Oscar 1937: Nominees (Female)
Best Actress:
Tears rather than laughs dominated the Best Actress race:’
Luise Rainer, The Good Earth (winner)
Dunne, Irene, The Awful Truth (only comedy)
Garbo, Camille
Gaynor, Janet, A Star Is Birn
Stanwyck, Barbara, Stella Dallas
All 4 played victimized, suffering women
Best Supporting Actress
Alice Brady, In Old Chicago
Andrea Leeds, Stage Door
Anne Shirley, Stella Dallas
Claire Trevor, Dead End
Dame May Whitty, Night Must Fall