I have only seen MacLaine, and she's very good, although perhaps not entirely capable of salvaging the character from Wilder's patronising ideation of it. That final mad rush back into Lemmon's arms is so aggressively phony in this context as to almost be avant-garde, so you can't blame her for letting her character-building crumble against her director's plasticine stabs at humanism.
My picks for this year, which is an immensely strong and varied year for lead actresses from around the world:
1. Hideko Takamine, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
2. Anne Francis, Girl of the Night
3. Setsuko Hara, Late Autumn
4. Monica Vitti, L'avventura
5. Miyuki Kuwano, Cruel Story of Youth
Best Actress 1960
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The Sundowners may not have the impact today it had then, but it remains a nicely made family film with lovely work from Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Glynis Johns, Peter Ustivon and Michael Anderson, Jr. and decent work from Chips Rafferty, Dina Merrill and others.
Kerr and Mitchum are far from dull. If you want to see dull try watching them in the simultaneously released The Grass Is Greener which the usually competent Stanley Donen makes not only those two a bore, but Cary Grant and Jean Simmons as well.
Kerr and Mitchum are far from dull. If you want to see dull try watching them in the simultaneously released The Grass Is Greener which the usually competent Stanley Donen makes not only those two a bore, but Cary Grant and Jean Simmons as well.
Oh I missed this thread. Shirley Shirley Shirley. Great performance and so quintessential, as well.
Three other fine and very self-referential performances: Mercouri, Garson and Taylor, As for Liz, she does excellent work in a lousy movie, a film to be lamented all the more because John O'Hara's novel is so wonderful.
Anfd then there's poor dreary Miss Kerr. Well, I suppose other than the fact that she -- or her agent -- signed on to this thing, one can't blame her for the dullness of the movie, although she has to take responsibility for the dullness of her performance.
Fred Zinnemann’s movies are best when there’s a full-bodied plot to keep you interested despite his maddeningly dull direction. This, in contrast, is a highly episodic film, and as such it never gets started, it just starts and stops and is utterly insipid. There’s nothing extravagantly wrong with it (Zinnemann probably didn't even know the meaning of the word "extravagant"), but in each scene you could envision a Ford or Anthony Mann or Raoul Walsh or even Henry Hathaway doing so much more to make the film come alive. Someone who likes it would deem it leisurely, others would say boring. And Miss Kerr meets Mr. Zinnemann's needs perfectly. She's as dreary as the film itself. Mr. Zinnemann must have had a special touch -- he even turns the great Robert Mitchum into a bore.
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Three other fine and very self-referential performances: Mercouri, Garson and Taylor, As for Liz, she does excellent work in a lousy movie, a film to be lamented all the more because John O'Hara's novel is so wonderful.
Anfd then there's poor dreary Miss Kerr. Well, I suppose other than the fact that she -- or her agent -- signed on to this thing, one can't blame her for the dullness of the movie, although she has to take responsibility for the dullness of her performance.
Fred Zinnemann’s movies are best when there’s a full-bodied plot to keep you interested despite his maddeningly dull direction. This, in contrast, is a highly episodic film, and as such it never gets started, it just starts and stops and is utterly insipid. There’s nothing extravagantly wrong with it (Zinnemann probably didn't even know the meaning of the word "extravagant"), but in each scene you could envision a Ford or Anthony Mann or Raoul Walsh or even Henry Hathaway doing so much more to make the film come alive. Someone who likes it would deem it leisurely, others would say boring. And Miss Kerr meets Mr. Zinnemann's needs perfectly. She's as dreary as the film itself. Mr. Zinnemann must have had a special touch -- he even turns the great Robert Mitchum into a bore.
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I must admit I haven't actually watched Never on Sunday in years so I may be underestimating Mercouri who was always very interesting, even in bad movies of which she had more than her share.
Garson's Eleanor Roosevelt, though, is a splendid incarnation. Too bad more people don't know it. On the other hand maybe it's a good thing. She'd only siphon off votes from Kerr who has her last chance of winning one of these.
Garson's Eleanor Roosevelt, though, is a splendid incarnation. Too bad more people don't know it. On the other hand maybe it's a good thing. She'd only siphon off votes from Kerr who has her last chance of winning one of these.
Mmm... If EVER a movie (and by the way I dont think Never on Sunday is a great movie) had an ABSOLUTE female star, was made FOR her, BECAUSE of her, IN LOVE with her, CENTERED on her, WOULD BE UNTHINKABLE WITHOUT her, well, it's this one. Melina Mercouri (and she was a very good actress, not just a strong personality) is the raison d'etre of Never on Sunday, and the main reason of its success, and she's what makes this otherwise light effort watchable even today. And then of course there was the song, I know, but the real star of the movie is the one and only Melina Mercouri.Big Magilla wrote:Melina Mercouri was OK in Never on Sunday, but the film's snappy score and gorgeous cinematograly were the real stars of the film.
But I didnt vote for her. Nor for Taylor, though Butterfield 8 works I think on a guilty pleasure level. And not for Garson, first of all because I havent seen her movie, but also because, how shall I put it, I know that she has lots of fans on this board, but let's just say that for me this is further proof that she's never really been very interesting.
I had to vote for either Kerr or MacLaine, both very good actresses, and both actresses for whom I could not vote in any other year for any of their many nominations. I made my choice and I picked MacLaine, because I love The Apartment and I love her in it, but really, Deborah Kerr would be equally deserving.
(The mid 60s are now getting closer and closer and I know, I feel, that Big Magilla and the others will have the long awaited chance of killing ITALIANO. Twice. In consecutive years. Wait and see.)
I didn't see many of her movies, but I've never really got Eleanor Parker. She looked to me like an upscale Kim Novak minus the redeeming trashiness. (Admittedly, didn't have a chance to see Caged, which sounds very intriguing). But lack of appreciation aside – there is no way her performances in Detective Story and Home from the Hill can be seen as lead of any kind. One can argue that Hopkins in Lambs or even Streep in Prada were supporting, but the parts they were playing were the raison d'être of their respective films. Parker's characters in both DS and HftH could almost be eliminated without totally hinder the structure of these films. And she didn't even have that much screen time in them. I know, back then it was all about placement in the star system food chain, but here we are allowed to some degree of revisionism, aren't we?
Give me triumph of personality over performance anytime when it comes to Mercouri. Voted for her signature performance.Mister Tee wrote:I love Melina Mercouri -- how can you not? -- and this is certainly her signature role. But it feels more like a triumph of personality than performance.
My top 5 of the year:
Melina Mercouri, Never on Sunday
Wendy Hiller, Sons and Lovers
Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment
Deborah Kerr, The Sundowners
Eleanor Parker, Home From the Hill
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If I were choosing from the entire available universe, Wendy Hiller would be my pick. But, playing by the rules...
A friend of mine, a devoted Taylor fan, argued we shouldn't penalize her for the shoddiness of the material she had to work with. Fine: I'll judge solely on the merits of the performance. This is easily the least worthy of her five nominations.
I indicated in the Mrs. Miniver era I've never been much moved by Garson, and this humdrum effort certainly wasn't going to change my mind.
I love Melina Mercouri -- how can you not? -- and this is certainly her signature role. But it feels more like a triumph of personality than performance.
For me, it comes down to Kerr or MacLaine. I've already voted for Kerr in '53, and I lament that she ended up one of Oscar's all-time losers. But, truth be told, I don't that much care for The Sundowners -- it's all too wholesome and knockabout for my taste -- and, though I like Kerr's work in it, I don't have the specially warm feeling that I do for some of her other work.
The Apartment is some kind of perfect movie; whenever I run by it on TV, I end up watching far longer than planned. Lemmon and MacLaine became, for me, fairly tiresome in their later years, but here they do just beautiful work. And since I don't plan to vote for MacLaine in '83, I'm going to give her my Oscar here.
A friend of mine, a devoted Taylor fan, argued we shouldn't penalize her for the shoddiness of the material she had to work with. Fine: I'll judge solely on the merits of the performance. This is easily the least worthy of her five nominations.
I indicated in the Mrs. Miniver era I've never been much moved by Garson, and this humdrum effort certainly wasn't going to change my mind.
I love Melina Mercouri -- how can you not? -- and this is certainly her signature role. But it feels more like a triumph of personality than performance.
For me, it comes down to Kerr or MacLaine. I've already voted for Kerr in '53, and I lament that she ended up one of Oscar's all-time losers. But, truth be told, I don't that much care for The Sundowners -- it's all too wholesome and knockabout for my taste -- and, though I like Kerr's work in it, I don't have the specially warm feeling that I do for some of her other work.
The Apartment is some kind of perfect movie; whenever I run by it on TV, I end up watching far longer than planned. Lemmon and MacLaine became, for me, fairly tiresome in their later years, but here they do just beautiful work. And since I don't plan to vote for MacLaine in '83, I'm going to give her my Oscar here.
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Deborah Kerr and Greer Garson receiving their 6th and 7th nominations respectively, the last for both of them, gave the year's two best performances but Shirley MacLaine isn't far behind in the year's properly awarded best best picture winner.
Melina Mercouri was OK in Never on Sunday, but the film's snappy score and gorgeous cinematograly were the real stars of the film. La Liz, however, is another matter.
In a year full of great work by some of the finest actresses then working it's a travesty she was even nominated yet won, emergency tracheotomy or not. Far better were Jean Simmons in Elmer Gantry; Wendy Hiller in Sons and Lovers; Eleanor Parker in Home From the Hill; Dorothy McGuire in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs; Lilli Palmer in Conspiracy of Hearts and Judy Holliday in Bells Are Ringing. Hell, even Marina Vlady in Nude in a White Car was more deserving of a nod.
I voted for Kerr.
Melina Mercouri was OK in Never on Sunday, but the film's snappy score and gorgeous cinematograly were the real stars of the film. La Liz, however, is another matter.
In a year full of great work by some of the finest actresses then working it's a travesty she was even nominated yet won, emergency tracheotomy or not. Far better were Jean Simmons in Elmer Gantry; Wendy Hiller in Sons and Lovers; Eleanor Parker in Home From the Hill; Dorothy McGuire in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs; Lilli Palmer in Conspiracy of Hearts and Judy Holliday in Bells Are Ringing. Hell, even Marina Vlady in Nude in a White Car was more deserving of a nod.
I voted for Kerr.
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Sorry but I haven't decided yet whom I shall vote for.
1959
1. Simone Signoret - Room at the Top - 9 votes
2. Audrey Hepburn - The Nun's Story - 6 votes
3. Katharine Hepburn - Suddenly Last Summer - 1 vote
3. Elizabeth Taylor - Suddenly Last Summer - 1 vote
1958
1. Rosalind Russell - Auntie Mame - 8 votes
2. Susan Hayward - I Want to Live! - 6 votes
3. Elizabeth Taylor - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - 3 votes
4. Shirley MacLaine - Some Came Running - 2 votes
1957
1. Joanne Woodward - The Three Faces of Eve - 6 votes
2. Anna Magnani - Wild is the Wind - 4 votes
2. Lana Turner - Peyton Place - 4 votes
4. Deborah Kerr - Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison - 2 votes
1956
1. Ingrid Bergman - Anastasia - 10 votes
2. Carroll Baker - Baby Doll - 2 votes
2. Nancy Kelly - The Bad Seed - 1 vote
4. Katharine Hepburn - The Rainmaker - 1 vote
4. Deborah Kerr - The King and I - 1 vote
1955
1. Katharine Hepburn - Summertime - 11 votes
2. Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo - 4 vote
3. Eleanor Parker - Interrupted Melody - 2 votes
4. Susan Hayward - I'll Cry Tomorrow - 1 vote
1954
1. Judy Garland - A Star Is Born - 14 votes
2. Grace Kelly - The Country Girl - 2 votes
2. Jane Wyman - Magnificent Obsession - 2 votes
4. Audrey Hepburn - Sabrina - 1 vote
1953
1. Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday - 10 votes
2. Deborah Kerr - From Here to Eternity - 4 votes
3. Leslie Caron - Lili - 1 vote
3. Ava Gardner - Mogambo - 1 vote
1952
1. Julie Harris - The Member of the Wedding - 5 votes
2. Susan Hayward - With a Song in my Heart - 4 votes
3. Shirley Booth - Come Back, Little Sheba - 3 votes
3. Joan Crawford - Sudden Fear - 3 vote
1951
1. Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire - 20 votes
2. Shelley Winters - A Place in the Sun - 3 votes
1950
1. Gloria Swanson - Sunset Blvd. - 13 votes
2. Bette Davis - All About Eve - 9 votes
3. Eleanor Parker - Caged - 1 vote
1949
1. Olivia de Havilland - The Heiress - 13 votes
2. Deborah Kerr - Edward My Son - 2 votes
3. Susan Hayward - My Foolish Heart - 1 vote
3. Loretta Young - Come to the Stable - 1 vote
1948
1. Jane Wyman - Johnny Belinda - 9 votes
2. Olivia de Havilland - The Snake Pit - 6 votes
3. Barbara Stanwyck - Sorry Wrong Number - 2 vote
1947
1. Rosalind Russell - Mourning Becomes Electra - 5 votes
2. Susan Hayward - Smash Up - 4 votes.
3. Joan Crawford - Possessed - 3 votes
4. Loretta Young - The Farmer's Daughter - 2 votes
1946
1. Celia Johnson - Brief Encounter - 14 votes
2. Jennifer Jones - Duel in the Sun - 3 votes
3. Olivia de Havilland - To Each His Own - 2 votes
4. Jane Wyman - The Yearling - 1 vote
1945
1. Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce - 8 votes
2. Gene Tierny - Leave Her to Heaven - 6 votes
3. Ingrid Bergman - The Bells of St. Mary's - 3 votes
4. Jennifer Jones - Love Letters - 1 vote
1944
1. Barbara Stanwyck - Double Indemnity - 16 votes
2. Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight - 5 votes
1943
1. Jean Arthur - The More the Merrier - 6 votes
2. Jennifer Jonies - The Song of Bernadette - 4 votes
3. Ingrid Bergman - For Whom the Bell Tolls - 2 vote
3. Joan Fontaine - The Constant Nymph - 1 vote
1942
1. Bette Davis - Now, Voyager - 8 votes
1. Greer Garson - Mrs. Miniver - 7 votes
3. Katharine Hepburn - Woman of the Year - 1 vote
1941
1. Barbara Stanwyck - Ball of Fire - 8 votes
2. Bette Davis - The Little Foxes - 5 votes
3. Olivia de Havilland - Hold Back the Dawn - 1 vote
3. Joan Fontaine - Suspicion - 1 vote
1940
1. Katharine Hepburn - The Philadelphia Story - 10 votes
2. Joan Fontaine - Rebecca - 7 votes
3. Bette Davis - The Letter - 5 votes
1939
1. Vivien Leigh - Gone With the Wind - 23 votes
2. Greta Garbo - Ninotchka - 2 votes
1938
1. Bette Davis - Jezebel - 5 votes
1. Wendy Hiller - Pygmalion - 4 votes
3. Margaret Sullavan - Three Comrades - 3 votes
4. Norma Shearer - Marie Antoinette - 1 vote
1937
1. Irene Dunne - The Awful Truth - 7 votes
2. Greta Garbo - Camille - 6 votes
3. Barbara Stanwyck - Stella Dallas - 2 votes
4. Janet Gaynor - A Star is Born - 1 vote
4. Luise Rainer - The Good Earth - 1 vote
1936
1. Carole Lombard - My Man Godfrey - 11 votes
2. Irene Dunne - Theodora Goes Wild - 1 vote
2. Luise Rainer - The Great Ziegfeld - 1 vote
1935
1. Katharine Hepburn - Alice Adams - 8 votes
2. Claudette Colbert - Private Worlds - 2 votes
2. Bette Davis - Dangerous - 2 votes
4. Miriam Hopkins - Becky Sharp - 1 vote
1934
1. Claudette Colbert - It Happened One Night - 7 votes
2. Bette Davis - Of Human Bondage - 2 vote
1932/33
1. Katharine Hepburn - Morning Glory - 6 votes
2. May Robson - Lady for a Day - 3 votes
1931/32
1. Marie Dressler - Emma - 6 votes
2. Lynn Fontanne - The Guardsman - 1 vote
1930/31
1. Marlene Dietrich - Morocco - 8 votes
2. Marie Dressler - Min and Bill - 1 vote
2. Irene Dunne - Cimarron - 1 vote
2. Norma Shearer - A Free Soul - 1 vote
1929/30
1. Greta Garbo - Anna Christie - 4 votes
2. Norma Shearer - The Divorcee - 2 vote
3. Ruth Chatterton - Sarah and Son - 1 vote
3. Greta Garbo - Romance - 1 vote
1928/29
1. Ruth Chatterton - Madame X - 4 votes
2. Jeanne Eagels - The Letter - 1 vote
1927/28
1. Janet Gaynor - Sunrise - 7 votes
2. Janet Gaynor - Seventh Heaven - 3 votes
3. Janet Gaynor - Street Angel - 1 vote
Actual Winners who didn't recieve any vote
28/29. Mary Pickford - Coquette
31/32. Helen Hayes - The Sin of Madelon Claudet
40. Ginger Rogers - Kitty Foyle
50. Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday
1959
1. Simone Signoret - Room at the Top - 9 votes
2. Audrey Hepburn - The Nun's Story - 6 votes
3. Katharine Hepburn - Suddenly Last Summer - 1 vote
3. Elizabeth Taylor - Suddenly Last Summer - 1 vote
1958
1. Rosalind Russell - Auntie Mame - 8 votes
2. Susan Hayward - I Want to Live! - 6 votes
3. Elizabeth Taylor - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - 3 votes
4. Shirley MacLaine - Some Came Running - 2 votes
1957
1. Joanne Woodward - The Three Faces of Eve - 6 votes
2. Anna Magnani - Wild is the Wind - 4 votes
2. Lana Turner - Peyton Place - 4 votes
4. Deborah Kerr - Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison - 2 votes
1956
1. Ingrid Bergman - Anastasia - 10 votes
2. Carroll Baker - Baby Doll - 2 votes
2. Nancy Kelly - The Bad Seed - 1 vote
4. Katharine Hepburn - The Rainmaker - 1 vote
4. Deborah Kerr - The King and I - 1 vote
1955
1. Katharine Hepburn - Summertime - 11 votes
2. Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo - 4 vote
3. Eleanor Parker - Interrupted Melody - 2 votes
4. Susan Hayward - I'll Cry Tomorrow - 1 vote
1954
1. Judy Garland - A Star Is Born - 14 votes
2. Grace Kelly - The Country Girl - 2 votes
2. Jane Wyman - Magnificent Obsession - 2 votes
4. Audrey Hepburn - Sabrina - 1 vote
1953
1. Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday - 10 votes
2. Deborah Kerr - From Here to Eternity - 4 votes
3. Leslie Caron - Lili - 1 vote
3. Ava Gardner - Mogambo - 1 vote
1952
1. Julie Harris - The Member of the Wedding - 5 votes
2. Susan Hayward - With a Song in my Heart - 4 votes
3. Shirley Booth - Come Back, Little Sheba - 3 votes
3. Joan Crawford - Sudden Fear - 3 vote
1951
1. Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire - 20 votes
2. Shelley Winters - A Place in the Sun - 3 votes
1950
1. Gloria Swanson - Sunset Blvd. - 13 votes
2. Bette Davis - All About Eve - 9 votes
3. Eleanor Parker - Caged - 1 vote
1949
1. Olivia de Havilland - The Heiress - 13 votes
2. Deborah Kerr - Edward My Son - 2 votes
3. Susan Hayward - My Foolish Heart - 1 vote
3. Loretta Young - Come to the Stable - 1 vote
1948
1. Jane Wyman - Johnny Belinda - 9 votes
2. Olivia de Havilland - The Snake Pit - 6 votes
3. Barbara Stanwyck - Sorry Wrong Number - 2 vote
1947
1. Rosalind Russell - Mourning Becomes Electra - 5 votes
2. Susan Hayward - Smash Up - 4 votes.
3. Joan Crawford - Possessed - 3 votes
4. Loretta Young - The Farmer's Daughter - 2 votes
1946
1. Celia Johnson - Brief Encounter - 14 votes
2. Jennifer Jones - Duel in the Sun - 3 votes
3. Olivia de Havilland - To Each His Own - 2 votes
4. Jane Wyman - The Yearling - 1 vote
1945
1. Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce - 8 votes
2. Gene Tierny - Leave Her to Heaven - 6 votes
3. Ingrid Bergman - The Bells of St. Mary's - 3 votes
4. Jennifer Jones - Love Letters - 1 vote
1944
1. Barbara Stanwyck - Double Indemnity - 16 votes
2. Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight - 5 votes
1943
1. Jean Arthur - The More the Merrier - 6 votes
2. Jennifer Jonies - The Song of Bernadette - 4 votes
3. Ingrid Bergman - For Whom the Bell Tolls - 2 vote
3. Joan Fontaine - The Constant Nymph - 1 vote
1942
1. Bette Davis - Now, Voyager - 8 votes
1. Greer Garson - Mrs. Miniver - 7 votes
3. Katharine Hepburn - Woman of the Year - 1 vote
1941
1. Barbara Stanwyck - Ball of Fire - 8 votes
2. Bette Davis - The Little Foxes - 5 votes
3. Olivia de Havilland - Hold Back the Dawn - 1 vote
3. Joan Fontaine - Suspicion - 1 vote
1940
1. Katharine Hepburn - The Philadelphia Story - 10 votes
2. Joan Fontaine - Rebecca - 7 votes
3. Bette Davis - The Letter - 5 votes
1939
1. Vivien Leigh - Gone With the Wind - 23 votes
2. Greta Garbo - Ninotchka - 2 votes
1938
1. Bette Davis - Jezebel - 5 votes
1. Wendy Hiller - Pygmalion - 4 votes
3. Margaret Sullavan - Three Comrades - 3 votes
4. Norma Shearer - Marie Antoinette - 1 vote
1937
1. Irene Dunne - The Awful Truth - 7 votes
2. Greta Garbo - Camille - 6 votes
3. Barbara Stanwyck - Stella Dallas - 2 votes
4. Janet Gaynor - A Star is Born - 1 vote
4. Luise Rainer - The Good Earth - 1 vote
1936
1. Carole Lombard - My Man Godfrey - 11 votes
2. Irene Dunne - Theodora Goes Wild - 1 vote
2. Luise Rainer - The Great Ziegfeld - 1 vote
1935
1. Katharine Hepburn - Alice Adams - 8 votes
2. Claudette Colbert - Private Worlds - 2 votes
2. Bette Davis - Dangerous - 2 votes
4. Miriam Hopkins - Becky Sharp - 1 vote
1934
1. Claudette Colbert - It Happened One Night - 7 votes
2. Bette Davis - Of Human Bondage - 2 vote
1932/33
1. Katharine Hepburn - Morning Glory - 6 votes
2. May Robson - Lady for a Day - 3 votes
1931/32
1. Marie Dressler - Emma - 6 votes
2. Lynn Fontanne - The Guardsman - 1 vote
1930/31
1. Marlene Dietrich - Morocco - 8 votes
2. Marie Dressler - Min and Bill - 1 vote
2. Irene Dunne - Cimarron - 1 vote
2. Norma Shearer - A Free Soul - 1 vote
1929/30
1. Greta Garbo - Anna Christie - 4 votes
2. Norma Shearer - The Divorcee - 2 vote
3. Ruth Chatterton - Sarah and Son - 1 vote
3. Greta Garbo - Romance - 1 vote
1928/29
1. Ruth Chatterton - Madame X - 4 votes
2. Jeanne Eagels - The Letter - 1 vote
1927/28
1. Janet Gaynor - Sunrise - 7 votes
2. Janet Gaynor - Seventh Heaven - 3 votes
3. Janet Gaynor - Street Angel - 1 vote
Actual Winners who didn't recieve any vote
28/29. Mary Pickford - Coquette
31/32. Helen Hayes - The Sin of Madelon Claudet
40. Ginger Rogers - Kitty Foyle
50. Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday