# The Best Actress Oscar winners of the 1970s

The actresses who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for films from 1970 to 1979; Glenda Jackson and Jane Fonda won twice.

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- Mar 26, 2026 · Héloïse Robin
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## Top 10

1. **Glenda Jackson — Women in Love** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 1970 film. Gudrun Brangwen, from D. H. Lawrence.
2. **Jane Fonda — Klute** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 1971 film. A threatened New York call girl.
3. **Liza Minnelli — Cabaret** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1972 film. Sally Bowles in 1931 Berlin.
4. **Ellen Burstyn — Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1974 film by Martin Scorsese. A widow who wants to be a singer.
5. **Louise Fletcher — One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1975 film. Nurse Ratched.
6. **Faye Dunaway — Network** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1976 film. A ruthless TV programming executive.
7. **Jane Fonda — Coming Home** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1978 film. An officer's wife and a Vietnam veteran; her second Oscar.
8. **Sally Field — Norma Rae** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1979 film. A textile worker and union organiser.
9. **Glenda Jackson — A Touch of Class** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1973 film. An adultery comedy; her second Oscar.
10. **Diane Keaton — Annie Hall** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1977 film by Woody Allen.

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