1936 Gale Sondergaard - Anthony Adverse as "Faith Paleologus"

1937 Alice Brady - In Old Chicago as "Mrs. Molly O'Leary"

1938 Fay Bainter- Jezebel as "Aunt Belle Massey"

1939 Hattie McDaniel - Gone with the Wind as "Mammy"

1940 Jane Darwell - The Grapes of Wrath as "Ma Joad"