2011 Oscar countdown: worst Best Actress winners in Oscar history

Following our entry about the best Best Actress winners in Oscar history, we offer now our juicier pick of the worst Oscar-winning performances in the category. In this case we also offer an alternate choice that, in our opinion, would have made a more deserved winner for any given year.

Same rules apply as in the best of entry: out of the 83 Oscar winners, only three are not taken into consideration (Mary Pickford's in Coquette (1928/9), Marie Dressler in Min and Bill (1930/1) and Glenda Jackson's in A Touch of Class (1973)) for the simple reason that we haven't seen the films. 

Make your comments and offer your own choices.

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Interview: Bafta nominee and Oscar contender Lesley Manville

Imitation of Life voted Lesley Manville best actress of 2010 for her performance in Mike Leigh's Another Year. I first saw the film in the Sarajevo Film Festival, where I had the opportunity to talk with Lesley Manville about the film, her longtime collaboration with Mike Leigh and the Oscar buzz generated by her extraordinary performance. Here's an extract of the interview:

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