Official Nominations: Lee Grant. Ronee Blakely. Lily Tomlin. Sylvia Miles. Brenda Vaccaro
Lee Grant picked up the official win this year for Shampoo, continuing her successful return from blacklisting – a good performance but a win that nevertheless feels like an apologetic gift. Ronee Blakely and Lily Tomlin both shine in Nashville as the up and coming sweetheart and the established Gospel singer respectively. Sylvia Miles gets her second bizarre nomination for a film she barely appears in – Farewell, My Lovely, while Brenda Vaccaro’s nomination is equally strange – an okay performance in an okay film no-one remembers.
My Winner: Ronee Blakely
My Nominations: Ronee Blakely. Lily Tomlin. Karen Black. Veronica Cartwright
Only the two Nashville stars make it over and are joined by… another Nashville star! Karen Black gets her second nomination of the year. Cartwright is certainly game in Inserts but this is a year where there aren’t many memorable performances in this category.
My Winner: Ronee Blakely
Let us know your winner in the comments!
The Spac Hole 
Great choice 🙂 I would choose Ronee Blakely as well for Nashville 🙂 Glad to see another person who loves the film as much as I do 🙂 In case, you are interested, I wrote a blog entry about it back in early December. Here is the link below and keep up the great work as always 🙂
https://cinematiccoffee.com/2018/12/02/john-charets-take-on-nashville-1975/
Yeah, I love it. I think I read that post at the time, but I’ll check it out again.
Gwen Welles,Karen Black,Geraldine Chaplin, and Barbara Harris all deserve nominations.