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Great Actresses and Great Performances. Katherine Hepburn stands alone at the top of the Best Actress heap. The big letdown must go to Deborah Kerr for 6 nominations with no wins. Here's a quick rundown. ACTRESS NOMINATIONS WINS Katharine Hepburn 12 4 Bette Davis 10 2 Meryl Streep 8 1 Greer Garson 7 1 Ingrid Bergman 6 2 Jane Fonda 6 2 Norma Shearer 6 1 Deborah Kerr 6 0 Elizabeth Taylor 5 2 Anne Bancroft 5 1 Audrey Hepburn 5 1 Jessica Lange 5 1 Shirley MacLaine 5 1 Sissy Spacek 5 1 Susan Hayward 5 1 Susan Sarandon 5 1 Irene Dunne 5 0 And here's the whole list. Make your own theories. 1997 Helen Hunt, AS GOOD AS IT GETS Helena Bonham Carter, THE WINGS OF THE DOVE Julie Christie, AFTERGLOW Judi Dench, MRS. BROWN Kate Winslet, TITANIC 1996 Frances McDormand, FARGO Brenda Blethyn, SECRETS AND LIES Diane Keaton, MARVIN'S ROOM Kristin Scott Thomas, THE ENGLISH PATIENT Emily Watson, BREAKING THE WAVES 1995 Susan Sarandon, DEAD MAN WALKING Elisabeth Shue, LEAVING LAS VEGAS Sharon Stone, CASINO Meryl Streep, THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY Emma Thompson, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY 1994 Jessica Lange, BLUE SKY Susan Sarandon,THE CLIENT Winona Ryder, LITTLE WOMEN Miranda Richardson, TOM & VIV Jodie Foster, NELL 1993 Holly Hunter, THE PIANO Debra Winger, SHADOWLANDS Emma Thompson, THE REMAINS OF THE DAY Stockard Channing, SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION Angela Bassett, WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT 1992 Emma Thompson, HOWARDS END Catherine Deneuve, INDOCHINE Mary McDonnell, PASSION FISH Michelle Pfeiffer, LOVE FIELD Susan Sarandon, LORENZO'S OIL 1991 Jodie Foster, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS Geena Davis, THELMA & LOUISE Laura Dern, RAMBLING ROSE Bette Midler, FOR THE BOYS Susan Sarandon, THELMA & LOUISE 1990 Kathy Bates, MISERY Anjelica Huston, THE GRIFTERS Julia Roberts, PRETTY WOMAN Joanne Woodward, MR. & MRS. BRIDGE Meryl Streep, POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE 1989 Jessica Tandy, DRIVING MISS DAISY Isabelle Adjani, CAMILLE CLAUDEL Pauline Collins, SHIRLEY VALENTINE Jessica Lange, MUSIC BOX Michelle Pfeiffer, THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS 1988 Jodie Foster, THE ACCUSED Glenn Close, DANGEROUS LIAISONS Melanie Griffith, WORKING GIRL Meryl Streep, A CRY IN THE DARK Sigourney Weaver, GORILLAS IN THE MIST 1987 Cher, MOONSTRUCK Glenn Close, FATAL ATTRACTION Holly Hunter, BROADCAST NEWS Sally Kirkland, ANNA Meryl Streep, IRONWEED 1986 Marlee Matlin, CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD Jane Fonda, THE MORNING AFTER Sissy Spacek, CRIMES OF THE HEART Kathleen Turner, PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED Sigourney Weaver, ALIENS 1985 Geraldine Page, THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL Anne Bancroft, AGNES OF GOD Whoopi Goldberg, THE COLOR PURPLE Jessica Lange, SWEET DREAMS Meryl Streep, OUT OF AFRICA 1984 Sally Field, PLACES IN THE HEART Judy Davis, A PASSAGE TO INDIA Jessica Lange, COUNTRY Vanessa Redgrave, THE BOSTONIANS Sissy Spacek, THE RIVER 1983 Shirley MacLaine, TERMS OF ENDEARMENT Jane Alexander, TESTAMENT Meryl Streep, SILKWOOD Julie Walters, EDUCATING RITA Debra Winger, TERMS OF ENDEARMENT 1982 Meryl Streep, SOPHIE'S CHOICE Julie Andrews, VICTOR/VICTORIA Jessica Lange, FRANCES Sissy Spacek, MISSING Debra Winger, AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN 1981 Katharine Hepburn, ON GOLDEN POND Diane Keaton, REDS Marsha Mason, ONLY WHEN I LAUGH Susan Sarandon, ATLANTIC CITY Meryl Streep, THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN 1980 Sissy Spacek, COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER Ellen Burstyn, RESURRECTION Goldie Hawn, PRIVATE BENJAMIN Mary Tyler Moore, ORDINARY PEOPLE Gena Rowlands, GLORIA 1979 Sally Field, NORMA RAE Jill Clayburgh, STARTING OVER Jane Fonda, THE CHINA SYNDROME Marsha Mason, CHAPTER TWO Bette Midler, THE ROSE 1978 Jane Fonda, COMING HOME Ingrid Bergman, AUTUMN SONATA Ellen Burstyn, SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR Jill Clayburgh, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN Geraldine Page, INTERIORS 1977 Diane Keaton, ANNIE HALL Anne Bancroft, THE TURNING POINT Jane Fonda, JULIA Shirley MacLaine, THE TURNING POINT Marsha Mason, THE GOODBYE GIRL 1976 Faye Dunaway, NETWORK Marie-Christine Barrault, COUSIN, COUSINE Talia Shire, ROCKY Sissy Spacek, CARRIE Liv Ullmann, FACE TO FACE 1975 Louise Fletcher, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST Isabelle Adjani, THE STORY OF ADéLE H Ann-Margret, TOMMY Glenda Jackson, HEDDA Carol Kane, HESTER STREET 1974 Ellen Burstyn, ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE Diahann Carroll, CLAUDINE Faye Dunaway, CHINATOWN Valerie Perrine, LENNY Gena Rowlands, A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE 1973 Glenda Jackson, A TOUCH OF CLASS Ellen Burstyn, THE EXORCIST Marsha Mason, CINDERELLA LIBERTY Barbra Streisand, THE WAY WE WERE Joanne Woodward, SUMMER WISHES, WINTER DREAMS 1972 Liza Minnelli, CABARET Diana Ross, LADY SINGS THE BLUES Dame Maggie Smith, TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT Cicely Tyson, SOUNDER Liv Ullmann, THE EMIGRANTS 1971 Jane Fonda, KLUTE Julie Christie, MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER Glenda Jackson, SUNDAY, BLOODY SUNDAY Vanessa Redgrave, MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS Janet Suzman, NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA 1970 Glenda Jackson, WOMEN IN LOVE Jane Alexander, THE GREAT WHITE HOPE Ali MacGraw, LOVE STORY Carrie Snodgress, DIARY OF A MAD HOUSEWIFE Sarah Miles, RYAN'S DAUGHTER 1969 Dame Maggie Smith, THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE Genevieve Bujold, ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS Jane Fonda, THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY? Liza Minnelli, THE STERILE CUCKOO Jean Simmons, THE HAPPY ENDING 1968 Katharine Hepburn, THE LION IN WINTER Barbra Streisand, FUNNY GIRL Patricia Neal, THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES Vanessa Redgrave, ISADORA Joanne Woodward, RACHEL, RACHEL 1967 Katharine Hepburn, GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER Anne Bancroft, THE GRADUATE Faye Dunaway, BONNIE AND CLYDE Dame Edith Evans, THE WHISPERERS Audrey Hepburn, WAIT UNTIL DARK 1966 Elizabeth Taylor, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Anouk Aimee, A MAN AND A WOMAN Ida Kaminska, THE SHOP ON MAIN STREET Lynn Redgrave, GEORGY GIRL Vanessa Redgrave, MORGAN! 1965 Julie Christie, DARLING Julie Andrews, THE SOUND OF MUSIC Samantha Eggar, THE COLLECTOR Simone Signoret, SHIP OF FOOLS Elizabeth Hartman, A PATCH OF BLUE 1964 Julie Andrews, MARY POPPINS Anne Bancroft, THE PUMPKIN EATER Sophia Loren, MARRIAGE ITALIAN-STYLE Debbie Reynolds, THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN Kim Stanley, SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON 1963 Patricia Neal, HUD Leslie Caron, THE L-SHAPED ROOM Shirley MacLaine, IRMA LA DOUCE Rachel Roberts, THIS SPORTING LIFE Natalie Wood, LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER 1962 Anne Bancroft, THE MIRACLE WORKER Bette Davis, WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? Katharine Hepburn, LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT Geraldine Page, SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH Lee Remick, DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES 1961 Sophia Loren, TWO WOMEN Audrey Hepburn, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S Piper Laurie, THE HUSTLER Geraldine Page, SUMMER AND SMOKE Natalie Wood, SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS 1960 Elizabeth Taylor, BUTTERFIELD 8 Greer Garson, SUNRISE AT CAMPOBELLO Deborah Kerr, THE SUNDOWNERS Shirley MacLaine, THE APARTMENT Melina Mercouri, NEVER ON SUNDAY 1959 Simone Signoret, ROOM AT THE TOP Doris Day, PILLOW TALK Audrey Hepburn, THE NUN'S STORY Katharine Hepburn, SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER Elizabeth Taylor, SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER 1958 Susan Hayward, I WANT TO LIVE! Deborah Kerr, SEPARATE TABLES Shirley MacLaine, SOME CAME RUNNING Rosalind Russell, AUNTIE MAME Elizabeth Taylor, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF 1957 Joanne Woodward, THE THREE FACES OF EVE Deborah Kerr, HEAVEN KNOWS, MR. ALLISON Anna Magnani, WILD IS THE WIND Elizabeth Taylor, RAINTREE COUNTY Lana Turner, PEYTON PLACE 1956 Ingrid Bergman, ANASTASIA Carroll Baker, BABY DOLL Katharine Hepburn, THE RAINMAKER Nancy Kelly, THE BAD SEED Deborah Kerr, THE KING AND I 1955 Anna Magnani, THE ROSE TATTOO Susan Hayward, I'LL CRY TOMORROW Katharine Hepburn, SUMMERTIME Jennifer Jones, LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING Eleanor Parker, INTERRUPTED MELODY 1954 Grace Kelly, THE COUNTRY GIRL Dorothy Dandridge, CARMEN JONES Judy Garland, A STAR IS BORN Audrey Hepburn, SABRINA Jane Wyman, MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION 1953 Audrey Hepburn, ROMAN HOLIDAY Leslie Caron, LILI Ava Gardner, MOGAMBO Deborah Kerr, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY Maggie McNamara, THE MOON IS BLUE 1952 Shirley Booth, COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA Joan Crawford, SUDDEN FEAR Bette Davis, THE STAR Julie Harris, THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING Susan Hayward, WITH A SONG IN MY HEART 1951 Vivien Leigh, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Katharine Hepburn, THE AFRICAN QUEEN Eleanor Parker, DETECTIVE STORY Shelley Winters, A PLACE IN THE SUN Jane Wyman, THE BLUE VEIL 1950 Judy Holliday, BORN YESTERDAY Anne Baxter, ALL ABOUT EVE Bette Davis, ALL ABOUT EVE Eleanor Parker, CAGED Gloria Swanson, SUNSET BLVD. 1949 Olivia de Havilland, THE HEIRESS Jeanne Crain, PINKY Susan Hayward, MY FOOLISH HEART Deborah Kerr, EDWARD, MY SON Loretta Young, COME TO THE STABLE 1948 Jane Wyman, JOHNNY BELINDA Ingrid Bergman, JOAN OF ARC Olivia de Havilland, THE SNAKE PIT Irene Dunne, I REMEMBER MAMA Barbara Stanwyck, SORRY, WRONG NUMBER 1947 Loretta Young, THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER Joan Crawford, POSSESSED Susan Hayward, SMASH-UP, THE STORY OF A WOMAN Dorothy McGuire, GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT Rosalind Russell, MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA 1946 Olivia de Havilland, TO EACH HIS OWN Celia Johnson, BRIEF ENCOUNTER Jennifer Jones, DUEL IN THE SUN Rosalind Russell, SISTER KENNY Jane Wyman, THE YEARLING 1945 Joan Crawford, MILDRED PIERCE Ingrid Bergman, THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S Greer Garson, THE VALLEY OF DECISION Jennifer Jones, LOVE LETTERS Gene Tierney, LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN 1944 Ingrid Bergman, GASLIGHT Claudette Colbert, SINCE YOU WENT AWAY Bette Davis, MR. SKEFFINGTON Greer Garson, MRS. PARKINGTON Barbara Stanwyck, DOUBLE INDEMNITY 1943 Jennifer Jones, THE SONG OF BERNADETTE Jean Arthur, THE MORE THE MERRIER Ingrid Bergman, FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS Joan Fontaine, THE CONSTANT NYMPH Greer Garson, MADAME CURIE 1942 Greer Garson, MRS. MINIVER Bette Davis, NOW, VOYAGER Katharine Hepburn, WOMAN OF THE YEAR Rosalind Russell, MY SISTER EILEEN Teresa Wright, THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES 1941 Joan Fontaine, SUSPICION Bette Davis, THE LITTLE FOXES Olivia de Havilland, HOLD BACK THE DAWN Greer Garson, BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST Barbara Stanwyck, BALL OF FIRE 1940 Ginger Rogers, KITTY FOYLE Bette Davis, THE LETTER Joan Fontaine, REBECCA Katharine Hepburn, THE PHILADELPHIA STORY Martha Scott, OUR TOWN 1939 Vivien Leigh, GONE WITH THE WIND Bette Davis, DARK VICTORY Irene Dunne, LOVE AFFAIR Greta Garbo, NINOTCHKA Greer Garson, GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS 1938 Bette Davis, JEZEBEL Fay Bainter, WHITE BANNERS Dame Wendy Hiller, PYGMALION Norma Shearer, MARIE ANTOINETTE Margaret Sullavan, THREE COMRADES 1937 Luise Rainer, THE GOOD EARTH Irene Dunne, THE AWFUL TRUTH Greta Garbo, CAMILLE Janet Gaynor, A STAR IS BORN Barbara Stanwyck, STELLA DALLAS 1936 Luise Rainer, THE GREAT ZIEGFELD Irene Dunne, THEODORA GOES WILD Gladys George, VALIANT IS THE WORD FOR CARRIE Carole Lombard, MY MAN GODFREY Norma Shearer, ROMEO AND JULIET 1935 Bette Davis, DANGEROUS Elisabeth Bergner, ESCAPE ME NEVER Claudette Colbert, PRIVATE WORLDS Katharine Hepburn, ALICE ADAMS Miriam Hopkins, BECKY SHARP Merle Oberon, THE DARK ANGEL 1934 Claudette Colbert, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT Grace Moore, ONE NIGHT OF LOVE Norma Shearer, THE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET 1932 - 1933 Katharine Hepburn, MORNING GLORY May Robson, LADY FOR A DAY Diana Wynyard, CAVALCADE 1931 - 1932 Helen Hayes, THE SIN OF MADELON CLAUDET Marie Dressler, EMMA Lynn Fontanne, THE GUARDSMAN 1930 - 1931 Marie Dressler, MIN AND BILL Marlene Dietrich, MOROCCO Irene Dunne, CIMARRON Ann Harding, HOLIDAY Norma Shearer, A FREE SOUL 1929 - 1930 Norma Shearer, THE DIVORCEE Nancy Carroll, THE DEVIL'S HOLIDAY Ruth Chatterton, SARAH AND SON Greta Garbo, ANNA CHRISTIE Greta Garbo, ROMANCE Norma Shearer, THEIR OWN DESIRE Gloria Swanson, THE TRESPASSER 1928 - 1929 Mary Pickford, COQUETTE Ruth Chatterton, MADAME X Betty Compson, THE BARKER Jeanne Eagels, THE LETTER Bessie Love, THE BROADWAY MELODY 1927 - 1928 Janet Gaynor, SEVENTH HEAVEN, STREET ANGEL, SUNRISE Louise Dresser, A SHIP COMES IN Gloria Swanson, SADIE THOMPSON

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