6 Best Oscar Best Actress Winners of the 1960s

By Vlad Zakh · June 21, 2026

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The Academy Award for Best Actress in the 1960s crowned a decade of magnetic, boundary-pushing leading performances.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) 01

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)

IMDb ★ 7.3

An unconventional Edinburgh schoolteacher exerts a dangerous influence over her impressionable young students.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) 02

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

IMDb ★ 7.5

A progressive couple's values are tested when their daughter brings home her Black fiancé to meet them.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 03

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

IMDb ★ 8.1

A bitter, alcohol-fueled late-night gathering exposes the toxic dynamics of a long, unhappy marriage.

Darling (1965) 04

Darling (1965)

IMDb ★ 6.9

An ambitious young model's rise through London's fashionable society leaves a trail of broken relationships.

Mary Poppins (1964) 05

Mary Poppins (1964)

IMDb ★ 7.6

A magical nanny transforms the lives of a stuffy London banker's neglected children through whimsical adventures.

Two Women (1960) 06

Two Women (1960)

IMDb ★ 7.7

A mother and her teenage daughter endure the brutal hardships of war-torn Italy while fleeing to safety.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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