The greatest female performances of the '40s

alphabetically and chronologically by actress:

Judith Anderson (Rebecca)
Jean Arthur (The More the Merrier)
Mary Astor (The Palm Beach Story)
Laureen Bacall (To Have and Have Not)
Tallulah Bankhead (Lifeboat)
Joan Bennett (Scarlet Street)
Ingrid Bergman (Casablanca)
Ingrid Bergman (Gaslight)
Ingrid Bergman (Notorious)
Joan Blondell (Nightmare Alley)
Kathleen Byron (Black Narcissus)
María Casares (Les dames du Bois de Boulogne)
Valentina Cortese (Thieves’ Highway)
Joan Crawford (Mildred Pierce)
Peggy Cummins (Gun Crazy)
Jane Darwell (The...