1970 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role Winner and Nominees

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Maggie Smith

A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12 year old charges with her over-romanticized world view.

Anne of the Thousand Days

Geneviève Bujold

The Happy Ending

Jean Simmons

The Sterile Cuckoo

Liza Minnelli

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?

Jane Fonda