Elisabeth Bergner(1897-1986)

As of 2013 she is one of six women who has received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for a performance directed by her spouse, namely for Escape Me Never (1935) direct by Paul Czinner. The other five are Frances McDormand for Fargo (1996) (directed by Joel Coen), Gena Rowlands for Une femme sous influence (1974) & Gloria (1980) (both directed by John Cassavetes), Julie Andrews for Victor/Victoria (1982) (directed by Blake Edwards), Joanne Woodward for Rachel, Rachel (1968) (directed by Paul Newman), and Jean Simmons for The Happy Ending (1969) (directed by Richard Brooks). Jules Dassin also directed his future wife Melina Mercouri in a Best Actress Oscar nominated performance (Jamais le dimanche (1960)), but they weren't married yet at the time of the nomination.

I am well paid in London. I do not go to Hollywood because I am afraid of the place. Hollywood and I would not mix. I would be out of my element - a fish out of water. Hollywood is artificial, high pressure, very social. I am none of these things.