Actress in a Leading Role

1938 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerThe Good EarthLuise RainerAlthough married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus.Amazon1938 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesA Star Is BornJanet GaynorAmazonCamilleGreta GarboAmazonStella DallasBarbara StanwyckAmazonThe Awful TruthIrene DunneAmazon

1937 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerThe Great ZiegfeldLuise RainerThe ups and downs of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., famed producer of extravagant stage revues, are portrayed.Amazon1937 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesMy Man GodfreyCarole LombardAmazonRomeo and JulietNorma ShearerAmazonTheodora Goes WildIrene DunneAmazonValiant Is the Word for CarrieGladys GeorgeAmazon

1936 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerDangerousBette DavisAn alcoholic actress who is considered a dangerous jinx is rehabilitated, but she then shows that she's as dangerous as ever.Amazon1936 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesAlice AdamsKatharine HepburnAmazonBecky SharpMiriam HopkinsAmazonEscape Me NeverElisabeth BergnerAmazonPrivate WorldsClaudette ColbertAmazonThe Dark AngelMerle OberonAmazon

1935 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerIt Happened One NightClaudette ColbertA spoiled heiress running away from her family is helped by a man who is actually a reporter in need of a story.Amazon1935 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesOf Human BondageBette DavisAmazonOne Night of LoveGrace MooreAmazonThe Barretts of Wimpole StreetNorma ShearerAmazon

1934 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerMorning GloryKatharine HepburnWhen a naively innocent, aspiring actress arrives on the Broadway scene, she is taken under the wing of several theater veterans who mentor her to ultimate success.Amazon1934 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesCavalcadeDiana WynyardAmazonLady for a DayMay RobsonAmazon

1932 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerThe Sin of Madelon ClaudetHelen HayesOut of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.Amazon1932 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesEmmaMarie DresslerAmazonThe GuardsmanLynn FontanneAmazon

1931 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerMin and BillMarie DresslerMin, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy, the young woman she took in as an infant.Amazon1931 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesA Free SoulNorma ShearerAmazonCimarronIrene DunneAmazonHolidayAnn HardingAmazonMoroccoMarlene DietrichAmazon

1930s Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerThe DivorceeNorma ShearerWhen a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful to her, she decides to respond to his infidelities in kind.Amazon1930s Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesAnna ChristieGreta GarboAmazonRomanceGreta GarboAmazonSarah and SonRuth ChattertonAmazonThe Devil's HolidayNancy CarrollAmazonThe TrespasserGloria SwansonAmazonTheir Own DesireNorma ShearerAmazon

1930 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerCoquetteMary PickfordA flirtatious southern belle is compromised with one of her beaus.Amazon1930 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesMadame XRuth ChattertonAmazonThe BarkerBetty CompsonAmazonThe Broadway MelodyBessie LoveAmazonThe Divine LadyCorinne GriffithAmazonThe LetterJeanne EagelsAmazon

1963 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerThe Miracle WorkerAnne BancroftThe story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.Amazon1963 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesDays of Wine and RosesLee RemickAmazonLong Day's Journey Into NightKatharine HepburnAmazonSweet Bird of YouthGeraldine PageAmazonWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?Bette DavisAmazon