In this article, we list the celebrated female actors who were nominated for (and won) an Academy Award for the movies made between 1950 and 1969.
Did your favourite actors miss out on an Oscar? Let us know in the comments below.
23rd Academy Awards
Best Actress: Films of 1950
Nominated Actresses
Anne Baxter – All About Eve
Bette Davis – All About Eve
Eleanor Parker – Caged
Gloria Swanson – Sunset Blvd.
Judy Holliday – Born Yesterday
Best Actress Winner
Judy Holliday – Born Yesterday
24th Academy Awards
Best Actress: Films of 1951
Nominated Actresses
Eleanor Parker – Detective Story
Katharine Hepburn – The African Queen
Jane Wyman – The Blue Veil
Shelley Winters – A Place in the Sun
Vivien Leigh – A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Actress Winner
Vivien Leigh – A Streetcar Named Desire
25th Academy Awards
Best Actress: Films of 1952
Nominated Actresses
Bette Davis – The Star
Joan Crawford – Sudden Fear
Julie Harris – The Member of the Wedding
Shirley Booth – Come Back, Little Sheba
Susan Hayward – With a Song in My Heart
Best Actress Winner
Shirley Booth – Come Back, Little Sheba
26th Academy Awards
Best Actress: Films of 1953
Nominated Actresses
Audrey Hepburn – Roman Holiday
Ava Gardner – Mogambo
Deborah Kerr – From Here to Eternity
Leslie Caron – Lili
Maggie McNamara – The Moon Is Blue
Best Actress Winner
Audrey Hepburn – Roman Holiday
27th Academy Awards
Best Actress: Films of 1954
Nominated Actresses
Audrey Hepburn – Sabrina
Dorothy Dandridge – Carmen Jones
Grace Kelly – The Country Girl
Jane Wyman – Magnificent Obsession
Judy Garland – A Star Is Born
Best Actress Winner
Grace Kelly – The Country Girl
28th Academy Awards
Best Actress: Films of 1955
Nominated Actresses
Anna Magnani – The Rose Tattoo
Eleanor Parker – The Interrupted Melody
Jennifer Jones – Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Katherine Hepburn – Summertime
Susan Hayward – I’ll Cry Tomorrow
Best Actress Winner
Anna Magnani – The Rose Tattoo
29th Academy Awards
Best Actress: Films of 1956
Nominated Actresses
Carroll Baker – The Baby Doll
Deborah Kerr – The King and I
Ingrid Bergman – Anastasia
Katharine Hepburn – The Rainmaker
Nancy Kelly – The Bad Seed
Best Actress Winner
Ingrid Bergman – Anastasia
30th Academy Awards
Best Actress: Films of 1957
Nominated Actresses
Anna Magnani – Wild Is the Wind
Deborah Kerr – Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Elizabeth Taylor – Raintree County
Joanne Woodward – The Three Faces of Eve
Lana Turner – Peyton Place
Best Actress Winner
Joanne Woodward – The Three Faces of Eve
31st Academy Awards
Best Actress: Films of 1958
Nominated Actresses
Deborah Kerr – Separate Tables
Elizabeth Taylor – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Rosalind Russell – Auntie Mame
Shirley MacLaine – Some Came Running
Susan Hayward – I Want to Live!
Best Actress Winner
Susan Hayward – I Want to Live!
32nd Academy Awards
Best Actress: Films of 1959
Nominated Actresses
Audrey Hepburn – The Nun’s Story
Doris Day – Pillow Talk
Elizabeth Taylor – Suddenly, Last Summer
Katharine Hepburn – Suddenly, Last Summer
Simone Signoret – Room at the Top
Best Actress Winner
Simone Signoret – Room at the Top
33rd Academy Awards
Best Actress: Films of 1960
Nominated Actresses
Deborah Kerr – The Sundowners
Elizabeth Taylor – BUtterfield 8
Greer Garson – Sunrise at Campobello
Melina Mercouri – Never on Sunday
Shirley MacLaine – The Apartment
Best Actress Winner
Elizabeth Taylor – BUtterfield 8
34th Academy Awards
Best Actress: Films of 1961
Nominated Actresses
Audrey Hepburn – Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Geraldine Page – Summer and Smoke
Natalie Wood – Splendor in the Grass
Piper Laurie – The Hustler
Sophia Loren – Two Women
Best Actress Winner
Sophia Loren – Two Women
35th Academy Awards
Best Actress: Films of 1962
Nominated Actresses
Anne Bancroft – The Miracle Worker
Bette Davis – What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Geraldine Page – Sweet Bird of Youth
Katharine Hepburn – Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Lee Remick – Days of Wine and Roses
Best Actress Winner
Anne Bancroft – The Miracle Worker
36th Academy Awards
Best Actress: Films of 1963
Nominated Actresses
Leslie Caron – The L-Shaped Room
Natalie Wood – Love with the Proper Stranger
Patricia Neal – Hud
Rachel Roberts – This Sporting Life
Shirley MacLaine – Irma la Douce
Best Actress Winner
Patricia Neal – Hud
37th Academy Awards
Best Actress: Films of 1964
Nominated Actresses
Anne Bancroft – The Pumpkin Eater
Debbie Reynolds – The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins
Kim Stanley – Séance on a Wet Afternoon
Sophia Loren – Marriage Italian Style
Best Actress Winner
Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins
38th Academy Awards
Best Actress: Films of 1965
Nominated Actresses
Elizabeth Hartman – A Patch of Blue
Julie Andrews – The Sound of Music
Julie Christie – Darling
Samantha Eggar – The Collector
Simone Signoret – Ship of Fools
Best Actress Winner
Julie Christie – Darling
39th Academy Awards
Best Actress: Films of 1966
Nominated Actresses
Anouk Aimée – A Man and a Woman
Elizabeth Taylor – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Ida Kamińska – The Shop on Main Street
Lynn Redgrave – Georgy Girl
Vanessa Redgrave – Morgan!
Best Actress Winner
Elizabeth Taylor – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
40th Academy Awards
Best Actress: Films of 1967
Nominated Actresses
Anne Bancroft – The Graduate
Audrey Hepburn – Wait Until Dark
Edith Evans – The Whisperers
Faye Dunaway – Bonnie and Clyde
Katharine Hepburn – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Best Actress Winner
Katharine Hepburn – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
41st Academy Awards
Best Actress: Films of 1968
Nominated Actresses
Barbara Streisand – Funny Girl
Joanne Woodward – Rachel, Rachel
Katharine Hepburn – The Lion in Winter
Patricia Neal – The Subject Was Roses
Vanessa Redgrave – Isadora
Best Actress Winner
Katharine Hepburn – The Lion in Winter
42nd Academy Awards
Best Actress: Films of 1969
Nominated Actresses
Geneviève Bujold – Anne of the Thousand Days
Jane Fonda – They Shoot Horses, Don’t They
Jean Simmons – The Happy Ending
Liza Minnelli – The Sterile Cuckoo
Maggie Smith – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Best Actress Winner
Maggie Smith – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
How many of these movies have you seen? Let us know in the comments below.