Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s) British Academy Film Awards March 16, 1978 Best Actress Shelley Duvall Nominated [33] Cannes Film Festival May 13 – 27, 1977 Palme d'Or Robert Altman Nominated [34] Best Actress Shelley Duvall Won Los Angeles Film Critics Association December 19, 1977 Best Actress Won [35] National Society of Film Critics Awards December 19, 1977 Best Actress Runner-up [36] Best Supporting Actress Sissy Spacek Runner-up New York Film Critics Circle January 29, 1978 Best Actress Shelley Duvall Runner-up [37] Best Supporting Actress Sissy Spacek Won