1969 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role Winner
![Funny Girl Barbra Streisand](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/funny-girl-william-wyler-image.jpg)
Funny Girl
Barbra Streisand
The life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld girl, subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein.
![The Lion in Winter Katharine Hepburn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-lion-in-winter-image.jpg)
The Lion in Winter
Katharine Hepburn
1183 A.D.: King Henry II’s three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won’t commit to a choice. They and his wife variously plot to force him.
1969 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role Nominees
![Isadora Vanessa Redgrave](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/isadora-karel-reisz-image.jpg)
Isadora
Vanessa Redgrave
![Rachel, Rachel Joanne Woodward](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rachel-rachel-paul-newman-image.jpg)
Rachel, Rachel
Joanne Woodward
![The Subject Was Roses Patricia Neal](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-subject-was-roses-ulu-grosbard-image.jpg)