And the Winner for Best Actress is ...

February 4, 2020 | SuzyQ

This weekend, the Oscar for Best Actress will be presented to one of the following nominees: Cynthia Erivo, Scarlett Johansson, Saoirse Ronan, Charlize Theron, or Renee Zellweger. Read about some of the past winners with these biographies from the Library's collection.

I know where I'm going : Katharine Hepburn, a personal biography by Charlotte Chandler

Morning Glory, 1933.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, 1967.

The Lion in Winter, 1968.

On Golden Pond, 1981.

 

In pieces : a memoir by Sally Field

Norma Rae, 1979.

Places in the Heart, 1984.

Her again : becoming Meryl Streep by Michael Schulman

Sophie's Choice, 1982.

The Iron Lady, 2011.

High society : the life of Grace Kelly by 1941- Donald Spoto

The Country Girl, 1954.

Audrey Hepburn by Barry Paris

Roman Holiday, 1953.

My extraordinary ordinary life by Sissy Spacek

Coal Miner's Daughter, 1980.

My life so far by 1937- Jane Fonda

Klute, 1971.

Coming Home, 1978.

Then again by Diane Keaton

Annie Hall, 1977.

Home work : a memoir of my Hollywood years by Julie Andrews

Mary Poppins, 1964.

Possessed : the life of Joan Crawford by 1941- Donald Spoto

Mildred Pierce, 1945.

Pickford : the woman who made Hollywood by 1951- Eileen Whitfield

Coquette, 1929.

Dark victory : the life of Bette Davis by Ed Sikov

Dangerous, 1935.

Jezebel, 1938.

Notorious : the life of Ingrid Bergman by 1941- Donald Spoto

Gaslight, 1944.

Anastasia, 1956.

Elizabeth by J. Randy Taraborrelli

Butterfield 8, 1960.

As I am : an autobiography by 1926-2010 Patricia Neal

Hud, 1963.

Yesterday, today, tomorrow : my life by 1934- Sophia Loren

Two Women, 1961.

Maggie Smith : a biography by 1948- Michael Coveney

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 1969.

Ginger : my story by 1911-1995 Ginger Rogers

Kitty Foyle, 1940.

Streisand : a biography by 1927- Anne Edwards

Funny Girl, 1968.

Vivien Leigh by Hugo Vickers

Gone With the Wind, 1939.