The greatest female performances of the '70s

By: jsaez

alphabetically and chronologically by actress:

Isabelle Adjani (The Story of Adele H.)
Harriet Andersson (Cries & Whispers)
Ingrid Bergman (Autumn Sonata)
Florinda Bolkan (A Brief Vacation)
Ellen Burstyn (The Last Picture Show)
Ellen Burstyn (Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore)
Margit Carstensen (The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant)
Margit Carstensen (Martha)
Julie Christie (McCabe & Mrs. Miller)
Jill Clayburgh (An Unmarried Woman)
Valentina Cortese (Day for Night)
Judy Davis (My Brilliant Career)
Catherine Deneuve (Tristana)
Shelley Duvall (3 Women)
Sally Field (Norma Rae)
Jane Fonda (Klute)
Jane Fonda (Julia)
Jane Fonda (Coming Home)
Jodie Foster (Taxi Driver)
Ruth Gordon (Harold and Maude)
Glenda Jackson (Sunday Bloody Sunday)
Glenda Jackson (The Maids)
Glenda Jackson (Stevie)
Diane Keaton (Annie Hall)
Cloris Leachman (The Last Picture Show)
Barbara Loden (Wanda)
Liza Minnelli (Cabaret)
Brigitte Mira (Ali – Fear Eats the Soul)
Vanessa Redgrave (Julia)
Diana Ross (Lady Sings the Blues)
Gena Rowlands (A Woman Under the Influence)
Gena Rowlands (Opening Night)
Hanna Schygulla (The Marriage of Maria Braun)
Delphine Seyrig (Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles)
Sissy Spacek (Carrie)
Sissy Spacek (3 Women)
Maureen Stapleton (Interiors)
Barbra Streisand (The Way We Were)
Lily Tomlin (Nashville)
Cicely Tyson (Sounder)
Liv Ullmann (Scenes From a Marriage)
Liv Ullmann (Face to Face)
Mona Washbourne (Stevie)