My Top Five:
1) Vivien Leigh - Gone With The Wind
2) Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice
3) Helen Mirren - The Queen
4) Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce
5) Janet Gaynor - Sunrise
My Bottom Five:
1) Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
2) Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare In Love
3) Helen Hunt - As Good As It Gets
4) Grace Kelly - The Country Girl
5) Mary Pickford - Coquette
Ranking Best Actress Winning Performances
My top 5:
Katharine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter
Vivien Leigh, Gone With the Wind
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Patricia Neal, Hud
Glenda Jackson, Women in Love
The Bottom 5:
Nicole Kidman, The Hours
Helen Hunt, As Good As It Gets
Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Katharine Hepburn, Morning Glory
Katharine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter
Vivien Leigh, Gone With the Wind
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Patricia Neal, Hud
Glenda Jackson, Women in Love
The Bottom 5:
Nicole Kidman, The Hours
Helen Hunt, As Good As It Gets
Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Katharine Hepburn, Morning Glory
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"Best" and "favorite" being different terms, this list is slightly different from my "five favorite best actress winners" and "least five favorite winners" at CinemaSight.
For example, Olivia de Havilland in To Each His Own is still my "favorite", but drops to fourth "best" behind Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire, De Havilland herself in The Heiress and Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter.
And so...
1 Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire 1951
2 Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress 1949
3 Katharine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter 1968
4 Olivia de Havilland, To Each His Own 1946
5 Vivien Leigh, Gone With the Wind 1939
6 Maggie Smith, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 1969
7 Jane Fonda, Klute 1971
8 Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore 1974
9 Meryl Streep, Sophie's Choice 1982
10 Helen Mirren, The Queen 2006
11 Anne Bancroft, The Miracle Worker 1962
12 Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda 1948
13 Patricia Neal, Hud 1963
14 Ingrid Bergman, Anasatsia 1956
15 Susan Hayward, I Want to Live! 1958
16 Kate Winslet, The Reader 2008
17 Emma Thompson, Howards End 1992
18 Bette Davis, Jezebel 1938
19 Greer Garson, Mrs. Miniver 1942
20 Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night 1934
21 Liza Minnelli, Cabaret 1972
22 Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday 1953
23 Diane Keaton, Annie Hall 1977
24 Sophia Loren, Two Women 1961
25 Elizabeth Taylor, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966
26 Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy 1989
27 Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking 1995
28 Sally Field, Norma Rae 1979
29 Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment 1983
30 Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry 1999
31 Jodie Foster, The Accused 1988
32 Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins 1964
33 Julie Christie, Darling 1965
34 Simone Signoret, Room at the Top 1959
35 Glenda Jackson, Women in Love 1970
36 Holly Hunter, The Piano 1993
37 Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter 1980
38 Geraldine Page, The Trip to Bountiful 1985
39 Janet Gaynor, 7th Heaven 1928
40 Luise Rainer, The Good Earth 1937
41 Janet Gaynor, Sunrise 1928
42 Joan Fontaine, Suspicion 1941
43 Joanne Woodward, The Three Faces of Eve 1957
44 Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce 1945
45 Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight 1944
46 Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette 1943
47 Katharine Hepburn, On Golden Pond 1981
48 Frances McDormand, Fargo 1996
49 Grace Kelly, The Country Girl 1954
50 Jessica Lange, Blue Sky 1994
51 Sally Field, Places in the Heart 1984
52 Janet Gaynor, Street Angel 1928
53 Loretta Young, The Farmer's Daughter 1947
54 Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs 1991
55 Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby 2004
56 Katharine Hepburn, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967
57 Helen Hayes, The Sin of Madelon Claudet 1932
58 Marie Dressler, Min and Bill 1931
59 Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo 1955
60 Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba 1952
61 Cher, Moonstruck 1987
62 Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl 1968
63 Gwynth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love 1998
64 Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God 1986
65 Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich 2000
66 Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side 2009
67 Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line 2005
68 Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975
69 Faye Dunaway, Network 1976
70 Jane Fonda, Coming Home 1978
71 Nicole Kidman, The Hours 2002
72 Katharine Hepburn, Morning Glory 1933
73 Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose 2007
74 Kathy Bates, Misery 1990
75 Bette Davis, Dangerous 1935
76 Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday 1950
77 Charlize Theron, Monster 2003
78 Halle Berry, Monster's Ball 2001
79 Helen Hunt, As Good As It Gets 1997
80 Luise Rainer, The Great Ziegfeld 1936
81 Norma Shearer, The Divorcee 1930
82 Ginger Rogers, Kitty Foyle 1940
83 Glenda Jackson, A Touch of Class 1973
84 Elizabeth Taylor, Butterfield 8 1960
85 Mary Pickford, Coquette 1929
For example, Olivia de Havilland in To Each His Own is still my "favorite", but drops to fourth "best" behind Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire, De Havilland herself in The Heiress and Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter.
And so...
1 Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire 1951
2 Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress 1949
3 Katharine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter 1968
4 Olivia de Havilland, To Each His Own 1946
5 Vivien Leigh, Gone With the Wind 1939
6 Maggie Smith, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 1969
7 Jane Fonda, Klute 1971
8 Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore 1974
9 Meryl Streep, Sophie's Choice 1982
10 Helen Mirren, The Queen 2006
11 Anne Bancroft, The Miracle Worker 1962
12 Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda 1948
13 Patricia Neal, Hud 1963
14 Ingrid Bergman, Anasatsia 1956
15 Susan Hayward, I Want to Live! 1958
16 Kate Winslet, The Reader 2008
17 Emma Thompson, Howards End 1992
18 Bette Davis, Jezebel 1938
19 Greer Garson, Mrs. Miniver 1942
20 Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night 1934
21 Liza Minnelli, Cabaret 1972
22 Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday 1953
23 Diane Keaton, Annie Hall 1977
24 Sophia Loren, Two Women 1961
25 Elizabeth Taylor, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966
26 Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy 1989
27 Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking 1995
28 Sally Field, Norma Rae 1979
29 Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment 1983
30 Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry 1999
31 Jodie Foster, The Accused 1988
32 Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins 1964
33 Julie Christie, Darling 1965
34 Simone Signoret, Room at the Top 1959
35 Glenda Jackson, Women in Love 1970
36 Holly Hunter, The Piano 1993
37 Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter 1980
38 Geraldine Page, The Trip to Bountiful 1985
39 Janet Gaynor, 7th Heaven 1928
40 Luise Rainer, The Good Earth 1937
41 Janet Gaynor, Sunrise 1928
42 Joan Fontaine, Suspicion 1941
43 Joanne Woodward, The Three Faces of Eve 1957
44 Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce 1945
45 Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight 1944
46 Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette 1943
47 Katharine Hepburn, On Golden Pond 1981
48 Frances McDormand, Fargo 1996
49 Grace Kelly, The Country Girl 1954
50 Jessica Lange, Blue Sky 1994
51 Sally Field, Places in the Heart 1984
52 Janet Gaynor, Street Angel 1928
53 Loretta Young, The Farmer's Daughter 1947
54 Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs 1991
55 Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby 2004
56 Katharine Hepburn, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967
57 Helen Hayes, The Sin of Madelon Claudet 1932
58 Marie Dressler, Min and Bill 1931
59 Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo 1955
60 Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba 1952
61 Cher, Moonstruck 1987
62 Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl 1968
63 Gwynth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love 1998
64 Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God 1986
65 Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich 2000
66 Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side 2009
67 Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line 2005
68 Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975
69 Faye Dunaway, Network 1976
70 Jane Fonda, Coming Home 1978
71 Nicole Kidman, The Hours 2002
72 Katharine Hepburn, Morning Glory 1933
73 Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose 2007
74 Kathy Bates, Misery 1990
75 Bette Davis, Dangerous 1935
76 Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday 1950
77 Charlize Theron, Monster 2003
78 Halle Berry, Monster's Ball 2001
79 Helen Hunt, As Good As It Gets 1997
80 Luise Rainer, The Great Ziegfeld 1936
81 Norma Shearer, The Divorcee 1930
82 Ginger Rogers, Kitty Foyle 1940
83 Glenda Jackson, A Touch of Class 1973
84 Elizabeth Taylor, Butterfield 8 1960
85 Mary Pickford, Coquette 1929