VOTE: OCTOBER's Supporting Actress Sundays!

Continuing a tradition that began in 2007, when an accident of timing permitted me to profile Judith Anderson's performance in Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca on Halloween week, I'll be devoting October's Supporting Actress Sundays to the variously monstrous, haunting and thrilling performances nominated in the category (they're the ones with the underlines). So, in anticipation of October thrills, I ask...

What year deserves the focus
for OCTOBER'S month of
Supporting Actress Sundays?

1937: Alice Brady in In Old Chicago, Andrea Leeds in Stage Door, Anne Shirley in Stella Dallas, Claire Trevor in Dead End, May Whitty in Night Must Fall.
1946: Ethel Barrymore in The Spiral Staircase, Anne Baxter in The Razor's Edge, Lillian Gish in Duel in the Sun, Flora Robson in Saratoga Trunk, Gale Sondergaard in Anna and the King of Siam.
1956: Mildred Dunnock in Baby Doll, Eileen Heckart in The Bad Seed, Dorothy Malone in Written on the Wind, Mercedes McCambridge in Giant, Patty McCormack in The Bad Seed.
1960: Glynis Johns in The Sundowners, Shirley Jones in Elmer Gantry, Shirley Knight in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Janet Leigh in Psycho, Mary Ure in Sons and Lovers.
1964: Gladys Cooper in My Fair Lady, Edith Evans in The Chalk Garden, Grayson Hall in The Night of the Iguana, Lila Kedrova in Zorba the Greek, Agnes Moorehead in Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte.
1968: Lynn Carlin in Faces, Ruth Gordon in Rosemary's Baby, Sondra Locke in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Kay Medford in Funny Girl, Estelle Parsons in Rachel, Rachel.
1973: Linda Blair in The Exorcist, Candy Clark in American Graffiti, Madeline Kahn in Paper Moon, Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon, Sylvia Sidney in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams.
1987: Norma Aleandro in Gaby - A True Story, Anne Archer in Fatal Attraction, Olympia Dukakis in Moonstruck, Anne Ramsey in Throw Momma From the Train, Ann Sothern in The Whales of August.

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VOTE: SEPTEMBER's Supporting Actress Sundays!

As you may have noticed, lovely reader, Supporting Actress Sundays has been experiencing a case of the summer blues. But this month, I'll do what I can to kick it back into gear. So, I offer y'all this chance to pick a roster for September's month of Supporting Actress Sundays. I've stacked the voting roster with years that each have at least one film I have never seen and which have found myself wondering about in the last month or two. (I'll let you guess which titles I'm thinking of.) I've also intentionally dodged those years which include the variously haunting and thrilling nominated performances that we'll consider for for the StinkyLulu October tradition of "scary" Supporting Actressness an annual StinkyLulu/Halloween tradition. But, for now, in anticipation of a delightful autumnal bloom, I ask...

What year deserves the focus
for SEPTEMBER'S month of
Supporting Actress Sundays?

1938: Fay Bainter in Jezebel, Beulah Bondi in Of Human Hearts, Billie Burke in Merrily We Live, Spring Byington in You Can't Take it With You, Miliza Korjus in The Great Waltz.
1947: Ethel Barrymore in The Paradine Case, Gloria Grahame in Crossfire, Celeste Holm in Gentleman's Agreement, Marjorie Main in The Egg and I, Anne Revere in Gentleman's Agreement.
1952: Gloria Grahame in The Bad and the Beautiful, Jean Hagen in Singin' In The Rain, Colette Marchand in Moulin Rouge, Terry Moore in Come Back, Little Sheba, Thelma Ritter in With a Song in My Heart.
1965: Ruth Gordon in Inside Daisy Clover, Joyce Redman in Othello, Maggie Smith in Othello, Shelley Winters in A Patch of Blue, Peggy Wood in The Sound of Music.
1977: Leslie Browne in The Turning Point, Quinn Cummings in The Goodbye Girl, Melinda Dillon in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Vanessa Redgrave in Julia, Tuesday Weld in Looking for Mr. Goodbar.
1981: Melinda Dillon in Absence of Malice, Jane Fonda in On Golden Pond, Joan Hackett in Only When I Laugh, Elizabeth McGovern in Ragtime, Maureen Stapleton in Reds.
1993: Holly Hunter in The Firm, Anna Paquin in The Piano, Rosie Perez in Fearless, Winona Ryder in The Age of Innocence, Emma Thompson in In the Name of the Father.

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REVOTE for April's Supporting Actress Sundays!

In the voting that began last week, early indicators suggested that 1992 would be y'all's selection for the upcoming month. At the same time, it seems that my selection of possible years gathered a good deal of interest on multiple fronts. Recently, however, I learned that Enchanted April -- long in vhs-only limbo -- is finally being released on DVD in early May (ironically enough, not April). As a result, by executive fiat, I've elected to postpone 1992 until MAY and reopen a new voting cycle for April. (For the record, I dropped 2001 from the roster of contenders only to get some historical diversity in there; I don't want to get to June having only considered films from the 1990s and 2000s.) So, knowing that we'll be looking at 1992 in May, I put it once again to you, lovely reader...

What year deserves the focus
for APRIL'S month of
Supporting Actress Sundays?

1937: Alice Brady in In Old Chicago, Andrea Leeds in Stage Door, Anne Shirley in Stella Dallas, Claire Trevor in Dead End, May Whitty in Night Must Fall.
1947: Ethel Barrymore in The Paradine Case, Gloria Grahame in Crossfire, Celeste Holm in Gentleman's Agreement, Marjorie Main in The Egg and I, Anne Revere in Gentleman's Agreement.
1959: Hermione Baddeley in Room at the Top, Susan Kohner in Imitation of Life, Juanita Moore in Imitation of Life, Thelma Ritter in Pillow Talk, Shelley Winters in The Diary of Anne Frank.
1968: Lynn Carlin in Faces, Ruth Gordon in Rosemary's Baby, Sondra Locke in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Kay Medford in Funny Girl, Estelle Parsons in Rachel, Rachel.
1977: Leslie Browne in The Turning Point, Quinn Cummings in The Goodbye Girl, Melinda Dillon in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Vanessa Redgrave in Julia, Tuesday Weld in Looking for Mr. Goodbar.
1983: Cher in Silkwood, Glenn Close in The Big Chill, Linda Hunt in The Year of Living Dangerously, Amy Irving in Yentl, Alfre Woodard in Cross Creek.

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VOTE for April's Supporting Actress Sundays

With regard to matters Supporting Actress, March tends to be -- as they say -- a month of rest. A time for me to do some "catch up" on overdue tasks (Ann Blyth - I'm looking at you) as well as some time for me to play a little. But that doesn't mean we can't take some time to look forward to next month's potential rosters of Supporting Actressness. Below you'll see a chronologically broad selection of rosters, each of which contains at least two movies (and, thus, performances) that I'm embarrassed never to have seen. So, take your pick, lovelies -- where should StinkyLulu look next?

What year deserves the focus
for APRIL'S month of
Supporting Actress Sundays?

1937: Alice Brady in In Old Chicago, Andrea Leeds in Stage Door, Anne Shirley in Stella Dallas, Claire Trevor in Dead End, May Whitty in Night Must Fall.
1947: Ethel Barrymore in The Paradine Case, Gloria Grahame in Crossfire, Celeste Holm in Gentleman's Agreement, Marjorie Main in The Egg and I, Anne Revere in Gentleman's Agreement.
1959: Hermione Baddeley in Room at the Top, Susan Kohner in Imitation of Life, Juanita Moore in Imitation of Life, Thelma Ritter in Pillow Talk, Shelley Winters in The Diary of Anne Frank.
1968: Lynn Carlin in Faces, Ruth Gordon in Rosemary's Baby, Sondra Locke in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Kay Medford in Funny Girl, Estelle Parsons in Rachel, Rachel.
1977: Leslie Browne in The Turning Point, Quinn Cummings in The Goodbye Girl, Melinda Dillon in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Vanessa Redgrave in Julia, Tuesday Weld in Looking for Mr. Goodbar.
1983: Cher in Silkwood, Glenn Close in The Big Chill, Linda Hunt in The Year of Living Dangerously, Amy Irving in Yentl, Alfre Woodard in Cross Creek.
1992: Judy Davis in Husbands and Wives, Joan Plowright in Enchanted April, Vanessa Redgrave in Howards End, Miranda Richardson in Damage, Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny.
2001: Jennifer Connelly in A Beautiful Mind, Helen Mirren in Gosford Park, Maggie Smith in Gosford Park, Marisa Tomei in In the Bedroom, Kate Winslet in Iris.

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VOTE: DECEMBER's Supporting Actress Sundays!

At long last, I've finally gotten it together to commence voting for December's month of Supporting Actress Sundays. In this roster, you'll see a collection of "runner ups" and "special request" to round out our year of Supporting Actress Sundays. So, lovely reader, take your pick...

What year deserves the focus
for DECEMBER'S month of
Supporting Actress Sundays?

1937: Alice Brady in In Old Chicago, Andrea Leeds in Stage Door, Anne Shirley in Stella Dallas, Claire Trevor in Dead End, May Whitty in Night Must Fall.
1945: Eve Arden in Mildred Pierce, Ann Blyth in Mildred Pierce, Angela Lansbury in The Picture of Dorian Gray, Joan Lorring in The Corn Is Green, Anne Revere in National Velvet.
1956: Mildred Dunnock in Baby Doll, Eileen Heckart in The Bad Seed, Dorothy Malone in Written on the Wind, Mercedes McCambridge in Giant, Patty McCormack in The Bad Seed.
1960: Glynis Johns in The Sundowners, Shirley Jones in Elmer Gantry, Shirley Knight in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Janet Leigh in Psycho, Mary Ure in Sons and Lovers.
1968: Lynn Carlin in Faces, Ruth Gordon in Rosemary's Baby, Sondra Locke in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Kay Medford in Funny Girl, Estelle Parsons in Rachel, Rachel.
1983: Cher in Silkwood, Glenn Close in The Big Chill, Linda Hunt in The Year of Living Dangerously, Amy Irving in Yentl, Alfre Woodard in Cross Creek.
1998: Kathy Bates in Primary Colors, Brenda Blethyn in Little Voice, Judi Dench in Shakespeare in Love, Rachel Griffiths in Hilary and Jackie, Lynn Redgrave in Gods and Monsters.

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VOTE: OCTOBER's Supporting Actress Sundays!

As you may have noticed, lovely reader, I have decided to give Supporting Actress Sundays some breathing room this September (so that I might use September's Sundays to catch up on 1966's nominated performances while I also attend to other writing obligations). I have also decided to "push back" my work on 1969 -- the year y'all decided for September -- until November. Why the extra month delay? Well, an accident of timing in 2007, permitted me to profile Judith Anderson's performance in Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca on Halloween week and I found that 'twas quite a treat to profile a "horror" performance in such a seasonally appropriate way. So, this year, I'm stacking the voting roster for October with variously haunting and thrilling nominated performances, so that I might make (intentionally) scary Supporting Actressness an annual StinkyLulu/Halloween tradition. So, in anticipation of October thrills, I ask...

What year deserves the focus
for OCTOBER'S month of
Supporting Actress Sundays?

1937: Alice Brady in In Old Chicago, Andrea Leeds in Stage Door, Anne Shirley in Stella Dallas, Claire Trevor in Dead End, May Whitty in Night Must Fall.
1945: Eve Arden in Mildred Pierce, Ann Blyth in Mildred Pierce, Angela Lansbury in The Picture of Dorian Gray, Joan Lorring in The Corn Is Green, Anne Revere in National Velvet.
1946: Ethel Barrymore in The Spiral Staircase, Anne Baxter in The Razor's Edge, Lillian Gish in Duel in the Sun, Flora Robson in Saratoga Trunk, Gale Sondergaard in Anna and the King of Siam.
1956: Mildred Dunnock in Baby Doll, Eileen Heckart in The Bad Seed, Dorothy Malone in Written on the Wind, Mercedes McCambridge in Giant, Patty McCormack in The Bad Seed.
1960: Glynis Johns in The Sundowners, Shirley Jones in Elmer Gantry, Shirley Knight in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Janet Leigh in Psycho, Mary Ure in Sons and Lovers.
1964: Gladys Cooper in My Fair Lady, Edith Evans in The Chalk Garden, Grayson Hall in The Night of the Iguana, Lila Kedrova in Zorba the Greek, Agnes Moorehead in Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte.
1968: Lynn Carlin in Faces, Ruth Gordon in Rosemary's Baby, Sondra Locke in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Kay Medford in Funny Girl, Estelle Parsons in Rachel, Rachel.
1973: Linda Blair in The Exorcist, Candy Clark in American Graffiti, Madeline Kahn in Paper Moon, Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon, Sylvia Sidney in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams.
1976: Jane Alexander in All the President's Men, Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver, Lee Grant in Voyage of the Damned, Piper Laurie in Carrie, Beatrice Straight in Network.
1987: Norma Aleandro in Gaby - A True Story, Anne Archer in Fatal Attraction, Olympia Dukakis in Moonstruck, Anne Ramsey in Throw Momma From the Train, Ann Sothern in The Whales of August.

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Something Hinky's Happening Here... (RE-VOTE: SEPTEMBER's Supporting Actress Sundays!)

Something hinky seems to be happening with the original poll to determine the Supporting Actress Sundays roster for September, with an overwhelming abundance of votes coming from a very small set of IP addresses, apparently skewing the results toward what is -- for me -- the least appealing of all the rosters. And, though I don't like to do this, it is La Casa de StinkyLulu and September is my birthday month and September's going to be really really busy for me so I want to want to watch the films and I'm just going to be bossy this way etcetera etcetera. I hereby announce, with apologies to the partisans for 1984, a recalibration of the poll prioritizing the four years I -- personally -- am most inclined to engage. So, please, lovely reader, do re-vote to determine...

What year deserves the focus
for StinkyLulu's Birthday month of
Supporting Actress Sundays?

1952: Gloria Grahame in The Bad and the Beautiful, Jean Hagen in Singin' In The Rain, Colette Marchand in Moulin Rouge, Terry Moore in Come Back, Little Sheba, Thelma Ritter in With a Song in My Heart.
1969: Catherine Burns in Last Summer, Dyan Cannon in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Goldie Hawn in Cactus Flower, Sylvia Miles in Midnight Cowboy, Susannah York in They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1992: Judy Davis in Husbands and Wives, Joan Plowright in Enchanted April, Vanessa Redgrave in Howard's End, Miranda Richardson in Damage, Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny.
2005: Amy Adams in Junebug, Catherine Keener in Capote, Frances McDormand in North Country, Michelle Williams in Brokeback Mountain, Rachel Weisz in The Constant Gardener.

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VOTE: SEPTEMBER's Supporting Actress Sundays!

It's that time again, lovely reader - time for you to determine SEPTEMBER's roster of Supporting Actresses. As you'll note, this month's options reflect some of the most revered, most beloved, and most controversial nominees ever -- in short, Supporting Actress Rosters that y'all indicated you were dying to talk about. And now the choice is yours. So, lovely constituents...

What year deserves the focus
for SEPTEMBER's month of
Supporting Actress Sundays?

1937: Alice Brady in In Old Chicago, Andrea Leeds in Stage Door, Anne Shirley in Stella Dallas, Claire Trevor in Dead End, May Whitty in Night Must Fall.
1952: Gloria Grahame in The Bad and the Beautiful, Jean Hagen in Singin' In The Rain, Colette Marchand in Moulin Rouge, Terry Moore in Come Back, Little Sheba, Thelma Ritter in With a Song in My Heart.
1959: Hermione Baddeley in Room at the Top, Susan Kohner in Imitation of Life, Juanita Moore in Imitation of Life, Thelma Ritter in Pillow Talk, Shelley Winters in The Diary of Anne Frank.
1969: Catherine Burns in Last Summer, Dyan Cannon in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Goldie Hawn in Cactus Flower, Sylvia Miles in Midnight Cowboy, Susannah York in They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1984: Peggy Ashcroft in A Passage to India, Glenn Close in The Natural, Lindsay Crouse in Places in the Heart, Christine Lahti in Swing Shift, Geraldine Page in The Pope of Greenwich Village.
1992: Judy Davis in Husbands and Wives, Joan Plowright in Enchanted April, Vanessa Redgrave in Howard's End, Miranda Richardson in Damage, Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny.
2005: Amy Adams in Junebug, Catherine Keener in Capote, Frances McDormand in North Country, Michelle Williams in Brokeback Mountain, Rachel Weisz in The Constant Gardener.

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VOTE: JULY's Supporting Actress Sundays!

It's that time again, lovely reader - time for you to determine JULY's roster of Supporting Actresses. As you'll note, we're picking things up where last month's voting left off, which brings us to a midcentury batch of Oscar's Supporting Actresses. (This continues what will be a "March of Time" through the summer and early fall months, as we travel decade by decade through the category's history). So, lovely constituents...

What year deserves the focus
for JULY's month of
Supporting Actress Sundays?

1948: Claire Trevor in Key Largo, Barbara Bel Geddes in I Remember Mama, Ellen Corby in I Remember Mama, Agnes Moorehead in Johnny Belinda, Jean Simmons in Hamlet.
1949: Ethel Barrymore in Pinky, Celeste Holm in Come to the Stable, Elsa Lanchester in Come to the Stable, Mercedes McCambridge in All the King's Men, Ethel Waters in Pinky.
1951: Joan Blondell in The Blue Veil, Mildred Dunnock in Death of a Salesman, Lee Grant in Detective Story, Kim Hunter in A Streetcar Named Desire, Thelma Ritter in The Mating Season.
1952: Gloria Grahame in The Bad and the Beautiful, Jean Hagen in Singin' In The Rain, Colette Marchand in Moulin Rouge, Terry Moore in Come Back, Little Sheba, Thelma Ritter in With a Song in My Heart.
1954: Nina Foch in Executive Suite, Katy Jurado in Broken Lance, Eva Marie Saint in On The Waterfront, Jan Sterling in The High and the Mighty, Claire Trevor in The High and the Mighty.
1956: Mildred Dunnock in Baby Doll, Eileen Heckart in The Bad Seed, Dorothy Malone in Written on the Wind, Mercedes McCambridge in Giant, Patty McCormack in The Bad Seed.
1957: Carolyn Jones in The Bachelor Party, Elsa Lanchester in Witness for the Prosecution, Hope Lange in Peyton Place, Miyoshi Umeki in Sayonara, Diane Varsi in Peyton Place.
1959: Hermione Baddeley in Room at the Top, Susan Kohner in Imitation of Life, Juanita Moore in Imitation of Life, Thelma Ritter in Pillow Talk, Shelley Winters in The Diary of Anne Frank.
1960: Glynis Johns in The Sundowners, Shirley Jones in Elmer Gantry, Shirley Knight in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Janet Leigh in Psycho, Mary Ure in Sons and Lovers.

The choice is yours...

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Previously in this period: 1950, 1953, 1955, 1958.

VOTE: JUNE's Supporting Actress Sundays!

It's that time again, lovely reader - time for you to determine JUNE's roster of Supporting Actresses. As you'll certainly note, I've tweaked things to direct our attention to the first decade or so of Oscar's Supporting Actresses. (This begins what will be a "March of Time" through the summer and early fall months, as we travel decade by decade through the category's history). So, lovely constituents...

What year deserves the focus
for JUNE's month of
Supporting Actress Sundays?

1937: Alice Brady in In Old Chicago, Andrea Leeds in Stage Door, Anne Shirley in Stella Dallas, Claire Trevor in Dead End, May Whitty in Night Must Fall.

1938: Fay Bainter in Jezebel, Beulah Bondi in Of Human Hearts, Billie Burke in Merrily We Live, Spring Byington in You Can't Take it With You, Miliza Korjus in The Great Waltz.

1939: Olivia de Havilland in Gone With The Wind, Geraldine Fitzgerald in Wuthering Heights, Hattie McDaniel in Gone With The Wind, Edna May Oliver in Drums Along the Mohawk, Maria Ouspenskaya in Love Affair.

1941: Sara Allgood in How Green Was My Valley, Mary Astor in The Great Lie, Patricia Collinge in The Little Foxes, Teresa Wright in The Little Foxes, Margaret Wycherly in Sergeant York.

1943: Gladys Cooper in The Song of Bernadette, Paulette Goddard in So Proudly We Hail, Katina Paxinou in For Whom the Bell Tolls, Anne Revere in The Song of Bernadette, Lucile Watson in Watch on the Rhine.

1944: Ethel Barrymore in None But the Lonely Heart, Jennifer Jones in Since You Went Away, Angela Lansbury in Gaslight, Aline MacMahon in Dragon Seed, Agnes Moorehead in Mrs. Parkington.

1945: Eve Arden in Mildred Pierce, Ann Blyth in Mildred Pierce, Angela Lansbury in The Picture of Dorian Gray, Joan Lorring in The Corn Is Green, Anne Revere in National Velvet.

1946: Ethel Barrymore in The Spiral Staircase, Anne Baxter in The Razor's Edge, Lillian Gish in Duel in the Sun, Flora Robson in Saratoga Trunk, Gale Sondergaard in Anna and the King of Siam.

1947: Ethel Barrymore in The Paradine Case, Gloria Grahame in Crossfire, Celeste Holm in Gentleman's Agreement, Marjorie Main in The Egg and I, Anne Revere in Gentleman's Agreement.

1948: Claire Trevor in Key Largo, Barbara Bel Geddes in I Remember Mama, Ellen Corby in I Remember Mama, Agnes Moorehead in Johnny Belinda, Jean Simmons in Hamlet.

The choice is yours...

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VOTE: MAY's Supporting Actress Sundays

One of the most recurrent "suggestions" regarding Supporting Actress Sundays has been to "have more recent years." The request has presented proven a conundrum. I am -- both by nature and by training -- a historian. And I commenced Supporting Actress Sundays as essentially a historical project, placing a "moratorium" on the previous ten years of Supporting Actress nominations to permit a productively historical distance. But, lovely reader, your pokings and proddings have won out and I have determined to submit to contemporary bias for the month of May. So, in honor of all you short-term memory types...

What year deserves the focus
for MAY's month of
Supporting Actress Sundays?

1997: Kim Basinger in L.A. Confidential, Joan Cusack in In and Out, Minnie Driver in Good Will Hunting, Julianne Moore in Boogie Nights, Gloria Stuart in Titanic
1998: Kathy Bates in Primary Colors, Brenda Blethyn in Little Voice, Judi Dench in Shakespeare in Love, Rachel Griffiths in Hilary and Jackie, Lynn Redgrave in Gods and Monsters
1999: Toni Collette in The Sixth Sense, Angelina Jolie in Girl, Interrupted, Catherine Keener in Being John Malkovich, Samantha Morton in Sweet and Lowdown, Chloe Sevigny in Boys Don't Cry
2000: Judi Dench in Chocolat, Marcia Gay Harden in Pollock, Kate Hudson in Almost Famous, Frances McDormand in Almost Famous, Julie Walters in Billy Elliot
2001: Jennifer Connelly in A Beautiful Mind, Helen Mirren in Gosford Park, Maggie Smith in Gosford Park, Marisa Tomei in In the Bedroom, Kate Winslet in Iris
2002: Kathy Bates in About Schmidt, Julianne Moore in The Hours, Queen Latifah for Chicago, Meryl Streep in Adaptation, Catherine Zeta-Jones in Chicago
2003: Shohreh Aghdashloo in House of Sand and Fog, Patricia Clarkson in Pieces of April, Marcia Gay Harden in Mystic River, Holly Hunter in thirteen, Renee Zellwegger in Cold Mountain
2004: Cate Blanchett in The Aviator, Laura Linney in Kinsey, Virginia Madsen in Sideways, Sophie Okonedo in Hotel Rwanda, Natalie Portman in Closer
2005: Amy Adams in Junebug, Catherine Keener in Capote, Frances McDormand in North Country, Michelle Williams in Brokeback Mountain, Rachel Weisz in The Constant Gardener

The choice is yours...

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VOTE: DECEMBER's Supporting Actress Sundays!

After a brief respite from the vicissitudes of participatory democracy, StinkyLulu suspects that -- for the last month of Supporting Actress Sundays before my annual hiatus -- I should ask you, lovely reader, to determine December's roster of Supporting Actresses. As you'll certainly note, I've tweaked things to direct our attention to two decades as yet ignored in 2007 (the 1930s and the 1960s) and prioritizing the later 1960s, some of the strangest years of the category and years heretofore ignored entirely by Supporting Actress Sundays. So, lovely constituents...

What year deserves the focus
for DECEMBER's month of
Supporting Actress Sundays?

1966: Sandy Dennis in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Wendy Hiller in A Man for All Seasons, Jocelyn Lagarde in Hawaii, Vivien Merchant in Alfie, Geraldine Page in You're a Big Boy Now.

1937: Alice Brady in In Old Chicago, Andrea Leeds in Stage Door, Anne Shirley in Stella Dallas, Claire Trevor in Dead End, May Whitty in Night Must Fall.

1967: Carol Channing in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Mildred Natwick in Barefoot in the Park, Estelle Parsons in Bonnie and Clyde, Beah Richards in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Katharine Ross in The Graduate.

1938: Fay Bainter in Jezebel, Beulah Bondi in Of Human Hearts, Billie Burke in Merrily We Live, Spring Byington in You Can't Take it With You, Miliza Korjus in The Great Waltz.

1968: Lynn Carlin in Faces, Ruth Gordon in Rosemary's Baby, Sondra Locke in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Kay Medford in Funny Girl, Estelle Parsons in Rachel, Rachel.

1939: Olivia de Havilland in Gone With The Wind, Geraldine Fitzgerald in Wuthering Heights, Hattie McDaniel in Gone With The Wind, Edna May Oliver in Drums Along the Mohawk, Maria Ouspenskaya in Love Affair.

1969: Catherine Burns in Last Summer, Dyan Cannon in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Goldie Hawn in Cactus Flower, Sylvia Miles in Midnight Cowboy, Susannah York in They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

The choice is yours...

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VOTE: SEPTEMBER's Supporting Actress Sundays!

Oopsie doodle.
I posted the wrong options last night.
Doh. Sorry. Reboot. Start over...
It's that time again...

What year deserves the focus
for SEPTEMBER's month of
Supporting Actress Sundays?

Your nominees for SEPTEMBER are:

• 1945: Eve Arden in Mildred Pierce, Ann Blyth in Mildred Pierce, Angela Lansbury in The Picture of Dorian Gray, Joan Lorring in The Corn Is Green, Anne Revere in National Velvet.
• 1954: Nina Foch in Executive Suite, Katy Jurado in Broken Lance, Eva Marie Saint in On the Waterfront, Jan Sterling in The High and The Mighty, Clair Trevor in The High and The Mighty.
  
• 1963: Diane Cilento in Tom Jones, Edith Evans in Tom Jones, Joyce Redman in Tom Jones, Margaret Rutherford in The V.I.P.S., Lilia Skala in Lilies of the Field.
• 1972: Jeannie Berlin in The Heartbreak Kid, Eileen Heckart in Butterflies Are Free, Geraldine Page in Pete 'n' Tillie, Susan Tyrell in Fat City, Shelley Winters in The Poseidon Adventure.
• 1981: Melinda Dillon in Absence of Malice, Jane Fonda in On Golden Pond, Joan Hackett in Only When I Laugh, Elizabeth McGovern in Ragtime, Maureen Stapleton in Reds.
• 1990: Annette Bening in The Grifters, Lorraine Bracco in GoodFellas, Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost, Diane Ladd in Wild at Heart, Mary McDonnell in Dances With Wolves.

The choice is yours...

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VOTE: AUGUST's Supporting Actress Sundays!

It's that time again...

What year deserves the focus
for AUGUST's month of
Supporting Actress Sundays?

Your nominees for AUGUST are:

• 1944: Ethel Barrymore in None But the Lonely Heart, Jennifer Jones in Since You Went Away, Angela Lansbury in Gaslight, Aline MacMahon in Dragon Seed, Agnes Moorehead in Mrs. Parkington.
• 1953: Grace Kelly in Mogambo, Geraldine Page in Hondo, Marjorie Rambeau in Torch Song, Donna Reed in From Here to Eternity, Thelma Ritter in Pickup on South Street.
• 1971: Ann-Margret in Carnal Knowledge, Ellen Burstyn in The Last Picture Show, Barbara Harris in Who is Harry Kellerman, and Why is He Saying These Terrible Things About Me?, Cloris Leachman in The Last Picture Show, Margaret Leighton in The Go-Between.
• 1980: Eileen Brennan in Private Benjamin, Eva Le Gallienne in Resurrection, Cathy Moriarty in Raging Bull, Diana Scarwid in Inside Moves, Mary Steenburgen in Melvin & Howard.
• 1989: Brenda Fricker in My Left Foot, Anjelica Huston in Enemies, a Love Story, Lena Olin in Enemies, a Love Story, Julia Roberts in Steel Magnolias, Dianne Wiest in Parenthood.

The choice is yours...

Let your voice be heard by voting in the column at right.

VOTE: JULY's Supporting Actress Sundays

It's that time again...

What year deserves the focus
for JULY's month of
Supporting Actress Sundays?

Your nominees for July are:

• 1943: Gladys Cooper in The Song of Bernadette; Paulette Goddard in So Proudly We Hail; Katina Paxinou in For Whom the Bell Tolls; Anne Revere in The Song of Bernadette; Lucile Watson in Watch on the Rhine.
• 1952: Gloria Grahame in The Bad and the Beautiful; Jean Hagen in Singin' In The Rain; Colette Marchand in Moulin Rouge; Terry Moore in Come Back, Little Sheba; Thelma Ritter in With a Song in My Heart.
• 1970: Karen Black in Five Easy Pieces; Lee Grant in The Landlord; Helen Hayes in Airport; Sally Kellerman in M*A*S*H; Maureen Stapleton in Airport.
• 1979: Jane Alexander in Kramer vs. Kramer; Barbarie Barrie in Breaking Away; Candice Bergen in Starting Over; Mariel Hemingway in Manhattan; Meryl Streep in Kramer vs. Kramer.
• 1988: Joan Cusack in Working Girl; Geena Davis in The Accidental Tourist; Frances McDormand in Mississippi Burning; Michelle Pfeiffer in Dangerous Liaisons; Sigourney Weaver in Working Girl.
• 1997: Kim Basinger in L.A. Confidential; Joan Cusack in In and Out; Minnie Driver in Good Will Hunting; Julianne Moore in Boogie Nights; Gloria Stuart in Titanic.

The choice is yours...

Let your voice be heard by voting in the column at right.

VOTE: JUNE's Supporting Actress Sundays

It's that time again -- the second Monday of the month. Time to start anticipating June's possibilities. So, do tell...

What year deserves the focus
for JUNE's month of
Supporting Actress Sundays?

Your nominees for June are:

• 1951:Joan Blondell in The Blue Veil; Mildred Dunnock in Death of a Salesman; Lee Grant in Detective Story; Kim Hunter in A Streetcar Named Desire; Thelma Ritter in The Mating Season.
• 1960: Glynis Johns in The Sundowners; Shirley Jones in Elmer Gantry; Shirley Knight in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs; Janet Leigh in Psycho; Mary Ure in Sons and Lovers.
• 1969: Catherine Burns in Last Summer; Dyan Cannon in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice; Goldie Hawn in Cactus Flower; Sylvia Miles in Midnight Cowboy; Susannah York in They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
• 1978: Dyan Cannon in Heaven Can Wait; Penelope Milford in Coming Home; Maureen Stapleton in Interiors; Maggie Smith in California Suite; Meryl Streep in The Deer Hunter.
• 1987: Norma Aleandro in Gaby - a True Story; Anne Archer in Fatal Attraction; Olympia Dukakis in Moonstruck; Anne Ramsey in Throw Momma From the Train; Ann Sothern in The Whales of August.

The choice is yours...

Let your voice be heard in the voting column at right.

VOTE: May's Supporting Actress Sundays

It's that time again -- the second Monday of the month. And even though the profiles for 1985 have barely begun, it's time to start anticipating May's adventures. So whaddaya think?

What year deserves the focus
for MAY's month of
Supporting Actress Sundays?

Your nominees for May are:

• 1941: Sara Allgood in How Green Was My Valley, Mary Astor in The Great Lie, Patricia Collinge in The Little Foxes, Teresa Wright in The Little Foxes, Margaret Wycherly in Sergeant York
• 1950: Hope Emerson in Caged, Celeste Holm in All About Eve, Josephine Hull in Harvey, Nancy Olson in Sunset Boulevard, Thelma Ritter in All About Eve
• 1959: Hermione Baddeley in Room at the Top, Susan Kohner in Imitation of Life, Juanita Moore in Imitation of Life, Thelma Ritter in Pillow Talk, Shelley Winters in The Diary of Anne Frank
• 1968: Lynn Carlin in Faces, Ruth Gordon in Rosemary's Baby, Sondra Locke in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Kay Medford in Funny Girl, Estelle Parsons in Rachel, Rachel
• 1977: Leslie Browne in The Turning Point, Quinn Cummings in The Goodbye Girl, Melinda Dillon in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Vanessa Redgrave in Julia, Tuesday Weld in Looking for Mr. Goodbar
• 1986: Tess Harper in Crimes of the Heart, Piper Laurie in Children of a Lesser God, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in The Color of Money, Maggie Smith in A Room with a View, Dianne Wiest in Hannah and Her Sisters
• 1995: Joan Allen in Nixon, Kathleen Quinlan in Apollo 13, Mira Sorvino in Mighty Aphrodite, Mare Winningham in Georgia, Kate Winslet in Sense and Sensibility

The choice is yours...

Let your voice be heard in the voting column at right.

VOTE: April's Supporting Actress Sundays

Yes, it's early but... Now that the Supporting Actress festivities for 2006 are all done up. (How 'bout Jennifer Hudson's Intergalactagown & lil Abigail's Easter Baskirt?) StinkyLulu's just rarin' at the bit to get some vintage actressin' on the move. So just to whet y'all's actressexual appetites:

How 'bout some votin'?

What year deserves the focus
for APRIL's month of
Supporting Actress Sundays?

Your nominees for April are:

1940: Judith Anderson in Rebecca, Jane Darwell in The Grapes of Wrath, Ruth Hussey in The Philadelphia Story, Barbara O'Neil in All This And Heaven Too, Marjorie Rambeau in Primrose Path.

1949: Ethel Barrymore in Pinky, Celeste Holm in Come To The Stable, Elsa Lanchester in Come To The Stable, Mercedes McCambridge in All The King's Men, Ethel Waters in Pinky.

1967: Carol Channing in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Mildred Natwick in Barefoot in the Park, Estelle Parsons in Bonnie and Clyde, Beah Richards in Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, Katherine Ross in The Graduate.

1976: Jane Alexander in All The President's Men, Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver, Lee Grant in Voyage of the Damned, Piper Laurie in Carrie, Beatrice Straight in Network.

1985: Margaret Avery in The Color Purple, Angelica Huston in Prizzi's Honor, Amy Madigan in Twice in a Lifetime, Meg Tilly in Agnes of God, Oprah Winfrey in The Color Purple.

1994: Rosemary Harris in Tom and Viv, Helen Mirren in The Madness of King George, Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction, Jennifer Tilly in Bullets Over Broadway, Dianne Wiest in Bullets Over Broadway.

So. Lots of options here. Oprah and Uma, two Tillys, Frankenstein's bride, the voice of Satan, a housekeeper from Hell, some dirty pillows, a couple pros and at least one Queen. The choice is yours...

Let your voice be heard in the voting column at right.

Vote! Vote! Vote! (For DECEMBER's "Supporting Actress Sundays")

Photo: Eva Soltes

If you're an eligible U.S. voter, please do so.
It's your privilege. It's your right.

And once you've done your part for participatory democracy, join fans of actressing at the edges from around the globe & cast your vote for December's roster for Supporting Actress Sundays. December '06 will be the final entry of Supporting Actress Sundays for a few months to make room for the insanity of Award Season. So, this is your last chance to chart the Supporting Actress course until March/April 2007. Let's make it a good'un.

So, do tell...

What year deserves the focus
for December's month of
Supporting Actress Sundays?

Your nominees for December are:

• 1939: Olivia de Havilland in Gone With The Wind, Geraldine Fitzgerald in Wuthering Heights, Hattie McDaniel in Gone With The Wind, Edna May Oliver in Drums Along the Mohawk, Maria Ouspenskaya in Love Affair.
• 1948: Claire Trevor in Key Largo, Barbara Bel Geddes in I Remember Mama, Ellen Corby in I Remember Mama, Agnes Moorehead in Johnny Belinda, Jean Simmons in Hamlet.
• 1957: Carolyn Jones in The Bachelor Party, Elsa Lanchester in Witness for the Prosecution, Hope Lange in Peyton Place, Miyoshi Umeki in Sayonara, Diane Varsi in Peyton Place.
• 1966: Sandy Dennis in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Wendy Hiller in A Man for All Seasons, Jocelyn Lagarde in Hawaii, Vivien Merchant in Alfie, Geraldine Page in You're a Big Boy Now.
• 1975: Ronee Blakley in Nashville, Lee Grant in Shampoo, Sylvia Miles in Farewell, My Lovely, Lily Tomlin in Nashville, Brenda Vaccaro in Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough.
• 1984: Peggy Ashcroft in A Passage to India, Glenn Close in The Natural, Lindsay Crouse in Places in the Heart, Christine Lahti in Swing Shift, Geraldine Page in The Pope of Greenwich Village.
• 1993: Holly Hunter in The Firm, Anna Paquin in The Piano, Rosie Perez in Fearless, Winona Ryder in The Age of Innocence, Emma Thompson in In the Name of the Father.
  

VOTE HERE
DECEMBER's Month of
Supporting Actress Sundays

Cast your vote using the poll accessed through the link above. Your decision will be determined no later than the morning of November 27, the Monday after the 1974 SMACKDOWN. (That allows for several weeks of tricksy voting schemes, attack ads, and shady electioneering.) Opinions expressed in comments will only be considered in the not uncommon event of a tie.

SO: Vote early. Vote often. Vote now. Just vote.