Watchlist(oscar best actress winners and nominees)
by skianhosseini | created - 20 Feb 2023 | updated - 4 months ago | Public
1. Michelle Yeoh
Actress | Everything Everywhere All at Once
Michelle Yeoh was born in Ipoh, Malaysia. She's the daughter of Janet Yeoh & Kian Teik Yeoh. She's of Hokkien descent, speaking English and Malay before Chinese. A ballet dancer since 4, she moved to London to study at the Royal Academy as a teen. After a brief dance career, she won the Miss ...
2022 watched: Michelle Yeoh-Everything Everywhere All at Once(winner) Cate Blanchett-Tár Michelle Williams-The Fabelmans not watched: Ana de Armas-Blonde Andrea Riseborough-To Leslie
2. Jessica Chastain
Actress | Zero Dark Thirty
Jessica Michelle Chastain was born in Sacramento, California, and was raised in a middle-class household in a Northern California suburb. Her mother, Jerri Chastain, is a vegan chef whose family is originally from Kansas, and her stepfather is a fireman. She discovered dance at the age of nine and ...
2021 not watched: Jessica Chastain-The Eyes of Tammy Faye(winner) Olivia Colman-The Lost Daughter Penélope Cruz-Parallel Mothers Nicole Kidman-Being the Ricardos Kristen Stewart-Spencer
3. Frances McDormand
Actress | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Frances Louise McDormand was born on June 23, 1957, in Gibson City, Illinois. She was adopted by Canadian-born parents Noreen Eloise (Nickleson), a nurse from Ontario, and Rev. Vernon Weir McDormand, a Disciples of Christ minister from Nova Scotia, who raised her in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. She ...
2020 not watched: Frances McDormand -Nomadland(winner) Viola Davis-Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Andra Day-The United States vs. Billie Holiday Vanessa Kirby-Pieces of a Woman Carey Mulligan-Promising Young Woman
4. Renée Zellweger
Actress | Chicago
Renée Kathleen Zellweger was born on April 25, 1969, in Katy, Texas, Her mother, Kjellfrid Irene (Andreassen), is a Norwegian-born former nurse and midwife, of Norwegian, Kven (Finnish), and Swedish descent. Her father, Emil Erich Zellweger, is a Swiss-born engineer. The two married in 1963. Renée ...
2019 not watched: Renée Zellweger-Judy(winner) Cynthia Erivo-Harriet Scarlett Johansson-Marriage Story Saoirse Ronan-Little Women Charlize Theron-Bombshell
5. Olivia Colman
Actress | The Favourite
Olivia Colman was born on January 30, 1974 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for The Favourite (2018), Tyrannosaur (2011) and The Lost Daughter (2021). She has been married to Ed Sinclair since August 2001. They have three children.
2018 not watched: Olivia Colman-The Favourite(winner) Yalitza Aparicio-Roma Glenn Close-The Wife Lady Gaga-A Star Is Born Melissa McCarthy-Can You Ever Forgive Me?
6. Frances McDormand
Actress | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Frances Louise McDormand was born on June 23, 1957, in Gibson City, Illinois. She was adopted by Canadian-born parents Noreen Eloise (Nickleson), a nurse from Ontario, and Rev. Vernon Weir McDormand, a Disciples of Christ minister from Nova Scotia, who raised her in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. She ...
2017 watched: Meryl Streep-The Post not watched: Frances McDormand-Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri(winner) Sally Hawkins-The Shape of Water Margot Robbie-I, Tonya Saoirse Ronan-Lady Bird
7. Emma Stone
Actress | La La Land
Emily Jean "Emma" Stone was born on November 6, 1988 in Scottsdale, Arizona to Krista Jean Stone (née Yeager), a homemaker & Jeffrey Charles "Jeff" Stone, a contracting company founder and CEO. She is of Swedish, German & British Isles descent. Stone began acting as a child as a member of the ...
2016 not watched: Emma Stone -La La Land(winner) Isabelle Huppert-Elle Ruth Negga-Loving Natalie Portman-Jackie Meryl Streep-Florence Foster Jenkins
8. Brie Larson
Actress | Room
Brie Larson has built an impressive career as an acclaimed television actress, rising feature film star and emerging recording artist. A native of Sacramento, Brie started studying drama at the early age of 6, as the youngest student ever to attend the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco...
2015 not watched: Brie Larson-Room(winner) Cate Blanchett-Carol Jennifer Lawrence-Joy Charlotte Rampling-45 Years Saoirse Ronan-Brooklyn
9. Julianne Moore
Actress | Far from Heaven
Julianne Moore was born Julie Anne Smith in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on December 3, 1960, the daughter of Anne (Love), a social worker, and Peter Moore Smith, a paratrooper, colonel, and later military judge. Her mother moved to the U.S. in 1951, from Greenock, Scotland. Her father, from ...
2014 watched: Julianne Moore-Still Alice(winner) Rosamund Pike-Gone Girl not watched: Marion Cotillard-Two Days, One Night Felicity Jones-The Theory of Everything Reese Witherspoon-Wild
10. Cate Blanchett
Actress | Carol
Cate Blanchett was born on May 14, 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to June (Gamble), an Australian teacher and property developer, and Robert DeWitt Blanchett, Jr., an American advertising executive, originally from Texas. She has an older brother and a younger sister. When she was ten ...
2013 not watched: Cate Blanchett-Blue Jasmine(winner) Amy Adams-American Hustle Sandra Bullock-Gravity Judi Dench-Philomena Meryl Streep-August: Osage County
11. Jennifer Lawrence
Actress | The Hunger Games
As the highest-paid actress in the world in 2015 and 2016, and with her films grossing over $5.5 billion worldwide, Jennifer Lawrence is often cited as the most successful actress of her generation. She is also the first person born in the 1990s to have won an acting Oscar.
Jennifer Shrader Lawrence...
2012 watched: Naomi Watts-The Impossible not watched: Jennifer Lawrence-Silver Linings Playbook(winner) Jessica Chastain-Zero Dark Thirty Emmanuelle Riva-Amour Quvenzhané Wallis-Beasts of the Southern Wild
12. Meryl Streep
Actress | Out of Africa
Considered by many critics to be the greatest living actress, Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 21 times, and has won it three times. Meryl was born Mary Louise Streep in 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, to Mary Wolf (Wilkinson), a commercial artist, and Harry William ...
2011 watched: Rooney Mara-The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo not watched: Meryl Streep-The Iron Lady(winner) Glenn Close-Albert Nobbs Viola Davis-The Help Michelle Williams-My Week with Marilyn
13. Natalie Portman
Actress | Black Swan
Natalie Portman is the first person born in the 1980s to have won the Academy Award for Best Actress (for Black Swan (2010)).
Natalie was born Natalie Hershlag on June 9, 1981, in Jerusalem, Israel. She is the only child of Avner Hershlag, an Israeli-born doctor, and Shelley Stevens, an ...
2010 watched: Natalie Portman -Black Swan(winner) not watched: Annette Bening-The Kids Are All Right Nicole Kidman-Rabbit Hole Jennifer Lawrence-Winter's Bone Michelle Williams-Blue Valentine
14. Sandra Bullock
Producer | The Proposal
Sandra Annette Bullock was born in Arlington, a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. Her mother, Helga Bullock (née Helga Mathilde Meyer), was a German opera singer. Her father, John W. Bullock, was an American voice teacher, who was born in Alabama, of German descent. Sandra grew up on the road ...
2009 not watched: Sandra Bullock -The Blind Side(winner) Helen Mirren-The Last Station Carey Mulligan-An Education Gabourey Sidibe-Precious Meryl Streep-Julie & Julia
15. Kate Winslet
Actress | Titanic
Ask Kate Winslet what she likes about any of her characters, and the word "ballsy" is bound to pop up at least once. The British actress has made a point of eschewing straightforward pretty-girl parts in favor of more devilish damsels; as a result, she's built an eclectic resume that runs the gamut...
2008 watched: Kate Winslet-The Reader(winner) Meryl Streep-Doubt Angelina Jolie-Changeling not watched: Anne Hathaway-Rachel Getting Married Melissa Leo-Frozen River
16. Marion Cotillard
Actress | La Môme
Academy Award-winning actress Marion Cotillard was born on September 30, 1975 in Paris. Cotillard is the daughter of Jean-Claude Cotillard, an actor, playwright and director, and Niseema Theillaud, an actress and drama teacher. Her father's family is from Brittany.
Raised in Orléans, France, she ...
2007 not watched: Marion Cotillard -La Vie en Rose(winner) Cate Blanchett-Elizabeth: The Golden Age Julie Christie-Away from Her Laura Linney-The Savages Elliot Page-Juno
17. Helen Mirren
Actress | The Queen
Dame Helen Mirren was born in Queen Charlotte's Hospital in West London. Her mother, Kathleen Alexandrina Eva Matilda (Rogers), was from a working-class English family, and her father, Vasiliy Petrovich Mironov, was a Russian-born civil servant, from Kuryanovo, whose own father was a diplomat. ...
2006 watched: Kate Winslet-Little Children not watched: Helen Mirren -The Queen(winner) Penélope Cruz-Volver Judi Dench-Notes on a Scandal Meryl Streep-The Devil Wears Prada
18. Reese Witherspoon
Producer | Wild
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon was born on March 22, 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Betty Witherspoon, a registered nurse & John Draper Witherspoon, a military surgeon. Reese spent the first 4 years of her life in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany, where her father served as a lieutenant colonel in the ...
2005 not watched: Reese Witherspoon-Walk the Line(winner) Judi Dench-Mrs Henderson Presents Felicity Huffman-Transamerica Keira Knightley-Pride & Prejudice Charlize Theron-North Country
19. Hilary Swank
Actress | Million Dollar Baby
Hilary was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Judith Kay (Clough), a secretary, and Stephen Michael Swank, who served in the National Guard and was also a traveling salesman. Her maternal grandmother, Frances Martha Dominguez, was of Mexican descent, and her other roots include German, English, and ...
2004 watched: Hilary Swank-Million Dollar Baby(winner) Kate Winslet-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind not watched: Annette Bening-Being Julia Catalina Sandino Moreno-Maria Full of Grace Imelda Staunton-Vera Drake
20. Charlize Theron
Producer | Monster
Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, a city in the greater Johannesburg area, in South Africa, the only child of Gerda Theron (née Maritz) and Charles Theron. She was raised on a farm outside the city. Theron is of Afrikaner (Dutch, with some French Huguenot and German) descent, and Afrikaner ...
2003 watched: Naomi Watts-21 Grams not watched: Charlize Theron -Monster(winner) Keisha Castle-Hughes-Whale Rider Diane Keaton-Something's Gotta Give Samantha Morton-In America
21. Nicole Kidman
Actress | Moulin Rouge!
Elegant Nicole Kidman, known as one of Hollywood's top Australian imports, was actually born in Honolulu, Hawaii, while her Australian parents were there on educational visas.
Kidman is the daughter of Janelle Ann (Glenny), a nursing instructor, and Antony David Kidman, a biochemist and clinical ...
2002 watched: Nicole Kidman-The Hours(winner) not watched: Salma Hayek-Frida Diane Lane-Unfaithful Julianne Moore-Far from Heaven Renée Zellweger-Chicago
22. Halle Berry
Actress | Catwoman
Halle Maria Berry was born Maria Halle Berry on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Oakwood, Ohio to Judith Ann Berry (née Hawkins), a psychiatric nurse & Jerome Jesse Berry, a hospital attendant. Her father was African-American and her mother is of mostly English and German descent. ...
2001 not watched: Halle Berry-Monster's Ball(winner) Judi Dench-Iris Nicole Kidman-Moulin Rouge! Sissy Spacek-In the Bedroom Renée Zellweger-Bridget Jones's Diary
23. Julia Roberts
Actress | Pretty Woman
Julia Fiona Roberts never dreamed she would become the most popular actress in America. She was born in Smyrna, Georgia, to Betty Lou (Bredemus) and Walter Grady Roberts, one-time actors and playwrights, and is of English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, German, and Swedish descent. As a child, due to her ...
2000 watched: Juliette Binoche-Chocolat Ellen Burstyn-Requiem for a Dream not watched: Julia Roberts-Erin Brockovich(winner) Joan Allen-The Contender Laura Linney-You Can Count on Me
24. Hilary Swank
Actress | Million Dollar Baby
Hilary was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Judith Kay (Clough), a secretary, and Stephen Michael Swank, who served in the National Guard and was also a traveling salesman. Her maternal grandmother, Frances Martha Dominguez, was of Mexican descent, and her other roots include German, English, and ...
1999 watched: Hilary Swank -Boys Don't Cry(winner) Annette Bening-American Beauty not watched: Janet McTeer-Tumbleweeds Julianne Moore-The End of the Affair Meryl Streep-Music of the Heart
25. Gwyneth Paltrow
Actress | Shakespeare in Love
Gwyneth Kate Paltrow was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of noted producer and director Bruce Paltrow and Tony Award-winning actress Blythe Danner. Her father was from a Jewish family, while her mother is of mostly German descent. When Gwyneth was eleven, the family moved to Massachusetts, where ...
1998 not watched: Gwyneth Paltrow -Shakespeare in Love(winner) Cate Blanchett-Elizabeth Fernanda Montenegro-Central Station Meryl Streep-One True Thing Emily Watson-Hilary and Jackie
26. Helen Hunt
Actress | As Good as It Gets
Helen Hunt began studying acting at the age of eight with her father, respected director and acting coach Gordon Hunt. A year later she made her professional debut and afterwards worked steadily in films, theatre and television.
1997 watched: Helen Hunt-As Good as It Gets(winner) Kate Winslet-Titanic not watched: Helena Bonham Carter-The Wings of the Dove Julie Christie-Afterglow Judi Dench-Mrs Brown
27. Frances McDormand
Actress | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Frances Louise McDormand was born on June 23, 1957, in Gibson City, Illinois. She was adopted by Canadian-born parents Noreen Eloise (Nickleson), a nurse from Ontario, and Rev. Vernon Weir McDormand, a Disciples of Christ minister from Nova Scotia, who raised her in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. She ...
1996 watched: Frances McDormand-Fargo(winner) not watched: Brenda Blethyn-Secrets & Lies Diane Keaton-Marvin's Room Kristin Scott Thomas-The English Patient Emily Watson-Breaking the Waves
28. Susan Sarandon
Actress | Thelma & Louise
It was after the 1968 Democratic convention and there was a casting call for a film with several roles for the kind of young people who had disrupted the convention. Two recent graduates of Catholic University in Washington DC, went to the audition in New York for Joe (1970). Chris Sarandon, who ...
1995 watched: Susan Sarandon -Dead Man Walking(winner) Emma Thompson-Sense and Sensibility Meryl Streep-The Bridges of Madison County not watched: Elisabeth Shue-Leaving Las Vegas Sharon Stone-Casino
29. Jessica Lange
Actress | Tootsie
Jessica Lange was born in 1949, in Cloquet, Minnesota, USA, where her father worked as a traveling salesman. She obtained a scholarship to study art at the University of Minnesota, but instead went to Paris to study drama. She moved to New York, working as a model, until producer Dino De Laurentiis...
1994 not watched: Jessica Lange -Blue Sky(winner) Jodie Foster-Nell Miranda Richardson-Tom & Viv Winona Ryder-Little Women Susan Sarandon-The Client
30. Holly Hunter
Actress | Broadcast News
Holly Hunter was born in Conyers, Georgia, to Opal Marguerite (Catledge), a homemaker, and Charles Edwin Hunter, a part-time sporting goods company representative and farmer with a 250 acre farm. She is the youngest of seven children. Her parents encouraged her talent at an early age, and her first...
1993 watched: Holly Hunter -The Piano(winner) Emma Thompson-The Remains of the Day not watched: Angela Bassett-What's Love Got to Do with It Stockard Channing-Six Degrees of Separation Debra Winger-Shadowlands
31. Emma Thompson
Actress | Sense and Sensibility
Emma Thompson was born on April 15, 1959 in Paddington, London, into a family of actors - father Eric Thompson and mother Phyllida Law, who has co-starred with Thompson in several films. Her sister, Sophie Thompson, is an actor as well. Her father was English-born and her mother is Scottish-born. ...
1992 watched: Susan Sarandon-Lorenzo's Oil not watched: Emma Thompson-Howards End(winner) Catherine Deneuve-Indochine Mary McDonnell-Passion Fish Michelle Pfeiffer-Love Field
32. Jodie Foster
Actress | The Silence of the Lambs
Jodie Foster started her career at the age of two. For four years she made commercials and finally gave her debut as an actress in the TV series Mayberry R.F.D. (1968). In 1975 Jodie was offered the role of prostitute Iris Steensma in the movie Taxi Driver (1976). This role, for which she received ...
1991 watched: Jodie Foster -The Silence of the Lambs (winner) Geena Davis-Thelma & Louise Susan Sarandon-Thelma & Louise not watched: Laura Dern-Rambling Rose Bette Midler-For the Boys
33. Kathy Bates
Actress | Misery
Multi-talented, multi-award-winning actress Kathleen (Doyle) Bates was born on June 28, 1948, and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. She is the youngest of three girls born to Bertye Kathleen (Talbot), a homemaker, and Langdon Doyle Bates, a mechanical engineer. Her grandfather was author Finis L. Bates...
1990 watched: Kathy Bates-Misery(winner) not watched: Anjelica Huston-The Grifters Julia Roberts-Pretty Woman Meryl Streep-Postcards from the Edge Joanne Woodward-Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
34. Jessica Tandy
Actress | Driving Miss Daisy
A beloved, twinkly blue-eyed doyenne of stage and screen, actress Jessica Tandy's career spanned nearly six and a half decades. In that span of time, she enjoyed an amazing film renaissance at age 80, something unheard of in a town that worships youth and nubile beauty. She was born Jessie Alice ...
1989 not watched: Jessica Tandy-Driving Miss Daisy(winner) Isabelle Adjani-Camille Claudel Pauline Collins-Shirley Valentine Jessica Lange-Music Box Michelle Pfeiffer-The Fabulous Baker Boys
35. Jodie Foster
Actress | The Silence of the Lambs
Jodie Foster started her career at the age of two. For four years she made commercials and finally gave her debut as an actress in the TV series Mayberry R.F.D. (1968). In 1975 Jodie was offered the role of prostitute Iris Steensma in the movie Taxi Driver (1976). This role, for which she received ...
1988 watched: Jodie Foster -The Accused(winner) Glenn Close-Dangerous Liaisons not watched: Melanie Griffith-Working Girl Meryl Streep-A Cry in the Dark Sigourney Weaver-Gorillas in the Mist
36. Cher
Actress | Moonstruck
The beat goes on ... and on ... and as strong as ever for this superstar entertainer who has well surpassed the half-century mark while improbably transforming herself from an artificial, glossy "flashionplate" singer into a serious, Oscar-worthy, dramatic actress ... and back again! With more ups ...
1987 watched: Holly Hunter-Broadcast News not watched: Cher-Moonstruck(winner) Glenn Close-Fatal Attraction Sally Kirkland-Anna Meryl Streep-Ironweed
37. Marlee Matlin
Actress | CODA
Marlee Beth Matlin was born on August 24, 1965 in Morton Grove, Illinois, to Libby (Hammer) and Donald Matlin, an automobile dealer. She has two older brothers. Her family is of Russian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent.
Marlee lost much of her hearing at the age of eighteen months. That did not stop...
1986 not watched: Marlee Matlin -Children of a Lesser God(winner) Jane Fonda-The Morning After Sissy Spacek-Crimes of the Heart Kathleen Turner-Peggy Sue Got Married Sigourney Weaver-Aliens
38. Geraldine Page
Actress | Sweet Bird of Youth
Considered by many to be one of the greatest American actresses of all time, Geraldine Page was a master craftswoman who seemed to bring out the most inner detail of the character she was playing. Her dedication to her craft has earned her the respect of many of today's great actors including Meryl...
1985 watched: Whoopi Goldberg-The Color Purple not watched: Geraldine Page-The Trip to Bountiful(winner) Anne Bancroft-Agnes of God Jessica Lange-Sweet Dreams Meryl Streep-Out of Africa
39. Sally Field
Actress | Forrest Gump
Sally Margaret Field was born November 6, 1946 in Pasadena, California, to actress Margaret Field (née Morlan) and salesman Richard Dryden Field. Her parents divorced in 1950 and her mother then married stuntman Jock Mahoney, and they had a daughter, Princess O'Mahoney. She also has a brother, ...
1984 not watched: Sally Field-Places in the Heart(winner) Judy Davis-A Passage to India Jessica Lange-Country Vanessa Redgrave-The Bostonians Sissy Spacek-The River
40. Shirley MacLaine
Actress | Terms of Endearment
Shirley MacLaine was born Shirley MacLean Beaty in Richmond, Virginia. Her mother, Kathlyn Corinne (MacLean), was a drama teacher from Nova Scotia, Canada, and her father, Ira Owens Beaty, a professor of psychology and real estate agent, was from Virginia. Her brother, Warren Beatty, was born on ...
1983 not watched: Shirley MacLaine-Terms of Endearment(winner) Debra Winger-Terms of Endearment Jane Alexander-Testament Meryl Streep-Silkwood Julie Walters-Educating Rita
41. Meryl Streep
Actress | Out of Africa
Considered by many critics to be the greatest living actress, Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 21 times, and has won it three times. Meryl was born Mary Louise Streep in 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, to Mary Wolf (Wilkinson), a commercial artist, and Harry William ...
1982 watched: Jessica Lange-Frances not watched: Meryl Streep-Sophie's Choice(winner) Julie Andrews-Victor/Victoria Sissy Spacek-Missing Debra Winger-An Officer and a Gentleman
42. Katharine Hepburn
Actress | The Lion in Winter
Katharine Houghton Hepburn was born on May 12, 1907 in Hartford, Connecticut to a suffragist, Katharine Martha (Houghton), and a doctor, Thomas Norval Hepburn, who both always encouraged her to speak her mind, develop it fully, and exercise her body to its full potential. An athletic tomboy as a ...
1981 not watched: Katharine Hepburn-On Golden Pond(winner) Diane Keaton-Reds Marsha Mason-Only When I Laugh Susan Sarandon-Atlantic City Meryl Streep-The French Lieutenant's Woman
43. Sissy Spacek
Actress | In the Bedroom
As a kid, Sissy Spacek climbed trees, rode horses, swam, and played in the woods. She was born Mary Elizabeth Spacek on December 25, 1949, in Quitman, Texas, to Virginia Frances (Spilman) and Edwin Arnold Spacek, Sr., a county agricultural agent. Her father's family was of Czech and German origin.
...
1980 not watched: Sissy Spacek -Coal Miner's Daughter(winner) Ellen Burstyn-Resurrection Goldie Hawn-Private Benjamin Mary Tyler Moore-Ordinary People Gena Rowlands-Gloria
44. Sally Field
Actress | Forrest Gump
Sally Margaret Field was born November 6, 1946 in Pasadena, California, to actress Margaret Field (née Morlan) and salesman Richard Dryden Field. Her parents divorced in 1950 and her mother then married stuntman Jock Mahoney, and they had a daughter, Princess O'Mahoney. She also has a brother, ...
1979 not watched: Sally Field -Norma Rae(winner) Jill Clayburgh-Starting Over Jane Fonda-The China Syndrome Marsha Mason-Chapter Two Bette Midler-The Rose
45. Jane Fonda
Actress | Klute
Born in New York City to legendary screen star Henry Fonda and Ontario-born New York socialite Frances Seymour Brokaw, Jane Seymour Fonda was destined early to an uncommon and influential life in the limelight. Although she initially showed little inclination to follow her father's trade, she was ...
1978 watched: Ingrid Bergman-Autumn Sonata not watched: Jane Fonda-Coming Home(winner) Ellen Burstyn-Same Time, Next Year Jill Clayburgh-An Unmarried Woman Geraldine Page-Interiors
46. Diane Keaton
Actress | Annie Hall
Diane Keaton was born Diane Hall in Los Angeles, California, to Dorothy Deanne (Keaton), an amateur photographer, and John Newton Ignatius "Jack" Hall, a civil engineer and real estate broker. She studied Drama at Santa Ana College, before dropping out in favor of the Neighborhood Playhouse in New ...
1977 watched: Diane Keaton-Annie Hall(winner) not watched: Anne Bancroft-The Turning Point Shirley MacLaine-The Turning Point Jane Fonda-Julia Marsha Mason-The Goodbye Girl
47. Faye Dunaway
Actress | Bonnie and Clyde
An icy, elegant blonde with a knack for playing complex and strong-willed female leads, enormously popular actress Faye Dunaway starred in several films which defined what many would come to call Hollywood's "second Golden Age." During her tenure at the top of the box office, she was a more than ...
1976 not watched: Faye Dunaway-Network(winner) Marie-Christine Barrault-Cousin Cousine Talia Shire-Rocky Sissy Spacek-Carrie Liv Ullmann-Face to Face
48. Louise Fletcher
Actress | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, to Episcopal minister Robert Fletcher and his wife Estelle, both of whom were deaf, Louise Fletcher was introduced to performing at a young age by the aunt who taught her to speak. After graduating from the University of North Carolina, she took a trip out west with her...
1975 watched: Louise Fletcher-One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(winner) not watched: Isabelle Adjani-The Story of Adele H. Ann-Margret-Tommy Glenda Jackson-Hedda Carol Kane-Hester Street
49. Ellen Burstyn
Actress | Requiem for a Dream
Ellen Burstyn was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Correine Marie (Hamel) and John Austin Gillooly. She is of Irish, French/French-Canadian, Pennsylvania Dutch (German), and Native American ancestry.. She worked a number of jobs before she became an actress. At 14, she was a short-order cook at a ...
1974 watched: Faye Dunaway-Chinatown not watched: Ellen Burstyn -Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore(winner) Diahann Carroll-Claudine Valerie Perrine-Lenny Gena Rowlands-A Woman Under the Influence
50. Glenda Jackson
Actress | Women in Love
Few in modern British history have come as far or achieved as much from humble beginnings as Glenda Jackson did. From acclaimed actress to respected MP (Member of Parliament), she was known for her high intelligence and meticulous approach to her work. She was born to a working-class household in ...
1973 watched: Ellen Burstyn-The Exorcist not watched: Glenda Jackson-A Touch of Class(winner) Marsha Mason-Cinderella Liberty Barbra Streisand-The Way We Were Joanne Woodward-Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
51. Liza Minnelli
Soundtrack | Cabaret
Liza Minnelli was born on March 12, 1946, the daughter of Judy Garland and movie director Vincente Minnelli. She was practically raised at MGM studios while her parents worked long hours there and she made her film debut at 14 months of age in the movie In the Good Old Summertime (1949). Her ...
1972 not watched: Liza Minnelli-Cabaret(winner) Diana Ross-Lady Sings the Blues Maggie Smith-Travels with My Aunt Cicely Tyson-Sounder Liv Ullmann-The Emigrants
52. Jane Fonda
Actress | Klute
Born in New York City to legendary screen star Henry Fonda and Ontario-born New York socialite Frances Seymour Brokaw, Jane Seymour Fonda was destined early to an uncommon and influential life in the limelight. Although she initially showed little inclination to follow her father's trade, she was ...
1971 not watched: Jane Fonda -Klute(winner) Julie Christie-McCabe & Mrs. Miller Glenda Jackson-Sunday Bloody Sunday Vanessa Redgrave-Mary, Queen of Scots Janet Suzman-Nicholas and Alexandra
53. Glenda Jackson
Actress | Women in Love
Few in modern British history have come as far or achieved as much from humble beginnings as Glenda Jackson did. From acclaimed actress to respected MP (Member of Parliament), she was known for her high intelligence and meticulous approach to her work. She was born to a working-class household in ...
1970 not watched: Glenda Jackson-Women in Love(winner) Jane Alexander-The Great White Hope Ali MacGraw-Love Story Sarah Miles-Ryan's Daughter Carrie Snodgress-Diary of a Mad Housewife
54. Maggie Smith
Actress | Gosford Park
One of the world's most famous and distinguished actresses, Dame Maggie Smith was born Margaret Natalie Smith in Essex. Her Scottish mother, Margaret (Hutton), worked as a secretary, and her English father, Nathaniel Smith, was a teacher at Oxford University. Smith has been married twice: to actor ...
1969 not watched: Maggie Smith-The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie(winner) Geneviève Bujold-Anne of the Thousand Days Jane Fonda-They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Liza Minnelli-The Sterile Cuckoo Jean Simmons-The Happy Ending
55. Katharine Hepburn
Actress | The Lion in Winter
Katharine Houghton Hepburn was born on May 12, 1907 in Hartford, Connecticut to a suffragist, Katharine Martha (Houghton), and a doctor, Thomas Norval Hepburn, who both always encouraged her to speak her mind, develop it fully, and exercise her body to its full potential. An athletic tomboy as a ...
1968 not watched: Katharine Hepburn-The Lion in Winter(winner)(Tie) Barbra Streisand -Funny Girl(winner)(Tie) Patricia Neal-The Subject Was Roses Vanessa Redgrave-Isadora Joanne Woodward-Rachel, Rachel
56. Katharine Hepburn
Actress | The Lion in Winter
Katharine Houghton Hepburn was born on May 12, 1907 in Hartford, Connecticut to a suffragist, Katharine Martha (Houghton), and a doctor, Thomas Norval Hepburn, who both always encouraged her to speak her mind, develop it fully, and exercise her body to its full potential. An athletic tomboy as a ...
1967 watched: Anne Bancroft-The Graduate Audrey Hepburn-Wait Until Dark not watched: Katharine Hepburn -Guess Who's Coming to Dinner(winner) Faye Dunaway-Bonnie and Clyde Edith Evans-The Whisperers
57. Elizabeth Taylor
Actress | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was considered one of the last, if not the last, major star to have come out of the old Hollywood studio system. She was known internationally for her beauty, especially for her violet eyes, with which she captured audiences early in her youth and kept the world hooked ...
1966 not watched: Elizabeth Taylor -Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(winner) Anouk Aimée-A Man and a Woman Ida Kamińska-The Shop on Main Street Lynn Redgrave-Georgy Girl Vanessa Redgrave-Morgan!
58. Julie Christie
Actress | Doctor Zhivago
Julie Christie, the British movie legend whom Al Pacino called "the most poetic of all actresses," was born in Chabua, Assam, India, on April 14, 1940, the daughter of a tea planter and his Welsh wife Rosemary, who was a painter. The young Christie grew up on her father's plantation before being ...
1965 watched: Julie Andrews-The Sound of Music not watched: Julie Christie-Darling(winner) Samantha Eggar-The Collector Elizabeth Hartman-A Patch of Blue Simone Signoret-Ship of Fools
59. Julie Andrews
Actress | The Sound of Music
Julia Elizabeth Wells was born on October 1, 1935, in England. Her mother, Barbara Ward (Morris), and stepfather, both vaudeville performers, discovered her freakish but undeniably lovely four-octave singing voice and immediately got her a singing career. She performed in music halls throughout her...
1964 not watched: Julie Andrews-Mary Poppins(winner) Anne Bancroft-The Pumpkin Eater Sophia Loren-Marriage Italian Style Debbie Reynolds-The Unsinkable Molly Brown Kim Stanley-Séance on a Wet Afternoon
60. Patricia Neal
Actress | The Day the Earth Stood Still
Patricia Neal, the Oscar and Tony Award-winning actress, was born Patsy Louise Neal in Packard, Kentucky, where her father managed a coal mine and her mother was the daughter of the town doctor. She grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she attended high school. She was first bit by the acting bug...
1963 not watched: Patricia Neal -Hud(winner) Leslie Caron-The L-Shaped Room Shirley MacLaine-Irma la Douce Rachel Roberts-This Sporting Life Natalie Wood-Love with the Proper Stranger
61. Anne Bancroft
Actress | The Graduate
Anne Bancroft was born on September 17, 1931 in The Bronx, NY, the middle daughter of Michael Italiano (1905-2001), a dress pattern maker, and Mildred DiNapoli (1907-2010), a telephone operator. She made her cinema debut in Don't Bother to Knock (1952) in 1952, and over the next five years appeared...
1962 not watched: Anne Bancroft-The Miracle Worker(winner) 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
62. Sophia Loren
Actress | La ciociara
Sophia Loren was born as Sofia Scicolone at the Clinica Regina Margherita in Rome on September 20, 1934. Her father Riccardo was married to another woman and refused to marry her mother Romilda Villani, despite the fact that she was the mother of his two children (Sophia and her younger sister ...
1961 not watched: Sophia Loren -Two Women(winner) Audrey Hepburn-Breakfast at Tiffany's Piper Laurie-The Hustler Geraldine Page-Summer and Smoke Natalie Wood-Splendor in the Grass
63. Elizabeth Taylor
Actress | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was considered one of the last, if not the last, major star to have come out of the old Hollywood studio system. She was known internationally for her beauty, especially for her violet eyes, with which she captured audiences early in her youth and kept the world hooked ...
1960 watched: Shirley MacLaine-The Apartment not watched: Elizabeth Taylor-BUtterfield 8(winner) Greer Garson-Sunrise at Campobello Deborah Kerr-The Sundowners Melina Mercouri-Never on Sunday
64. Simone Signoret
Actress | Les diaboliques
The face of Simone Signoret on the Paris Metro movie posters in March 1982 looked even older than her 61 years. She was still a box-office draw, but the film L'étoile du Nord (1982) would be her last theatrical release; she played the landlady. Signoret had a long film apprenticeship during ...
1959 not watched: Simone Signoret-Room at the Top(winner) Doris Day-Pillow Talk Audrey Hepburn-The Nun's Story Katharine Hepburn-Suddenly, Last Summer Elizabeth Taylor-Suddenly, Last Summer
65. Susan Hayward
Actress | With a Song in My Heart
Susan Hayward was born Edythe Marrener in Brooklyn, New York, on June 30, 1917. Her father was a transportation worker, and Susan lived a fairly comfortable life as a child, but the precocious little redhead had no idea of the life that awaited her. She attended public school in Brooklyn, where she...
1958 not watched: Susan Hayward -I Want to Live!(winner) Deborah Kerr-Separate Tables Shirley MacLaine-Some Came Running Rosalind Russell-Auntie Mame Elizabeth Taylor-Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
66. Joanne Woodward
Actress | Rachel, Rachel
Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward was born on February 27, 1930, in Thomasville, Georgia, to Wade Woodward and Elinor Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward in a modest household. Her one older brother, Wade Jr., who was the favorite of her father, eventually became an architect. Elinor Woodward was a ...
1957 not watched: Joanne Woodward-The Three Faces of Eve(winner) Deborah Kerr-Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison Anna Magnani-Wild Is the Wind Elizabeth Taylor-Raintree County Lana Turner-Peyton Place
67. Ingrid Bergman
Actress | Casablanca
Ingrid Bergman was one of the greatest actresses from Hollywood's lamented Golden Era. Her natural and unpretentious beauty and her immense acting talent made her one of the most celebrated figures in the history of American cinema. Bergman is also one of the most Oscar-awarded actresses, tied with ...
1956 not watched: Ingrid Bergman -Anastasia(winner) Carroll Baker-Baby Doll Katharine Hepburn-The Rainmaker Nancy Kelly-The Bad Seed Deborah Kerr-The King and I
68. Anna Magnani
Actress | Roma città aperta
Anna Magnani was born in Rome, Italy (not in Egypt, as some biographies claim), on March 7, 1908. She was the child of Marina Magnani and an unknown father often said to be from Alexandria, Egypt, but whom Anna herself claimed was from the Calabria region of Italy although she never knew his name. ...
1955 not watched: Anna Magnani-The Rose Tattoo(winner) Susan Hayward-I'll Cry Tomorrow Katharine Hepburn-Summertime Jennifer Jones-Love is a Many-Splendored Thing Eleanor Parker-Interrupted Melody
69. Grace Kelly
Actress | Dial M for Murder
On November 12, 1929, Grace Patricia Kelly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to wealthy parents. Her girlhood was uneventful for the most part, but one of the things she desired was to become an actress which she had decided on at an early age. After her high school graduation in 1947, Grace ...
1954 not watched: Grace Kelly-The Country Girl(winner) Dorothy Dandridge-Carmen Jones Judy Garland-A Star Is Born Audrey Hepburn-Sabrina Jane Wyman-Magnificent Obsession
70. Audrey Hepburn
Actress | Breakfast at Tiffany's
Audrey Hepburn was born as Audrey Kathleen Ruston on May 4, 1929 in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium. Her mother, Baroness Ella Van Heemstra, was a Dutch noblewoman, while her father, Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston, was born in Úzice, Bohemia, to English and Austrian parents.
After her parents' divorce, ...
1953 not watched: Audrey Hepburn-Roman Holiday(winner) Leslie Caron-Lili Ava Gardner-Mogambo Deborah Kerr-From Here to Eternity Maggie McNamara-The Moon Is Blue
71. Shirley Booth
Actress | Come Back, Little Sheba
Character actress Shirley Booth could play everything in all facets of show business, whether it was Miss Duffy the Tavern Owner's Man Crazy Daughter on "Duffy's Tavern", the sassy maid on TV's Hazel (1961) or the pathetic woman in Come Back, Little Sheba (1952). For those who only know her through...
1952 not watched: Shirley Booth-Come Back, Little Sheba(winner) Joan Crawford-Sudden Fear Bette Davis-The Star Julie Harris-The Member of the Wedding Susan Hayward-With a Song in My Heart
72. Vivien Leigh
Actress | A Streetcar Named Desire
If a film were made of the life of Vivien Leigh, it would open in India just before World War I, where a successful British businessman could live like a prince. In the mountains above Calcutta, a little princess is born. Because of the outbreak of World War I, she is six years old the first time ...
1951 watched: Vivien Leigh -A Streetcar Named Desire(winner) not watched: Katharine Hepburn-The African Queen Eleanor Parker-Detective Story Shelley Winters-A Place in the Sun Jane Wyman-The Blue Veil
73. Judy Holliday
Actress | Born Yesterday
Judy Holliday was born Judith Tuvim in New York City on June 21, 1921. Her mother, a piano teacher, was attending a play when she went into labor and made it to the hospital just in time. Judy was an only child. By the age of four, her mother had her enrolled in ballet school which fostered a ...
1950 watched: Gloria Swanson-Sunset Boulevard not watched: Judy Holliday-Born Yesterday(winner) Anne Baxter-All About Eve Bette Davis-All About Eve Eleanor Parker-Caged
74. Olivia de Havilland
Actress | Gone with the Wind
Olivia Mary de Havilland was born on July 1, 1916 in Tokyo, Japan to British parents, Lilian Augusta (Ruse), a former actress, and Walter Augustus de Havilland, an English professor and patent attorney. Her sister Joan, later to become famous as Joan Fontaine, was born the following year. Her ...
1949 not watched: Olivia de Havilland-The Heiress(winner) Jeanne Crain-Pinky Susan Hayward-My Foolish Heart Deborah Kerr-Edward, My Son Loretta Young-Come to the Stable
75. Jane Wyman
Actress | Falcon Crest
Jane Wyman was born Sarah Jane Mayfield on January 5, 1917, in St. Joseph, Missouri (she was also known later as Sarah Jane Fulks). When she was only eight years old, and after her parents filed for divorce, she lost her father prematurely. After graduating high school she attempted, with the help ...
1948 not watched: Jane Wyman-Johnny Belinda(winner) Ingrid Bergman-Joan of Arc Olivia de Havilland-The Snake Pit Irene Dunne-I Remember Mama Barbara Stanwyck-Sorry, Wrong Number
76. Loretta Young
Actress | The Stranger
Sweet, sweeter, sweetest. No combination of terms better describes the screen persona of lovely Loretta Young. A&E's Biography (1987) has stated that Young "remains a symbol of beauty, serenity, and grace. But behind the glamour and stardom is a woman of substance whose true beauty lies in her ...
1947 not watched: Loretta Young-The Farmer's Daughter(winner) Joan Crawford-Possessed Susan Hayward-Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman Dorothy McGuire-Gentleman's Agreement Rosalind Russell-Mourning Becomes Electra
77. Olivia de Havilland
Actress | Gone with the Wind
Olivia Mary de Havilland was born on July 1, 1916 in Tokyo, Japan to British parents, Lilian Augusta (Ruse), a former actress, and Walter Augustus de Havilland, an English professor and patent attorney. Her sister Joan, later to become famous as Joan Fontaine, was born the following year. Her ...
1946 not watched: Olivia de Havilland-To Each His Own(winner) Celia Johnson-Brief Encounter Jennifer Jones-Duel in the Sun Rosalind Russell-Sister Kenny Jane Wyman-The Yearling
78. Joan Crawford
Actress | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Joan Crawford was born Lucille Fay LeSueur on March 23, 1906, in San Antonio, Texas, to Anna Belle (Johnson) and Thomas E. LeSueur, a laundry laborer. By the time she was born, her parents had separated, and by the time she was a teenager, she'd had three stepfathers. It wasn't an easy life; ...
1945 not watched: Joan Crawford-Mildred Pierce(winner) Ingrid Bergman-The Bells of St. Mary's Greer Garson-The Valley of Decision Jennifer Jones-Love Letters Gene Tierney-Leave Her to Heaven
79. Ingrid Bergman
Actress | Casablanca
Ingrid Bergman was one of the greatest actresses from Hollywood's lamented Golden Era. Her natural and unpretentious beauty and her immense acting talent made her one of the most celebrated figures in the history of American cinema. Bergman is also one of the most Oscar-awarded actresses, tied with ...
1944 not watched: Ingrid Bergman-Gaslight(winner) Claudette Colbert-Since You Went Away Bette Davis-Mr. Skeffington Greer Garson-Mrs. Parkington Barbara Stanwyck-Double Indemnity
80. Jennifer Jones
Actress | The Towering Inferno
One of the world's most underrated Academy Award-winning actresses, Jennifer Jones was born Phylis Lee Isley on 2 March 1919 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Flora Mae (Suber) and Phillip Ross Isley, who ran a travelling stage show. As a young aspiring actress, she met and fell for young, handsome, aspiring ...
1943 not watched: Jennifer Jones-The Song of Bernadette(winner) Jean Arthur-The More the Merrier Ingrid Bergman-For Whom the Bell Tolls Joan Fontaine-The Constant Nymph Greer Garson-Madame Curie
81. Greer Garson
Actress | Pride and Prejudice
Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson was born on September 29, 1904 in London, England, to Nancy Sophia (Greer) and George Garson, a commercial clerk. Of Scottish and Ulster-Scots descent, Garson displayed no early interest in becoming an actress. Educated at the University of London intending to become a ...
1942 not watched: Greer Garson-Mrs. Miniver(winner) Bette Davis-Now, Voyager Katharine Hepburn-Woman of the Year Rosalind Russell-My Sister Eileen Teresa Wright-The Pride of the Yankees
82. Joan Fontaine
Actress | Suspicion
Born Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland on October 22, 1917, in Tokyo, Japan, in what was known as the International Settlement, to British parents, Lilian Augusta (Ruse), a former actress, and Walter Augustus de Havilland, an English professor and patent attorney. Her paternal grandfather's family was ...
1941 not watched: Joan Fontaine-Suspicion(winner) Bette Davis-The Little Foxes Olivia de Havilland-Hold Back the Dawn Greer Garson-Blossoms in the Dust Barbara Stanwyck-Ball of Fire
83. Ginger Rogers
Actress | Kitty Foyle
Ginger Rogers was born Virginia Katherine McMath in Independence, Missouri on July 16, 1911, the daughter of Lela E. Rogers (née Lela Emogene Owens) and William Eddins McMath. Her mother went to Independence to have Ginger away from her husband. She had a baby earlier in their marriage and he ...
1940 watched: Joan Fontaine-Rebecca not watched: Ginger Rogers-Kitty Foyle(winner) Bette Davis-The Letter Katharine Hepburn-The Philadelphia Story Martha Scott-Our Town
84. Vivien Leigh
Actress | A Streetcar Named Desire
If a film were made of the life of Vivien Leigh, it would open in India just before World War I, where a successful British businessman could live like a prince. In the mountains above Calcutta, a little princess is born. Because of the outbreak of World War I, she is six years old the first time ...
1939 not watched: Vivien Leigh -Gone with the Wind(winner) Bette Davis-Dark Victory Irene Dunne-Love Affair Greta Garbo-Ninotchka Greer Garson-Goodbye, Mr. Chips
85. Bette Davis
Actress | All About Eve
Ruth Elizabeth Davis was born April 5, 1908, in Lowell, Massachusetts, to Ruth Augusta (Favor) and Harlow Morrell Davis, a patent attorney. Her parents divorced when she was 10. She and her sister were raised by their mother. Her early interest was dance. To Bette, dancers led a glamorous life, but...
1938 not watched: Bette Davis -Jezebel(winner) Fay Bainter-White Banners Wendy Hiller-Pygmalion Norma Shearer-Marie Antoinette Margaret Sullavan-Three Comrades
86. Luise Rainer
Actress | The Great Ziegfeld
Luise Rainer, the first thespian to win back-to-back Oscars, was born on January 12, 1910 in Dusseldorf, Germany, into a prosperous Jewish family. Her parents were Emilie (Königsberger) and Heinrich Rainer, a businessman. She took to the stage, and plied her craft on the boards in Germany. As a ...
1937 not watched: Luise Rainer-The Good Earth(winner) Irene Dunne-The Awful Truth Greta Garbo-Camille Janet Gaynor-A Star Is Born Barbara Stanwyck-Stella Dallas
87. Luise Rainer
Actress | The Great Ziegfeld
Luise Rainer, the first thespian to win back-to-back Oscars, was born on January 12, 1910 in Dusseldorf, Germany, into a prosperous Jewish family. Her parents were Emilie (Königsberger) and Heinrich Rainer, a businessman. She took to the stage, and plied her craft on the boards in Germany. As a ...
1936 not watched: Luise Rainer-The Great Ziegfeld(winner) Irene Dunne-Theodora Goes Wild Gladys George-Valiant Is the Word for Carrie Carole Lombard-My Man Godfrey Norma Shearer-Romeo and Juliet
88. Bette Davis
Actress | All About Eve
Ruth Elizabeth Davis was born April 5, 1908, in Lowell, Massachusetts, to Ruth Augusta (Favor) and Harlow Morrell Davis, a patent attorney. Her parents divorced when she was 10. She and her sister were raised by their mother. Her early interest was dance. To Bette, dancers led a glamorous life, but...
1935 not watched: Bette Davis -Dangerous(winner) Elisabeth Bergner-Escape Me Never Claudette Colbert-Private Worlds Katharine Hepburn-Alice Adams Miriam Hopkins-Miriam Hopkins Merle Oberon-The Dark Angel
89. Claudette Colbert
Actress | It Happened One Night
One of the brightest film stars to grace the screen was born Emilie Claudette Chauchoin on September 13, 1903, in Saint Mandé, France where her father owned a bakery at 57, rue de la République (now Avenue Général de Gaulle). The family moved to the United States when she was three. As Claudette ...
1934 not watched: Claudette Colbert -It Happened One Night(winner) Grace Moore-One Night of Love Norma Shearer-The Barretts of Wimpole Street Bette Davis -Of Human Bondage
90. Katharine Hepburn
Actress | The Lion in Winter
Katharine Houghton Hepburn was born on May 12, 1907 in Hartford, Connecticut to a suffragist, Katharine Martha (Houghton), and a doctor, Thomas Norval Hepburn, who both always encouraged her to speak her mind, develop it fully, and exercise her body to its full potential. An athletic tomboy as a ...
1932/33 Katharine Hepburn -Morning Glory(winner) May Robson-Lady for a Day Diana Wynyard-Cavalcade
91. Helen Hayes
Actress | Airport
Known as "The First lady of the American Theater", Helen Hayes had a legendary career on stage and in films and television that spanned over eighty years. Hayes was born in Washington, D.C., to Catherine Estelle "Essie" Hayes, an actress who worked in touring companies, and Francis van Arnum Brown,...
1931/32 not watched: Helen Hayes-The Sin of Madelon Claudet(winner) Marie Dressler-Emma Lynn Fontanne-The Guardsman
92. Marie Dressler
Actress | Dinner at Eight
Once you saw her, you would not forget her. Despite her age and weight, she became one of the top box office draws of the sound era. She was 14 when she joined a theater group and she went on to work on stage and in light opera. By 1892, she was on Broadway and she later became a star comedienne on...
1930/31 not watched: Marie Dressler -Min and Bill(winner) Marlene Dietrich-Morocco Irene Dunne-Cimarron Ann Harding-Holiday Norma Shearer-A Free Soul
93. Norma Shearer
Actress | The Divorcee
She won a beauty contest at age fourteen. In 1920 her mother, Edith Shearer, took Norma and her sister Athole Shearer (Mrs. Howard Hawks) to New York. Ziegfeld rejected her for his "Follies," but she got work as an extra in several movies. She spent much money on eye doctor's services trying to ...
1929/30 not watched: Norma Shearer-The Divorcee(winner) Norma Shearer-Their Own Desire Nancy Carroll-The Devil's Holiday Ruth Chatterton-Sarah and Son Greta Garbo-Anna Christie Greta Garbo-Romance Gloria Swanson-The Trespasser
94. Mary Pickford
Actress | Coquette
Mary Pickford was born Gladys Louise Smith in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Elsie Charlotte (Hennessy) and John Charles Smith. She was of English and Irish descent. Pickford began in the theater at age seven. Then known as "Baby Gladys Smith", she toured with her family in a number of theater ...
1928/29 not wathed: Mary Pickford -Mary Pickford (winner) Ruth Chatterton-Madame X Betty Compson-The Barker Jeanne Eagels -The Letter Corinne Griffith-The Divine Lady Bessie Love-The Broadway Melody
95. Janet Gaynor
Actress | A Star Is Born
Janet Gaynor was born Laura Gainor on October 6, 1906, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a child, she & her parents moved to San Francisco, California, where she graduated from high school in 1923. She then moved to Los Angeles where she enrolled in a secretarial school. She got a job at a shoe ...
1927/28 not watched: Janet Gaynor -7th Heaven(winner) Janet Gaynor-Street Angel(winner) Janet Gaynor-Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans(winner) Louise Dresser-A Ship Comes In Gloria Swanson-Sadie Thompson
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