Best Actress 1962
Winner: Anne Bancroft, The Miracle Worker
Nominees: Bette Davis, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Katharine Hepburn, Long Day's Journey into Night
Geraldine Page, Sweet Bird of Youth
Lee Remick, Days of Wine and Roses

The Field: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★


Ranking Oscar's Ballot
 
 My Pick:
Katharine Hepburn, Long Day's Journey into Night ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

From There:
Anne Bancroft, The Miracle Worker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Bette Davis, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Geraldine Page, Sweet Bird of Youth ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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


My Favorites from 1962:
(As determined by years of Oscar eligibility)

My Pick: Katharine Hepburn, Long Day's Journey into Night
Nominees: Harriet Andersson, Through a Glass Darkly
Nominees: Anne Bancroft, The Miracle Worker
Nominees: Bette Davis, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Nominees: Silvia Pinal, Viridiana

Honorable Mentions: Geraldine Page, Sweet Bird of Youth; Capucine, Walk on the Wild Side; Delphie Seyrig, Last Year at Marienbad; Jeanne Moreau, Jules and Jim; Joan Crawford, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?; Monica Vitti, L'Éclisse; Candace Hilligoss, Carnival of Souls

Gourmet Prospects: Anouk Aimée, Lola; Dora Bryan, A Taste of Honey; Margaret Leighton, Waltz of the Toreadors; Shirley MacLaine, Two for the Seesaw; Corinne Marchand, Cléo from 5 to 7; Janet Margolin, David and Lisa; Melina Mercouri, Phaedra; Lee Remick, Days of Wine and Roses; Irene Papas, Elektra; Daniela Rocca, Divorce—Italian Style; Gena Rowlands, Lonely Are the Brave; Eva Marie Saint, All Fall Down; Stefania Sandrelli, Divorce—Italian Style; Sharmila Tagore, Devi (The Goddess); Rita Tushingham, A Taste of Honey; Susannah York, Freud

Further Research: Cyd Charisse, Two Weeks in Another Town; Doris Day, Lover Come Back; Doris Day, That Touch of Mink; Olivia de Havilland, The Light in the Piazza; Angie Dickinson, Jessica; Jane Fonda, Period of Adjustment; Julie Harris, Requiem for a Heavyweight; Mariette Hartley, Ride the High Country; Jennifer Jones, Tender Is the Night; Shirley MacLaine, My Geisha; Hayley Mills, Whistle Down the Wind; Jeanne Moreau, La Notte; Kim Novak, The Notorious Landlady; Irene Papas, Antigone; Sylvia Syms, Victim; Ingrid Thulin, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse; Monica Vitti, La Notte; Tuesday Weld, Bachelor Flat

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