1981 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role Winner and Nominees

Coal Miner’s Daughter

Sissy Spacek

Biographical story of the legendary country singer’s rise from humble, poverty-stricken beginnings in Kentucky to worldwide superstardom and how she changed the sound and style of country music forever.

Gloria

Gena Rowlands

Ordinary People

Mary Tyler Moore

Private Benjamin

Goldie Hawn

Resurrection

Ellen Burstyn