Carl Van Vechten · Public domain

Trained at the Actors Studio and became one of the defining Method actresses of 1950s Broadway, starring in the original productions of Picnic and Bus Stop before her film work earned her an Oscar nomination for Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964), for which she also won the New York Film Critics Circle Award. She largely stepped back from acting afterward, returning for occasional roles that earned further recognition, including an Oscar nomination for playing Frances Farmer's mother in Frances (1982) and a Primetime Emmy for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1985).