Every Best Actress Winner In Oscar History
1960: Simone Signoret
Signoret won for Room at the Top, beating out Doris Day, Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor.
1961: Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor took home her first win for Butterfield 8 in 1960, winning out against Greer Garson, Deborah Kerr, Shirley MacLaine and Melina Mercouri.
1962: Sophia Loren
Loren’s name came to be known with her 1961 win for Two Women, beating Audrey Hepburn (notably for Breakfast at Tiffany’s), Piper Laurie, Geraldine Page and Natalie Wood for the award.
1963: Anne Bancroft
Bancroft took home the award for her performance in The Miracle Worker as Helen Keller’s famed teacher Anne Sullivan. She won against Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, Geraldine Page and Lee Remick.
1964: Patricia Neal
Neal won for her role in Hud, winning out against Leslie Caron, Shirley MacLaine, Rachel Roberts and Natalie Wood.
1965: Julie Andrews
Our lovely queen Julie Andrews took home the award at the 37th Annual Academy Awards for her role as the title character in the still beloved Mary Poppins. She won against Anne Bancroft, Sophia Loren, Debbie Reynolds and Kim Stanley.
1966: Julie Christie
Christie took home the award in 1965 for her role in Darling, beating out Samantha Eggar, Elizabeth Hartman, Simone Signoret and, perhaps most upsetting, Julie Andrews for her role in The Sound of Music.
1967: Elizabeth Taylor
Taylor took home her next win for her role in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, beating out Anouk Aimee, Ida Kaminska, Lynn Redgrave and Vanessa Redgrave.
1968: Katharine Hepburn
Hepburn took home her next win for her performance in Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner, beating out Anne Bancroft, Faye Dunaway (in Bonnie and Clyde), Edith Evans and Audrey Hepburn.
1969: Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand
A historic, never before seen tie happened in 1969 – legendary actresses Hepburn and Streisand tied for their best actress win, for their roles in The Lion in Winter (Hepburn) and Funny Girl (Streisand). They won against Patricia Neal, Vanessa Redgrave and Joanne Woodward.