1967

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
directed by Stanley Kramer; written by William Rose

Katharine Hepburn plays Christina Drayton

Review: boxd.it/gDOrOB

#LeadingActress #KatharineHepburn #GuessWhosComingtoDinner #ChristinaDrayton #StanleyKramer #1967film #FilmSky

WINNER

SHELLEY DUVALL, 3 WOMEN

Shelley Duvall was such a unique movie star whose performance in this eccentric Robert Altman directed drama is marvellous. She manages to play the drama and comedy of every scene so honestly.

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1977
LEADING ACTRESS

nominees
Diane Keaton, Annie Hall
Liza Minnell, New York, New York
Gena Rowlands, Opening Night
Sissy Spacek, 3 Women

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1966

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
directed by Mike Nichols; written by Ernest Lehman

Elizabeth Taylor plays Martha

Review: boxd.it/gx2UPt

#LeadingActress #ElizabethTaylor #WhosAfraidofVirginiaWoolf #Martha #MikeNichols #1966film #FilmSky

1965

Darling (1965)
directed by John Schlesinger; written by Frederic Raphael

Julie Christie plays Diana Scott

Review: boxd.it/gqky3F

#LeadingActress #JulieChristie #Darling #DianaScott #JohnSchlesinger #1965film #FilmSky

1964

Mary Poppins (1964)
directed by Robert Stevenson; written by Bill Walsh & Don DaGradi

Julie Andrews plays Mary Poppins

Review: boxd.it/gkgk5l

#LeadingActress #JulieAndrews #MaryPoppins #RobertStevenson #1964film #FilmSky

WINNER

FAYE DUNAWAY, NETWORK

Faye Dunaway an actress who always succeeded at playing difficult to like women delivers her career crowning achievement in this always relevant drama. She is nasty, sexual, cunning and every emotion you could ever need her to be.

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1976
LEADING ACTRESS

nominees
Margit Carstensen, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Glenda Jackson, The Incredible Sarah
Sissy Spacek, Carrie
Liv Ullmann, Face to Face

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1963

Hud (1963)
directed by Martin Ritt; written by Irving Ravetch & Harriet Frank Jr.

Patricia Neal plays Alma Brown

Review: boxd.it/gdTwwD

#LeadingActress #PatriciaNeal #Hud #AlmaBrown #MartinRitt #1963film #FilmSky

WINNER

GLENDA JACKSON, THE ROMANTIC ENGLISHWOMAN

1975 is a pivotal year for Glenda Jackson with any of her three performances worthy of being called best of the year. In this great drama she is a compelling lead giving one of her standout turns of the decade

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1975
LEADING ACTRESS

nominees
Isabelle Adjani, The Story of Adele H.
Florinda Bolkan, A Brief Vacation
Diane Keaton, Love and Death
Angela Winkler, The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

#movies #LeadingActress #ActingClips #IsabelleAdjani #FlorindaBolkan #DianeKeaton #AngelaWinkler