Every Best Actress Winner In Oscar History
1970: Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith stole our hearts in 1970 with her win for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, beating out Genevieve Bujold, Jane Fonda, Liza Minnelli and Jean Simmons.
1971: Glenda Jackson
Jackson won for her performance in Women In Love, beating out Jane Alexander, Ali MacGraw, Sarah Miles and Carrie Snodgress.
1972: Jane Fonda
Fonda won in 1972 for her role in Klute, winning out against Julie Christie, Glenda Jackson, Vanessa Redgrave and Janet Suzman.
1973: Liza Minnelli
Judy Garland’s daughter Liza Minnelli took home her famed win for Cabaret in 1973, beating out Diana Ross, Maggie Smith, Cicely Tyson and Liv Ullmann.
1974: Glenda Jackson
Jackson took home the win for A Touch of Class, beating out Ellen Burstyn, Marsha Mason, Barbra Streisand and Joanne Woodward.
1975: Ellen Burstyn
Burstyn took home the win for her performance in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, beating out Diahann Carroll, Faye Dunaway, Valerie Perrine and Gena Rowlands for the win.
1976: Louise Fletcher
Fletcher took home the win for her chilling and legendary performance as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest in 1976, beating out Isabelle Adjani, Ann-Margret, Glenda Jackson and Carol Kane for the award.
1977: Faye Dunaway
Perhaps Dunaway’s most notorious performance was in Network, for which she won the award in 1977, winning out against Marie-Christine Barrault, Talia Shire, Sissy Spacek and Liv Ullmann.
1978: Diane Keaton
Keaton won in 1978 for her title role in Woody Allen’s Annie Hall, beating out Anne Bancroft, Jane Fonda, Shirley MacLaine and Marsha Mason for the win.
1979: Jane Fonda
Fonda won her next award in 1979 for her role in Coming Home, beating out Ingrid Bergman, Ellen Burstyn, Jill Clayburgh and Geraldine Page.