1961, a great year for actresses

alphabetically by actress:

Lola Albright as Iris Hartford, “A Cold Wind in August”

Harriet Andersson as Karin, “Through a Glass Darkly”

Carroll Baker as Mary Ann Robinson, “Something Wild”

Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil and Diana Sands as Ruth, Lena and Beneatha Younger, “A Raisin in the Sun”

Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”

Deborah Kerr as Miss Giddens, “The Innocents”

Piper Laurie as Sarah Packard, “The Hustler”

Vivien Leign as Karen Stone, “The Roman Spring of Mrs....