Anne Bancroft, Agnes of God Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple Jessica Lange, Sweet Dreams * Geraldine Page, The Trip to Bountiful Meryl Streep, Out of Africa
The five Best Actress in a Lead Role were: Judy Davis, A Passage to India * Sally Field, Places in the Heart Jessica Lange, Country Vanessa Redgrave, The Bostonians Sissy Spacek, The River
The nominees: Julie Andrews ("The Sound of Music"), Julie Christie ("Darling"), Samantha Eggar ("The Collector"), Elizabeth Hartman ("A Patch of Blue") and Simone Signoret ("Ship of Fools"). The award went to Julie Christie for "Darling," but it didn't hurt that she also made an indelible impression that year in "Doctor Zhivago".
* Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Diahann Carroll, Claudine Faye Dunaway, Chinatown Valerie Perrine, Lenny Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence
Geena Davis, Thelma and Louise Laura Dern, Rambling Rose * Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs Bette Midler, For the Boys Susan Sarandon, Thelma and Louise
The 1965 Oscar nominees for Best Actress were: Julie Christie (winner) Julie Andrews Samantha Eggar Elizabeth Hartman Simone Signoret
The Oscar nominees for Best Actress of 1977 were: Diane Keaton (winner) Anne Bancroft Jane Fonda Shirley MacLaine Marsha Mason
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1985 was awarded to Anjelica Huston. She won for her role as Maerose Prizzi in the film "Prizzi's Honor".
Anjelica Huston won the 1985 Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in "Prizzi's Honor."
The winner of the 2007 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress was Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006).
Lila Kedrova won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1964.
Shirley Jones won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1960.
Anne Revere won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1945.
Margaret Rutherford won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1963.
Anjelica Huston won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1985.
Peggy Ashcroft won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture in 1985 for A Passage To India.
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress of 1989 went to Ireland's Brenda Fricker for her performance in "My Left Foot."
She won Best Supporting Actress for The Accidental Tourist (1988).
No, Moonstruck is not the only movie to win both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. That feat has been accomplished seven (7) times. The following films also won both the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories.Gone with the Wind 1939Actress (Vivien Leigh-won);Supporting Actress (Hattie McDaniel-won)Mrs. Miniver 1942Actress (Greer Garson-won);Supporting Actress (Teresa Wright-won)A Streetcar Named Desire 1951Actress (Vivien Leigh-won);Supporting Actress (Kim Hunter-won)Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966Actress (Elizabeth Taylor-won);Supporting Actress (Sandy Dennis-won)Network 1976Actress (Faye Dunaway-won);Supporting Actress (Beatrice Straight-won)Moonstruck 1987Actress (Cher-won);Supporting Actress (Olympia Dukakis-won)Shakespeare in Love 1998Actress (Gwyneth Paltrow-won);Supporting Actress (Judi Dench-won)
The winner of the 2007 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress was Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006).
Shirley Jones won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1960.
Angelina Jolie won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1999.
Beatrice Straight won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1976.
Cate Blanchett won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 2004.
Celeste Holm won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1947.
Claire Trevor won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1948.