My Best Actress Nominees - The 1940s

1940:
Bette Davis (The Letter)
Joan Fontaine (Rebecca)
Katharine Hepburn (The Philadelphia Story)
*Rosalind Russell (His Girl Friday)
Margaret Sullavan (The Shop Around the Corner)

1941:
Bette Davis (The Little Foxes)
Olivia de Havilland (Hold Bach the Dawn)
Wendy Hiller (Major Barbara)
Vivien Leigh (That Hamilton Woman)
*Barbara Stanwyck (The Lady Eve; Ball of Fire; Meet John Doe)

1942:
Ingrid Bergman (Casablanca)
*Bette Davis (Now, Voyager)
Katharine Hepburn (Woman of the Year)
Carole Lombard (To Be or Not to Be)
Ginger Rogers (The...