The Oscar Quest: Best Supporting Actresses Who Didn’t Win Best Supporting Actress

As I said when I posted my list of Best Supporting Actors Who Didn’t Win Best Supporting Actor earlier, I’m basing the Supporting categories’ lists on those performances that really stand out from the films.

I feel like I need to specify, since a lot of the nominated performances in these categories are technically lead roles that went Supporting because that’s where they were more likely to win. Though Best Supporting Actress is more filled with the exact opposite of that — actresses in only one scene that get nominated. For some Supporting Actor performances, you need to decide just how much screen time is too much to be considered Supporting. But here, you need to decide how much screen time is needed to make the performance more than just a glorified cameo.

But, on the whole, a lot of these performances are ones where — they really stick out from the films. They’re really strong and/or memorable and/or iconic. You’ll see when you see them. Here they are:

Beulah Bondi, The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)

Alice Brady, My Man Godfrey (1936)

Andrea Leeds, Stage Door (1937)

Olivia de Havilland, Gone With the Wind (1939)

Edna May Oliver, Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

Judith Anderson, Rebecca (1940)

Ruth Hussey, The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Babara O’Neil, All This, and Heaven Too (1940)

Gladys Cooper, Now, Voyager (1942)

Agnes Moorehead, The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

Dame May Whitty, Mrs. Miniver (1942)

Jennifer Jones, Since You Went Away (1944)

Agnes Moorehead, Mrs. Parkington (1944)

Ann Blyth, Mildred Pierce (1945)

Gloria Grahame, Crossfire (1947)

Barbara Bel Geddes/Ellen Corby, I Remember Mama (1948)

Agnes Moorehead, Johnny Belinda (1948)

Celeste Holm/Thelma Ritter, All About Eve (1950)

Lee Grant, Detective Story (1951)

Jean Hagen, Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

Terry Moore, Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)

Grace Kelly, Mogambo (1953)

Thelma Ritter, Pickup on South Street (1953)

Betsy Blair, Marty (1955)

Natalie Wood, Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

Patty McCormack, The Bad Seed (1956)

Elsa Lanchester, Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

Hope Lange, Peyton Place (1957)

Peggy Cass, Auntie Mame (1958)

Cara Williams, The Defiant Ones (1958)

Susan Kohner/Juanita Moore, Imitation of Life (1959)

Glynis Johns, The Sundowners (1960)

Janet Leigh, Psycho (1960)

Judy Garland, Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

Mary Badham, To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Angela Lansbury, The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Diane Cilento/Joyce Redman, Tom Jones (1963)

Agnes Moorehead, Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)

Ruth Gordon, Inside Daisy Clover (1965)

Wendy Hiller, A Man for All Seasons (1966)

Carol Channing, Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)

Katharine Ross, The Graduate (1967)

Sondra Locke, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968)

Catherine Burns, Last Summer (1969)

Dyan Cannon, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)

Lee Grant, The Landlord (1970)

Barbara Harris, Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971)

Ann-Margret, Carnal Knowledge (1971)

Jeannie Berlin, The Heartbreak Kid (1972)

Shelley Winters, The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

Linda Blair, The Exorcist (1973)

Candy Clark, American Graffiti (1973)

Madeline Kahn, Paper Moon (1973)

Madeline Kahn, Blazing Saddles (1974)

Talia Shire, The Godfather Part II (1974)

Jodie Foster, Taxi Driver (1976)

Quinn Cummings, The Goodbye Girl (1977)

 Dyan Cannon, Heaven Can Wait (1978)

Meryl Streep, The Deer Hunter (1978)

Barbara Barrie, Breaking Away (1979)

Cathy Moriarty, Raging Bull (1980)

Diana Scarwid, Inside Moves (1980)

Jane Fonda, On Golden Pond (1981)

Joan Hackett, Only When I Laugh (1981)

Elizabeth McGovern, Ragtime (1981)

Glenn Close, The World According to Garp (1982)

Lesley Ann Warren, Victor Victoria (1982)

Glenn Close, The Big Chill (1983)

Meg Tilly, Agnes of God (1985)

Oprah Winfrey, The Color Purple (1985)

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, The Color of Money (1986)

Anne Ramsey, Throw Momma from the Train (1987)

Annette Bening, The Grifters (1990)

Lorraine Bracco, Goodfellas (1990)

Diane Ladd, Wild at Heart (1990)

Rosie Perez, Fearless (1993)

Winona Ryder, The Age of Innocence (1993)

Emma Thompson, In the Name of the Father (1993)

Uma Thurman, Pulp Fiction (1994)

Jennifer Tilly, Bullets over Broadway (1994)

Joan Allen, Nixon (1995)

Joan Cusack, In & Out (1997)

Brenda Blethyn, Little Voice (1998)

Samantha Morton, Sweet and Lowdown (1999)

Kate Hudson/Frances McDormand, Almost Famous (2000)

Marisa Tomei, In the Bedroom (2001)

Julianne Moore, The Hours (2002)

Shohreh Aghdashloo, House of Sand and Fog (2003)

Natalie Portman, Closer (2004)

Amy Adams, Junebug (2005)

Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There (2007)

Saoirse Ronan, Atonement (2007)

Amy Adams/Viola Davis, Doubt (2008)

Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air (2009)

Amy Adams, The Fighter (2009)

Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech (2010)

Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit (2010)

Jackie Weaver, Animal Kingdom (2010)

Also check out:

Best Pictures That Didn’t Win Best Picture

Best Directors Who Didn’t Win Best Director

Best Actors Who Didn’t Win Best Actor

Best Actresses Who Didn’t Win Best Actress

Best Supporting Actors Who Didn’t Win Best Supporting Actor

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