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1940 Academy Awards (Oscars)
... Actress in a Leading Role (1940's) ...
Oscar's decade review of Academy Award winners and nominations for Actress in a Leading Role - winners are highlighted.

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» 12th Academy Awards (February 29, 1940)
The 12th Annual Awards held at The Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel
• Bette Davis for Dark Victory
• Greer Garson for Goodbye, Mr. Chips
• Greta Garbo for Ninotchka
• Irene Dunne for Love Affair
Oscar Winner Vivien Leigh for Gone With The Wind
 
» 13th Academy Awards (February 27, 1941)
The 13th Annual Awards held at The Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel
• Bette Davis for The Letter
Oscar Winner Ginger Rogers for Kitty Foyle
• Joan Fontaine for Rebecca
• Katharine Hepburn for The Philadelphia Story
• Martha Scott for Our Town
 
» 14th Academy Awards (February 26, 1942)
The 14th Annual Awards held at The Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel
• Barbara Stanwyck for Ball of Fire
• Bette Davis for The Little Foxes
• Greer Garson for Blossoms in the Dust
Oscar Winner Joan Fontaine for Suspicion
• Olivia de Havilland for Hold Back the Dawn
 
» 15th Academy Awards (March 4, 1943)
The 15th Annual Awards held at The Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel
• Bette Davis for Now, Voyager
Oscar Winner Greer Garson for Mrs. Miniver
• Katharine Hepburn for Woman of the Year
• Rosalind Russell for My Sister Eileen
• Teresa Wright for The Pride of The Yankees
 
» 16th Academy Awards (March 2, 1944)
The 16th Annual Awards held at Grauman's Chinese Theatre
• Greer Garson for Madame Curie
• Ingrid Bergman for For Whom the Bell Tolls
• Jean Arthur for The More the Merrier
Oscar Winner Jennifer Jones for The Song of Bernadette
• Joan Fontaine for The Constant Nymph
 
» 17th Academy Awards (March 15, 1945)
The 17th Annual Awards held at Grauman's Chinese Theatre
• Barbara Stanwyck for Double Indemnity
• Bette Davis for Mr. Skeffington
• Claudette Colbert for Since You Went Away
• Greer Garson for Mrs. Parkington
Oscar Winner Ingrid Bergman for Gaslight
 
» 18th Academy Awards (March 7, 1946)
The 18th Annual Awards held at Grauman's Chinese Theatre
• Gene Tierney for Leave Her to Heaven
• Greer Garson for The Valley of Decision
• Ingrid Bergman for The Bells of St. Mary's
• Jennifer Jones for Love Letters
Oscar Winner Joan Crawford for Mildred Pierce
 
» 19th Academy Awards (March 13, 1947)
The 19th Annual Awards held at The Shrine Auditorium
• Celia Johnson for Brief Encounter
• Jane Wyman for The Yearling
• Jennifer Jones for Duel in the Sun
Oscar Winner Olivia de Havilland for To Each His Own
• Rosalind Russell for Sister Kenny
 
» 20th Academy Awards (March 20, 1948)
The 20th Annual Awards held at The Shrine Auditorium
• Dorothy McGuire for Gentleman's Agreement
• Joan Crawford for Possessed
Oscar Winner Loretta Young for The Farmer's Daughter
• Rosalind Russell for Mourning Becomes Electra
• Susan Hayward for Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman
 
» 21st Academy Awards (March 24, 1949)
The 21st Annual Awards held at The Academy Awards Theater
• Barbara Stanwyck for Sorry, Wrong Number
• Ingrid Bergman for Joan of Arc
• Irene Dunne for I Remember Mama
Oscar Winner Jane Wyman for Johnny Belinda
• Olivia de Havilland for The Snake Pit

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