(Here's more about the blog Preface)
Performances with links to existing posts are pretty clearly indicated. However, most of the performances before 1977 as yet have only one or two posts. Performances from 1977 through 1992 are the most filled out.
I also want to point out other performances below even if I haven't reached them. This doesn't make this an inclusive list by year, by any means. (For instance, just glancing below, no Marlene Dietrich. Nor idiosyncratic performances like Alice Brady in Stage Mother for 1933.)
The years between 1977 and 1982 are most thoroughly filled out. There are many links below listed with these years, as well as a fair number of links below for subsequent years until early 1992.
I'm just beginning to post years before 1976.
As I look at this list, I see some in later years I may remove.
1933:
Katharine Hepburn, Morning Glory
Katharine Hepburn, Little Women
Greta Garbo, Queen Christina
1934:
Bette Davis, Of Human Bondage
1935:
Bette Davis, Dangerous
Katharine Hepburn, Alice Adams
Bette Davis, Bordertown
1936:
Carole Lombard, My Man Godfrey
Jean Arthur, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1937:
Greta Garbo, Camille
Barbara Stanwyck, Stella Dallas
Katharine Hepburn, Stage Door
Luise Rainer, Stage Door
Irene Dunne, The Awful Truth
1938:
Bette Davis, Jezebel
Katharine Hepburn, Holiday
1939:
Bette Davis, Dark Victory
Vivien Leigh, Gone With the Wind
Judy Garland, The Wizard of Oz
Jean Arthur, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Bette Davis, The Old Maid
Bette Davis, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Greta Garbo, Ninotchka
Olivia de Havilland, Gone With the Wind
Margaret Hamilton, The Wizard of Oz
1940:
Katharine Hepburn, The Philadelphia Story
Joan Fontaine, Rebecca
Margaret Sullavan, The Shop Around the Corner
Rosalind Russell, His Girl Friday
Vivien Leigh, Waterloo Bridge
1941:
Barbara Stanwyck, The Lady Eve
Bette Davis, The Little Foxes
Patricia Collinge, The Little Foxes
Barbara Stanwyck, Ball of Fire
1942:
Bette Davis, Now, Voyager
Ingrid Bergman, Casablanca
Agnes Moorhead, The Magnificent Ambersons
1943:
Bette Davis, Old Acquaintance
Ingrid Bergman, For Whom the Bell Tolls
1944:
Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity
Lauren Bacall, To Have and Have Not
Judy Garland, Meet Me in St. Louis
Margaret O'Brien, Meet Me in St. Louis
Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight
1945:
Ingrid Bergman, Spellbound
Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce
1946:
Ingrid Bergman, Notorious
Celia Johnson, Brief Encounter
Olivia de Havilland, To Each His Own
1947:
1948:
Angela Lansbury, State of the Union
Olivia de Havilland, The Snake Pit
Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda
Barbara Stanwyck, Sorry, Wrong Number
1949:
Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress
1950:
Bette Davis, All About Eve
Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevard
Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday
Judy Garland, Summer Stock (for "Get Happy")
1951:
Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire
Elizabeth Taylor, A Place in the Sun
1952:
Katharine Hepburn, Pat and Mike
Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba
Julie Harris, Member of the Wedding
Ethel Waters, Member of the Wedding
1953:
Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday
1954:
Audrey Hepburn, Sabrina
Judy Garland, A Star Is Born
1955:
Katharine Hepburn, Summertime
Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo
Shirley MacLaine, Artists and Models
Susan Hayward, I'll Cry Tomorrow
1956:
Katharine Hepburn, The Rainmaker
Marilyn Monroe, Bus Stop
1957:
Joanne Woodward, The Three Faces of Eve
Audrey Hepburn, Funny Face
Patricia Neal, A Face in the Crowd
1958:
Kim Novak, Vertigo
Susan Hayward, I Want to Live!
Shirley MacLaine, Some Came Running
1959:
Katharine Hepburn, Suddenly, Last Summer
Audrey Hepburn, The Nun's Story
Simone Signoret, Room at the Top
Marilyn Monroe, Some Like It Hot
1960:
Janet Leigh, Psycho
Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment
1961:
Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's
Deborah Kerr, The Innocents
Natalie Wood, Splendor in the Grass
Marilyn Monroe, The Misfits
Geraldine Page, Summer and Smoke
Audrey Hepburn, The Children's Hour
Rita Tushingham, A Touch of Honey
Lola Albright, A Cold Day in August
Hayley Mills, The Parent Trap
1962:
Geraldine Page, Sweet Bird of Youth
Bette Davis, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Angela Lansbury, The Manchurian Candidate
Joan Crawford, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Anne Bancroft, The Miracle Worker
Katharine Hepburn, Long Day's Journey into Night
Patty Duke, The Miracle Worker
1963:
Patricia Neal, Hud
1964:
Kim Stanley, Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Anne Bancroft, The Pumpkin Eater
1965:
Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music
Julie Christie, Darling
1966:
Elizabeth Taylor, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Lynn Redgrave, Georgy Girl
Joan Hackett, The Group
1967:
Anne Bancroft, The Graduate
Faye Dunaway, Bonnie and Clyde
Edith Evans, The Whisperers
Katharine Hepburn, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Audrey Hepburn, Wait Until Dark
Audrey Hepburn, Two for the Seesaw
1968:
Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl
Katharine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter
Mia Farrow, Rosemary's Baby
Vanessa Redgrave, Isadora
Beryl Reid, The Killing of Sister George
Joanne Woodward, Rachel, Rachel
Tuesday Weld, Pretty Poison
Julie Christie, Petulia
1969
Jane Fonda, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Liza Minnelli, The Sterile Cuckoo
Genevieve Bujold, Anne of the Thousand Days
Shirley Knight, The Rain People
1970:
Sandy Dennis, The Out-of-Towners
Glenda Jackson, Women in Love
Barbara Streisand, The Owl and the Pussycat
Carrie Snodgrass, Diary of a Mad Housewife
Ellen Burstyn, Alex in Wonderland
1971:
Jane Fonda, Klute
Gena Rowlands, Minnie and Moskowitz
Glenda Jackson, Elizabeth R.
Ruth Gordon, Harold and Maude
Glenda Jackson, Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Julie Christie, McCabe and Mrs. Miller
Vanessa Redgrave, The Trojan Women
Irene Papas, The Trojan Women
Genevieve Bujold, The Trojan Women
Julie Dawn Cole, Willie Wonka
Denise Nickerson, Willie Wonka
Candace Bergen, Carnal Knowledge
Ellen Burstyn, The Last Picture Show
Cloris Leachman, The Last Picture Show
Cybil Sheperd, The Last Picture Show
1972:
Liza Minnelli, Cabaret
Diana Ross, Lady Sings the Blues
Cicely Tyson, Sounder
Joanne Woodward, The Effect ...
1973:
Tatum O'Neal, Paper Moon
Madeline Kahn, Paper Moon
Sissy Spacek, Badlands
Joanne Woodward, Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Julie Christie, Don't Look Now
1974:
Faye Dunaway, Chinatown
Shelley Duvall, Thieves Like Us
Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence
Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Cicely Tyson, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman
Goldie Hawn, Sugarland Express
Blythe Danner, Lovin' Molly
Lauren Bacall, Murder on the Orient Express
Katharine Hepburn, Love Among the Ruins
Sophia Loren, Brief Encounter
1975:
Ronee Blakley, Nashville
Ann-Margret, Tommy
Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Lily Tomlin, Nashville
Paula Prentiss, The Stepford Wives
Geraldine Chaplin, Nashville
Barbara Harris, Nashville
Maureen Stapleton, Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
1976
Sissy Spacek, Carrie
Faye Dunaway, Network
Jane Alexander, Eleanor and Franklin: The Early Years
Sally Field, Sybil
Talia Shire, Rocky
Shelley Duvall, Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Jodie Foster, Taxi Driver
Tatum O'Neal, The Bad News Bears
Cybil Shepard, Taxi Driver
1977
(in approximate release order)
Jane Alexander, Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Lily Tomlin, The Late Show
Sissy Spacek, 3 Women
Diane Keaton, Annie Hall
Liza Minnelli, New York, New York
Jane Fonda, Julia
Vanessa Redgrave, Julia
Gena Rowlands, Opening Night
Diane Keaton, Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Marsha Mason, The Goodbye Girl
Jane Fonda, Fun With Dick and Jane
Glenda Jackson, Nasty Habits
Sandy Dennis, Nasty Habits
Jill Clayburgh, Semi-Tough
Shirley MacLaine, The Turning Point
1978:
Genevieve Bujold, Coma
Joanne Woodward, See How She Runs
Olivia Newton-John, Grease
Mona Washbourne, Stevie
Glenda Jackson, Stevie
Jane Fonda, California Suite
Stockard Channing, Grease
Kristy McNichol, Summer of My German SoldierMeryl Streep, The Deer Hunter
Carol Burnett, A Wedding
Marybeth Hurt, Interiors
Maureen Stapleton, Interiors
Jane Fonda, Comes a Horseman (horrible to horses, though)
Faye Dunaway, The Eyes of Laura MarsDiana Ross, The Wiz
Melanie Mayron, Girlfriends
1979:
Jane Fonda, The China Syndrome
Diane Keaton, Manhattan
Meryl Streep, Kramer v. Kramer
Bette Midler, The Rose
Mary Steenburgen, Time After Time
Meryl Streep, The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Sally Field, Norma Rae
Barbara Harris, The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Sigourney Weaver, Alien
Vanessa Redgrave, Agatha
Jill Clayburgh, Starting Over
Blythe Danner, The Great SantiniMariel Hemingway, Manhattan
Candace Bergen, Starting Over
1980
Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter
Jill Clayburgh, It's My Turn
Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People
Lily Tomlin, Nine to Five
Kristy McNichol, Little Darlings
Goldie Hawn, Private Benjamin
Mary Steenburgen, Melvin and Howard
Shelley Duvall, The Shining
Charlotte Rampling, Stardust Memories
Shelley Duvall, Popeye
Gena Rowlands, Gloria
Debra Winger, Urban Cowboy
Beverly d'Angelo, Coal Miner's DaughterJodie Foster, Foxes
Ellen Burstyn, Resurrection
Eileen Brennan, Private BenjaminDiana Scarwid, Inside Moves
Cathy Moriarty, Raging Bull
1981
Diane Keaton, Reds
Amanda Plummer, Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Jessica Lange, The Postman Always Rings Twice
Faye Dunaway, Mommie Dearest
Kathleen Turner, Body Heat (I'm fan of Turner, but not really of this performance)
Meryl Streep, The French Lieutenant's Woman
Bernadette Peters, Pennies from Heaven
Kate Nelligan, Eye of the Needle
Katharine Hepburn, On Golden Pond
Marsha Mason, Only When I Laugh
Margot Kidder, Heartaches
1982
Meryl Streep, Sophie's Choice
Amy Madigan, Love Child
Glenn Close, The World According to Garp
Jobeth Williams, Poltergeist
Sean Young, Blade Runner
Diane Keaton, Shoot the Moon
Jessica Lange, Frances
Jessica Lange, Tootsie
Debra Winger, An Officer and a Gentleman
Sandy Dennis, Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Mary Beth Hurt, The World According to Garp
Jill Clayburgh, I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Geraldine Page, I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Annette O'Toole, Cat People
Cher, Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Karen Black, Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Kathy Bates, Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Sudie Bond, Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Patrice Donnelly, Personal Best
Mariel Hemingway, Personal Best
Susan Sarandon, Tempest
Joanna Cassady, Blade Runner
Daryl Hannah, Blade Runner
Margot Kidder, Heartaches
1983
Debra Winger, Terms of Endearment
Meryl Streep, Silkwood
Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment
Bonnie Bedelia, Heart Like a Wheel
Susan Sarandon, The Hunger
Dianne Wiest, Independence Day
Jobeth Williams, The Big Chill
Veronica Cartwright, The Right Stuff
Barbra Streisand, Yentl
Kathleen Turner, The Man With Two Brains
Sandra Bernhard, The King of Comedy
Ann-Margret, Who Will Love My Children?
Julie Walters, Educating Rita
1984
Kathleen Turner, Crimes of Passion
Diane Keaton, The Little Drummer Girl
Debra Winger, Mike's Murder
Judy Davis, A Passage to India
Genevieve Bujold, Choose Me
Diane Keaton, Mrs. Soffel
Kathleen Turner, Romancing the Stone
Peggy Ashcroft, A Passage to India
Christine Lahti, Swing Shift
Vanessa Redgrave, The Bostonians
Melanie Griffith, Body Double
Molly Ringwald, Sixteen Candlesothers
1985
Mia Farrow, The Purple Rose of Cairo
Meryl Streep, Plenty
Ally Sheedy, The Breakfast Club
Jessica Lange, Sweet Dreams
Kathleen Turner, Prizzi's Honor
Maggie Smith, A Private Function
Meryl Streep, Out of Africa
Miranda Richardson, Dance with a Stranger
Vanessa Redgrave, Wetherby
Geraldine Page, A Trip to Bountiful
Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple
Glenn Close, Jagged Edge
Margaret Avery, The Color Purple
Jane Fonda, Agnes of God
Meg Tilly, Agnes of God
others
1986
Diane Keaton, Crimes of the Heart
Kathleen Turner, Peggy Sue Got Married
Molly Ringwald, Pretty in Pink
Dianne Wiest, Hannah and Her Sisters
Sigourney Weaver, Aliens
Melanie Griffith, Something Wild
Christine Lahti, Just Between Friends
Sissy Spacek, Crimes of the Heart
Jessica Lange, Crimes of the Heart
Chloe Webb, Sid and Nancy
Patricia Hodge, The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
Alfre Woodard, L.A. Law
Sissy Spacek, night, Mother
Farrah Fawcett, Extremities
others
1987
Judy Davis, High Tide
Holly Hunter, Broadcast News
Diane Keaton, Baby Boom
Glenn Close, Fatal Attraction
Faye Dunaway, Barfly
Maggie Smith, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Jan Adele, High Tide
Meryl Streep, Ironweed
Cher, Moonstruck
Sally Kirkland, Anna1988
Glenn Close, Dangerous Liaisons
Sigourney Weaver, Gorillas in the Mist
Meryl Streep, A Cry in the Dark
Christine Lahti, Running on Empty
Debra Winger, Betrayed
Jodhi May, A World Apart
Bette Midler, Big Business
Jessica Lange, Far North
Susan Sarandon, Bull Durham
Michelle Pfeiffer, Married to the Mob
Jodie Foster, The Accused
Melanie Griffith, Working Girl
Juliette Binoche, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Lena Olin, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Kathleen Turner, Switching Channels
Genevieve Bujold, Dead Ringers
Michelle Pfeiffer, Dangerous Liaisons
Diane Venora, Bird
Nancy Baker, Street Smart
Diane Keaton, The Good Mother
Jessica Lange, Music Box
Anjelica Huston, Enemies, a Love Story
Andie MacDowell, sex, lies, and videotape
Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy
Lena Olin, Enemies, A Love Story
Farrah Fawcett, Small Sacrifices
1990
Debra Winger, Everybody Wins
Debra Winger, The Sheltering Sky
Julia Roberts, Pretty Woman
Anjelica Huston, The Grifters
Annette Bening, The Grifters
Uma Thurman, Henry and June
Meryl Streep, Postcards from the Edge
Shirley MacLaine, Postcards from the Edge
1991
Helen Mirren, Prime Suspect
Jodie Foster, Silence of the Lambs
Sally Field, Soapdish
Susan Sarandon, Thelma and Louise
Michelle Pfeiffer, Frankie and Johnny
Lily Taylor, dogfight
Gena Davis, Thelma and Louise
Bette Midler, For the Boys
Jennifer Jason-Leigh, Rush
Mimi Rogers, The Rapture
others
1992
Michelle Pfeiffer, Batman Returns
Judy Davis, Husbands and Wives
Emma Thomspon, Howard's End
Sharon Stone, Basic Instinct
Vanessa Redgrave, Howard's End
Helen Mirren, Where Angels Fear to Tread
Helena Bonham-Carter, Howard's End
Natasha Richardson, Suddenly, Last Summer (time frame?)
others
(this is meant to be through the first half of 1992)