Best Actresses and Their Roles - 1959-1973 Quiz

Answer: Susan Hayward

Susan Hayward (1917-1975) was born in New York City, NY, U.S. She won this award at the age of 41 for her role in the film "I Want to Live!". Others nominated were Deborah Kerr ("Separate Tables"), Shirley MacLaine ("Some Came Running"), Rosalind Russell ("Auntie Mame") and Elizabeth Taylor ("Cat on a Hot Tin Roof").

Answer: Simone Signoret

Simone Signoret (1921-1985) was born in Wiesbaden, Germany. She won this award at the age of 39 for her role in the film "Room at the Top". Others nominated were Doris Day ("Pillow Talk"), Audrey Hepburn ("The Nun's Story") and Katharine Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor ("Suddenly, Last Summer").

Answer: Elizabeth Taylor (1st)

Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) was born in London, England. She won this award at the age of 29 for her role in the film "BUtterfield 8". Others nominated were Greer Garson ("Sunrise at Campobello"), Deborah Kerr ("The Sundowners"), Shirley MacLaine ("The Apartment") and Melina Mercouri ("Never on Sunday").

Answer: Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren was born in 1934, in Rome, Kingdom of Italy. She won this award at the age of 27 for her role in the film "Two Women". Others nominated were Audrey Hepburn ("Breakfast at Tiffany's"), Piper Laurie ("The Hustler"), Geraldine Page ("Summer and Smoke") and Natalie Wood ("Splendor in the Grass").

Answer: Anne Bancroft

Anne Bancroft (1931-2005) was born in New York City, NY, U.S. She won this award at the age of 31 for her role in the film "The Miracle Worker". Others nominated were Bette Davis ("What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"), Katharine Hepburn ("Long Day's Journey into Night"), Geraldine Page ("Sweet Bird of Youth") and Lee Remick ("Days of Wine and Roses").

Answer: Patricia Neal

Patricia Neal (1926-2010) was born in Packard, Kentucky, U.S. She won this award at the age of 38 for her role in the film "Hud". Others nominated were Leslie Caron ("The L-Shaped Room"), Shirley MacLaine ("Irma la Douce"), Rachel Roberts ("This Sporting Life") and Natalie Wood ("Love with the Proper Stranger").

Answer: Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews was born in 1935, in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England. She won this award at the age of 29 for her role in the film "Mary Poppins". Others nominated were Anne Bancroft ("The Pumpkin Eater"), Sophia Loren ("Marriage Italian Style"), Debbie Reynolds ("The Unsinkable Molly Brown") and Kim Stanley ("Séance on a Wet Afternoon").

Answer: Julie Christie

Julie Christie was born in 1940, in Chabua, Assam, British India. She won this award at the age of 26 for her role in the film "Darling". Others nominated were Julie Andrews ("The Sound of Music"), Samantha Eggar ("The Collector"), Elizabeth Hartman ("A Patch of Blue") and Simone Signoret ("Ship of Fools").

Answer: Elizabeth Taylor (2nd)

Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) was born in London, England. She won this award at the age of 35 for her role in the film "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". Others nominated were Anouk Aimée ("A Man and a Woman"), Ida Kamińska ("The Shop on Main Street"), Lynn Redgrave ("Georgy Girl") and Vanessa Redgrave ("Morgan!").

Answer: Katharine Hepburn (1st)

Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003) was born in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. She won this award at the age of 60 for her role in the film "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner". Others nominated were Anne Bancroft ("The Graduate"), Faye Dunaway ("Bonnie and Clyde"), Edith Evans ("The Whisperers") and Audrey Hepburn ("Wait Until Dark").

Answer: Katharine Hepburn (2nd), Barbra Streisand

Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003) was born in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. She won this award at the age of 61 for her role in the film "The Lion in Winter".

Barbra Streisand was born in 1942 in New York City, NY, U.S. She won this award at the age of 26 for her role in the film "Funny Girl".

Others nominated were Patricia Neal ("The Subject Was Roses"), Vanessa Redgrave ("Isadora"), and Joanne Woodward ("Rachel, Rachel").

Answer: Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith was born in 1934, in Ilford, Essex, England. She won this award at the age of 35 for her role in the film "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". Others nominated were Geneviève Bujold ("Anne of the Thousand Days"), Jane Fonda ("They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"), Liza Minnelli ("The Sterile Cuckoo") and Jean Simmons ("The Happy Ending").

Answer: Glenda Jackson

Glenda Jackson (1936-2023) was born in Birkenhead, England. She won this award at the age of 34 for her role in the film "Women in Love". Others nominated were Jane Alexander ("The Great White Hope"), Ali MacGraw ("Love Story"), Sarah Miles ("Ryan's Daughter") and Carrie Snodgress ("Diary of a Mad Housewife").

Answer: Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda was born in 1937, in New York City, NY, U.S. She won this award at the age of 34 for her role in the film "Klute". Others nominated were Julie Christie ("McCabe & Mrs. Miller"), Glenda Jackson ("Sunday Bloody Sunday"), Vanessa Redgrave ("Mary, Queen of Scots") and Janet Suzman ("Nicholas and Alexandra").

Answer: Liza Minnelli

Liza Minnelli was born in 1946, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. She won this award at the age of 27 for her role in the film "Cabaret". Others nominated were Diana Ross ("Lady Sings the Blues"), Maggie Smith ("Travels with My Aunt"), Cicely Tyson ("Sounder") and Liv Ullmann ("The Emigrants").