my choices for best actress (1924-2017)

1924: ZaSu Pitts (Greed)
1925: May McAvoy (Lady Windermere’s Fan)
1926: Lillian Gish (The Scarlet Letter)
1927: Janet Gaynor (Sunrise; 7th Heaven)
1928: Maria Falconetti (The Passion of Joan of Arc)
1929: Louise Brooks (Pandora’s Box; Diary of a Lost Girl)
1930: Marlene Dietrich (Morocco; The Blue Angel)
1931: Barbara Stanwyck (The Miracle Woman; Night Nurse)
1932: Joan Crawford (Rain; Grand Hotel)
1933: Greta Garbo (Queen Christina)
1934: Bette Davis (Of Human Bondage)
1935: Katharine Hepbrun (Alice Adams; Sylvia Scarlett)
1936: Greta Garbo (Camille)