Academy Awards; Nominees and Winners-Leading Actress 1970-1979

Academy Awards: Nominees and Winners-Actress in a Leading Role 1970-1979

· 1970 Glenda Jackson - Women in Love as Gudrun Brangwen (winner)
o Jane Alexander - The Great White Hope as Eleanor Backman
o Ali MacGraw - Love Story as Jennifer Cavalleri
o Sarah Miles - Ryan's Daughter as Rosy Ryan
o Carrie Snodgress - Diary of a Mad Housewife as Tina Balser

· 1971 Jane Fonda - Klute as Bree Daniels (winner)
o Julie Christie - McCabe & Mrs. Miller as Constance Miller
o Glenda Jackson - Sunday Bloody Sunday as Alex Greville
o Vanessa Redgrave - Mary, Queen of Scots as Mary, Queen of Scots
o Janet Suzman - Nicholas and Alexandra as Empress Alexandra / Alix of Hesse Darmstadt

· 1972 Liza Minnelli - Cabaret as Sally Bowles (winner)
o Diana Ross - Lady Sings the Blues as Billie Holiday
o Maggie Smith - Travels with My Aunt as Aunt Augusta Bertram
o Cicely Tyson - Sounder as Rebecca Morgan
o Liv Ullmann - The Emigrants as Kristina

· 1973 Glenda Jackson - A Touch of Class as Vicki Allessio (winner)
o Ellen Burstyn - The Exorcist as Chris MacNeil
o Marsha Mason - Cinderella Liberty as Maggie Paul
o Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were as Katie Morosky
o Joanne Woodward - Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Rita Walden

· 1974 Ellen Burstyn - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Alice Hyatt (winner)
o Diahann Carroll - Claudine as Claudine
o Faye Dunaway - Chinatown as Evelyn Cross Mulwray
o Valerie Perrine - Lenny as Honey Bruce
o Gena Rowlands - A Woman Under the Influence as Mabel Longhetti

· 1975 Louise Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Nurse Ratched (winner)
o Ann-Margret - Tommy as Nora Walker Hobbs
o Isabelle Adjani - The Story of Adele H. as Adèle Hugo a.k.a. Adèle Lewry
o Glenda Jackson - Hedda as Hedda Gabler
o Carol Kane - Hester Street as Gitl

· 1976 Faye Dunaway - Network as Diana Christensen (winner)
o Marie-Christine Barrault - Cousin, cousine as Marthe
o Talia Shire - Rocky as Adrianna "Adrian" Pennino
o Sissy Spacek - Carrie as Carrie White
o Liv Ullmann - Face to Face as Dr. Jenny Isaksson

· 1977 Diane Keaton - Annie Hall as Annie Hall (winner)
o Anne Bancroft - The Turning Point as Emma Jacklin
o Jane Fonda - Julia as Lillian Hellman
o Shirley MacLaine - The Turning Point as Deedee Rodgers
o Marsha Mason - The Goodbye Girl as Paula McFadden

· 1978 Jane Fonda - Coming Home as Sally Hyde (winner)
o Ingrid Bergman - Autumn Sonata as Charlotte Andergast
o Ellen Burstyn - Same Time, Next Year as Doris
o Jill Clayburgh - An Unmarried Woman as Erica
o Geraldine Page - Interiors as Eve

· 1979 Sally Field - Norma Rae as Norma Rae Webster (winner)
o Jill Clayburgh - Starting Over as Marilyn Holmberg
o Jane Fonda - The China Syndrome as Kimberly Wells
o Marsha Mason - Chapter Two as Jennie MacLaine
o Bette Midler - The Rose as Mary Rose Foster

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