Best Actress 1983
Winner: Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment
Nominees: Jane Alexander, Testament
Meryl Streep, Silkwood
Julie Walters, Educating Rita
Debra Winger, Terms of Endearment

The Field: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★


Ranking Oscar's Ballot
 
 My Pick:
Meryl Streep, Silkwood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

From There:
Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Debra Winger, Terms of Endearment ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Jane Alexander, Testament ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Julie Walters, Educating Rita ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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


My Favorites from 1983:
(As determined by years of Oscar eligibility)

My Pick: Meryl Streep, Silkwood
Nominees: Isabelle Adjani, Possession
Nominees: Rosanna Arquette, Baby It's You
Nominees: Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment
Nominees: Debra Winger, Terms of Endearment

Honorable Mentions (ranked): Teri Garr, Mr. Mom; Julie Christie, Heat and Dust; Cox Habbema, A Question of Silence; Ewa Fröling, Fanny and Alexander; Deborah Harry, Videodrome; Laura del Sol, Carmen

Also-Rans (alpha): Jane Alexander, Testament; Greta Scacchi, Heat and Dust; Julie Walters, Educating Rita

Gourmet Prospects: Nathalie Baye, The Return of Martin Guerre; Bonnie Bedelia, Heart Like a Wheel; Linda Griffiths, Lianna; Jane Hallaren, Lianna; Mariel Hemingway, Star 80; Barbara Hershey, The Entity; Isabelle Huppert, Passion; Amanda Langlet, Pauline at the Beach; Hanna Schygulla, Passion; Barbra Streisand, Yentl

Further Research: Julie Andrews, The Man Who Loved Women; Anne Bancroft, To Be or Not to Be; Jennifer Beals, Flashdance; Jill Clayburgh, Hanna K.; Melinda Dillon, A Christmas Story; Patricia Hodge, Betrayal; Isabelle Huppert, The Story of Piera; Valérie Kaprisky, Breathless; Diane Lane, The Outsiders; Diane Lane, Rumble Fish; Kelly McGillis, Reuben, Reuben; Michelle Pfeiffer, Scarface; Renée Soutendijk, The Fourth Man; Mary Steenburgen, Cross Creek; Dee Wallace, Cujo

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