Best Actress 1961
Winner: Sophia Loren, Two Women
Nominees: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's
Piper Laurie, The Hustler
Geraldine Page, Summer and Smoke
Natalie Wood, Splendor in the Grass

The Field: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★


Ranking Oscar's Ballot
 
 My Pick:
Piper Laurie, The Hustler ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

From There:
Sophia Loren, Two Women ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Geraldine Page, Summer and Smoke ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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


My Favorites from 1961:
(As determined by years of Oscar eligibility)

My Pick: Monica Vitti, L'Avventura
Nominees: Anouk Aimée, La Dolce vita
Nominees: Piper Laurie, The Hustler
Nominees: Shirley MacLaine, The Children's Hour
Nominees: Maria Schell, The Mark

Honorable Mentions: Deborah Kerr, The Innocents; Audrey Hepburn, The Children's Hour; Sophia Loren, Two Women

Gourmet Prospects: Ruby Dee, A Raisin in the Sun; Angie Dickinson, The Sins of Rachel Cade; Shirley Anne Field, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; Mercedes McCambridge, Angel Baby; Claudia McNeil, A Raisin in the Sun; Hayley Mills, The Parent Trap; Marilyn Monroe, The Misfits; Rachel Roberts, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; Diana Sands, A Raisin in the Sun; Pamela Tiffin, One, Two, Three; Rita Tushingham, A Taste of Honey; Natalie Wood, Splendor in the Grass

Further Research: Lola Albright, A Cold Wind in August; Leslie Caron, Fanny; Bette Davis, Pocketful of Miracles; Doris Day, Lover Come Back; Dolores Dorn, Underworld, U.S.A.; Annie Girardot, Rocco and His Brothers; Susan Hayward, Back Street; Susan Hayward, The Marriage-Go-Round; Katy Jurado, One-Eyed Jacks; Nancy Kwan, Flower Drum Song; Sophia Loren, The Millionairess; Sophia Loren, El Cid; Diane McBain, Claudelle Inglish; Siobhan McKenna, King of Kings; Hayley Mills, Whistle Down the Wind; Nancy Olson, The Absent-Minded Professor; Debbie Reynolds, The Pleasure of His Company; Rosalind Russell, A Majority of One; Barbara Rütting, Town without Pity; Miyoshi Umeki, Flower Drum Song; Joanne Woodward, Paris Blues

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