1950 Josephine Hull, HARVEY
1951 Kim Hunter, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
1952 Gloria Grahame, THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
1953 Donna Reed, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
1954 Eva Marie Saint, ON THE WATERFRONT
1955 Jo Van Fleet, EAST OF EDEN
1956 Dorothy Malone, WRITTEN ON THE WIND
1957 Miyoshi Umeki, SAYONARA
1958 Wendy Hiller, SEPARATE TABLES
1959 Shelley Winters, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

1960 Shirley Jones, ELMER GANTRY
1961 Rita Moreno, WEST SIDE STORY
1962 Patty Duke, THE MIRACLE WORKER
1963 Margaret Rutherford, THE V.I.P.'S
1964 Lila Kedrova, ZORBA THE GREEK
1965 Shelley Winters, A PATCH OF BLUE
1966 Sandy Dennis, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINA WOOLF?
1967 Estelle Parsons, BONNIE AND CLYDE
1968 Ruth Gordon, ROSEMARY'S BABY
1969 Goldie Hawn, CACTUS FLOWER

1970 Helen Hayes, AIRPORT
1971 Cloris Leachman, THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
1972 Eileen Heckart, BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE
1973 Tatum O'Neal, PAPER MOON
1974 Ingrid Bergman, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
1975 Lee Grant, SHAMPOO
1976 Beatrice Straight, NETWORK
1977 Vanessa Redgrave, JULIA
1978 Maggie Smith, CALIFORNIA SUITE
1979 Meryl Streep, KRAMER VS. KRAMER

1980 Mary Steenburgen, MELVIN AND HOWARD
1981 Maureen Stapleton, REDS
1982 Jessica Lange, TOOTSIE
1983 Linda Hunt, THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY
1984 Peggy Ashcroft, A PASSAGE TO INDIA
1985 Angelica Huston, PRIZZI'S HONOR
1986 Dianne Wiest, HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
1987 Olympia Dukakis, MOONSTRUCK
1988 Geena Davis, THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST
1989 Brenda Fricker, MY LEFT FOOT

1990 Whoopi Goldberg, GHOST
1991 Mercedes Ruehl, THE FISHER KING
1992 Marisa Tomei, MY COUSIN VINNY
1993 Anna Paquin, THE PIANO
1994 Dianne Wiest, BULLETS OVER BROADWAY
1995 Mira Sorvino, MIGHTY APHRODITE
1996 Juliette Binoche, THE ENGLISH PATIENT
1997 Kim Basinger, L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
1998 Judi Dench, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
1999 Angelina Jolie, GIRL, INTERRUPTED