Best Actress 1949: Olivia de Havilland in "The Heiress"

When Olivia de Havilland received the second Best Actress Oscar of her career in 1950, the Academy could already look back at a history of 2...

Best Actress 1949: Deborah Kerr in "Edward, my Son"

What qualifies an actor or an actress to become one of Oscar’s biggest losers? It certainly can’t be a lack of talent – after all, a lot of ...

Best Actress 1949: Loretta Young in "Come to the Stable"

An overwhelming frontrunner in a praised and award-winning dramatic performance and a field of four nominees that all seem to be have not a ...

Best Actress 1949

The next year will be 1949 and the nominees were Jeanne Crain in Pinky Olivia de Havilland in The Heiress Susan Hayward in My Foolish Heart ...