BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role 1956

Nominations

Winner	A Town Like Alice	Virginia McKenna
Winner	The Rose Tattoo	Anna Magnani
	Gervaise	Maria Schell
	Baby Doll	Carroll Baker
	Guys and Dolls	Jean Simmons
	Reach for the Sky	Dorothy Alison
	Smiles of a Summer Night	Eva Dahlbeck
	The Trouble with Harry	Shirley MacLaine
	I'll Cry Tomorrow	Susan Hayward
	Picnic	Kim Novak
	Bhowani Junction	Ava Gardner
	War and Peace	Audrey Hepburn