“It really makes you realize the paucity of roles for women. “You just look at the Best Actress list and your heart sinks,” says Molly Haskell, a film critic for the Village Voice who frequently writes from the feminist viewpoint. Why are there no strong contenders in the Best Actress category this year? The answer most often heard is that there just aren't any good women's roles around. Also under consideration are Isabelle Adjani, the dazed wanderer of “The Story of Adele H.” Florinda Bolkan, the sickly factory worker of “A Brief Vacation” Marthe Keller, who played three women of the same family in “And Now, My Love,” and Mariangelo Melato, the bitchy Italian aristocrat of “Swept Away.” Commendable as their performances may have been, Jimmy the Greek probably wouldn't lay odds on any of these actresses, since their movies are all foreign imports-a genre which has not swept away all that many Oscars for Best Actress in past years. Miss Hassett is not the only contender whose name is not exactly a household word. And last, but never least, Katharine Hepburn is being mentioned for her role as the Bible‐toting spinster in the critically clobbered ‘'Rooster Cogburn.” Diana Ross is being mentioned for playing the model‐cum‐fashion designer in “Mahogany” (some observers say she has a good chance because of sentiment that it is time for a black woman to win). Two‐time Oscar winner Glenda Jackson is being touted for her performance of Hedda Gabler in “Hedda,” which was rushed into West Coast theaters in December so she would be eligible for the Oscar. friends in “Shampoo” Anne Bancroft, the frustrated Manhattanite in “The Prisoner of Second Avenue,” and Carol Kane, the long‐suffering immigrant wife in “Hester Street.”Īnother contender who drew only so‐so notices is newcomer Stockard Channing, being heavily promoted in trade paper ads for her role as the unsuspecting heiress in “The Fortune,” which suffered severe misfortune at the box office. Judy Klemesrud is a staff reporter for The Times. Among the actresses who drew mixed reviews at best when their movies opened but are now under serious consideration are Marisa Berenson, who barely utters a word in the misty “Barry Lyndon” Faye Dunaway, whose small part as Robert Redford's love interest in ‘Three Days of the Condor” is largely gratuitous Karen Black, who many believe was badly miscast as the blonde starlet in “The Day of the Locust” Barbra Streisand, who played the grown‐up Fanny Brice in “Funny Lady” Liza Minnelli, the frowzy rum‐runner in “Lucky Lady” Ann‐Margret, the domineering mother in “Tommy” Diane Keaton, the dimwitted heroine of “Love and Death” Goldie Hawn and Julie Christie, Warren Beatty's girl Studios and producers have been flailing around trying to come up with somebody, anybody, to push for the award in trade paper ads. There are so few surefire candidates this year that the list may be downright embarrassing. 17 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, that will probably not be the only strange thing about the list. If Marilyn Hassett's name does appear on the list of five Best Actress nominees to be announced on Feb. But because of the lack of qualified contenders for the Best Actress award this year, film insiders say that she has a chance of winning the Oscar.
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Miss Hassett, whom hardly anybody has heard of, played the stricken skier in “The Other Side of the Mountain,” a movie which was dismissed by most critics. A white envelope is handed to a sweating, tuxedoed presenter, who rips it open, flashes a nervous but toothy grin in the direction of the television camera, and intones, “The winner is. The black tie crowd in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center is hushed.
Here is a scene that could very well come true on Monday night, March 29: It is time for the Academy Award to be presented to the Best Actress of 1975.