1981 Maureen Stapleton - Reds as Emma Goldman

1982 Jessica Lange - Tootsie as "Julie Nichols"

1983 Linda Hunt - The Year of Living Dangerously as "Billy Kwan"

1984 Peggy Ashcroft - A Passage to India as "Mrs. Moore"

1985 Anjelica Huston - Prizzi's Honor as "Maerose Prizzi"

1986 Dianne Wiest - Hannah and Her Sisters as "Holly"

1987 Olympia Dukakis - Moonstruck as "Rose Castorini"

1988 Geena Davis - The Accidental Tourist as "Muriel Pritchett"

1989 Brenda Fricker - My Left Foot as "Mrs. Brown"

1990 Whoopi Goldberg - Ghost as "Oda Mae Brown"