Ranking the Winners of the Best Actress Oscar Feb '11: I have seen 86 of 86 winners, or 100%. Most recent addition: Natalie Portman (10) For the Ages 51 Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire 93 Holly Hunter, The Piano 31 Marie Dressler, Min and Bill 39 Vivien Leigh, Gone with the Wind 68 Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl 77 Diane Keaton, Annie Hall 03 Charlize Theron, Monster ★ 92 Emma Thompson, Howards End ★ 96 Frances McDormand, Fargo 28 Janet Gaynor, 7th Heaven ★ 34 Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night 99 Hilary Swank, Boys Don't Cry 72 Liza Minnelli, Cabaret 07 Marion Cotillard, La Vie en rose Fantastic 63 Patricia Neal, Hud 64 Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins 82 Meryl Streep, Sophie's Choice ★ 74 Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 70 Glenda Jackson, Women in Love 62 Anne Bancroft, The Miracle Worker 28 Janet Gaynor, Sunrise 66 Elizabeth Taylor, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 00 Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich ★ 91 Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs 50 Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday 65 Julie Christie, Darling 45 Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce ★ 80 Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter 76 Faye Dunaway, Network 68 Katharine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter 85 Geraldine Page, The Trip to Bountiful 40 Ginger Rogers, Kitty Foyle Fetching 71 Jane Fonda, Klute 60 Elizabeth Taylor, BUtterfield 8 28 Janet Gaynor, Street Angel 69 Maggie Smith, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 95 Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking 43 Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette 44 Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight 55 Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo 88 Jodie Foster, The Accused ★ 87 Cher, Moonstruck 86 Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God 37 Luise Rainer, The Good Earth 48 Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda 83 Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment 38 Bette Davis, Jezebel ★ Fair 97 Helen Hunt, As Good As It Gets ★ 61 Sophia Loren, Two Women 42 Greer Garson, Mrs. Miniver 04 Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby ★ 02 Nicole Kidman, The Hours 30 Norma Shearer, The Divorcée 49 Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress 90 Kathy Bates, Misery 01 Halle Berry, Monster's Ball 59 Simone Signoret, Room at the Top 75 Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 98 Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love ★ 57 Joanne Woodward, The Three Faces of Eve © 67 Katharine Hepburn, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 79 Sally Field, Norma Rae 73 Glenda Jackson, A Touch of Class Feh 54 Grace Kelly, The Country Girl 10 Natalie Portman, Black Swan ★ 78 Jane Fonda, Coming Home 08 Kate Winslet, The Reader 94 Jessica Lange, Blue Sky ★ 81 Katharine Hepburn, On Golden Pond 56 Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia 89 Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy 06 Helen Mirren, The Queen 58 Susan Hayward, I Want to Live! 35 Bette Davis, Dangerous 52 Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba © 46 Olivia de Havilland, To Each His Own 33 Katharine Hepburn, Morning Glory 05 Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line 36 Luise Rainer, The Great Ziegfeld © 09 Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side 32 Helen Hayes, The Sin of Madelon Claudet Flotsam 53 Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday 84 Sally Field, Places in the Heart 41 Joan Fontaine, Suspicion 47 Loretta Young, The Farmer's Daughter 29 Mary Pickford, Coquette ★ |
Great Losers: Nominees Who Rate a "Fantastic" or Higher I have seen 413 of 413 nominees, or 100%. Most recent addition: Michelle Williams (10) 1920s 28 Gloria Swanson, Sadie Thompson 29 Jeanne Eagels, The Letter 1930s 31 Marlene Dietrich, Morocco 32 Lynn Fontanne, The Guardsman 35 Katharine Hepburn, Alice Adams 36 Gladys George, Valiant Is the Word for Carrie 36 Carole Lombard, My Man Godfrey 37 Irene Dunne, The Awful Truth 37 Greta Garbo, Camille 37 Barbara Stanwyck, Stella Dallas 38 Norma Shearer, Marie Antoinette 38 Margaret Sullavan, Three Comrades 39 Bette Davis, Dark Victory ★ 38 Irene Dunne, Love Affair 39 Greta Garbo, Ninotchka 1940s 40 Bette Davis, The Letter 40 Joan Fontaine, Rebecca 40 Katharine Hepburn, The Philadelphia Story 41 Barbara Stanwyck, Ball of Fire 42 Bette Davis, Now, Voyager 42 Katharine Hepburn, Woman of the Year 43 Jean Arthur, The More the Merrier 44 Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity 46 Celia Johnson, Brief Encounter 47 Susan Hayward, Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman 1950s 50 Anne Baxter, All About Eve 50 Bette Davis, All About Eve 50 Eleanor Parker, Caged 50 Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevard 51 Katharine Hepburn, The African Queen 51 Jane Wyman, The Blue Veil 53 Ava Gardner, Mogambo 54 Judy Garland, A Star Is Born 55 Susan Hayward, I'll Cry Tomorrow 55 Katharine Hepburn, Summertime 56 Carroll Baker, Baby Doll 58 Shirley MacLaine, Some Came Running 59 Audrey Hepburn, The Nun's Story 59 Katharine Hepburn, Suddenly, Last Summer 1960s 60 Deborah Kerr, The Sundowners 60 Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment ★ 61 Natalie Wood, Splendor in the Grass 62 Bette Davis, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 62 Katharine Hepburn, Long Day's Journey into Night 62 Geraldine Page, Sweet Bird of Youth 63 Leslie Caron, The L-Shaped Room 63 Rachel Roberts, This Sporting Life 64 Kim Stanley, Séance on a Wet Afternoon 65 Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music 66 Ida Kaminská, The Shop on Main Street 67 Anne Bancroft, The Graduate 67 Faye Dunaway, Bonnie and Clyde 67 Edith Evans, The Whisperers 68 Joanne Woodward, Rachel, Rachel 69 Geneviève Bujold, Anne of the Thousand Days 69 Jane Fonda, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 1970s 71 Julie Christie, McCabe & Mrs. Miller 72 Cicely Tyson, Sounder 72 Liv Ullmann, The Emigrants 73 Barbra Streisand, The Way We Were 73 Joanne Woodward, Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams 74 Diahann Carroll, Claudine 74 Faye Dunaway, Chinatown 74 Valerie Perrine, Lenny 74 Gena Rowlands, A Woman under the Influence 75 Isabelle Adjani, The Story of Adèle H. 76 Sissy Spacek, Carrie 78 Ingrid Bergman, Autumn Sonata ★ 78 Geraldine Page, Interiors ★ 1980s 81 Diane Keaton, Reds 81 Marsha Mason, Only When I Laugh 82 Jessica Lange, Frances ★ 83 Meryl Streep, Silkwood ★ 85 Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple 85 Jessica Lange, Sweet Dreams 86 Sigourney Weaver, Aliens 87 Glenn Close, Fatal Attraction 87 Holly Hunter, Broadcast News 87 Sally Kirkland, Anna 87 Meryl Streep, Ironweed 88 Glenn Close, Dangerous Liaisons 88 Sigourney Weaver, Gorillas in the Mist 89 Isabelle Adjani, Camille Claudel 89 Michelle Pfeiffer, The Fabulous Baker Boys 1990s 90 Julia Roberts, Pretty Woman 90 Meryl Streep, Postcards from the Edge 91 Geena Davis, Thelma & Louise 91 Susan Sarandon, Thelma & Louise 92 Mary McDonnell, Passion Fish 93 Angela Bassett, What's Love Got to Do With It? 95 Elisabeth Shue, Leaving Las Vegas 95 Meryl Streep, The Bridges of Madison County 96 Brenda Blethyn, Secrets & Lies 96 Kristin Scott Thomas, The English Patient 96 Emily Watson, Breaking the Waves 97 Helena Bonham Carter, The Wings of the Dove 99 Janet McTeer, Tumbleweeds ★ 2000s 00 Joan Allen, The Contender ★ 00 Laura Linney, You Can Count on Me ★ 02 Julianne Moore, Far from Heaven ★ 04 Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace ★ 04 Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake ★ 04 Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ★ 06 Penélope Cruz, Volver 07 Laura Linney, The Savages 07 Ellen Page, Juno 08 Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married 09 Gabourey Sidibe, Precious ★ 2010s 10 Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right 10 Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole 10 Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone 10 Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine |
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