Lead Actress Lineup of the 50s

"as for those things, that act as markers in your life, but in between, you can't remember"


1950


1. GLORIA SWANSON for SUNSET BLVD.
2. ELEANOR PARKER for CAGED
3. BETTE DAVIS for ALL ABOUT EVE
4. ANNE BAXTER for ALL ABOUT EVE
5. JUDY HOLLIDAY for BORN YESTERDAY



1951


1. ELEANOR PARKER for DETECTIVE STORY
2. SHELLEY WINTERS for A PLACE IN THE SUN
3. VIVIEN LEIGH for A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
4. KATHARINE HEPBURN for THE AFRICAN QUEEN
5. MOIRA SHEARER for THE TALES OF HOFFMANN



1952


1. JEAN SIMMONS for ANGEL FACE
2. JENNIFER JONES for CARRIE
3. INGRID BERGMAN for EUROPA '51
4. SHIRLEY BOOTH for COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA
5. DEBBIE REYNOLDS for SINGIN' IN THE RAIN



1953


1. DANIELLE DARRIEUX for THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE...
2. DEBORAH KERR for FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
3. LESLIE CARON for LILI
4. AUDREY HEPBURN for ROMAN HOLIDAY
5. MAGGIE MCNAMARA for THE MOON IS BLUE



1954


1. JUDY GARLAND for A STAR IS BORN
2. GRACE KELLY for THE COUNTRY GIRL
3. GRACE KELLY for REAR WINDOW
4. AUDREY HEPBURN for SABRINA
5. GIULETTA MASINA for LA STRADA



1955


1. SUSAN HAYWARD for I'LL CRY TOMORROW
2. ANNA MAGNANI for THE ROSE TATTOO
3. JANE WYMAN for ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS
4. JENNIFER JONES for LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
5. ELEANOR PARKER for INTERRUPTED MELODY



1956


1. CARROLL BAKER for BABY DOLL
2. INGRID BERGMAN for ANASTASIA
3. LAUREN BACALL for WRITTEN ON THE WIND
4. NANCY KELLY for THE BAD SEED
5. AUDREY HEPBURN for WAR AND PEACE



1957


1. JOANNE WOODWARD for THE THREE FACES OF EVE
2. MARLENE DIETRICH for WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION
3. TATYANA SAMOJLOVA for THE CRANES ARE FLYING
4. GIULETTA MASINA for NIGHTS OF CABIRIA
5. AUDREY HEPBURN for LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON



1958


1. KIM NOVAK for VERTIGO
2. KIM NOVAK for BELL, BOOK, AND, CANDLE
3. JEANNE MOREAU for ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS
4. SUSAN HAYWARD for I WANT TO LIVE!
5. DOROTHY MALONE for THE TARNISHED ANGELS



1959


1. SIMONE SIGNORET for ROOM AT THE TOP
2. EMMANUELLE RIVA for HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR
3. ELIZABETH TAYLOR for SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER
4. EVA MARIE SAINT for NORTH BY NORTHWEST
5. LANA TURNER for IMITATION OF LIFE


"and so it seems, that you've grown up and over me, these silly things, i like to dwell on"