ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Margaret Avery

Shug Avery

• Amy Madigan

Sunny Sobel

• Meg Tilly

Sister Agnes

• Oprah Winfrey

Sofia

• Glenn Close

Iris

• Lindsay Crouse

Margaret Lomax

• Christine Lahti

Hazel Zanussi

• Geraldine Page

Mrs. Ritter

• Cher

Dolly Pelliker

• Glenn Close

Sarah

• Amy Irving

Hadaas

• Alfre Woodard

Geechee

• Glenn Close

Jenny Fields

• Teri Garr

Sandy Lester

• Kim Stanley

Lillian Farmer

• Lesley Ann Warren

Norma

• Melinda Dillon

Teresa

• Jane Fonda

Chelsea Thayer Wayne

• Joan Hackett

Toby Landau

• Elizabeth McGovern

Evelyn Nesbit

• Eileen Brennan

Captain Doreen Lewis

• Eva Le Gallienne

Grandma Pearl

• Cathy Moriarty

Vicki LaMotta

• Diana Scarwid

Louise

• Jane Alexander

Margaret Phelps

• Barbara Barrie

Mrs. Stohler

• Candice Bergen

Jessica Potter

• Mariel Hemingway

Tracy

• Dyan Cannon

Julia Farnsworth

• Penelope Milford

Viola Munson

• Maureen Stapleton

Pearl

• Meryl Streep

Linda

• Leslie Browne

Emilia Rodgers

• Quinn Cummings

Lucy McFadden

• Melinda Dillon

Jillian Guiler

• Tuesday Weld

Katherine Dunn

• Jane Alexander

The Bookkeeper

• Jodie Foster

Iris

• Lee Grant

Lilian Rosen

• Piper Laurie

Margaret White