Best Actress: 1930s

1930: Marlene Dietrich, Morocco

Oscar winner: Norma Shearer, The Divorcee ('29/'30)
Was she nominated?: Yes (nominated in '30/'31)

1931: Virginia Cherrill, City Lights

Oscar winner: Marie Dressler, Min and Bill ('30/'31)
Was she nominated?: No

1932: Greta Garbo, Grand Hotel

Oscar winner: Helen Hayes, The Sin of Madelon Claudet ('31/'32)
Was she nominated?: No

1933: Katharine Hepburn, Morning Glory

Oscar winner: Katharine Hepburn, Morning Glory ('32/'33)

1934: Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night

Oscar winner: Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night

1935: Katharine Hepburn, Alice Adams

Oscar winner: Bette Davis, Dangerous
Was she nominated?: Yes

1936: Carole Lombard, My Man Godfrey

Oscar winner: Luise Rainer, The Great Ziegfeld
Was she nominated?: Yes

1937: Irene Dunne, The Awful Truth

Oscar winner: Luise Rainer, The Good Earth
Was she nominated?: Yes

1938: Katharine Hepburn, Bringing Up Baby

Oscar winner: Bette Davis, Jezebel
Was she nominated?: No

1939: Vivien Leigh, Gone with the Wind

Oscar winner: Vivien Leigh, Gone with the Wind

Updated: 6/25/12