Re: 1948-1957 Best Supporting Actress Winners
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2021 10:29 pm
Walter Brennan won 3 Oscars in the supporting category but if anyone back then deserved 3 Oscars it was Thelma Ritter. For All About Eve (1950), The Mating Season (1951) and Pickup on South Street (1953).
1948
Claire Trevor hands down and my vote for the best of this bunch.
1949
Of the nominated ladies I prefer Ethel Waters. And I agree with Magilla that Elizabeth Patterson should have won if nominated.
1950
Ritter
1951
Ritter
1952
Grahame's win was absurd. She hardly did anything in The Bad and the Beautiful. Maybe it was her over exposure that year which won it for her. She was also in Macao, The Greatest Show on Earth and Sudden Fear.
1953
I love Donna Reed's heart breaking performance in From Here to Eternity. But Ritter was also memorable.
1954
Eva Marie Saint deserved to win.
1955
Jo Van Fleet easily the best of the nominees and deserved to win. I find Rosalind Russell too strident and over-the-top in Picnic. Even if she had been nominated I doubt she could have defeated Van Fleet as the tough prostitute.
1956
Malone was flamboyant and fun and easily the best of the nominees. Yes Helen Hayes would have easily won if nominated for Anastasia.
1957
Umeki's win is a headscratcher. Elsa Lanchester should have won.
In order of preference: Trevor, Van Fleet, Reed, Saint & Malone.
1948
Claire Trevor hands down and my vote for the best of this bunch.
1949
Of the nominated ladies I prefer Ethel Waters. And I agree with Magilla that Elizabeth Patterson should have won if nominated.
1950
Ritter
1951
Ritter
1952
Grahame's win was absurd. She hardly did anything in The Bad and the Beautiful. Maybe it was her over exposure that year which won it for her. She was also in Macao, The Greatest Show on Earth and Sudden Fear.
1953
I love Donna Reed's heart breaking performance in From Here to Eternity. But Ritter was also memorable.
1954
Eva Marie Saint deserved to win.
1955
Jo Van Fleet easily the best of the nominees and deserved to win. I find Rosalind Russell too strident and over-the-top in Picnic. Even if she had been nominated I doubt she could have defeated Van Fleet as the tough prostitute.
1956
Malone was flamboyant and fun and easily the best of the nominees. Yes Helen Hayes would have easily won if nominated for Anastasia.
1957
Umeki's win is a headscratcher. Elsa Lanchester should have won.
In order of preference: Trevor, Van Fleet, Reed, Saint & Malone.