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Academy Awards
Shortest Best Actress Performances
This list features actresses who have won Best Actress at the Academy Awards for the shortest performance.
RANK | ACTRESS | FILM | MINUTES ON SCREEN | YEAR |
1 | Patricia Neal | Hud | 21:51 | 1963 |
2 | Louise Fletcher | One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest | 22:37 | 1976 |
3 | Nicole Kidman | The Hours | 23:30 | 2002 |
4 | Frances McDormand | Fargo | 26:29 | 1996 |
5 | Luise Rainer | The Great Ziegfeld | 35:43 | 1936 |
6 | Simone Signoret | Room at the Top | 38:07 | 1959 |
7 | Janet Gaynor | Sunrise | 41:05 | 1928 |
8 | Kate Winslet | The Reader | 41:55 | 2008 |
9 | Faye Dunaway | Network | 42:02 | 1976 |
10 | Katharine Hepburn | Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner | 43:26 | 1967 |
References
Screen Time Central. (n.d.). Leading Actress Oscar Winners. [online] Available at: https://www.screentimecentral.com/leading-actress-oscar-winners [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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