History of the Oscars: Best Actreess

1927/28: Janet Gaynor In "7th Heaven", "Street Angel", "Sunrise"

1928/29: Mary Pickford In "Coquette"

1929/30: Norma Shearer In "The Divorcee"

1930/31: Marie Dressler In "Min And Bill"

1931/32: Helen Hayes In "The Sin Of Madelon Claudet"

1932/33: Katharine Hepburn In "Morning Glory"

1934: Claudette Colbert In "It Happened One Night"

1935: Bette Davis In "Dangerous"

1936: Luise Rainer In "The Great Ziegfeld"

1937: Luise Rainer In "The Good Earth"

1938: Bette Davis In "Jezebel"

1939: Vivien Leigh In "Gone With The Wind"

1940: Ginger Rogers In "Kitty Foyle"

1941: Joan Fontaine In "Suspicion"

1942: Greer Garson In "Mrs. Miniver"

1943: Jennifer Jones In "The Song Of Bernadette"

1944: Ingrid Bergman In "Gaslight"

1945: Joan Crawford In "Mildred Pierce"

1946: Olivia De Havilland In "To Each His Own"

1947: Loretta Young In "The Farmer's Daughter"

1948: Jane Wyman In "Johnny Belinda"

1949: Olivia De Havilland In "The Heiress"

1950: Judy Holliday In "Born Yesterday"

1951: Vivien Leigh In "A Streetcar Named Desire"

1952: Shirley Booth In "Come Back, Little Sheba"

1953: Audrey Hepburn In "Roman Holiday"

1954: Grace Kelly In "The Country Girl"

1955: Anna Magnani In "The Rose Tattoo"

1956: Ingrid Bergman In "Anastasia"

1957: Joanne Woodward In "The Three Faces Of Eve"

1958: Susan Hayward In "I Want To Live!"

1959: Simone Signoret In "Room At The Top"

1960: Elizabeth Taylor In "Butterfield 8"

1961: Sophia Loren In "Two Women"

1962: Anne Bancroft In "The Miracle Worker"

1963: Patricia Neal In "Hud"

1964: Julie Andrews In "Mary Poppins"

1965: Julie Christie In "Darling"

1966: Elizabeth Taylor In "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?"

1967: Katharine Hepburn In "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner"

1968: (Tie) Katharine Hepburn In "The Lion In Winter" And Barbra Streisand In "Funny Girl"

1969: Maggie Smith In "The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie"

1970: Glenda Jackson In "Women In Love"

1971: Jane Fonda In "Klute"

1972: Liza Minnelli In "Cabaret"

1973: Glenda Jackson In "A Touch Of Class"

1974: Ellen Burstyn In "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"

1975: Louise Fletcher In "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"

1976: Faye Dunaway In "Network"

1977: Diane Keaton In "Annie Hall"

1978: Jane Fonda In "Coming Home"

1979: Sally Field In "Norma Rae"

1980: Sissy Spacek In "Coal Miner's Daughter"

1981: Katharine Hepburn In "On Golden Pond"

1982: Meryl Streep In "Sophie's Choice"

1983: Shirley Maclaine In "Terms Of Endearment"

1984: Sally Field In "Places In The Heart"

1985: Geraldine Page In "A Trip To Bountiful"

1986: Marlee Matlin In "Children Of A Lesser God"

1987: Cher In "Moonstruck"

1988: Jodie Foster In "The Accused"

1989: Jessica Tandy In "Driving Miss Daisy"

1990: Kathy Bates In "Misery"

1991: Jodie Foster In "The Silence Of The Lambs"

1992: Emma Thompson In "Howards End"

1993: Holly Hunter In "The Piano"

1994: Jessica Lange In "Blue Sky"

1995: Susan Sarandon In "Dead Man Walking"

1996: Frances Mcdormand In "Fargo"

1997: Helen Hunt In "As Good As It Gets"

1998: Gwyneth Paltrow In "Shakespeare In Love"