1948 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role Winner and Nominees

The Farmer’s Daughter

Loretta Young

After leaving her family’s farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.

Gentleman’s Agreement

Dorothy McGuire

Mourning Becomes Electra

Rosalind Russell

Possessed

Joan Crawford

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

Susan Hayward