Oscar Nominee:
Cathy Burns, Last Summer
Dyan Cannon, Bob & Carol &Ted & Alice
Goldie Hawn, Cactus Flower
Sylvia Miles, Midnight Cowboy
Susannah York, They Shoot Horses, Don't They
Oscar Context
Goldie Hawn also won the Golden Globes for Supporting Actress, but other groups voted different actresses. Sian Phillips won the National Society of Film Critics Award for “Goodbye Mr. Chips,” Dyan Cannon the N.Y. Film Critics Circle for “Bob & Carol &Ted & Alice,” Pamela Franklin the National Board of Review for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,” and Celia Johnson won the British Academy Award, also for ” The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.”