Deborah Kerr, Separate Tables
Shirley MacLaine, Some Came Running
Rosalind Russell, Auntie Mame
Elizabeth Taylor, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Field: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Ranking Oscar's Ballot
My Pick: Shirley MacLaine, Some Came Running ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
From There: Elizabeth Taylor, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Rosalind Russell, Auntie Mame ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Deborah Kerr, Separate Tables ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
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My Favorites from 1958: (As determined by years of Oscar eligibility)
My Pick: Kim Novak, Vertigo
Nominees: Karuna Banerjee, Pather Panchali
Nominees: Shirley MacLaine, Some Came Running
Nominees: Lilo Pulver, A Time to Love and a Time to Die
Nominees: Elizabeth Taylor, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Honorable Mentions:
Rita Hayworth, Separate Tables;
Hermione Gingold, Gigi Gourmet Prospects:
Susan Hayward, I Want to Live!;
Kay Kendall, The Reluctant Debutante;
Dorothy Malone, The Tarnished Angels;
Kim Stanley, The Goddess;
Gwen Verdon, Damn Yankees;
Joanne Woodward, The Long, Hot Summer
Further Research:
Eiko Ando, The Barbarian and the Geisha;
Ingrid Bergman, Indiscreet;
Ingrid Bergman, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness;
Claire Bloom, The Brothers Karamazov;
Claire Bloom, The Buccaneer;
Leslie Caron, The Doctor's Dilemma;
Cyd Charisse, Party Girl;
Joan Fontaine, A Certain Smile;
Hope Lange, The Young Lions;
Viveca Lindfors, I Accuse!;
Sophia Loren, Desire Under the Elms;
Sophia Loren, Houseboat;
Shirley MacLaine, The Sheepman;
Lita Milan, The Left-Handed Gun;
Kim Novak, Bell, Book, and Candle;
Debbie Reynolds, This Happy Feeling;
Maria Schell, The Brothers Karamazov;
Jean Simmons, The Big Country;
Jean Simmons, Home Before Dark;
Kay Walsh, The Horse's Mouth;
Natalie Wood, Marjorie Morningstar;
Joanne Woodward, Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!;
Dana Wynter, Fraulein