Easily would've nominated her that year. She's the most visceral and primal thing about the film, which I love (though the book, to no one's surprise, is better). Each of her scenes hits a different ...

Elaine May is also very funny in an under-appreciated movie "In the Spirit" from 1990. It teams her with Marlo Thomas and they are great together. Jeannie Berlin co-wrote the film and also appears in ...

In my mind it's Avery who's miles and leagues ahead everyone else here. The way she imbues her role with tenderness and aplomb sexual appeal is extraordinary. She's a woman you fall in love with just ...

Behold the five Oscar-nominated Supporting Actresses of 1973: a "bitchin' babe" (Candy Clark), a pint-sized con-artist (Tatum O'Neal), a possessed teenager (Linda Blair), a selfish carnival dancer ...