Best Actress: 1940s

1940: Vivien Leigh, Waterloo Bridge

Oscar winner: Ginger Rogers, Kitty Foyle
Was she nominated?: No
 

1941: Barbara Stanwyck, The Lady Eve

Oscar winner: Joan Fontaine, Suspicion

Was she nominated?: No (nominated for Ball of Fire)

1942: Bette Davis, Now, Voyager

Oscar winner: Greer Garson, Mrs. Miniver

Was she nominated?: Yes

1943: Ingrid Bergman, Casablanca

Oscar winner: Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette

Was she nominated?: No (nominated for For Whom the Bell Tolls)

1944: Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight

Oscar winner: Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight

1945: Celia Johnson, Brief Encounter

Oscar winner: Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce
Was she nominated?: Yes (in 1946)

1946: Ingrid Bergman, Notorious

Oscar winner: Olivia de Havilland, To Each His Own
Was she nominated?: No

1947: Deborah Kerr, Black Narcissus

Oscar winner: Loretta Young, The Farmer's Daughter
Was she nominated?: No

1948: Rita Hayworth, The Lady from Shanghai

Oscar winner: Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda
Was she nominated?: No

1949: Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress

Oscar winner: Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress

Updated: 9/10/14