Bette Davis, among the finest actresses of all time, was nominated for the Academy Award for Greatest Actress 11 occasions in her profession. Some persnickety Oscar historians may say that she was nominated solely 10 occasions, although, as her nomination for 1934’s “Of Human Bondage” was one in all the only a few write-in votes ever permitted by the Academy. Data present that Davis, though not formally nominated by the Academy, nonetheless got here in third that yr.
Davis solely received two Oscars, nevertheless. The primary was for her efficiency in “Harmful” in 1935 and the second was for taking part in a Scartett O’Hara-like function in “Jezebel” in 1938. Her efficiency in “Jezebel,” Hollywood would ultimately be taught, was the primary in a streak of nominations that may final for 5 straight years. In 1939, Davis was nominated for her efficiency in “Darkish Victory.” 1940 would see her nominated for “The Letter.” In 1941, it was for “The Little Foxes,” and in 1942, it was for “Now, Voyager.”
In 1942, Davis (understandably) misplaced Greatest Actress to Greer Garson, star of William Wyler’s Greatest Image winner “Mrs. Miniver.”
That win, nevertheless, marked a parallel Oscars scorching streak that Garson was, herself, additionally rocketing by. In 1941, Garson acquired a Greatest Actress nomination for “Blossoms within the Mud,” after which, in 1943, Garson performed the lead in “Marie Curie,” getting one other nom. In 1944, Garson was acknowledged for her efficiency in “Mrs. Parkington,” and at last, in 1945, Garson acquired her fifth annual Greatest Actress nomination for “The Valley of Determination.”
General, Garson acquired seven Greatest Actress nominations in her profession. No performers past Davis and Garson have been nominated for Greatest Actress 5 years in a row. They had been among the many greatest appearing powerhouses of their technology.