Best Actress 1936
Winner: Luise Rainer, The Great Ziegfeld
Nominees: Irene Dunne, Theodora Goes Wild
Gladys George, Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Carole Lombard, My Man Godfrey
Norma Shearer, Romeo and Juliet

The Field: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★


Ranking Oscar's Ballot
 
 My Pick:
Carole Lombard, My Man Godfrey ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

From There:
Gladys George, Valiant Is the Word for Carrie ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Irene Dunne, Theodora Goes Wild ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Luise Rainer, The Great Ziegfeld ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Norma Shearer, Romeo and Juliet ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Who gets your vote in this field, and on my dream ballot below? VOTE HERE!


My Favorites from 1936:

My Pick: Ruth Chatterton, Dodsworth
Nominees: Frances Farmer, Come and Get It
Nominees: Paulette Goddard, Modern Times
Nominees: Carole Lombard, My Man Godfrey
Nominees: Myrna Loy, Libeled Lady

Honorable Mentions: Jean Harlow, Libeled Lady; Gladys George, Valiant Is the Word for Carrie; Ginger Rogers, Swing Time; Miriam Hopkins, These Three; Merle Oberon, These Three; Jean Arthur, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town; Rosalind Russell, Craig's Wife; Marlene Dietrich, The Garden of Allah


Gourmet Prospects: Jean Arthur, The Ex-Mrs. Bradford; Elisabeth Bergner, As You Like It; Joan Blondell, Gold Diggers of 1937; Bette Davis, The Petrified Forest; Marlene Dietrich, Desire; Irene Dunne, Show Boat; Jean Harlow, Wife vs. Secretary; Myrna Loy, Wife vs. Secretary; Jeanette MacDonald, San Francisco; Maureen O'Sullivan, The Devil Doll; Sylvia Sidney, Fury; Sylvia Sidney, Sabotage

Further Research: Elizabeth Allan, A Tale of Two Cities; Jean Arthur, Adventure in Manhattan; Jean Arthur, More than a Secretary; Jean Arthur, The Plainsman; Mary Astor, And So They Were Married; Mary Astor, Lady from Nowhere; Binnie Barnes, The Last of the Mohicans; Joan Blondell, Stage Struck; Mary Carlisle, Lady Be Careful; Madeleine Carroll, The General Died at Dawn; Madeleine Carroll, Secret Agent; Marion Davies, Hearts Divided; Bette Davis, The Golden Arrow; Frances Dee, Half Angel; Dolores del Rio, Accused; Madge Evans, Pennies from Heaven; Alice Faye, King of Burlesque; Kay Francis, Give Me Your Heart; Kay Francis, The White Angel; Jean Harlow, Riffraff; Katharine Hepburn, Mary of Scotland; Katharine Hepburn, A Woman Rebels; Ruby Keeler, Colleen; Myrna Loy, After the Thin Man; Ida Lupino, The Gay Desperado; Jeanette MacDonald, Rose-Marie; Beverly Roberts, Two against the World; Ann Sothern, Smartest Girl in Town; Barbara Stanwyck, The Bride Walks Out; Barbara Stanwyck, His Brother's Wife; Gloria Stuart, The Girl on the Front Page; Shirley Temple, Poor Little Rich Girl; Claire Trevor, Career Woman

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