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In addition to adding a new Best Supporting Actor category in 1936, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences created a similar for actresses. The first winner was Gale Sondergaard for her role in the film Anthony Adverse. Only two actresses have won this award twice: Shelley Winters was selected for her roles in the 1959 film The Diary of Anne Frank and the 1965 movie A Patch of Blue; and Dianne Wiest has been honored twice, for the 1986 film Hannah and Her Sisters, and 1994's Bullets Over Broadway. The actress with the most nominations never to win the award was Thelma Ritter, who went home empty handed six times. Glenn Close was the only actress nominated in three consecutive years, and she also did not win the trophy. The 3 youngest acting award winners all won this award: Patty Duke in 1962 for The Miracle Worker, Tatum O'Neal in 1973 for Paper Moon, and Anna Paquin in 1993 for The Piano, all under the age of 17. Tilda Swinton won for the 2007 film Michael Clayton. The most recent winner was Penelope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
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- 1st winner: Gale Sondergaard, 1936
- Oldest Winner: Peggy Ashcroft in 1984 for A Passage to India at age 77
- Oldest Nominee: Gloria Stuart in 1997 for Titanic at age 87
- Youngest Winner & Nominee: Tatum O'Neal in 1973 for Pape Moon at age 10
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List of Previous Best Supporting Actress Winners
Best Supporting Actress Year Winner Film Role 2008 Penelope Cruz Vicky Cristina Barcelona Maria Elena 2007 Tilda Swinton Michael Clayton Karen Crowder 2006 Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls Effie White 2005 Rachel Weisz The Constant Gardener Tessa Quayle 2004 Cate Blanchett The Aviator Katharine Hepburn 2003 Renee Zellweger Cold Mountain Ruby Thewes 2002 Catherine Zeta-Jones Chicago Velma Kelly 2001 Jennifer Connelly A Beautiful Mind Alicia Nash 2000 Marcia Gay Harden Pollock Lee Krasner 1999 Angelina Jolie Girl, Interrupted Lisa Rowe 1998 Judi Dench Shakespeare in Love Queen Elizabeth I 1997 Kim Basinger L.A. Confidential Lynn Bracken 1996 Juliette Binoche The English Patient Hana 1995 Mira Sorvino Mighty Aphrodite Linda 1994 Dianne Wiest Bullets over Broadway Helen Sinclair 1993 Anna Paquin The Piano Flora 1992 Marisa Tomei My Cousin Vinny Mona Lisa Vito 1991 Mercedes Ruehl The Fisher King Anne 1990 Whoopi Goldberg Ghost Oda Mae Brown 1989 Brenda Fricker My Left Foot Mrs. Brown 1988 Geena Davis The Accidental Tourist Muriel 1987 Olympia Dukakis Moonstruck Rose Castorini 1986 Dianne Wiest Hannah and Her Sisters Holly 1985 Anjelica Huston Prizzi's Honor Macrose Prizzi 1984 Peggy Ashcroft A Passage to India Mrs. Moore 1983 Linda Hunt The Year of Living Dangerously Billy Kwan 1982 Jessica Lange Tootsie Julie Nichols 1981 Maureen Stapleton Reds Emma Goldman 1980 Mary Steenburgen Melvin and Howard Lynda Dummar 1979 Meryl Streep Kramer vs. Kramer Joanna Kramer 1978 Maggie Smith California Suite Diana Barrie 1977 Vanessa Redgrave Julia Julia 1976 Beatrice Straight Network Louise Schumacher 1975 Lee Grant Shampoo Felicia Carr 1974 Ingrid Bergman Murder on the Orient Express Greta Ohlsson 1973 Tatum O'Neal Paper Moon Addie Loggins 1972 Eileen Heckart Butterflies Are Free Mrs. Baker 1971 Cloris Leachman The Last Picture Show Ruth Popper 1970 Helen Hayes Airport Ada Quonsett 1969 Goldie Hawn Catcus Flower Toni Simmons 1968 Ruth Gordon Rosemary's Baby Minnie Castevet 1967 Estelle Parsons Bonnie and Clyde Blanche Barrow 1966 Sandy Dennis Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Honey 1965 Shelley Winters A Patch of Blue Rose-Ann D'Arcey 1964 Lila Kedrova Zorba the Greek Madame Hortense 1963 Margaret Rutherford The V.I.P.s Dutchess of Brighton 1962 Patty Duke The Miracle Worker Helen Keller 1961 Rita Moreno West Side Story Anita 1960 Shirley Jones Elmer Gantry Lulu Baines 1959 Shelley Winters The Diary of Anne Frank Mrs. Van Daan 1958 Wendy Hiller Separate Tables Pat Cooper 1957 Miyoshi Umeki Sayonara Katsumi 1956 Dorothy malone Written on the Wind Marylee Hadley 1955 Jo Van Fleet East of Eden Kate 1954 Eva Marie Saint On the Waterfront Eddie Doyle 1953 Donna Reed From Here to Eternity Lorene/Alma 1952 Gloria Grahame The Bad and the Beautiful Rosemary Bartlow 1951 Kim Hunter A Streetcar Named Desire Stella Kowalski 1950 Josephine Hull Harvey Veta Louise Simmons 1949 Mercedes McCambridge Allthe King's Men Sadie Burke 1948 Claire Trevor Key Largo Gaye 1947 Celeste Holm Gentleman's Agreement Anne 1946 Anne Baxter The Razor's Edge Sophie MacDonald 1945 Anne Revere National Velvet Mrs. Brown 1944 Ethel Barrymore None but the Lonely Heart Ma Mott 1943 Katina Paxinou For Whom the Bell Tolls Pilar 1942 Teresa Wright Mrs. Miniver Carol Beldon 1941 Mary Astor The Great Lie Sandra Kovak 1940 Jane Darwell The Grapes of Wrath Ma Joad 1939 Hattie McDaniel Gone with the Wind Mammy 1938 Fay Bainter Jezebel Aunt Belle Massey 1937 Alice Brady In Old Chicago Molly O'Leary 1936 Gale Sondergaard Anthony Adverse Faith Paleologue
