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18th ceremony (1945)

The Bells of St. Mary's

  • Ingrid Bergman

Sister Benedict

18th ceremony (1945)

Mildred Pierce

Winner
  • Joan Crawford

Mildred Pierce

18th ceremony (1945)

The Valley of Decision

  • Greer Garson

Mary Rafferty

18th ceremony (1945)

Love Letters

  • Jennifer Jones

Singleton

18th ceremony (1945)

Leave Her to Heaven

  • Gene Tierney

Ellen Berent

17th ceremony (1944)

Gaslight

Winner
  • Ingrid Bergman

Paula Alquist

17th ceremony (1944)

Since You Went Away

  • Claudette Colbert

Anne Hilton

17th ceremony (1944)

Mr. Skeffington

  • Bette Davis

Fanny Trellis Skeffington

17th ceremony (1944)

Mrs. Parkington

  • Greer Garson

Susie Parkington

17th ceremony (1944)

Double Indemnity

  • Barbara Stanwyck

Phyllis Dietrichson

16th ceremony (1943)

The More the Merrier

  • Jean Arthur

Connie Milligan

16th ceremony (1943)

For Whom the Bell Tolls

  • Ingrid Bergman

Maria

16th ceremony (1943)

The Constant Nymph

  • Joan Fontaine

Teresa 'Tessa' Sanger

16th ceremony (1943)

Madame Curie

  • Greer Garson

Madame Marie Curie

16th ceremony (1943)

The Song of Bernadette

Winner
  • Jennifer Jones

Bernadette Soubirous

15th ceremony (1942)

Now, Voyager

  • Bette Davis

Charlotte Vale

15th ceremony (1942)

Mrs. Miniver

Winner
  • Greer Garson

Kay Miniver

15th ceremony (1942)

Woman of the Year

  • Katharine Hepburn

Tess Harding

15th ceremony (1942)

My Sister Eileen

  • Rosalind Russell

Ruth Sherwood

15th ceremony (1942)

The Pride of the Yankees

  • Teresa Wright

Eleanor Gehrig

14th ceremony (1941)

The Little Foxes

  • Bette Davis

Regina Hubbard Giddens

14th ceremony (1941)

Hold Back the Dawn

  • Olivia de Havilland

Emmy Brown

14th ceremony (1941)

Suspicion

Winner
  • Joan Fontaine

Lina McLaidlaw

14th ceremony (1941)

Blossoms in the Dust

  • Greer Garson

Edna Gladney

14th ceremony (1941)

Ball of Fire

  • Barbara Stanwyck

Sugarpuss O'Shea

13th ceremony (1940)

The Letter

  • Bette Davis

Leslie Crosbie

13th ceremony (1940)

Rebecca

  • Joan Fontaine

Mrs. de Winter

13th ceremony (1940)

The Philadelphia Story

  • Katharine Hepburn

Tracy Lord

13th ceremony (1940)

Kitty Foyle

Winner
  • Ginger Rogers

Kitty Foyle

13th ceremony (1940)

Our Town

  • Martha Scott

Emily Webb

12th ceremony (1939)

Dark Victory

  • Bette Davis

Judith Traherne

12th ceremony (1939)

Love Affair

  • Irene Dunne

Terry McKay

12th ceremony (1939)

Ninotchka

  • Greta Garbo

Lena Yakushova (Ninotchka)

12th ceremony (1939)

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

  • Greer Garson

Katherine Chipping

12th ceremony (1939)

Gone with the Wind

Winner
  • Vivien Leigh

Scarlett O'Hara

11th ceremony (1938)

White Banners

  • Fay Bainter

Hannah

11th ceremony (1938)

Jezebel

Winner
  • Bette Davis

Julie Morrison

11th ceremony (1938)

Pygmalion

  • Wendy Hiller

Eliza Doolittle

11th ceremony (1938)

Marie Antoinette

  • Norma Shearer

Marie Antoinette

11th ceremony (1938)

Three Comrades

  • Margaret Sullavan

Pat Hollmann

10th ceremony (1937)

The Awful Truth

  • Irene Dunne

Lucy Warriner

10th ceremony (1937)

Camille

  • Greta Garbo

Marguerite Gautier (Camille)

10th ceremony (1937)

A Star Is Born

  • Janet Gaynor

Esther Blodgett/Vicki Lester

10th ceremony (1937)

The Good Earth

Winner
  • Luise Rainer

O-Lan

10th ceremony (1937)

Stella Dallas

  • Barbara Stanwyck

Stella Dallas

9th ceremony (1936)

Theodora Goes Wild

  • Irene Dunne

Theodora Lynn

9th ceremony (1936)

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

  • Gladys George

Carrie Snyder

9th ceremony (1936)

My Man Godfrey

  • Carole Lombard

Irene Bullock

9th ceremony (1936)

The Great Ziegfeld

Winner
  • Luise Rainer

Anna Held

9th ceremony (1936)

Romeo and Juliet

  • Norma Shearer

Juliet

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