1950s Supporting Actresses Who Didn't Win the Oscar But Should Have

1 Grace Kelly - Mogambo

She was overrated ; other actresses of her time were more talented

2 Natalie Wood - Rebel Without a Cause

3 Mercedes McCambridge - Giant

4 Cara Williams - The Defiant Ones

5 Susan Kohner - Imitation of Life

6 Thelma Ritter - Pillow Talk

7 Maureen Stapleton - Lonelyhearts

8 Geraldine Page - Hondo

9 Nina Foch - Executive Suite

10 Hope Emerson - Caged

The Contenders

11 Joan Blondell - The Blue Veil

12 Jean Hagen - Singin' in the Rain

13 Betsy Blair - Marty

14 Patty McCormack - The Bad Seed

15 Elsa Lanchester - Witness for the Prosecution

16 Peggy Cass - Auntie Mame

17 Katy Jurado - Broken Lance

18 Jan Sterling - The High and the Mighty

19 Thelma Ritter - Pickup on South Street

20 Celeste Holm - All About Eve

21 Hope Lange - Peyton Place

22 Lee Grant - Detective Story

23 Terry Moore - Come Back, Little Sheba

24 Marjorie Rambeau - Torch Song

25 Peggy Lee - Pete Kelly's Blues