Best Actress 1952
Winner: Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba
Nominees: Joan Crawford, Sudden Fear
Bette Davis, The Star
Julie Harris, The Member of the Wedding
Susan Hayward, With a Song in My Heart

The Field: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★


Ranking Oscar's Ballot
 
 My Pick:
Julie Harris, The Member of the Wedding ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

From There:
Joan Crawford, Sudden Fear ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Susan Hayward, With a Song in My Heart ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Bette Davis, The Star ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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


My Favorites from 1952:
(As determined by years of Oscar eligibility)

My Pick: Debbie Reynolds, Singin' in the Rain
Nominees: Anita Björk, Miss Julie
Nominees: Danielle Darrieux, Five Fingers
Nominees: Julie Harris, The Member of the Wedding
Nominees: Ethel Waters, The Member of the Wedding

Honorable Mentions (alpha): Olivia de Havilland, My Cousin Rachel

Also-Rans (alpha): Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba; Joan Crawford, Sudden Fear; Bette Davis, The Star; Susan Hayward, With a Song in My Heart; Betty Hutton, The Greatest Show on Earth

Gourmet Prospects: Claire Bloom, Limelight; Joan Crawford, This Woman Is Dangerous; Bette Davis, Another Man's Poison; Marlene Dietrich, Rancho Notorious; Edith Evans, The Importance of Being Earnest; Joan Greenwood, The Importance of Being Earnest; Katharine Hepburn, Pat and Mike; Judy Holliday, The Marrying Kind; Estela Inda, Los Olvidados; Jennifer Jones, Carrie; Jennifer Jones, Ruby Gentry; Jennifer Jones, The Wild Heart; Maureen O'Hara, The Quiet Man; Donna Reed, Scandal Sheet; Ginger Rogers, Monkey Business; Simone Signoret, Casque d'or; Barbara Stanwyck, Clash by Night; Nicole Stéphane, Les Enfants terribles; Lana Turner, The Bad and the Beautiful; Dorothy Tutin, The Importance of Being Earnest

Further Research: June Allyson, The Girl in White; Phyllis Calvert, Mandy; Yvonne De Carlo, Scarlet Angel; Maria Fiore, Two Cents Worth of Hope; Joan Fontaine, Ivanhoe; Brigitte Fossey, Forbidden Games; Ava Gardner, The Snows of Kilimanjaro; Susan Hayward, The Snows of Kilimanjaro; Marsha Hunt, The Happy Time; Ruth Hussey, Woman of the North Country; Deborah Kerr, The Prisoner of Zenda; Peggy Lee, The Jazz Singer; Mandy Miller, Mandy; Patricia Neal, Washington Story; Maureen O'Hara, Kangaroo; Jean Peters, Viva Zapata!; Jane Russell, The Las Vegas Story; Jean Simmons, Angel Face; Alexis Smith, The Turning Point; Elizabeth Taylor, Ivanhoe; Ann Todd, The Sound Barrier; Lana Turner, The Merry Widow; Vera-Ellen, The Belle of New York; Marie Wilson, A Girl in Every Port; Marie Windsor, The Narrow Margin; Shelley Winters, Meet Danny Wilson; Loretta Young, Paula

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