The film, which premiered in Los Angeles at the Carthay Circle Theatre, was the first musical film in history for which one of its cast members won an Academy Award-Luise Rainer received the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Ziegfeld's first wife, Anna Held.

She also won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress for both Anna Karenina ( 1935 ) and Camille ( 1936 ).

Garbo was nominated four times for an Academy Award for Best Actress, including twice in 1930, for Anna Christie and Romance.

She twice received the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress for Anna Karenina, 1935, and Camille, 1936.

* Berlin Film Festival: Silver Bear for Best Actress ( Anna Magnani )

** Best Actress in a Leading Role ( Anna Magnani )

* Anna Silk, Actress

Katharine Hepburn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress but lost to Anna Magnani in The Rose Tattoo.

She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1987 for Anna, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama.

The 1936 Best Picture winner was The Great Ziegfeld, starring William Powell as the master showman and co-starring Myrna Loy ( as Ziegfeld's second wife Billie Burke ), Luise Rainer ( as Anna Held, which won her an Academy Award for Best Actress ), and Frank Morgan.

Maria Margarethe Anna Schell ( 15 January 1926, Vienna – 26 April 2005, Preitenegg, Carinthia, Austria ) was an Austrian / Swiss actress, who won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival in 1956 for Gervaise.

In 1936, MGM filmed a sanitized biopic of Florenz Ziegfeld ( The Great Ziegfeld ), a film that won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actress ( Luise Rainer as Ziegfeld's common-law wife, Anna Held ).

Actress Ellen Burstyn recalled that evening: Late in the evening, I wandered into the greenroom and saw Lee sitting next to Anna, watching the taping on the monitor.

She was nominated for a second Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Anna and the King of Siam ( 1946 ) but by the end of the decade her film appearances were fewer.

She received a second Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her role as the King's principal wife in Anna and the King of Siam in 1946.

Prominent supporters include Nelson Mandela, FIFA, the Dalai Lama, Kakha Kaladze, Andriy Shevchenko, Anna Netrebko, Vincent Kompany, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Cesc Fàbregas, Argentine footballer Javier Zanetti, Belgian tennis player Kim Clijsters, French writer & actress Anny Dupérey, Sarah, Duchess of York, English Child Actress Georgie Henley, Princess Salimah Aga Khan, Cher, Mike Holmes, June Carter Cash, and Johnny Cash whose memorial fund is towards the work of SOS Children's Villages worldwide.

Actress Anna Paquin plays the role of Irena.

Irving received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film Yentl, Golden Globe nominations for her performances in the films Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna and Crossing Delancey, and an Obie Award for her stage performance in The Road to Mecca.

Notable members of the Committee include Chairpersons Nick Jonas, Jordin Sparks and Austin Dillon, as well as other famous, non-chairpersons including Actress Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, Olympic Bronze Medalist Bryon Wilson, Olympian and X-Games medalist Hannah Teter, and Recording Artist Jordan Pruitt.

She was twice nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress ; for her portrayals of Anne Onedin and Anna Strauss.

Rubin-Vega has two Tony Award nominations to her credit: one for her role in Rent as Best Actress in a Musical, and the other for her performance as Conchita in Anna in the Tropics ( 2003 ), as Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play.

In 1957, she won the Deutscher Filmpreis for Best Actress for her portrayal of Anna Anderson in The Story of Anastasia, called Is Anna Anderson Anastasia?

For example, Lon Chaney Sr .’ s son Creighton spent a number of years appearing in minor roles before renaming himself Lon Chaney Jr. Actress Rebecca Isabelle Laemmle rechristened herself Carla Laemmle in reference to her uncle, Universal Studios head Carl Laemmle.

* Marilyn Monroe – Actress ( Briefly spent a few years of her youth in Van Nuys while living with her aunt )

Actress Lucille Ball, who portrayed the character, was born in Jamestown and spent most of her childhood in Celoron, both communities that are adjacent to West Jamestown.

* Actress Calista Flockhart spent part of her childhood in Norwich

Actress Claudette Colbert spent six months annually in Speightstown after her retirement.

Actress Victoria Morsell spent months in front of a bluescreen filming the hundreds of actions players could direct her character to perform.

Actress / comedienne Thelma Todd, who died mysteriously in December 1935, spent an evening at the Trocadero at a party thrown by Ida Lupino and her father Stanley.

Gee studied at the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art where she won the Spotlight Award for Best Actress ; she then spent six months in repertory playing Priestly, Shaw, Shakespeare, Feydeau and Orton.

Actress Isabelle Huppert spent her childhood in Ville-d ' Avray.

It was nominated for several awards, including two Golden Globes for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture-Comedy / Musical for Sandra Bullock and Best Original Song-Motion Picture for Bosson's " One in a Million ".

Actress Teri Hatcher was a 49ers cheerleader at the time, she can be seen on several close ups during the game.

Actress Lucy Lawless has been quoted in several interviews saying she would be interested in participating in a Xena film as well.

She sparked the interest of Steven Spielberg, who offered her several parts including a role in Jurassic Park which she declined, choosing instead to join Krzysztof Kieślowski on the set of Three Colors: Blue ( 1993 ), a performance for which she won the Venice Film Festival Award for Best Actress and a César.

By the early 1990s Weaver appeared in several films including Ang Lee's The Ice Storm, earning her another Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress and winning a BAFTA Award, followed by Dave opposite Kevin Kline and Frank Langella.

She won several awards for her performance, including the Golden Globe Award, the Screen Actors Guild, the BAFTA and the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role.

It was also nominated for several Academy Awards including Best Actor in a Leading Role ( Michael Caine ), Best Actress in a Supporting Role ( Vivien Merchant ), Best Song ( Burt Bacharach and Hal David for " Alfie ") ( a UK hit record for Cilla Black, but performed by Millicent Martin in the original UK release and Cher in the American print of the movie ), Best Picture and Best Writing ( Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium ).

Gainsbourg has also appeared in many films, including several directed by Lars von Trier, and has received both a César Award and the Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award.

The film was also nominated for several 1978 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, including Best Film, Best Direction, Best Actress ( for Jill Clayburgh ) and Best Supporting Actress ( for Lisa Lucas ).

Nicholson is known for its " Daisy Festival " and several famous residents, including singer Kenny Rogers and Actress Tammy Luthi Retzlaff.

She received a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Primetime Emmy Award in 1978 and several more award nominations for playing the character.

* Sissy Spacek, winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress, and most notably known for playing Carrie White in Carrie, country star Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter and for several other film including In the Bedroom, Crimes of the Heart, Badlands and The Help.

Welch presented at the Academy Award ceremony several times during the 1970s due to her popularity, and accepted the Best Supporting Actress Oscar on behalf of fellow actress Goldie Hawn when she couldn't be there to accept it.

She also appeared in several radio and TV soap operas, most notably as Nola Madison on TV's The Edge of Night, for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in 1980 as Best Actress.

She also appeared in several films, including the romantic drama Brief Encounter ( 1945 ), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

The New York Times praised her performance, for which she won several awards, including the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play ( her fifth Tony, tying her with Julie Harris, although all of Harris's wins were as Best Actress ).< ref >

The film received seven Academy Award nominations winning a Best Actress Oscar for Spacek and a slew of other top honors, including a gold album for the soundtrack album, a Grammy nomination for Spacek's singing as Lynn, a Country Music Association & Academy of Country Music awards plus several Golden Globe awards.

In the 1950s, Wright appeared in several unsuccessful films, including The Capture ( 1950 ), Something to Live For ( 1952 ), California Conquest ( 1952 ), The Steel Trap ( 1952 ), Count the Hours ( 1953 ), The Actress ( 1953 ), and Track of the Cat ( 1954 ) opposite Robert Mitchum again.

Cheung felt In the Mood for Love was the high point of her career, and she has worked much more infrequently since, starring in several films soon after but within four years, all but retired from acting, despite winning a Best Actress Award at Cannes for 2004's Clean.

She came to prominence in 2001 after winning a Golden Globe and receiving several nominations, including a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her role in Almost Famous.

In 2001, Tomei appeared in Todd Field's Best Picture nominee In the Bedroom opposite Sissy Spacek and Tom Wilkinson, earning several awards including a ShoWest Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2002.

McDonald won several Logie Awards as Best Actress for playing Dorrie, and a Gold Logie for Australia's most popular female personality in 1974.

Jackson is a three-time Emmy Award nominee in the Best Actress category, has been nominated for several Golden Globe Awards, and has won the titles of Favorite Television Actress in England, and Favorite Television Star in Germany — several times — for her work in the television series Scarecrow and Mrs. King.