1931 Marie Dressler - Min and Bill as "Min Divot"

1932 Helen Hayes - The Sin of Madelon Claudet as "Madelon Claudet"

1933 Katharine Hepburn - Morning Glory as "Eva Lovelace"

1934 Claudette Colbert- It Happened One Night as "Ellie Andrews"

1935 Bette Davis - Dangerous as "Joyce Heath"

1936 Luise Rainer - The Great Ziegfeld as "Anna Held"

1937 Luise Rainer - The Good Earth as "O-Lan Lung"

1938 Bette Davis - Jezebel as "Julie Marsden"

1939 Vivien Leigh - Gone with the Wind as "Scarlett O'Hara"

1940 Ginger Rogers- Kitty Foyle as "Katherine 'Kitty' Foyle"