Favorite Oscar Winners (Lead Actor and Actress)

Many of my all-time favorite performances (even in American cinema) did not win the Oscar but here are my top 10 favorites winners...

TOP 10 FAVORITE LEAD ACTOR OSCAR WINNERS

1. Robert Duvall – Tender Mercies (1983)
2. Ernest Borgnine – Marty (1955)
3. Alec Guinness – The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
4. Clark Gable – It Happened One Night (1934)
5. Robert Deniro – Raging Bull (1980)
6. James Cagney – Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
7. Peter Finch – Network (1976)
8. Jack Nicholson – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
9. Daniel Day Lewis – There Will Be Blood (2007)
10. Gary Cooper - High Noon (1952)


TOP 10 FAVORITE LEAD ACTRESS OSCAR WINNERS

1. Janet Gaynor – Sunrise / Seventh Heaven / Street Angel (1927)
2. Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby (2004)
3. Bette Davis – Jezebel (1938)
4. Diane Keaton – Annie Hall (1977)
5. Joan Crawford – Mildred Pierce (1945)
6. Meryl Streep – Sophie’s Choice (1982)
7. Claudette Colbert – It Happened One Night (1934)
8. Frances McDormand – Fargo (1996)
9. Viven Leigh – A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
10. Holly Hunter – The Piano (1993)

* An upset win by Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married) on Sunday would easily move towards the top of the list... perhaps as high as #2!!!