31 Days of Best Actresses

It's time for my second-favourite TCM month: 31 Days of Oscar!* 

I'm scouring the TCM schedule to see what Best Actress–nominated and –winning performances we can look forward to, and I'm so excited to share the list below. 

Let's dive in!

FEBRUARY 1

Sounder (1972) - Cicely Tyson, nominated
Morning Glory (1933) - Katharine Hepburn, won
All About Eve (1950) - Bette Davis & Anne Baxter, nominated
A Star is Born (1937) - Janet Gaynor, nominated
The Goodbye Girl (1977) - Marsha Mason, nominated

FEBRUARY 2

A Passage to India (1984) - Judy Davis, nominated
The Miracle Worker (1962) - Anne Bancroft, won
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) - Greer Garson, nominated
Rachel, Rachel (1968) - Joanne Woodward, nominated

FEBRUARY 3

Bonnie and Clyde (1967) - Faye Dunaway, nominated
Double Indemnity (1944) - Barbara Stanwyck, nominated

FEBRUARY 4

Auntie Mame (1958) - Rosalind Russell
Travels With My Aunt (1972) - Maggie Smith

FEBRUARY 5

Mrs. Brown (1997) - Judi Dench, nominated
The Lion in Winter (1968) - Katharine Hepburn, won
Marie Antoinette (1938) - Norma Shearer, nominated

FEBRUARY 6

Ship of Fools (1965) - Simone Signoret, nominated
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) - Debbie Reynolds, nominated

FEBRUARY 7

The Three Faces of Eve (1957) - Joanne Woodward, won
Love Story (1970) - Ali MacGraw, nominated
Amour (2012) - Emmanuelle Riva, nominated
Interrupted Melody (1955) - Eleanor Parker, nominated
Camille (1936) - Greta Garbo, nominated

FEBRUARY 8

Cimarron (1931) - Irene Dunne, nominated
Places in the Heart (1984) - Sally Field, won
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) - Frances MacDormand, won
Mildred Pierce (1945) - Joan Crawford, won
Mrs. Miniver (1942) - Greer Garson, won

FEBRUARY 9 

The Good Earth (1937) - Luise Rainer, won
Lady for a Day (1933) - May Robson, nominated
A Free Soul (1931) - Norma Shearer, nominated

FEBRUARY 10 

The Bad Seed (1956) - Nancy Kelly, nominated

FEBRUARY 11

Splendor in the Grass (1961) - Natalie Wood, nominated
Jezebel (1938) - Bette Davis, won
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) - Vivien Leigh, won
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) - Elizabeth Taylor, won
Johnny Belinda (1948) - Jane Wyman, won
Possessed (1947) - Joan Crawford, nominated

FEBRUARY 12

NO PERFORMANCES FEATURED

FEBRUARY 13

The Sin of Madelon Claduet (1931) - Helen Hayes, won
BUtterfield 8 (1960) - Elizabeth Taylor, won
Klute (1971) - Jane Fonda, won
Anna Christie (1930) - Greta Garbo, nominated

FEBRUARY 14

A Star is Born (1954) - Judy Garland, nominated
Pillow Talk (1959) - Doris Day, nominated
Now, Voyager (1942) - Bette Davis, nominated
Brief Encounter (1945) - Celia Johnson, nominated

FEBRUARY 15

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) - Norma Shearer, nominated
The Yearling (1946) - Jane Wyman, nominated

FEBRUARY 16

Alice Adams (1935) - Katharine Hepburn, nominated
Annie Hall (1977) - Diane Keaton, won
Working Girl (1988) - Melanie Griffith, nominated
The Apartment (1960) - Shirley MacLaine, nominated

FEBRUARY 17

Sunrise at Campobello (1960) - Greer Garson, nominated

FEBRUARY 18

Pygmalion (1938) - Wendy Hiller, nominated
Room at the Top (1959) - Simone Signoret, won
Romeo and Juliet (1936) - Norma Shearer, nominated

FEBRUARY 19 

NO PERFORMANCES FEATURED

FEBRUARY 20

The Divine Lady (1928) - Corinne Griffith, nominated
I Want to Live! (1958) - Susan Hayward, won
Caged (1950) - Eleanor Parker, nominated

FEBRUARY 21

Born Yesterday (1950) - Judy Holliday, won
Ninotchka (1939) - Greta Garbo, nominated

FEBRUARY 22

An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) - Debra Winger, nominated

FEBRUARY 23

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) - Elizabeth Taylor, nominated
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) - Katharine Hepburn, won
Driving Miss Daisy (1989) - Jessica Tandy, won
The China Syndrome (1979) - Jane Fonda, nominated
Network (1976) - Faye Dunaway, won
Woman of the Year (1942) - Katharine Hepburn, nominated

FEBRUARY 24

Suspicion (1941) - Joan Fontaine, won
Gaslight (1944) - Ingrid Bergman, won

Wait Until Dark (1967) - Audrey Hepburn, nominated

FEBRUARY 25

Baby Doll (1956) - Carroll Baker, nominated
Cabaret (1972) - Liza Minnelli, won
Lili (1953) - Leslie Caron, nominated
The Broadway Melody (1929) - Bessie Love, nominated
The Great Ziegfeld (1936) - Luise Rainer, won

FEBRUARY 26

Dead Man Walking (1995) - Susan Sarandon, won
The Nun's Story (1959) - Audrey Hepburn, nominated

FEBRUARY 27

Romance (1930) - Greta Garbo, nominated
Kitty Foyle (1940) - Ginger Rogers, won
The Iron Lady (2011) - Meryl Streep, won

FEBRUARY 28

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) - Bette Davis, nominated
Raintree Country (1957) - Elizabeth Taylor, nominated
On Golden Pond (1981) - Katharine Hepburn, won

MARCH 1

I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955) - Susan Hayward, nominated
Leaving Las Vegas (1995) - Elisabeth Shue, nominated

MARCH 2

The Divorcee (1930) - Norma Shearer, won
Gone With the Wind (1939) - Vivien Leigh, won
My Man Godfrey (1936) - Carole Lombard, nominated
It Happened One Night (1934) - Claudette Colbert, won
The Heiress (1949) - Olivia de Havilland, won
The Philadelphia Story (1940) - Katharine Hepburn, nominated
Dark Victory (1939) - Bette Davis, nominated

MARCH 3

The Pride of the Yankees (1942) - Teresa Wright, nominated
Norma Rae (1979) - Sally Field, won
Blossoms in the Dust (1941) - Greer Garson, nominated
Sister Kenny (1946) - Rosalind Russell, nominated

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What're you watching? Let me know in the comments!

*Summer Under the Stars will always have a special place in my heart

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