Best Actress 1945
Winner: Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce
Nominees: Ingrid Bergman, The Bells of St. Mary's
Greer Garson, The Valley of Decision
Jennifer Jones, Love Letters
Gene Tierney, Leave Her to Heaven

The Field: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★


Ranking Oscar's Ballot
 
 My Pick:
Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

From There:
Gene Tierney, Leave Her to Heaven ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Greer Garson, The Valley of Decision ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Ingrid Bergman, The Bells of St. Mary's ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Jennifer Jones, Love Letters ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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


My Favorites from 1945:
(As determined by years of Oscar eligibility)

My Pick: Peggy Ann Garner, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Nominees: Lauren Bacall, To Have and Have Not
Nominees: Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce
Nominees: Linda Darnell, Fallen Angel
Nominees: Dorothy McGuire, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Honorable Mentions: Gene Tierney, Leave Her to Heaven; Elizabeth Taylor, National Velvet; Joan Fontaine, The Affairs of Susan; Betty Field, The Southerner

Also-Rans (alpha): Joan Bennett, Scarlet Street; Joan Bennett, The Woman in the Window; Ingrid Bergman, The Bells of St. Mary's; Ingrid Bergman, Spellbound; Lucille Bremer, Yolanda and the Thief; Linda Darnell, Hangover Square; Bette Davis, The Corn Is Green; Alice Faye, Fallen Angel; Nina Foch, My Name Is Julia Ross; Judy Garland, The Clock; Greer Garson, The Valley of Decision; Kathryn Grayson, Anchors Aweigh; Signe Hasso, The House on 92nd Street; Jennifer Jones, Love Letters; Hedy Lamarr, Experiment Perilous; Dorothy Lamour, A Medal for Benny; Joan Leslie, Rhapsody in Blue; Merle Oberon, A Song to Remember; Ann Rutherford, Two O'Clock Courage; Ann Savage, Detour; Barbara Stanwyck, Christmas in Connecticut; Jane Wyman, The Lost Weekend


Gourmet Prospects: Deborah Kerr, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Further Research: Fay Bainter, State Fair; Tallulah Bankhead, A Royal Scandal; Anne Baxter, A Royal Scandal; Hillary Brooke, The Woman in Green; Billie Burke, Swing Out, Sister; Jeanne Crain, State Fair; Constance Cummings, Blithe Spirit; Sally Eilers, Strange Illusion; Kay Hammond, Blithe Spirit; Josiane Hegg, Marie-Louise; Katharine Hepburn, Without Love; Betty Hutton, Incendiary Blonde; Glynis Johns, The Halfway House; Veronica Lake, Hold That Blonde; Merle Oberon, This Love of Ours; Donna Reed, They Were Expendable; Sylvia Sidney, Blood on the Sun; Claire Trevor, Johnny Angel; Ruth Warrick, China Sky

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