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My Preferential Rankings of The Best Actress Winners May '07: I have seen 77 of the 82 winners, a ratio of 94%. May '07: Most recent addition: Helen Mirren (2006) For the Ages 1951 Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire 1993 Holly Hunter, The Piano 1934 Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night 1931 Marie Dressler, Min and Bill 1939 Vivien Leigh, Gone With the Wind 1968 Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl 1977 Diane Keaton, Annie Hall 2003 Charlize Theron, Monster ★ 1996 Frances McDormand, Fargo 1992 Emma Thompson, Howards End ★ 1928 Janet Gaynor, 7th Heaven ★ 1999 Hilary Swank, Boys Don't Cry Fantastic 1972 Liza Minnelli, Cabaret 1963 Patricia Neal, Hud 1964 Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins 1955 Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo 1974 Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1970 Glenda Jackson, Women in Love 1982 Meryl Streep, Sophie's Choice ★ 1962 Anne Bancroft, The Miracle Worker 1928 Janet Gaynor, Sunrise 1966 Elizabeth Taylor, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1991 Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs 1950 Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday 1945 Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce ★ 2000 Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich ★ 1968 Katharine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter 1980 Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter Fetching 1971 Jane Fonda, Klute 1957 Joanne Woodward, The Three Faces of Eve © 1976 Faye Dunaway, Network 1928 Janet Gaynor, Street Angel 1944 Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight 1969 Maggie Smith, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 1985 Geraldine Page, The Trip to Bountiful 1965 Julie Christie, Darling 1948 Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda 1943 Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette 1986 Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God 1995 Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking 1949 Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress 1988 Jodie Foster, The Accused ★ Fair 2002 Nicole Kidman, The Hours 2006 Helen Mirren, The Queen ★ 1997 Helen Hunt, As Good As It Gets ★ 1987 Cher, Moonstruck 1937 Luise Rainer, The Good Earth 2004 Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby ★ 1930 Norma Shearer, The Divorcée 1975 Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 2001 Halle Berry, Monster's Ball 1983 Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment 1938 Bette Davis, Jezebel ★ 1942 Greer Garson, Mrs. Miniver 1998 Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love ★ 1978 Jane Fonda, Coming Home Feh 1989 Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy 1933 Katharine Hepburn, Morning Glory 1994 Jessica Lange, Blue Sky ★ 1961 Sophia Loren, Two Women 1990 Kathy Bates, Misery 1936 Luise Rainer, The Great Ziegfeld © 1979 Sally Field, Norma Rae 1959 Simone Signoret, Room at the Top 1932 Helen Hayes, The Sin of Madelon Claudet 1973 Glenda Jackson, A Touch of Class 2005 Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line 1935 Bette Davis, Dangerous 1981 Katharine Hepburn, On Golden Pond 1952 Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba © Flotsam 1941 Joan Fontaine, Suspicion 1967 Katharine Hepburn, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1953 Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday 1960 Elizabeth Taylor, Butterfield 8 1984 Sally Field, Places in the Heart 1947 Loretta Young, The Farmer's Daughter 1929 Mary Pickford, Coquette ★ Unseen (In Chronological Order) 1940 Ginger Rogers, Kitty Foyle 1946 Olivia de Havilland, To Each His Own 1954 Grace Kelly, The Country Girl 1956 Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia 1958 Susan Hayward, I Want to Live! |
The Best of the Rest: My Favorites of the Losing Nominees May '07: I have seen 321 of the 393 nominees, a ratio of 82%. May '07: Most recent addition: Greer Garson (1943) 1920s 1928 Gloria Swanson, Sadie Thompson 1930s 1930 Nancy Carroll, The Devil's Holiday 1930 Ruth Chatterton, Sarah and Son 1931 Marlene Dietrich, Morocco 1934 Norma Shearer, The Barretts of Wimpole Street 1935 Claudette Colbert, Private Worlds 1935 Katharine Hepburn, Alice Adams 1936 Gladys George, Valiant Is the Word for Carrie 1936 Carole Lombard, My Man Godfrey 1937 Irene Dunne, The Awful Truth 1937 Greta Garbo, Camille 1937 Barbara Stanwyck, Stella Dallas 1938 Fay Bainter, White Bannners © 1938 Norma Shearer, Marie Antoinette 1939 Bette Davis, Dark Victory ★ 1939 Greta Garbo, Ninotchka 1940s 1940 Bette Davis, The Letter 1940 Joan Fontaine, Rebecca 1940 Katharine Hepburn, The Philadelphia Story 1941 Greer Garson, Blossoms in the Dust 1943 Jean Arthur, The More the Merrier 1944 Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity 1946 Celia Johnson, Brief Encounter 1947 Joan Crawford, Possessed 1950s 1950 Anne Baxter, All About Eve 1950 Bette Davis, All About Eve 1950 Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevard 1951 Katharine Hepburn, The African Queen 1951 Jane Wyman, The Blue Veil 1955 Susan Hayward, I'll Cry Tomorrow 1956 Carroll Baker, Baby Doll 1958 Shirley MacLaine, Some Came Running 1959 Katharine Hepburn, Suddenly, Last Summer 1960s 1960 Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment ★ 1962 Bette Davis, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962 Katharine Hepburn, Long Day's Journey into Night 1962 Geraldine Page, Sweet Bird of Youth 1964 Sophia Loren, Marriage Italian Style 1965 Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music 1966 Ida Kaminská, The Shop on Main Street 1967 Anne Bancroft, The Graduate 1967 Faye Dunaway, Bonnie and Clyde 1968 Joanne Woodward, Rachel, Rachel 1969 Jane Fonda, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 1970s 1970 Carrie Snodgress, Diary of a Mad Housewife © 1971 Julie Christie, McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1973 Ellen Burstyn, The Exorcist 1973 Barbra Streisand, The Way We Were 1974 Diahann Carroll, Claudine 1974 Faye Dunaway, Chinatown 1974 Valerie Perrine, Lenny 1974 Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence 1975 Isabelle Adjani, The Story of Adèle H. 1976 Sissy Spacek, Carrie 1978 Ingrid Bergman, Autumn Sonata ★ 1978 Geraldine Page, Interiors ★ 1979 Jane Fonda, The China Syndrome 1979 Bette Midler, The Rose 1980s 1980 Gena Rowlands, Gloria © 1981 Diane Keaton, Reds 1981 Marsha Mason, Only When I Laugh 1981 Susan Sarandon, Atlantic City 1982 Jessica Lange, Frances ★ 1983 Meryl Streep, Silkwood ★ 1985 Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple 1985 Jessica Lange, Sweet Dreams 1986 Sigourney Weaver, Aliens 1987 Glenn Close, Fatal Attraction 1987 Holly Hunter, Broadcast News 1987 Sally Kirkland, Anna 1987 Meryl Streep, Ironweed 1988 Glenn Close, Dangerous Liaisons 1989 Michelle Pfeiffer, The Fabulous Baker Boys 1990s 1990 Anjelica Huston, The Grifters 1990 Julia Roberts, Pretty Woman 1990 Meryl Streep, Postcards from the Edge 1991 Geena Davis, Thelma & Louise 1991 Laura Dern, Rambling Rose 1991 Susan Sarandon, Thelma & Louise 1993 Angela Bassett, What's Love Got to Do With It? 1993 Stockard Channing, Six Degrees of Separation 1995 Elisabeth Shue, Leaving Las Vegas 1995 Sharon Stone, Casino 1995 Meryl Streep, The Bridges of Madison County 1996 Brenda Blethyn, Secrets & Lies 1996 Kristin Scott Thomas, The English Patient 1996 Emily Watson, Breaking the Waves 1997 Helena Bonham Carter, The Wings of the Dove 1998 Meryl Streep, One True Thing 1999 Janet McTeer, Tumbleweeds ★ 2000s 2000 Laura Linney, You Can Count on Me ★ 2001 Judi Dench, Iris ★ 2002 Julianne Moore, Far from Heaven ★ 2004 Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace ★ 2004 Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake ★ 2004 Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ★ 2006 Penélope Cruz, Volver |