Best Actress 1947
Winner: Loretta Young, The Farmer's Daughter
Nominees: Joan Crawford, Possessed
Susan Hayward, Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Dorothy McGuire, Gentleman's Agreement
Rosalind Russell, Mourning Becomes Electra

The Field: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★


Ranking Oscar's Ballot
 
 My Pick:
Susan Hayward, Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

From There:
Joan Crawford, Possessed ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Rosalind Russell, Mourning Becomes Electra ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Loretta Young, The Farmer's Daughter ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Dorothy McGuire, Gentleman's Agreement ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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


My Favorites from 1947:
(As determined by years of Oscar eligibility)

My Pick: Deborah Kerr, Black Narcissus
Nominees: Joan Crawford, Possessed
Nominees: Susan Hayward, Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Nominees: Wendy Hiller, I Know Where I'm Going!
Nominees: Myrna Loy, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Honorable Mentions: Loretta Young, The Bishop's Wife; Susan Hayward, The Lost Moment

Gourmet Prospects: Lauren Bacall, Dark Passage; Lucille Ball, Lured; Joan Bennett, The Macomber Affair; Joan Bennett, The Woman on the Beach; Joan Blondell, Nightmare Alley; Joan Crawford, Daisy Kenyon; Linda Darnell, Forever Amber; Irene Dunne, Life with Father; Betty Grable, Mother Wore Tights; Jane Greer, Out of the Past; Valerie Hobson, Great Expectations; Martita Hunt, Great Expectations; Celia Johnson, This Happy Breed; Deborah Kerr, I See a Dark Stranger; Kathleen Ryan, Odd Man Out; Ann Sheridan, Nora Prentiss; Gene Tierney, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir; Audrey Totter, Lady in the Lake

Further Research: Claudette Colbert, The Egg and I; Josette Day, Beauty and the Beast; Marlene Dietrich, Golden Earrings; Greer Garson, Desire Me; Paulette Goddard, Unconquered; Betty Grable, The Shocking Miss Pilgrim; Katharine Hepburn, The Sea of Grass; Katharine Hepburn, Song of Love; Betty Hutton, The Perils of Pauline; Hedy Lamarr, Dishonored Lady; Dorothy Lamour, My Favorite Brunette; Ida Lupino, Escape Me Never; Virginia Mayo, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty; Maureen O'Hara, The Foxes of Harrow; Lilli Palmer, Body and Soul; Eleanor Parker, Escape Me Never; Dorothy Patrick, New Orleans; Gail Russell, Angel and the Badman; Sheila Ryan, Railroaded!; Lizabeth Scott, Dead Reckoning; Sylvia Sidney, Love from a Stranger; Elizabeth Taylor, Cynthia; Lana Turner, Green Dolphin Street; Alida Valli, The Paradine Case; Teresa Wright, The Imperfect Lady; Jane Wyatt, Boomerang!; Loretta Young, The Perfect Marriage

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