r/Oscars • u/CinemaFan344 • 1d ago

Discussion What are your top three performances from the Best Actress winners of the 70s?

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For me, they would be Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Faye Dunaway in Network, and Ellen Burstyn in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.

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u/CranberryFuture9908 1d ago

  1. Ellen Burstyn - Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

  2. Liza Minnelli- Cabaret

  3. Sally Field- Norma Rae

My opinion the 1960’s and 1970’s have the strongest lineup for best actress. I don’t think there are any bad performances from the 70’s winners. I just prefer some over others.

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u/bagoveryourhead 1d ago

Liza, Liza, Liza and Louise Fletcher and Jane Fonda for Klute too I guess

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u/Fun-Ferret-3300 1d ago

  1. Louise Fletcher for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

  2. Liza Minnelli for Cabaret

  3. Diane Keaton for Annie Hall

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u/JoNeurotic 1d ago

Any 3 and it’s the correct top 3. This is a stellar line up. Incredible performances and almost impossible to pick favourites.

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u/icrossedtheroad 1d ago

Burstyn, Minnelli, Fletcher.

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u/Zealousideal_Fold_60 1d ago
  1. Liza
  2. Glenda
  3. Glenda

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u/Professional-Law-207 1d ago

Fonda, Klute.  Minnelli, Cabaret.  Burstyn, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. 

But I could easily replace these with Fletcher, Keaton, and Field. Great winners this decade. 

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u/ExileIsan 1d ago

Liza Minnelli in Cabaret, Sally Field in Norma Rae, and Diane Keaton in Annie Hall.

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u/T-rocious 1d ago

Glenda Jackson in Women in Love, Liza Minelli and Sally Field.

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u/Ggslm 1d ago

All of the actresses in the first image, except for Fonda and Liza have the same face lol

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u/gopms 1d ago

Two of them are the same woman! Glenda Jackson won twice.

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u/Dmitr_Jango 1d ago
  1. Fonda (Klute)
  2. Fletcher
  3. Burstyn

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u/Former-Counter-9588 1d ago

Oh man.

Fonda, Minnelli, Field. Tough choice though!

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u/Oreadno1 1d ago

Liza Minnelli---Cabaret
Louise Fletcher---One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Sally Field---Norma Rae

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u/CJK-2020 1d ago
  1. Jane Fonda for Klute
  2. Liza Minnelli for Cabaret
  3. Jane Fonda for Coming Home

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u/neverbelowthetitle 1d ago

There’s something about Glenda Jackson in A Touch of Class. I don’t really understand how people view this win, but it’s one of my favorite performances of all time and I frequently revisit this movie again and again.

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u/CranberryFuture9908 22h ago

I think it’s underrated. I heard a lot of negativity about it but I adore her so I didn’t know what I think of it . I finally watched it a week ago so two before she passed away and I loved it!

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u/TheSupreme2573 23h ago
  1. Faye
  2. Diane
  3. Sally

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u/bellestarxo 22h ago

I haven't seen them all but I watched Network for the first time last year and Faye Dunaway really blew me away.

I also love Jane Fonda in Klute. Subtle but gripping, very modern.

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u/Formal-Register-1557 1d ago

Dunaway

Field

Burstyn

But it's a tough call.

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u/trashedonlisterine 1d ago

  1. Dunaway

  2. Fletcher

  3. Keaton

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u/atclubsilencio 17h ago

Klute would have been nothing special or all that memorable without Jane Fonda’s performance. She single-handedly (not to slight Sutherland, who is typically great) elevates the entire movie as Brie. I think this was one of the first films to really seriously explore the lifestyle of a call girl/prostitution, and she brings such complexity and towering levels of both tough courage and frightened vulnerability. The scene where she has to listen to the tape of her friend is powerful stuff, she tries to hide her fear and pain, but it is palpable.

It’s a great and intensely compelling performance and certainly one of my favorites ever. She’s fantastic and so gorgeous and just perfection in it.

Sooo… Fonda in Klute

Fletcher in Cuckoo’s Nest

and its extremely hard to pick a third out of Keaton, Dunaway, Minelli, and Field. They are all iconic. I haven’t seen the others.

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u/docobv77 1d ago

Fletcher, Keaton and Dunaway

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u/kafka-dines-alone 1d ago

Minnelli, Dunaway, Keaton

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u/crashcourse201 1d ago

1: Kearon

2: Fonda (Klute)

3: Dunaway

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u/Either-Government-79 1d ago

  1. Diane Keaton, Annie Hall

  2. Liza Minnelli, Cabaret

  3. Jane Fonda, Klute

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u/BarcelonetaE70 1d ago

Sally Field (Norma Rae), Jane Fonda (Klute) and Liza Minelli (Cabaret).

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u/Jynerva 1d ago
  1. Dunaway
  2. Keaton
  3. Burstyn

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u/Impressive-Hold-7050 23h ago

Sallĺllyyyyy Field WAS Norma Rae

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u/Welcomefriends85 1d ago

Who is the woman in the first photo? 🥵

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u/MirandaReitz 1d ago

Glenda Jackson-Women In Love.