Best Actress 1971
Winner: Jane Fonda, Klute
Nominees: Julie Christie, McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Glenda Jackson, Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Vanessa Redgrave, Mary, Queen of Scots
Janet Suzman, Nicholas and Alexandra

The Field: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★


Ranking Oscar's Ballot
 
 My Pick:
Julie Christie, McCabe & Mrs. Miller
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

From There:
Jane Fonda, Klute
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Glenda Jackson, Sunday, Bloody Sunday
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Vanessa Redgrave, Mary, Queen of Scots
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Janet Suzman, Nicholas and Alexandra
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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


My Favorites from 1971
 As determined by U.S. release/Oscar eligibility

Winner: Julie Christie, McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Oscar nominee; see above.


Roster of Nominees:

Lynn Carlin, Taking Off -


Glenda Jackson, Mary, Queen of Scots -


Shirley MacLaine, Desperate Characters -


Vanessa Redgrave, The Devils -



Honorable Mentions (loosely ranked):

Bibi Andersson, The Touch -


Jane Fonda, Klute - Oscar winner; see above.
Katharine Hepburn, The Trojan Women -


Dominique Sanda, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis -



Also-Rans (alpha):
Jenny Agutter, Walkabout; Francesca Annis, Macbeth; Candice Bergen, Carnal Knowledge; Julie Christie, The Go-Between; Glenda Jackson, The Music Lovers; Glenda Jackson, Sunday, Bloody Sunday; Irene Papas, The Trojan Women; Vanessa Redgrave, Mary, Queen of Scots; Cybill Shepherd, The Last Picture Show; Janet Suzman, Nicholas and Alexandra


Gourmet Prospects: Ruth Gordon, Harold and Maude; Anna Karina, The Nun; Barbara Loden, Wanda; Shirley MacLaine, Desperate Characters; Elaine May, A New Leaf; Haydée Politoff, La Collectionneuse; Gena Rowlands, Minnie and Moskowitz; Dominique Sanda, Une femme douce; Twiggy, The Boy Friend; Jessica Walter, Play Misty for Me; Kitty Winn, The Panic in Needle Park

Further Research: Candice Bergen, The Hunting Party; Jacqueline Bisset, The Mephisto Waltz; Claire Bloom, A Severed Head; Verna Bloom, The Hired Hand; Dyan Cannon, Such Good Friends; Sandy Duncan, Star Spangled Girl; Susan George, Straw Dogs; Claude Jade, Bed and Board; Angela Lansbury, Bedknobs and Broomsticks; Louise Lasser, Bananas; Jennie Linden, A Severed Head; Nanette Newman, The Raging Moon; Jennifer O'Neill, Summer of '42; Sandy Ratcliff, Family Life; Lee Remick, Sometimes a Great Notion; Debbie Reynolds, What's the Matter with Helen?; Pippa Scott, Cold Turkey; Delphine Seyrig, Daughters of Darkness; Delores Taylor, Billy Jack; Shelley Winters, What's the Matter with Helen?

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