Fields' Performance

I know that some have criticized the cemetery scene where Ms. Field talks about that she was supposed to be the one to go first,etc but I felt she deserved at least an Oscar nomination. Thousands of us can empathize with the pain of a parent losing a beloved child. Why she got no nod from the Academy baffles me while so many poor performances (Paltrow in "Shakespeare in Love" and many more, received Oscars.