Academy Award Winners
1980 - Sissy Spacek
Movie: Coal Miner’s Daughter
Character: Loretta Lynn
Other Nominees
Ellen Burstyn
Movie: Resurrection
Character: Edna Mae Harper-McCauley
Goldie Hawn
Movie: Private Benjamin
Character: Judy Benjamin
Mary Tyler Moore
Movie: Ordinary People
Character: Beth Jarrett
Gena Rowlands
Movie: Gloria
Character: Gloria Swenson
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1981 - Katharine Hepburn
Movie: On Golden Pond
Character: Ethel Thayer
Other Nominees
Diane Keaton
Movie: Reds
Character: Louise Bryant
Marsha Mason
Movie: Only Wheb I Laugh
Character: Georgia Hines
Susan Sarandon
Movie: Atlantic City
Character: Sally Matthews
Meryl Streep
Movie: The Fench Lieutenant’s Woman
Character: Anna / Sara Woodruff
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1982 - Meryl Streep
Movie: Sophie’s Choice
Character: Sophie Zawistowski
Other Nominees
Julie Andrews
Movie: Victoria/Victoria
Character: Victor Grazinski / Victoria Grant
Jessica Lange
Movie: Frances
Character: Frances Farmer
Sissy Spacek
Movie: Missing
Character: Beth Horman
Debra Winger
Movie: An Officer and a Gentleman
Character: Paula Pokrifki
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1983 - Shirley MacLaine
Movie: Terms of Endearment
Character: Aurora Greenway
Other Nominees
Jane Alexander
Movie: Testament
Character: Carol Wetherly
Meryl Streep
Movie: Silkwood
Character: Karen Silkwood
Julie Walters
Movie: Educating Rita
Character: Susan White / Rita
Debra Winger
Movie: Terms of Endearment
Character: Emma Greenway
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1984 - Sally Field
Movie: Places in the Heart
Character: Edna Spalding
Other Nominees
Judy Davis
Movie: A Passage to India
Character: Adela Quested
Jessica Lange
Movie: Country
Character: Jewell Ivy
Vanessa Redgrave
Movie: The Bostonians
Character: Olive Chancellor
Sissy Spacek
Movie: The River
Character: Mae Garvey
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1985 - Geraldine Page
Movie: A Trip to Bountiful
Character: Carrie Watts
Other Nominees
Anne Bancroft
Movie: Agnes of God
Character: Miriam Ruth / Anna Maria Burchetti
Whoopi Goldberg
Movie: The Color Purple
Character: Celie Harris-Johnson
Jessica Lange
Movie: Sweet Dreams
Character: Patsy Cline
Meryl Streep
Movie: Out of Africa
Character: Karen Blixen
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1986 - Marlee Matlin
Movie: Children of a Lesser God
Character: Sarah Norman
Other Nominees
Jane Fonda
Movie: The Morning After
Character: Alex Sternbergen / Viveca Van Loren
Sissy Spacek
Movie: Crimes of the Heart
Character: Babe Botrelle / Rebecca MaGrath
Kathleen Turner
Movie: Peggy Sue Got Married
Character: Peggy Sue Kelcher-Bodell
Sigourney Weaver
Movie: Aliens
Character: Ellen Riple
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1987 - Cher
Movie: Moonstruck
Character: Loretta Castorini
Other Nominees
Glenn Close
Movie: Fatal Attraction
Character: Alex Forrest
Holly Hunter
Movie: Broadcast News
Character: Jane Craig
Sally Kirkland
Movie: Anna
Character: Anna
Meryl Streep
Movie: Ironweed
Character: Helen Archer
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1988 - Jodie Foster
Movie: The Accused
Character: Sarah Tobias
Other Nominees
Glenn Close
Movie: Dangerous Liaisons
Character: Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
Melanie Griffith
Movie: Working Girl
Character: Tess McGill
Meryl Streep
Movie: A Cry in the Dark
Character: Lindy Chamberlain
Sigourney Weaver
Movie: Gorillas in the Mist
Character: Dian Fossey
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1989
Winner: Jessica Tandy
Movie: Driving Miss Daisy
Character: Daisy Werthan
Other Nominees
Isabelle Adjani
Movie: Camille Claudel
Character: Camille Claudel
Pauline Collins
Movie: Shirley Valentine
Character: Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
Jessica Lange
Movie: Music Box
Character: Ann Talbot
Michelle Pfeiffer
Movie: The Fabulous Baker BoysC
Character: Susie Diamond
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80s Trivia!
What 80s movie won Best Picture despite using the "F" word 159 times?
Sissy Spacek was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1980, 1982, 1984 and 1986 winning in 1980
She was also nominated in 1976 (Carrie) and 2001 (In the Bedroom) as well
Geraldine Page won Best Actress for her role as Carrie Watts in A Trip to Bountiful
Jessica Tandy won Best Actress for her role as Daisy Werthan in Driving Miss Daisy
80s Best Actresses
Cher won Best Actress for her role as Loretta Castorini in Moonstruck
Sissy Spacek won Best Actress for her role as Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter
Marlee Matlin won Best Actress for her role as Sarah Norman in Children of a Lesser God
Sally Field won Best Actress for her role as Edna Spalding in Places in the Heart
Meryl Streep won Best Actress for her role as Sophie Zawistowski in Sophie's Choice
Shirley MacLaine won Best Actress for her role as Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment
Katharine Hepburn won Best Actress for her role as Ethel Thayer in On Golden Pond
Jodie Foster won Best Actress for her role as Sarah Tobias in The Accused