In which film did Jane Fonda play a hooker to win the 1971 Best Actress Oscar?
Jane Fonda first National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress and her second New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. Between "Klute" in 1971 and "Fun With Dick and Jane" in 1977, Fonda did not have a major film success. She appeared in "A Doll's House" (1973), "Steelyard Blues" and "The Blue Bird" (1976). In the former, some critics felt Fonda was miscast, but her work as Nora Helmer drew praise, and a review in "The New York Times" opined, "Though the Losey film is ferociously flawed, I recommend it for Jane Fonda's performance. Beforehand, it seemed fair
Jane Fonda performance, even suggesting that the film should have been titled "Bree" after her character: "What is it about Jane Fonda that makes her such a fascinating actress to watch? She has a sort of nervous intensity that keeps her so firmly locked into a film character that the character actually seems distracted by things that come up in the movie." During the 1971–1972 awards season, Fonda dominated the Best Actress category at almost every major awards ceremony; in addition to her Oscar win, she received her first Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama, her