1951 Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire as "Blanche DuBois"

1952 Shirley Booth - Come Back, Little Sheba as "Lola Delaney"

1953 Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday as "Princess Ann"

1954 Grace Kelly - The Country Girl as "Georgie Elgin"

1955 Anna Magnani- The Rose Tattoo as "Serafina Delle Rose"

1956 Ingrid Bergman - Anastasia as "The Woman" (aka "Anna Koreff" or "Anastasia")

1957 Joanne Woodward - The Three Faces of Eve as "Eve White/Eve Black/Jane"

1958 Susan Hayward - I Want to Live! as "Barbara Graham"

1959 Simone Signoret- Room at the Top as "Alice Aisgill"

1960 Elizabeth Taylor - BUtterfield 8 as "Gloria Wandrous"