees:
Irene Dunne - Theodora Goes Wild as Theodora Lynn
Gladys George - Valiant Is the Word for Carrie as Carrie Snyder
Luise Rainer - The Great Ziegfeld as Anna Held
Norma Shearer - Romeo and Juliet as Juliet

1937!

Winner: Janet Gaynor!

Nominees:
Irene Dunne - The Awful Truth as Lucy Warriner
Greta Garbo - Camille as Marguerite Gautier
Luise Rainer - The Good Earth as O-Lan
Barbara Stanwyck - Stella Dallas as Stella Dallas

1938!

Winner: Bette Davis!

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 Pat Hollmann

1939!

Winner: Vivien Leigh!

Nominees:
Bette Davis - Dark Victory as Judith Traherne
Greta Garbo - Ninotchka as Ninotchka
Judy Garland - The Wizard of Oz as Dorothy
Greer Garson - Goodbye, Mr. Chips as Katherine Chipping

1940!

Winner: Joan Fontaine!

Nominees:
Bette Davis - The Letter as Leslie Crosbie
Katharine Hepburn - The Philadelphia Story as Tracy Lord
Ginger Rogers - Kitty Foyle as Kitty Foyle
Martha Scott - Our Town as Emily Webb

1941!

Winner: Joan Fontaine!

Nominees:
Bette Davis - The Little Foxes as Regina Hubbard 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 Sugarpuss O'Shea

1942!

Winner: Greer Garson!

Nominees:
Bette Davis - Now, Voyager as Charlotte Vale
Greer Garson - Mrs. Miniver as Kay Miniver
Rosalind Russell - My Sister Eileen as Ruth Sherwood
Teresa Wright - The Pride of the Yankees as Eleanor Gehrig

1943!

Winner: Jennifer Jones!

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

1944!

Winner: Barbara Stanwyck!

Nominees:
Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight as Paula Alquist
Claudette Colbert - Since You Went Away as Mrs. Anne Hilton
Bette Davis - Mr. Skeffington as Fanny Trellis
Greer Garson - Mrs. Parkington as Susie Parkington

1945!

Winner: Celia Johnson!

Nominees:
Ingrid Bergman - The Bells of St. Mary's as Sister Mary Benedict
Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce as Mildred Pierce
Greer Garson - The Valley of Decision as Mary Rafferty
Gene Tierney - Leave Her to Heaven as Ellen Berent

1946!

Winner: Olivia de Havilland!

Nominees:
Ingrid Bergman - Notorius as Alicia Huberman
Jennifer Jones - Duel in the Sun as Pearl Chavez
Rosalind Russell - Sister Kenny as Elizabeth Kenny
Jane Wyman - The Yearling as Ma Baxter

1947!

Winner: Deborah Kerr!

Nominees:
Joan Crawford - Possessed as Louise Howell
Dorothy McGuire - Gentleman's Agreement as Kathy Lacey
Rosalind Russell - Mourning Becomes Electra as Lavinia Mannon
Loretta Young - The Farmer's Daughter as Katrin Holstrom

1948!

Winner: Jane Wyman!

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

1949!

Winner: Olivia de Havilland!

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!

Winner: Gloria Swanson!

Nominees:
Anne Baxter - All About Eve as Eve Harrington
Bette Davis - All About Eve as Margo Channing
Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday as Emma "Billie" Dawn
Eleanor Parker - Caged as Marie Allen

1951!

Winner: Vivien Leigh!

Nominees:
Katharine Hepburn - The African Queen as Rose Sayer
Eleanor Parker - Detective Story as Mary McLeod
Elizabeth Taylor - A Place in the Sun as Angela Vickers
Shelley Winters - A Place in the Sun as Alice Tripp

1952!

Winner: Julie Harris!

Nominees:
Shirley Booth - Come Back, Little Sheba as Lola Delaney
Joan Crawford - Sudden Fear as Myra Hudson
Bette Davis - The Star as Margaret Elliot
Susan Hayward - With a Song in My Heart as Jane Froman

1953!

Winner: Audrey Hepburn!

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

1954!

Winner: Judy Garland!

Nominees:
Dorothy Dandridge - Carmen Jones as Carmen Jones
Audrey Hepburn - Sabrina as Sabrina Fairchild
Grace Kelly - The Country Girl as Georgie Elgin
Jane Wyman - Magnificent Obsession as Helen Phillips

1955!

Winner: Susan Hayward!

Nominees:
Katharine Hepburn - Summertime as Jane Hudson
Jennifer Jones - Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing as Dr. Han Suyin
Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo as Serafina Delle Rose
Eleanor Parker - Interrupted Melody as Marjorie Lawrence

1956!

Winner: Katharine Hepburn!

Nominees:
Carroll Baker - Baby Doll as Baby Doll
Ingrid Bergman - Anastasia as Anna Koreff
Nancy Kelly - The Bad Seed as Christine Penmark
Deborah Kerr - The King and I as Anna Lenowens

1957!

Winner: Joanne Woodward!

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

1958!

Winner: Elizabeth Taylor!

Nominees:
Susan Hayward - I Want to Live! as Barbara Graham
Deborah Kerr - Separate Tables as Sibyl Railton-Bell
Shirley MacLaine - Some Came Running as Ginny Moorhead
Rosalind Russell - Auntie Mame as Mame Dennis

1959!

Winner: Marilyn Monroe!

Nominees:
Audrey Hepburn - The Nun's Story as Gabrielle van der Mal
Katharine Hepburn - Suddenly, Last Summer as Mrs. Violet Venable
Simone Signoret - Room at the Top as Alice Aisgill
Elizabeth Taylor - Suddenly, Last Summer as Catherine Holly

1960!

Winner: Shirley MacLaine!

Nominees:
Greer Garson - Sunrise at Campobello as Eleanor Roosevelt
Deborah Kerr - The Sundowners as Ida Carmody
Melina Mercouri - Never on Sunday as Ilya
Elizabeth Taylor - BUtterfield 8 as Gloria Wandrous

1961!

Winner: Audrey Hepburn!

Nominees:
Piper Laurie - The Hustler as Sarah Packard
Sophia Loren - Two Women as Cesira
Geraldine Page - Summer and Smoke as Alma Winemiller
Natalie Wood - Splendor in the Grass as Wilma Dean Loomis

1962!

Winner: Anne Bancroft!

Nominees:
Joan Crawford - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? as Blanche Hudson
Bette Davis - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? as Baby Jane Hudson
Katharine Hepburn - Long Day's Journey Into Night as Mary Cavan Tyrone
Lee Remick - Days of Wine and Roses as Kirsten Arnesen Clay

1963!

Winner: Leslie Caron!

Nominees:
Shirley MacLaine - Irma la Douche as Irma la Douche
Patricia Neal - Hud as Alma Brown
Rachel Roberts - This Sporting Life as Mrs. Margaret Hammond
Natalie Wood - Love with the Proper Stranger as Angie Rossini

1964!

Winner: Julie Andrews!

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

1965!

Winner: Julie Andrews!

Nominees:
Julie Christie - Darling as Diana Scott
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!

Winner: Elizabeth Taylor!

Nominees:
Anouk Aimee - A Man and a Woman as Anne Gauthier
Ida Kaminska - The Shop on Main Street as Rozalia Lautmannova
Lynn Redgrave - Georgy Girl as Georgina "Georgy" Parkin
Vanessa Redgrave - Morgan! as Leonie Delt

1967!

Winner: Anne Bancroft!

Nominees:
Faye Dunaway - Bonnie and Clyde as Bonnie Parker
Edith Evans - The Whisperers as Mrs. Ross
Audrey Hepburn - Wait Until Dark as Susy Hendrix
Katharine Hepburn - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner as Christina Drayton

1968!

Winner: Katharine Hepburn!

Nominees:
Mia Farrow - Rosemary's Baby as Rosemary Woodhouse
Patricia Neal - The Subject Was Roses as Nettie Cleary
Barbra Streisand - Funny Girl as Fanny Brice
Joanne Woodward - Rachel, Rachel as Rachel Cameron

1969!

Winner: Maggie Smith!

Nominees:
Genevieve 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!

Winner: Ali MacGraw!

Nominees:
Jane Alexander - The Great White Hope as Eleanor Backman
Glenda Jackson - Women in Love as Gundrun Brangwen
Sarah Miles - Ryan's Daughter as Rosy Ryan
Carrie Snodgress - Diary of a Mad Housewife as Bettina "Tina" Balser

1971!

Winner: Jane Fonda!

Nominees:
Julie Christie - McCabe & Mrs. Miller as Constance Miller
Ruth Gordon - Harold and Maude as Marjorie "Maude" Chardin
Vanessa Redgrave - Mary, Queen of Scots as Mary, Queen of Scots
Janet Suzman - Nicholas and Alexandra as Empress Alexandra

1972!

Winner: Liza Minnelli!

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 Nilsson

1973!

Winner: Ellen Burstyn!

Nominees:
Glenda Jackson - A Touch of Class as Vicki Allessio
Marsha Mason - Cinderella Liberty as Maggie Paul
Sissy Spacek - Badlands as Holly Sargis
Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were as Katie Morosky

1974!

Winner: Faye Dunaway!

Nominees:
Ellen Burstyn - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Alice Graham-Hyatt
Diahann Carroll - Claudine as Claudine Price
Valerie Perrine - Lenny as Harriett Jolliff/Honey Bruce
Gena Rowlands - A Woman Under the Influence as Mabel Longhetti

1975!

Winner: Louise Fletcher!

Nominees:
Isabelle Ajdani - The Story of Adele H. as Adele Hugo/Adele Lewry
Ann-Margaret - Tommy as Nora Walker
Glenda Jackson - Hedda as Hedda Gabler
Carol Kane - Hester Street as Gitl

1976!

Winner: Faye Dunaway!

Nominees:
Lauren Bacall - The Shootist as Bond Rogers
Talia Shire - Rocky as Adriana Pennino
Sissy Spacek - Carrie as Carrie White
Liv Ullmann - Face to Face as Jenny Isaksson

1977!

Winner: Diane Keaton!

Nominees:
Anne Bancroft - The Turning Point as Emma Jacklin
Shelley Duvall - 3 Women as Mildred "Millie" Lammoreaux
Jane Fonda - Julia as Lillian Hellman
Shirley MacLaine - The Turning Point as Deedee Rodgers