1961 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role Winner
![BUtterfield 8 Elizabeth Taylor](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/butterfield-8-daniel-mann-image.jpg)
BUtterfield 8
Elizabeth Taylor
A Manhattan call girl has a tragic affair with a rich married man.
1961 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role Nominees
![Never on Sunday Melina Mercouri](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/never-on-sunday-jules-dassin-image.jpg)
Never on Sunday
Melina Mercouri
![Sunrise at Campobello Greer Garson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sunrise-at-campobello-vincent-j.-donehue-image.jpg)
Sunrise at Campobello
Greer Garson
![The Apartment Shirley MacLaine](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-apartment-billy-wilder-image.jpg)
The Apartment
Shirley MacLaine
![The Sundowners Deborah Kerr](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-sundowners-fred-zinnemann-image.jpg)