Best Actress Shouldabeens

[Bruce_Lavigne]

Simple lack of room, Magilla. In any year where I'd nominate her, she's up against a performance that, for my money, is an easy winner.

[Big Magilla]

Nice list, Bruce, my number one or two choices in most cases, but why no love for Julie Andrews?

[Bruce_Lavigne]

My list:

1927 Janet Gaynor — Sunrise

1928 Lillian Gish — The Wind

1929 Maria Falconetti — The Passion of Joan of Arc

1930 Greta Garbo — Anna Christie

1931 Helen Hayes — The Sin of Madelon Claudet

1932 Marlene Dietrich — Shanghai Express

1933 Greta Garbo — Queen Christina

1934 Claudette Colbert — It Happened One Night

1935 Bette Davis — Dangerous

1936 Carole Lombard — My Man Godfrey

1937 Beulah Bondi — Make Way for Tomorrow

1938 Katharine Hepburn — Bringing Up Baby

1939 Vivien Leigh — Gone With the Wind

1940 Katharine Hepburn — The Philadelphia Story

1941 Barbara Stanwyck — The Lady Eve

1942 Carole Lombard — To Be or Not to Be

1943 Ingrid Bergman — Casablanca

1944 Barbara Stanwyck — Double Indemnity

1945 Joan Crawford — Mildred Pierce

1946 Celia Johnson — Brief Encounter

1947 Deborah Kerr — Black Narcissus

1948 Jane Wyman — Johnny Belinda

1949 Olivia de Havilland — The Heiress

1950 Gloria Swanson — Sunset Boulevard

1951 Vivien Leigh — A Streetcar Named Desire

1952 Shirley Booth — Come Back, Little Sheba

1953 Audrey Hepburn — Roman Holiday

1954 Judy Garland — A Star is Born

1955 Katharine Hepburn — Summertime

1956 Ingrid Bergman — Anastasia

1957 Giulietta Masina — Nights of Cabiria

1958 Susan Hayward — I Want to Live!

1959 Marilyn Monroe — Some Like it Hot

1960 Shirley MacLaine — The Apartment

1961 Audrey Hepburn — Breakfast at Tiffany's

1962 Katharine Hepburn — Long Day's Journey into Night

1963 Patricia Neal — Hud

1964 Kim Stanley — Séance on a Wet Afternoon

1965 Julie Christie — Darling

1966 Elizabeth Taylor — Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1967 Bibi Andersson — Persona

1968 Joanne Woodward — Rachel, Rachel

1969 Maggie Smith — The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

1970 Glenda Jackson — Women in Love

1971 Jane Fonda — Klute

1972 Liza Minnelli — Cabaret

1973 Liv Ullmann — Cries and Whispers

1974 Gena Rowlands — A Woman Under the Influence

1975 Isabelle Adjani — The Story of Adele H.

1976 Sissy Spacek — Carrie

1977 Diane Keaton — Annie Hall

1978 Ingrid Bergman — Autumn Sonata

1979 Sally Field — Norma Rae

1980 Mary Tyler Moore — Ordinary People

1981 Faye Dunaway — Mommie Dearest

1982 Meryl Streep — Sophie's Choice

1983 Shirley MacLaine — Terms of Endearment

1984 Sally Field — Places in the Heart

1985 Whoopi Goldberg — The Color Purple

1986 Marlee Matlin — Children of a Lesser God

1987 Holly Hunter — Broadcast News and Raising Arizona

1988 Glenn Close — Dangerous Liaisons

1989 Jessica Tandy — Driving Miss Daisy

1990 Anjelica Huston — The Grifters

1991 Gong Li — Raise the Red Lantern

1992 Mary McDonnell — Passion Fish

1993 Holly Hunter — The Piano

1994 Linda Fiorentino — The Last Seduction

1995 Nicole Kidman — To Die For

1996 Frances McDormand — Fargo

1997 Judi Dench — Mrs. Brown

1998 Emily Watson — Hilary and Jackie

1999 Hilary Swank — Boys Don't Cry

2000 Björk — Dancer in the Dark

2001 Sissy Spacek — In the Bedroom

2002 Maggie Gyllenhaal — Secretary

2003 Scarlett Johansson — Lost in Translation

2004 Kate Winslet — Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2005 Naomi Watts — King Kong

2006 Helen Mirren — The Queen

2007 Julie Christie — Away from Her

2008 Sally Hawkins — Happy-Go-Lucky

2009 Tilda Swinton — Julia



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[Hustler]

2006 Helen Mirren (The Queen)-Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal)

[Reza]

Best Actress

1927 Janet Gaynor, Sunrise
1928 Gloria Swanson, Sadie Thompson
1929 Maria Falconetti, The Passion of Joan of Arc
1930 Greta Garbo, Anna Christie
1931 Helen Hayes, The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1932 Marlene Dietrich, Shanghai Express
1933 Greta Garbo, Queen Christina
1934 Marlene Dietrich, The Scarlet Empress
1935 Margaret Sullavan, The Good Fairy
1936 Carole Lombard, My Man Godfrey
1937 Irene Dunne, The Awful Truth
1938 Margaret Sullavan, Three Comrades
1939 Vivien Leigh, Gone With the Wind
1940 Joan Fontaine, Rebecca
1941 Barbara Stanwyck, The Lady Eve
1942 Greer Garson, Mrs. Miniver
1943 Jean Arthur, The More the Merrier
1944 Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity
1945 Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce
1946 Dorothy McGuire, The Spiral Staircase
1947 Deborah Kerr, Black Narcissus
1948 Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda
1949 Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress
1950 Bette Davis, All About Eve
1951 Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire
1952 Jean Simmons, Angel Face
1953 Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday
1954 Judy Garland, A Star Is Born
1955 Katharine Hepburn, Summertime
1956 Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia
1957 Joanne Woodward, The Three Faces of Eve
1958 Rosalind Russell, Auntie Mame
1959 Simone Signoret, Room at the Top
1960 Sophia Loren, Two Women
1961 Harriet Andersson, Through a Glass Darkly
1962 Meena Kumari, Sahib, Bibi aur Ghulam
1963 Jeanne Moreau, Bay of Angels
1964 Madhabi Mukherjee, Charulata
1965 Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music
1966 Elizabeth Taylor, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1967 Anne Bancroft, The Graduate
1968 Katharine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter
1969 Glenda Jackson, Women in Love
1970 Sarah Miles, Ryan's Daughter
1971 Jane Fonda, Klute
1972 Liza Minnelli, Cabaret
1973 Liv Ullmann, Scenes From a Marriage
1974 Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1975 Suchitra Sen, Aandhi
1976 Faye Dunaway, Network
1977 Diane Keaton, Annie Hall
1978 Ingrid Bergman, Autumn Sonata
1979 Sally Field, Norma Rae
1980 Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter
1981 Faye Dunaway, Mommie Dearest
1982 Meryl Streep, Sophie's Choice
1983 Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment
1984 Vanessa Redgrave, The Bostonians
1985 Miranda Richardson, Dance With a Stranger
1986 Kathleen Turner, Peggy Sue Got Married
1987 Julie Walters, Personal Services
1988 Glenn Close, Dangerous Liaisons
1989 Michelle Pfeiffer, The Fabulous Baker Boys
1990 Kathy Bates, Misery
1991 Gong Li, Raise the Red Lantern
1992 Emma Thompson, Howards End
1993 Holly Hunter, The Piano
1994 Jessica Lange, Blue Sky
1995 Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking
1996 Maria Conchita Alonso, Caught
1997 Joey Lauren Adams, Chasing Amy
1998 Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth
1999 Annette Bening, American Beauty
2000 Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich
2001 Naomi Watts, Mulholland Drive
2002 Diane Lane, Unfaithful
2003 Diane Keaton, Something's Gotta Give
2004 Nicole Kidman, Birth
2005 Joan Plowright, Mrs Palfrey at the Clairmont
2006 Helen Mirren, The Queen
2007 Julie Christie, Away From Her
2008 Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
2009 Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
2010 Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
2011: Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin
2012: Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
2013: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
2014: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
2015: Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
2016: Isabelle Huppert, Elle
2017: Cynthia Nixon, A Quiet Passion
2018: Charlotte Rampling, Hannah
2019: Renée Zellweger, Judy
2020: Taapsee Pannu, Thappad
2021: Kristen Stewart, Spencer
2022: Michelle Yeoh, Everyone Everywhere All at Once
2023: Greta Lee, Past Lives

[Precious Doll]

Precious, it's Anna May Wong, not Chong.

Thanks for that Magilla. I have corrected my mistake.



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[Big Magilla]

Precious, it's Anna May Wong, not Chong.

Although the Criterion DVD packaging refers to Falconetti as Renee, she was billed only by her last name in The Passion of Joan of Arc, and is generally known by her stage name of Maria Falconetti, not Renee, a name she was billed as in a supporting role in a 1917 French film.



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[paperboy]

1977 - Diane Keaton Annie Hall
1978 - Geraldine Page Interiors
1979 – Bette Midler The Rose
1980 – Sissy Spacek Coal Miner’s Daughter
1981 – Meryl Streep The French Lieutenant's Woman
1982 – Meryl Streep Sophie's Choice
1983 – Julie Walters Educating Rita
1984 – Judy Davis A Passage To India
1985 – Mia Farrow The Purple Rose of Cairo
1986 – Chloe Webb Sid and Nancy
1987 – Holly Hunter Broadcast News
1988 – Glenn Close Dangerous Liasions
1989 – Michelle Pfeiffer The Fabulous Baker Boys
1990 – Anjelica Huston The Grifters
1991 – Susan Sarandon Thelma & Louise
1992 – Emma Thompson Howard's End
1993 – Holly Hunter The Piano
1994 – Toni Collette Muriel’s Wedding
1995 – Nicole Kidman To Die For
1996 – Frances McDormand Fargo
1997 – Helena Bonham Carter The Wings of the Dove
1998 – Fernando Montenegro Central Station
1999 – Hilary Swank Boys Don’t Cry
2000 – Laura Linney You Can Count On Me
2001 – Naomi Watts Mulholland Drive
2002 – Julianne Moore Far from Heaven
2003 – Evan Rachel Wood Thirteen
2004 – Imelda Staunton Vera Drake
2005 – Joan Allen The Upside of Anger
2006 – Judi Dench Notes on a Scandal

[Okri]

I wonder if Precious Doll likes Sissy Spacek.

[Precious Doll]

List updated April 2019. Following the list I thought I would do an alternative list that only allows for an actress to receive one citation. In the second list I've allowed multiple winners to only keep their first win because one cannot see into the future.

1926 – Lillian Gish, The Scarlet Letter
1927 – Janet Gaynor, Sunrise
1928 – Renee Falconetti, The Passion of Joan of Arc
1929 – Anna May Wong, Piccadilly
1930 – Mary Duncan, City Girl
1931 – Barbara Stanwyck, Miracle Woman
1932 – Jean Harlow, The Red Headed Woman
1933 – Henrietta Crusman, Pilgrimage
1934 – Marlene Dietrich, The Scarlet Empress
1935 – Irene Dunne, The Magnificent Obsession
1936 – Greta Garbo, Camille
1937 – Belah Bondi, Make Way For Tomorrow
1938 – Katherine Hepburn, Bringing Up Baby
1939 – Greta Garbo, Ninotchka
1940 – Vivien Leigh, Waterloo Bridge
1941 – Barbara Stanwyck, The Lady Eve
1942 – Bette Davis, Now, Voyager
1943 – Gracie Fields, Holy Matrimony
1944 – Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity
1945 – Gene Tierney, Leave Her for Heaven
1946 – Lana Turner, The Postman Always Rings Twice
1947 – Deborah Kerr, Black Narcissus
1948 – Joan Fontaine, Letter from an Unknown Woman
1949 – Olivia de Haviland, The Heiress
1950 – Bette Davis, All About Eve
1951 – Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire
1952 – Kinuyo Tanaka, Life of Ohara
1953 – Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday
1954 – Jane Wyman, The Magnificent Obsession
1955 – Jane Wyman, All That Heaven Allows
1956 – Deborah Kerr, Tea and Sympathy
1957 – Lana Turner, Peyton Place
1958 – Susan Hayward, I Want to Live
1959 – Emmanuelle Riva, Hiroshima Mon Amour
1960 – Monica Vitti, L’Avventura
1961 – Shirley MacLaine, The Children’s Hour
1962 – Katharine Hepburn, Long Days Journey Into Nigh
1963 – Jean Moreau, Bay of Angels
1964 – Kim Stanley, Séance on a Wet Afternoon
1965 – Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music
1966 – Elizabeth Taylor, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1967 – Catherine Deneuve, Belle de Jour
1968 – Beryl Reid, The Killing of Sister George
1969 – Glenda Jackson, Women in Love
1970 – Beryl Reid, Entertaining Mr. Sloane
1971 – Vanessa Redgrave, The Devils
1972 – Liza Minnelli, Cabaret
1973 – Sissy Spacek, Badlands
1974 – Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence
1975 – Angela Winkler, The Lost Honour of Katherina Blum
1976 – Sissy Spacek, Carrie
1977 – Shelley Duvall, Three Women
1978 – Jane Fonda, Coming Home
1979 – Sally Field, Norma Rae
1980 – Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner’s Daughter
1981 – Sissy Spacek, Raggedy Man
1982 – Sissy Spacek, Missing
1983 – Mariel Hemingway, Star 80
1984 – Vanessa Redgrave, The Bostonians
1985 – Jessica Lange, Sweet Dreams
1986 – Sissy Spacek, Crimes of the Heart
1987 – Holly Hunter, Broadcast News
1988 – Diane Keaton, The Good Mother
1989 – Meg Ryan, When Harry Met Sally
1990 – Joanne Woodward, Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1991 – Sheila Florence, A Woman’s Tale
1992 – Susan Sarandon, Lorenzo’s Oil
1993 – Stockard Channing, Six Degree’s of Separation
1994 – Toni Collette, Muriel’s Wedding
1995 – Elisabeth Shue, Leaving Las Vegas
1996 – Laura Dern, Citizen Ruth
1997 – Julie Christie, Afterglow
1998 – Fernando Montenegro, Central Station
1999 – Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry
2000 – Laura Linney, You Can Count on Me
2001 – Sissy Spacek, In the Bedroom
2002 – Diane Lane, Unfaithful
2003 – Jamie Lee Curtis, Freaky Friday
2004 – Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
2005 – Claire Danes, Shop Girl
2006 – Helen Mirren, The Queen
2007 – Do-yeon Jeon, Secret Sunshine
2008 – Kristen Scott Thomas, I’ve Loved You So Long
2009 – Hye-ja Kim, Mother
2010 – Catherine Keener, Please Give
2011 – Nadezhda Markina, Elena
2012 – Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
2013 – Agata Kulesza, Ida
2014 – Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
2015 – Cate Blanchett, Carol
2016 – Yeo-yeong Yoon, The Bacchus Lady
2017 – Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
2018 – Tao Zhao, Ash is Purest White
2019 - Tine Dyrholm, Queen of Hearts

Alternative one win only list

1926 - Lillian Gish, The Scarlet Letter
1927 – Janet Gaynor, Sunrise
1928 – Renee Falconetti, The Passion of Joan of Arc
1929 – Anna May Wong, Piccadilly
1930 – Mary Duncan, City Girl
1931 – Barbara Stanwyck, Miracle Woman
1932 – Jean Harlow, The Red Headed Woman
1933 – Henrietta Crusman, Pilgrimage
1934 – Marlene Dietrich, The Scarlet Empress
1935 – Irene Dunne, The Magnificent Obsession
1936 – Greta Garbo, Camille
1937 – Belah Bondi, Make Way For Tomorrow
1938 – Katherine Hepburn, Bringing Up Baby
1939 – Judy Garland, The Wizard of Oz
1940 – Vivien Leigh, Waterloo Bridge
1941 – Joan Crawford, A Woman’s Face
1942 – Bette Davis, Now, Voyager
1943 – Gracie Fields, Holy Matrimony
1944 – Gene Tierney, Laura
1945 – Ceclia Johnson, Brief Encounter
1946 – Lana Turner, The Postman Always Rings Twice
1947 – Deborah Kerr, Black Narcissus
1948 – Joan Fontaine, Letter from an Unknown Woman
1949 – Olivia de Haviland, The Heiress
1950 – Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevarde
1951 – Anna Magnini, Bellissima
1952 – Kinuyo Tanaka, Life of Ohara
1953 – Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday
1954 – Jane Wyman, The Magnificent Obsession
1955 – Simone Signoret, Les Diaboliques
1956 – Ingrid Bergman, Anatasia
1957 – Ingrid Thulin, Wild Strawberries
1958 – Susan Hayward, I Want to Live
1959 – Emmanuelle Riva, Hiroshima Mon Amour
1960 – Monica Vitti, L’Avventura
1961 – Shirley MacLaine, The Children’s Hour
1962 – Geraldine Page, Sweet Bird of Youth
1963 – Jean Moreau, Bay of Angels
1964 – Kim Stanley, Séance on a Wet Afternoon
1965 – Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music
1966 – Elizabeth Taylor, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1967 – Catherine Deneuve, Belle de Jour
1968 – Beryl Reid, The Killing of Sister George
1969 – Glenda Jackson, Women in Love
1970 – Shirley Stoler, The Honymoon Killers
1971 – Vanessa Redgrave, The Devils
1972 – Liza Minnelli, Cabaret
1973 – Sissy Spacek, Badlands
1974 – Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence
1975 – Angela Winkler, The Lost Honour of Katherina Blum
1976 – Liv Ullmann, Face to Face
1977 – Shelley Duvall, Three Women
1978 – Jane Fonda, Coming Home
1979 – Sally Field, Norma Rae
1980 – Theresa Russell, Brad Timing
1981 – Lisa Eichhorn, Cutter’s Way
1982 – Mariel Hemingway, Personal Best
1983 – Jane Alexander, Testament
1984 – Kathleen Turner, Crimes of Pasion
1985 – Jessica Lange, Sweet Dreams
1986 – Anne Bancroft, ‘night, Mother
1987 – Holly Hunter, Broadcast News
1988 – Diane Keaton, The Good Mother
1989 – Meg Ryan, When Harry Met Sally
1990 – Joanne Woodward, Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1991 – Sheila Florence, A Woman’s Tale
1992 – Susan Sarandon, Lorenzo’s Oil
1993 – Stockard Channing, Six Degree’s of Separation
1994 – Toni Collette, Muriel’s Wedding
1995 – Elisabeth Shue, Leaving Las Vegas
1996 – Laura Dern, Citizen Ruth
1997 – Julie Christie, Afterglow
1998 – Fernando Montenegro, Central Station
1999 – Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry
2000 – Laura Linney, You Can Count on Me
2001 – Isabelle Huppert, The Pinao Teacher
2002 – Diane Lane, Unfaithful
2003 – Jamie Lee Curtis, Freaky Friday
2004 – Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
2005 – Claire Danes, Shop Girl
2006 – Helen Mirren, The Queen
2007 – Do-yeon Jeon, Secret Sunshine
2008 – Kristen Scott Thomas, I’ve Loved You So Long
2009 – Hye-ja Kim, Mother
2010 – Catherine Keener, Please Give
2011 – Nadezhda Markina, Elena
2012 – Helen Hunt, The Sessions
2013 – Agata Kulesza, Ida
2014 – Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
2015 – Cate Blanchett, Carol
2016 – Yeo-yeong Yoon, The Bacchus Lady
2017 – Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
2018 - Tao Zhao, Ash is Purest White
2019 - Trine Dyrholm, Queen of Hearts

[Hustler]

1951 Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire
1952 Julie Harris Member of the Wedding
1953 Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday
1954 Judy Garland, A Star Is Born
1955 Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo
1956 Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia
1957 Giulietta Masina, Nights of Cabiria
1958 Rosalind Russell, Auntie Mame
1959 Simone Signoret, Room at the Top
1960 Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment
1961 Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany´s
1962 Bette Davis, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1963 Patricia Neal, Hud
1964 Kim Stanley, Seance on a Wet Afternoon
1965 Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music
1966 Elizabeth Taylor, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1967 Anne Bancroft, The Graduate
1968 Katharine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter
1969 Maggie Smith, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1970 Glenda Jackson, Women in Love
1971 Jane Fonda, Klute
1972 Liza Minnelli, Cabaret
1973 Marsha Mason, Cinderella Liberty
1974 Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
1975 Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo´s Nest.
1976 Liv Ullmann, Face to Face
1977 Jane Fonda, Julia
1978 Geraldine Page, Interiors
1979 Sally Field, Norma Rae
1980 Gena Rowlands, Gloria
1981 Diane Keaton, Reds
1982 Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice
1983 Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment
1984 Sally Field, Places in the Heart
1985 Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple
1986 Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God
1987 Sally Kirkland, Anna
1988 Glenn Close, Dangerous Liasons
1989 Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy
1990 Anjelica Huston, The Grifters
1991 Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs
1992 Emma Thompson, Howards End
1993 Debra Winger, Shadowlands
1994 Jessica Lange, Blue Sky
1995 Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking
1996 Brenda Blethyn, Secrets and Lies
1997 Helena Bonham Carter, The Wings of the Dove
1998 Fernanda Montenegro, Central Station
1999 Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry
2000 Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream
2001 Sissy Spacek, In the Bedroom
2002 Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven
2003 Samantha Morton, In America
2004 Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
2005 Felicity Huffman, Transamerica

[ITALIANO]

Ah ok.

[Uri]

Simple. On my “Oscar” list, I followed the academy rules. Room at the Top was released in the States in 1959, the same year as The Nun Story. Hepburn was superb, Signoret at least equally so, and since I like her so much and this was my only chance to honor her on this list, I went for her. On the “international” list I went by the year the films were released originally. RatT was a 1958 release in the UK, so Signotert, with two awards to her name already, lost to the mesmerizing Riva.

[ITALIANO]

Great choices Uri (though, great as Stockard Channing is, I'm quite sure that Holly Hunter really gave the best performance of 1993, and one of the best of that decade). But how can Audrey Hepburn be the best actress of 1959 in any language if she loses to Simone Signoret in your English-speaking list?

[Uri]

If I had it in my power, these were the Oscar winners for best Actress:

1928 Lillian Gish, The Wind
1929 ?
1930 Greta Garbo, Anna Christie
1932 ?
1931 Marlene Dietrich, Morocco
1933 Katharine Hepburn, Little Women
1934 Bette Davis, Of Homan Bondage
1935 Katharine Hepburn, Alice Adams
1936 Carole Lombard, My Man Godfrey
1937 Irene Dunne, The Awful Truth
1938 Wendy Hiller, Pygmalion
1939 Vivian Leigh, Gone with the Wind
1940 Rosalind Russell, His Girl Friday
1941 Barbara Stanwyck, The Lady Eve
1942 Bette Davis, Now Voyager
1943 Jean Arthur, The More the Merrier
1944 Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity
1945 Ingrid Bergman, The Bells of St Mary
1946 Cilia Johnson, A Brief Encounter
1947 Debora Kerr, Black Narcissus
1948 Joan Fontaine, A Letter from an Unknown Woman
1949 Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress
1950 Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevard
1951 Vivian Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire
1952 Shirley Booth, Come Back Little Sheba
1953 Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday
1954 Judy Garland, A Star is Born
1955 Katharine Hepburn, Summertime
1956 Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia
1957 Keye Kendall, Les Girls
1958 Susan Hayward, I Want to Live
1959 Simone Signoret, Room at the Top
1960 Debora Kerr, The Sundowners
1961 Geraldine Page, Summer and Smoke
1962 Katharine Hepburn, Long Day’s Journey into Night
1963 Leslie Caron, The L Shaped Room
1964 Anne Bancroft, The Pumpkin Eaters
1965 Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music
1966 Elizabeth Taylor, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1967 Edith Evans, The Whisperers
1968 Joanne Woodward, Rachel, Rachel
1969 Maggie Smith, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1970 Glenda Jackson, Women in Love
1971 Jane Fonda, Klute
1972 Liza Minnelli, Cabaret
1973 Claire Bloom, Dolls House
1974 Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
1975 Glenda Jackson, The Romantic Englishwoman
1976 Faye Duanway, Network
1977 Gena Rawlands, Opening Night
1978 Glenda Jackson, Stevie
1979 Sally Field, Norma Rae
1980 Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner’s Daughter
1981 Diane Keaton, Reds
1982 Meryl Streep, Sophie's Choice
1983 Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment
1984 Judy Davis, A Passage to India
1985 Cher, Mask
1986 Kathleen Turner, Peggy Sue Got Married
1987 Holly Hunter, Broadcast News
1988 Michelle Pfeiffer, Married to the Mob
1989 Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy
1990 Anjelica Huston, The Grifters
1991 Susan Sarandon, Thelma and Louise
1992 Emma Thompson, Howard's End
1993 Stockard Chaning, Six Degrees of Separation
1994 Jessica Lange, Blue Sky
1995 Meryl Streep, The Bridges of Madison County
1996 Brenda Blethyn, Secrets & Lies
1997 Judi Dench, Mrs. Brown
1998 Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth
1999 Sigourney Weaver, Map of the World
2000 Laura Linney, You Can Count on Me
2001 Tilda Swinton, The Deep End (hopefully – yet to see her), if not, Spacek
2002 Julianne Moore, Far from Heaven
2003 Uma Thurman, Kill Bill, Vol. 1
2004 Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
2005 Joan Allen (hopefully – yet to see her), if not, Huffman

Now, I didn’t cheat. ’57, ’75, even ’78 – these are indeed miserable years when it comes to finding impressive performances by leading actresses in English speaking films, (and for that matter so is this year). Does it mean that miraculously, only on those particular years actress in “foreign” films gave award worthy performances? I don’t think so. We should make up our mind. Either we stick to English speaking movies, the way I always campaign for, or truly embrace world wide cinema, on which I don’t pretend to be as well informed the way I am when it comes to mainstream English speaking movies. So the following list is more of a name dropping exercise than a real evaluation (for a start, it's still depresingly a very ethnocentric list), but it gives an idea of what I think an “open” list should look like.


1944 Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity
1945 Arletty , Les Enfants du Paradis
1946 Cilia Johnson, A Brief Encounter
1947 Debora Kerr, Black Narcissus
1948 Joan Fontaine, A Letter from an Unknown Woman
1949 Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress
1950 Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevard
1951 Anna Magnani, Bellissima
1952 Simone Signoret, Casque d'or
1953 Danielle Darrieux, Madame de...
1954 Judy Garland, A Star is Born
1955 Simone Signoret, Les Diaboliques
1956 Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia
1957 Giulietta Masina, Le Notti di Cabiria
1958 Emmanuelle Riva, Hiroshima mon amour
1959 Audrey Hepburn, The Nun Story
1960 Debora Kerr, The Sundowners
1961 Jeanne Moreau, Jules et Jim
1962 Katharine Hepburn, Long Day’s Journey into Night
1963 Ingrid Thulin, Tystnaden
1964 Jeanne Moreau, Le Journal d'une femme de chamber
1965 Giulietta Masina, Giulietta degli spiriti
1966 Elizabeth Taylor, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1967 Edith Evans, The Whisperers
1968 Joanne Woodward, Rachel, Rachel
1969 Maggie Smith, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1970 Glenda Jackson, Women in Love
1971 Jane Fonda, Klute
1972 Harriet Andersson, Viskningar och rop
1973 Florinda Bolkan, Una Breve Vacanza
1974 Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
1975 Isabelle Adjani, L' Histoire d'Adèle H.
1976 Liv Ullmann, Ansikte mot Ansikte
1977 Sophia Loren, Una Giornata Particolare
1978 Ingrid Bergman, Höstsonaten
1979 Sally Field, Norma Rae
1980 Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner’s Daughter
1981 Marília Pêra, Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco
1982 Meryl Streep, Sophie's Choice
1983 Hanna Schygulla, Eine Liebe in Deutschland
1984 Judy Davis, A Passage to India
1985 Norma Aleandro, La Historia Oficial
1986 Sabine Azéma, Mélo
1987 Stéphane Audran, Babettes gæstebud
1988 Isabelle Huppert, Une Affaire de Femmes
1989 Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy
1990 Anjelica Huston, The Grifters
1991 Susan Sarandon, Thelma and Louise
1992 Emma Thompson, Howard's End
1993 Juliette Binoche, Trois Couleurs: Bleu
1994 Sandrine Bonnaire, Jeanne la Pucelle
1995 Marisa Paredes, La Flor de Mi Secreto
1996 Brenda Blethyn, Secrets & Lies
1997 Judi Dench, Mrs. Brown
1998 Fernanda Montenegro, Central do Brasil
1999 Nathalie Baye, Vénus beauté (institute)
2000 Laura Linney, You Can Count on Me
2001 Charlotte Rampling, Sous le Sable
2002 Julianne Moore, Far from Heaven
2003 Uma Thurman, Kill Bill, Vol. 1
2004 Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake