Greatest years for best actress nominees

Greatest years for best actress nominees (February 2017)

Some years are better than others for film and for the Academy Awards. Some times the best person wins, sometimes they don't. These were the greatest years for best actress nominees. These are some of the greatest actresses ever in some of their best roles. 

15.1945- Joan Crawford- Mildred Pierce, Ingrid Bergman- the Bells of St. Mary’s, Greer Garson- the Valley of Decision, Jennifer Jones- Love Letters, Gene Tierney- Leave her to heaven

14. 1960- Elizabeth Taylor- Butterfield 8, Greer Garson- Sunrise at Campobello, Deborah Kerr- the Sundowners, Shirley MacLaine- the Apartment, Melina Mercouri- Never on a Sunday

13. 1972- Liza Minelli- Cabaret, Diana Ross- Lady Sings the Blues, Maggie Smith- Travels with my Aunt, Cicely Tyson-Sounder, Live Ullman- the Emigrants

12. 1937-Luise Rainer- the Good Earth, Irene Dunne- The Awful Truth, Greta Garbo- Camille, Janet Gaynor- A Star is Born, Barbara Stanwyck- Stella Dallas

11. 1959- Simone Signoret- Room at the Top, Doris Day- Pillow Talk, Audrey Hepburn- the Nun’s Story, Katherine Hepburn- Suddenly Last Summer, Elizabeth Taylor- Suddenly Last Summer

10. 1954- Grace Kelly-the Country Girl, Dorothy Dandridge- Carmen Jones, Judy Garland- A Star is Born, Audrey Hepburn- Sabrina, Jane Wyman- Magnificent Obsession

9. 1944- Ingrid Bergman- Gaslight, Claudette Colbert- Since you went away, Bette Davis- Mr. Skeffington, Greer Garson- Mrs. Parkington, Barbara Stanwyck- Double Indemnity

8. 1941- Joan Fontaine- Suspicion, Bette Davis- the Little Foxes, Oliva de Havilland- Hold back the Dawn, Greer Garson- Blossoms in the Dust, Barbara Stanwyck- Ball of Fire

7. 1967- Katherine Hepburn- Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Anne Bancroft- The Graduate, Faye Dunaway- Bonnie and Clyde, Edith Evans- the Whisperers, Audrey Hepburn- Wait Until Dark

6. 1951- Vivien Leigh- A Streetcar Named Desire, Katherine Hepburn- the African Queen, Eleanor Parker- Detective Story, Shelley Winters- A Place in the Sun, Jane Wyman- the Blue Veil

5. 1953- Audrey Hepburn- Roman Holiday, Leslie Caron- Lili, Ava Gardner- Mogambo, Deborah Kerr- From here to Eternity, Maggie McNamara- The Moon is Blue

4. 1939- Vivien Leigh- Gone with the Wind, Bette Davis- Dark Victory, Irene Dunne- Love Affair, Greta Garbo- Ninotchka, Greer Garson- Goodbye Mr. Chips

3. 1961- Sophia Loren- Two Women, Audrey Hepburn- Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Piper Laurie- the Hustler, Geraldine Page- Summer and Smoke, Natalie Wood- Splendor in the Grass

2. 1940- Ginger Rogers- Kitty Foyle, Bette Davis- the Letter, Joan Fontaine- Rebecca, Katherine Hepburn- the Philadelphia Story, Martha Scott- Our Town

1. 1950- Judy Holliday- Born Yesterday, Anne Baxter- All About Eve, Bette Davis- All About Eve, Eleanor Parker- Caged, Gloria Swanson- Sunset Boulevard