Academy Awards: Oscars Nominees and Winners: Actress in a Leading Role 1970 - 1979

Academy Awards: Oscars Nominees and Winners: Actress in a Leading Role 1970 - 1979 · 1970 Glenda Jackson - Women in Love as Gudrun Brangwen (winner) o Jane Alexander - The Great White Hope as Eleanor Backman o Ali MacGraw - Love Story as Jennifer Cavalleri o Sarah Miles - Ryan's Daughter as Rosy Ryan o Carrie Snodgress - Diary of a Mad Housewife as Tina Balser · 1971 Jane Fonda - Klute as Bree Daniels (winner) o Julie Christie - McCabe & Mrs. Miller as Constance Miller o Glenda Jackson - Sunday Bloody Sunday as Alex Greville o Vanessa Redgrave - Mary, Queen of Scots as Mary, Queen of Scots o Janet Suzman - Nicholas and Alexandra as Empress Alexandra / Alix of Hesse Darmstadt · 1972 Liza Minnelli - Cabaret as Sally Bowles (winner) o Diana Ross - Lady Sings the Blues as Billie Holiday o Maggie Smith - Travels with My Aunt as Aunt Augusta Bertram o Cicely Tyson - Sounder as Rebecca Morgan o Liv Ullmann - The Emigrants as Kristina · 1973 Glenda Jackson - A Touch of Class as Vicki Allessio (winner) o Ellen Burstyn - The Exorcist as Chris MacNeil o Marsha Mason - Cinderella Liberty as Maggie Paul o Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were as Katie Morosky o Joanne Woodward - Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Rita Walden · 1974 Ellen Burstyn - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Alice Hyatt (winner) o Diahann Carroll - Claudine as Claudine o Faye Dunaway - Chinatown as Evelyn Cross Mulwray o Valerie Perrine - Lenny as Honey Bruce o Gena Rowlands - A Woman Under the Influence as Mabel Longhetti · 1975 Louise Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Nurse Ratched (winner) o Ann-Margret - Tommy as Nora Walker Hobbs o Isabelle Adjani - The Story of Adele H. as Adèle Hugo a.k.a. Adèle Lewry o Glenda Jackson - Hedda as Hedda Gabler o Carol Kane - Hester Street as Gitl · 1976 Faye Dunaway - Network as Diana Christensen (winner) o Marie-Christine Barrault - Cousin, cousine as Marthe o Talia Shire - Rocky as Adrianna "Adrian" Pennino o Sissy Spacek - Carrie as Carrie White o Liv Ullmann - Face to Face as Dr. Jenny Isaksson · 1977 Diane Keaton - Annie Hall as Annie Hall (winner) o Anne Bancroft - The Turning Point as Emma Jacklin o Jane Fonda - Julia as Lillian Hellman o Shirley MacLaine - The Turning Point as Deedee Rodgers o Marsha Mason - The Goodbye Girl as Paula McFadden · 1978 Jane Fonda - Coming Home as Sally Hyde (winner) o Ingrid Bergman - Autumn Sonata as Charlotte Andergast o Ellen Burstyn - Same Time, Next Year as Doris o Jill Clayburgh - An Unmarried Woman as Erica o Geraldine Page - Interiors as Eve · 1979 Sally Field - Norma Rae as Norma Rae Webster (winner) o Jill Clayburgh - Starting Over as Marilyn Holmberg o Jane Fonda - The China Syndrome as Kimberly Wells o Marsha Mason - Chapter Two as Jennie MacLaine o Bette Midler - The Rose as Mary Rose Foster