Academy Awards; Nominees and Winners-Leading Actress 1950-1959

Academy Awards: Nominees and Winners-Actress in a Leading Role 1950-1959

. 1950 Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday as Emma 'Billie' Dawn (winner)
o Anne Baxter - All About Eve as Eve Harrington
o Bette Davis - All About Eve as Margo Channing
o Eleanor Parker - Caged as Marie Allen
o Gloria Swanson - Sunset Boulevard as Norma Desmond

· 1951 Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire as Blanche DuBois (winner)
o Katharine Hepburn - The African Queen as Rose Sayer
o Eleanor Parker - Detective Story as Mary McLeod
o Shelley Winters - A Place in the Sun as Alice Tripp
o Jane Wyman - The Blue Veil as Louise Mason

· 1952 Shirley Booth - Come Back, Little Sheba as Lola Delaney (winner)
o Joan Crawford - Sudden Fear as Myra Hudson
o Bette Davis - The Star as Margaret Elliot
o Julie Harris - The Member of the Wedding as Frances 'Frankie' Addams
o Susan Hayward - With a Song in My Heart as Jane Froman

· 1953 Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday as Princess Ann (winner)
o Leslie Caron - Lili as Lili Daurier
o Ava Gardner - Mogambo as Eloise Y. Honey Bear Kelly
o Deborah Kerr - From Here to Eternity as Karen Holmes
o Maggie McNamara - The Moon Is Blue as Patty O'Neill

· 1954 Grace Kelly - The Country Girl as Georgie Elgin (winner)
o Dorothy Dandridge - Carmen Jones as Carmen Jones
o Judy Garland - A Star Is Born as Vicki Lester (Esther Blodgett)
o Audrey Hepburn - Sabrina as Sabrina Fairchild
o Jane Wyman - Magnificent Obsession as Helen Phillips

· 1955 Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo as Serafina Delle Rose (winner)
o Susan Hayward - I'll Cry Tomorrow as Lillian Roth
o Katharine Hepburn - Summertime as Jane Hudson
o Jennifer Jones - Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing as Dr. Han Suyin
o Eleanor Parker - Interrupted Melody as Marjorie 'Margie' Lawrence

· 1956 Ingrid Bergman - Anastasia as Anna Koreff / Anastasia (winner)
o Carroll Baker - Baby Doll as Baby Doll Meighan
o Katharine Hepburn - The Rainmaker as Lizzie Curry
o Nancy Kelly - The Bad Seed as Christine Penmark
o Deborah Kerr - The King and I as Anna Leonowens

· 1957 Joanne Woodward - The Three Faces of Eve as Eve White / Eve Black / Jane (winner)
o Deborah Kerr - Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison as Sister Angela
o Anna Magnani - Wild Is the Wind as Gioia
o Elizabeth Taylor - Raintree County as Susanna Drake
o Lana Turner - Peyton Place as Constance MacKenzie

· 1958 Susan Hayward - I Want to Live! as Barbara Graham (winner)
o Deborah Kerr - Separate Tables as Sibyl Railton-Bell
o Shirley MacLaine - Some Came Running as Ginnie Moorehead
o Rosalind Russell - Auntie Mame as Mame Dennis
o Elizabeth Taylor - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Margaret 'Maggie the Cat' Pollitt

· 1959 Simone Signoret - Room at the Top as Alice Aisgill (winner)
o Doris Day - Pillow Talk as Jan Morrow
o Audrey Hepburn - The Nun's Story as Sister Luke (Gabrielle van der Mal)
o Katharine Hepburn - Suddenly, Last Summer as Mrs. Violet Venable
o Elizabeth Taylor - Suddenly, Last Summer as Catherine Holly

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[ucla2oo5]

What film is this piece of music from? I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me. Thanks. btw.... Awesome job!

[dobazajr]

@ucla2oo5 it's from The English Patient...not quite sure...but if i browse my files perhaps i could correct this info...

[jeanfss38]

Thank you, so much. This is a great slice of film history!

[dobazajr]

@jeanfss38 you are welcome.

[vavinhokrieck]

@ucla2oo5 Me too! Fantastic soundtrack!

[iamme611]

1950 -- What a year for leading female performances.