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Academy Award Trivia and Statistics

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Below is a listing of the answers to many Academy Awards-related trivia questions based on the statistical results of the awards over the years. This information has been compiled by Elizabeth through statistical analysis of the results and with the help of a few news articles . Feel free to check up on any of the listings below and let me know if you dispute or disagree with anything.

Last updated: 18 March 2007

THE MOST OSCARS

• To any Film: (tie) (1959), TITANIC (1997) and THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003) (11)
  • runners up...

  • (1961) (10)
  • (tie) GIGI (1958), THE LAST EMPEROR (1987) and THE ENGLISH PATIENT (1996) (9)
• To any Film without winning Best Picture: CABARET (1972) (8)
  • runner up...

    (tie) A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951) and STAR WARS (1977) (6)

• To any Film in Acting categories: (tie) A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951) and NETWORK (1976) (3)
• To any Individual: (26: 22 Competitive Awards, 4 Honorary Awards)
• To any Producer: (tie) Sam Spiegel, Irving Thalberg, and Saul Zaentz (3)
• To any Short-Film Producer: (18: 12 Best Animated Short Subject, 6 Best Live-Action Short Subject)
  • runners up...

  • Fred Quimby (7: all Best Animated Short Subject)
  • Gordon Hollingshead (5: all Best Live-Action Short Subject)
• Best Director: (4)
  • runner up...

    (tie) and (3)

• Best Actor: (tie) , , Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman, , Jack Nicholson and (2)
• Best Supporting Actor: (3)
  • runner up...

    (tie) Michael Caine, Melvyn Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Jason Robards and Peter Ustinov (2)

• To any Actor: (tie) (3: all Best Supporting Actor) and Jack Nicholson (3: 2 Best Actor, 1 Best Supporting Actor)
• Best Actress: (4)
  • runner up...

    (tie) , , , Sally Field, Jane Fonda, Jodie Foster, Glenda Jackson, , Luise Rainer, Hilary Swank and (2)

• Best Supporting Actress: (tie) Dianne Wiest and Shelley Winters (2)
• To any Actress: (4: all Best Actress)
  • runner up...

    (3: 2 Best Actress, 1 Best Supporting Actress)

• Best Cinematography: (tie) Leon Shamroy and (4)
  • runner up...

    (tie) Conrad L. Hall, Winton C. Hoch, , Vittorio Storaro, Robert Surtees and Freddie Young (3)

• Best Writing: (tie) Charles Brackett, Paddy Chayefsky, Francis Ford Coppola and (3)
• Best Art-Set Direction: Cedric Gibbons (11)
  • runner up.

    .. Edwin B.

    Willis (8)

• Best Costume Design: (8)
  • runner up...

    Irene Sharaff (5)

• Best Music (Scoring): (9)
  • runner up...

    John Williams (5)

• Best Music (Song): (tie) Sammy Cahn, Alan Menken, Johnny Mercer and Jimmy Van Heusen (4)
• Any Best Music: (9: all Best Scoring)
  • runner up...

    Alan Menken (8: 4 Best Scoring, 4 Best Song)

• Best Editing: (tie) Ralph Dawson, Michael Kahn and Daniel Mandell (3)
• Best Makeup: Rick Baker (6)
  • runner up...

    Ve Neill (3)

• Best Sound: (tie) Douglas Shearer (5, as head of the winning studio sound department) and Fred Hynes (5, as head of the winning Todd-AO studio sound department)
• Best Foreign Language Film (by country): Italy (13)

THE MOST NOMINATIONS

• To any Film: (tie) (1950) and TITANIC (1997) (14)
  • runner up...

    (tie) (1939), FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953), (1964), WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966), FORREST GUMP (1994), SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1998), LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS (2001) and CHICAGO (2002) (13)

• To any Film without winning: (tie) THE TURNING POINT (1977) and THE COLOR PURPLE (1985) (11)
  • runners up..

    .

  • GANGS OF NEW YORK (2002) (10)
  • (tie) (1941) and PEYTON PLACE (1957) (9)
• To any Film without receiving a Best Picture nomination: THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY? (1969) (9)
• To any Film in Acting categories: (tie) (1942), (1950), FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953), ON THE WATERFRONT (1954), PEYTON PLACE (1957), TOM JONES (1963), BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967), THE GODFATHER, PART II (1974) and NETWORK (1976) (5)
• To any Film in Acting categories without winning: (tie) PEYTON PLACE (1957) and TOM JONES (1963) (5)
  • runner up.

    .. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) (4)

• To any Film without receiving any acting nominations: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003) (11)
• To any Individual: (59)
• To any Individual without winning: Kevin O'Connell (19)
  • runner up.

    .. (tie) Roland Anderson and Alex North (15)

• To any Individual in consecutive years: (22: 1941-1962)
• To any Producer: (15)
  • runners up.

    ..

  • (12)
  • (tie) Irving Thalberg and (8)
  • (7)
• To any Producer without winning: (tie) Pandro S.

  Berman and (6)

• To any Short-Film Producer: (51: 39 Best Animated Short Subject, 12 Best Live-Action Short Subject)
  • runners up...

  • Gordon Hollingshead (21: all Best Live-Action Short Subject)
  • Pete Smith (16: all Best Live-Action Short Subject)
  • (tie) Stephen Bosustow and Fred Quimby (13: all Best Animated Short Subject)
• To any Short-Film Producer without winning: Walter Lantz (10: all Best Animated Short Subject)
• To any Short-Film Producer in consecutive years: (22: 1941-1962)
• Best Director: (12)
  • runners up...

  • (8)
  • and (7)
• Best Director without winning: (tie) Robert Altman, Clarence Brown, and (5)
• Best Actor: (tie) and (9)
  • runners up...

  • (tie) , Jack Nicholson and (8)
  • (tie) , Dustin Hoffman and (7)
• Best Actor without winning: (8)
• Best Supporting Actor: (tie) Arthur Kennedy, Jack Nicholson, and (4)
• Best Supporting Actor without winning: (tie) Arthur Kennedy and (4)
• To any Actor: Jack Nicholson (12: 8 Best Actor, 4 Best Supporting Actor)
  • runners up...

  • (10: 9 Best Actor, 1 Best Supporting Actor)
  • (tie) (9: all Best Actor) and (9: 8 Best Actor, 1 Best Supporting Actor)
  • (tie) (8: 7 Best Actor, 1 Best Supporting Actor), (8: 7 Best Actor, 1 Best Supporting Actor), (8: all Best Actor) and Al Pacino (8: 5 Best Actor, 3 Best Supporting Actor)
  • (tie) Richard Burton (7: 6 Best Actor, 1 Best Supporting Actor) and Dustin Hoffman (7: all Best Actor)
• To any Actor without winning: (8: all Best Actor)
  • runners up...

  • (7: 6 Best Actor, 1 Best Supporting Actor)
  • (tie) Albert Finney (5: 4 Best Actor, 1 Best Supporting Actor) and Arthur Kennedy (5: 1 Best Actor, 4 Best Supporting Actor)
• To any Actor in consecutive years: (tie) (4: 1951-1954) and Al Pacino (4: 1972-1975)
• Best Actress: (12)
  • runners up...

  • Meryl Streep (11)
  • (10)
  • (7)
  • (tie) and Sissy Spacek (6)
• Best Actress without winning: (6)
  • runner up...

    (5)

• Best Supporting Actress: (6)
  • runner up...

    (tie) Ethel Barrymore, Lee Grant, , Geraldine Page, Maggie Smith and Maureen Stapleton (4)

• Best Supporting Actress without winning: (6)
• To any Actress: Meryl Streep (14: 11 Best Actress, 3 Best Supporting Actress)
  • runners up...

  • (12: all Best Actress)
  • (10: all Best Actress)
  • Geraldine Page (8: 4 Best Actress, 4 Best Supporting Actress)
  • (tie) (7: 6 Best Actress, 1 Best Supporting Actress), Jane Fonda (7: 6 Best Actress, 1 Best Supporting Actress) and (7: all Best Actress)
• To any Actress without winning: (tie) (6: all Best Actress) and (6: all Best Supporting Actress)
  • runner up...

    (tie) (5: all Best Actress) and Glenn Close (5: 2 Best Actress, 3 Best Supporting Actress)

• To any Actress in consecutive years: (tie) (5: 1938-1942) and (5: 1941-1945)
  • runner up...

    (tie) (4: 1943-1946), (4: 1950-1953) and (4: 1957-1960)

• Best Cinematography: (tie) and Leon Shamroy (18)
  • runner up...

    Robert Surtees (16)

• Best Cinematography without winning: George J. Folsey (13)
• Best Writing: Woody Allen (14)
  • runners up..

    .

  • (12)
  • (tie) Federico Fellini and (8)
• Best Writing without winning: Federico Fellini (8)
• Best Art-Set Direction: Cedric Gibbons (40)
  • runner up..

    . Edwin B. Willis (32)

• Best Art-Set Direction without winning: Roland Anderson (15)
• To any Art-Set Director in consecutive years: Hal Pereira (12: 1952-1963)
  • runner up.

    .. Cedric Gibbons (11: 1936-1946)

• Best Costume Design: (35)
  • runners up.

    ..

  • Charles LeMaire (16)
  • Irene Sharaff (15)
  • Jean Louis (14)
  • Dorothy Jeakins (12)
• Best Costume Design without winning: Patricia Norris (5)
• To any Costume Designer in consecutive years: (19: 1948-1966)
  • runner up.

    .. Charles LeMaire (10: 1950-1959)

• Best Music (Scoring): (43, including 2 as head of the nominated studio music department)
  • runners up.

    ..

  • John Williams (40)
  • (20)
  • (19)
• Best Music (Scoring) without winning: Alex North (14)
• Best Music (Song): Sammy Cahn (26)
  • runner up.

    .. Johnny Mercer (18)

• Best Music (Song) without winning: Mack David (8)
  • runner up.

    .. (tie) Jimmy McHugh and John Williams (5)

• Any Best Music: (tie) (45, including 2 as head of the nominated studio music department) and John Williams (45)
• Any Best Music without winning: Alex North (15)
• To any Musician in consecutive years: (20: 1937-1956)
  • runner up.

    .. (13: 1938-1950)

• Best Editing: (tie) Michael Kahn, Barbara McLean and William H.

  Reynolds (7)

  • runner up...

    (tie) Gerry Hambling, Frederic Knudtson, Harold F. Kress, William A. Lyon, Walter Murch, Thelma Schoonmaker and Ralph E.

    Winters (6)

• Best Editing without winning: (tie) Gerry Hambling and Frederic Knudtson (6)
• Best Makeup: Rick Baker (9)
  • runners up...

  • Greg Cannom (8)
  • Ve Neill (7)
• Best Sound: Kevin O'Connell (19)
  • runner up...

    John Livadary (17, as head of the nominated studio sound department)

• Best Sound without winning: Kevin O'Connell (19)
  • runner up...

    Loren L. Ryder (12, as head of the nominated studio sound department)

• To any Sound personnel in consecutive years: John Livadary (13: 1934-1946, as head of the nominated studio sound department)
  • runner up..

    . Douglas Shearer (12: 1934-1945, as head of the nominated studio sound department)

• To any country for Best Foreign Language Film: France (34)

THE ONLY

• The only write-in Oscar winner: Hal Mohr, Best Cinematography for A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (1935)
• The only silent film to win Best Picture: WINGS (1927)
• The only X-rated Best Picture: MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
• The only Best Pictures to sweep every category in which they were nominated:
  • THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003) (11)
  • THE LAST EMPEROR (1987) (9)
  • GIGI (1958) (9)
  • IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) (5)
• The only films to win the 'Big Five' Academy Awards (Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay): IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934), ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975) and THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991).
• The only Best Pictures to be honored only in that category:
  • THE BROADWAY MELODY (1928/1929)
  • GRAND HOTEL (1931/1932)
  • MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
• The only Best Pictures to win fewer total Oscars than at least one other picture the same year:
  • GRAND HOTEL (1931/1932)
  • MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
  • THE GREAT ZIEGFELD (1936)
  • YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938)
  • REBECCA (1940)
  • CASABLANCA (1943)
  • ALL THE KING'S MEN (1949)
  • THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (1952)
  • MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
  • THE GODFATHER (1972)
  • ROCKY (1976)
  • ANNIE HALL (1977)
  • CHARIOTS OF FIRE (1981)
  • MILLION DOLLAR BABY (2004)
• The only movies to win both Best Actor and Best Actress awards:
  • IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
  • ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
  • NETWORK (1976)
  • COMING HOME (1978)
  • ON GOLDEN POND (1981)
  • THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
  • AS GOOD AS IT GETS (1997)
• The only performer to be nominated in both the leading and supporting categories for the same role: for GOING MY WAY (1944).

• The only performer to win two Oscars for the same performance: , Best Supporting Actor for (1946) and Honorary Oscar for bringing hope to other veterans.
• The only performers to be nominated for playing the same character in two different films:
  • as Father O'Malley in GOING MY WAY (1944) and THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S (1945)
  • as King Henry II in BECKET (1964) and THE LION IN WINTER (1968)
  • Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in THE GODFATHER (1972) (Supporting Actor) and THE GODFATHER: PART II (1974) (Leading Actor)
  • as 'Fast' Eddie Felson in THE HUSTLER (1961) and THE COLOR OF MONEY (1986).

• The only actresses nominated as both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress in the same year: (1938), (1942), Jessica Lange (1982), Sigourney Weaver (1988), Holly Hunter (1993), Emma Thompson (1993) and Julianne Moore (2002).
• The only actors nominated as both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor in the same year: Al Pacino (1992) and Jamie Foxx (2004).
• The only performers directing themselves to acting Oscars: in HAMLET (1948) and Roberto Begnini in LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1997).

• The only performers ever to refuse an Oscar: George C. Scott, Best Actor for PATTON (1970) and , Best Actor for THE GODFATHER (1972).
• The only Best Director Oscar winner to win for the only film he ever directed: Jerome Robbins for (1961).

• The only families with three generations of Oscar winners:
  • The Hustons - Walter Huston, Best Supporting Actor (1948); Walter's son as Best Director and Best Screenplay (1948); 's daughter Angelica Huston as Best Supporting Actress (1985).
  • The Coppolas - Carmine Coppola, Best Music (Original Dramatic Score) (1974); Carmine's son Francis Ford Coppola, Best Writing (1970, 1972, 1974), Best Director (1974) and Best Picture (1974); Francis' daughter Sophia Coppola, Best Writing (2003).
• The only women ever nominated as Best Director:
  • Lina Wertmuller for SEVEN BEAUTIES (1976)
  • Jane Campion for THE PIANO (1993)
  • Sofia Coppola for LOST IN TRANSLATION (2003)
• The only animated film ever to be nominated as Best Picture: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991).

• The only Oscar winners to present their own awards: , Best Animated Short Subject (1932); Irving Berlin, Best Original Song (1942).
• The only Oscar winner named Oscar: Oscar Hammerstein II

OTHER OSCAR TRIVIA

• Individuals to be involved in the most Best Picture Winners:
  • Director: (3) (also directed the most Best Picture nominees (13) and the most Best Picture nominees in consecutive years (7: 1936-1942))
    • runners up..

      . (tie) , Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood, Milos Foreman, , David Lean, Frank Lloyd, Vincente Minnelli, , and (2)

  • Producer: (tie) Sam Spiegel, Irving Thalberg, Saul Zaentz and (3)
    • runners up..

      . (tie) Clint Eastwood, , Branko Lustig, , and (2)

  • Actor: (tie) Ward Bond, John Cazale, , , , Morgan Freeman, Sir John Gielgud, Hugh Griffith, Jack Hawkins, Dustin Hoffman and Joe Spinell (3)
  • Actress: Bess Flowers (5)
• Individual to win the most Oscars at a single ceremony: (4 at the 26th Academy Awards in 1954).
• The most consecutive years for an Individual to be nominated in a competitive category: Walt Disney (22 years: 1941-1962)
  • runner up.

    .. (tie) (19: 1948-1966) and (19: 1937-1956)

• The longest film to win Best Picture: (1939) (234 minutes)
  • runners up.

    ..

  • (1962) (222 minutes)
  • (1959) (212 minutes)
• The shortest film to win Best Picture: MARTY (1955) (91 minutes)
• The first movie in color to win Best Picture: (1939).

• The last movie in black-and-white to win Best Picture: SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
  • runner up...

    THE APARTMENT (1960)

• The first animated film to be nominated as Best Picture: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)
• The director responsible for the most Oscar-winning performances: (14)
  • runners up...

  • (9)
  • (7)
• The director responsible for the most Oscar-nominated performances: (35)
  • runners up...

  • (24)
  • (tie) Martin Scorsese and (20)
  • (tie) , Sidney Lumet and (18)
  • Mike Nichols and (17)
• First black performer to win an Oscar: , Best Supporting Actress for (1939).
• The performer with the most posthumous Academy Award nominations: (2) for EAST OF EDEN (1955) and GIANT (1956).
• The first person ever to refuse an Oscar: Dudley Nichols, Best Screenplay for THE INFORMER (1935).

• Ties for major awards:
  • Best Actor 1931: Wallace Beery in THE CHAMP and in DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE.

  • Best Actress 1968: in THE LION IN WINTER and Barbra Streisand in FUNNY GIRL.
• The most frequent Oscar host: (18 times as host or co-host)
• The most frequent site of the Academy Awards: The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (25 times)

THE YOUNGEST

• Competitive Oscar Winner: Tatum O'Neal (age 10), Best Supporting Actress for PAPER MOON (1973)
  • runners up..

    .

  • Anna Paquin (age 11) for THE PIANO (1993)
  • Patty Duke (age 16) for THE MIRACLE WORKER (1962)
• Oscar Recipient: (age 6) given an Honorary Oscar in 1934
  • runners up..

    .

  • Vincent Winter (age 7) given an Honorary Oscar in 1954 (age 8) given an Honorary Oscar in 1944
• Best Director Winner: Norman Taurog (age 32) for SKIPPY (1930/31)
  • runners up..

    .

  • Lewis Milestone (age 33) for TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS (1927/28)
  • Sam Mendes (age 34) for AMERICAN BEAUTY (1999)
• Best Director Nominee: John Singleton (age 24) for BOYZ N THE HOOD (1991)
  • runners up..

    .

  • (age 26) for CITIZEN KANE (1941)
  • Kenneth Branagh (age 29) for HENRY V (1989)
  • Claude Lelouch (age 29) for A MAN AND A WOMAN (1966)
  • M. Night Shyamalan (age 29) for THE SIXTH SENSE (1999)
• Best Actor Winner: Adrian Brody (age 29) for THE PIANIST (2002)
  • runners up.

    ..

  • Richard Dreyfuss (age 30) for THE GOODBYE GIRL (1977)
  • (age 30) for ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
• Best Actor Nominee: Jackie Cooper (age 9) for SKIPPY (1930)
  • runners up.

    ..

  • (age 19) for BABES IN ARMS (1939)
  • (age 23) for THE HUMAN COMEDY (1943)
• Best Actress Winner: Marlee Matlin (age 21) for CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (1986)
  • runners up.

    ..

  • Janet Gaynor (age 22) for 7TH HEAVEN, STREET ANGEL and SUNRISE (1927/28)
  • (age 24) for SUSPICION (1941)
  • (age 24) for (1953)
  • (age 25) for THE SONG OF BERNADETTE (1943)
• Best Actress Nominee: Keisha Castle-Hughes (age 13) for WHALE RIDER (2003)
  • runners up.

    ..

  • Isabelle Adjani (age 20) for THE STORY OF ADELE H.

    (1975)

  • Marlee Matlin (age 21) for CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (1986)
• Best Supporting Actor Winner: Timothy Hutton (age 19) for ORDINARY PEOPLE (1980)
  • runners up...

  • Cuba Gooding, Jr. (age 28) for JERRY MAGUIRE (1996)
  • George Chakiris (age 28) for (1961)
• Best Supporting Actor Nominee: Justin Henry (age 8) for KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979)
  • runners up.

    ..

  • Haley Joel Osment (age 11) for THE SIXTH SENSE (1999)
  • Brandon De Wilde (age 11) for SHANE (1953)
• Best Supporting Actress Winner: Tatum O'Neal (age 10) for PAPER MOON (1973)
  • runners up.

    ..

  • Anna Paquin (age 11) for THE PIANO (1993)
  • Patty Duke (age 16) for THE MIRACLE WORKER (1962)
  • (age 23) for THE RAZOR'S EDGE (1946)
  • (age 24) for (1942)
• Best Supporting Actress Nominee: Tatum O'Neal (age 10) for PAPER MOON (1973)
  • runners up.

    ..

  • Mary Badham (age 10) for TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
  • Quinn Cummings (age 10) for THE GOODBYE GIRL (1977)
  • Abigail Breslin (age 10) for LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (2006)
  • Patty McCormack (age 11) for THE BAD SEED (1956)
  • Anna Paquin (age 11) for THE PIANO (1993)

THE OLDEST:

• Oscar Winner: Jessica Tandy (age 80) Best Actress for DRIVING MISS DAISY (1989)
  • runner up.

    .. George Burns (age 80) Best Supporting Actor for THE SUNSHINE BOYS (1975)

• Performer to receive an Oscar: Groucho Marx (age 83) given an Honorary Award in 1973.

• Best Director Winner: Clint Eastwood (age 74) for MILLION DOLLAR BABY (2004)
  • runners up...

  • Roman Polanski (age 69) for THE PIANIST (2003)
  • (age 65) for (1964)
  • Martin Scorsese (age 64) for THE DEPARTED (2006)
  • Clint Eastwood (age 62) for UNFORGIVEN (1992)
  • Carol Reed (age 62) for OLIVER! (1968)
  • (age 59) for A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (1966)
  • Richard Attenborough (age 59) for GANDHI (1982)
• Best Director Nominee: (age 79) for PRIZZI'S HONOR (1985)
  • runners up..

    .

  • Charles Crichton (age 78) for A FISH CALLED WANDA (1988)
  • Robert Altman (age 76) for GOSFORD PARK (2001)
  • (age 76) for A PASSAGE TO INDIA (1984)
  • Clint Eastwood (age 76) for LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (2006)
• Best Actor Winner: (age 76) for ON GOLDEN POND (1981)
  • runners up..

    .

  • (age 62) for TRUE GRIT (1969)
  • George Arliss (age 62) for DISRAELI (1929/30)
  • (age 62) for THE COLOR OF MONEY (1986)
• Best Actor Nominee: Richard Farnsworth (age 79) for THE STRAIGHT STORY (1999)
  • runners up..

    .

  • (age 76) for ON GOLDEN POND (1981)
  • Clint Eastwood (age 74) for MILLION DOLLAR BABY (2004)
  • (age 74) for VENUS (2006)
  • (age 71) for THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (1978)
  • (age 70) for NOBODY'S FOOL (1994)
• Best Actress Winner: Jessica Tandy (age 80) for DRIVING MISS DAISY (1989)
  • runners up..

    .

  • (age 74) for ON GOLDEN POND (1981)
  • Marie Dressler (age 63) for MIN AND BILL (1930/31)
  • (age 61) for THE LION IN WINTER (1968)
  • Helen Mirren (age 61) for THE QUEEN (2006).
  • Geraldine Page (age 61) for THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL (1985)
• Best Actress Nominee: Jessica Tandy (age 80) for DRIVING MISS DAISY (1989)
  • runners up.

    ..

  • Dame Edith Evans (age 80) for THE WHISPERERS (1967)
  • May Robson (age 75) for LADY FOR A DAY (1932/33)
  • (age 74) for ON GOLDEN POND (1981)
  • Dame Judi Dench (age 72) for NOTES ON A SCANDAL (2006)
• Best Supporting Actor Winner: George Burns (age 80) for THE SUNSHINE BOYS (1975)
  • runners up.

    ..

  • Melvyn Douglas (age 78) for BEING THERE (1979)
  • John Gielgud (age 77) for ARTHUR (1981)
  • Don Ameche (age 77) for COCOON (1985)
• Best Supporting Actor Nominee: Ralph Richardson (age 82) for GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, LORD OF THE APES (1984)
  • runners up.

    ..

  • George Burns (age 80) for THE SUNSHINE BOYS (1975)
  • Melvyn Douglas (age 78) for BEING THERE (1979)
  • (age 78) for ROAD TO PERDITION (2002)
• Best Supporting Actress Winner: Peggy Ashcroft (age 77) for A PASSAGE TO INDIA (1984)
  • runners up.

    ..

  • Ruth Gordon (age 72) for ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968)
  • Margaret Rutherford (age 71) for THE V.

    I.P.s (1963)

  • (age 70) for AIRPORT (1970)
• Best Supporting Actress Nominee: Gloria Stuart (87) for TITANIC (1997)
  • runners up.

    ..

  • Jessica Tandy (age 82) for FRIED GREEN TOMATOES (1991)
  • Eva Le Gallienne (age 82) for RESURRECTION (1980)
  • Ann Sothern (age 79) for THE WHALES OF AUGUST (1987)
  • (age 77) for (1942)
  • Peggy Ashcroft (age 77) for A PASSAGE TO INDIA (1984)

RANDOM OSCAR FACTS

• The Oscar/Academy Award is officially named The Academy Award of Merit.

• The Oscar statuette weighs 8 1/2 pounds and is 13 1/2 inches tall.
• From 1942 until the end of World War II, Oscars were made out of plaster to conserve metal. After the war, the winners received real replacement statues.

• The only Oscar statuette ever made of wood was presented to Edgar Bergen in 1938 for his outstanding comic creation, his ventriloquist dummy Charlie McCarthy.
• There were twelve competitive award categories at the first Academy Awards ceremony in 1927.
• The Best Supporting acting categories were introduced at the 9th Academy Awards in 1937.

• Supporting actors and actresses received plaques instead of traditional statuettes until the 16th Academy Awards in 1944.
• The Best Foreign Language Film category was introduced at the 29th Academy Awards in 1957.
• The Best Animated Feature Film category was introduced at the 74th Academy Awards in 2002.

• The Academy Awards show was first televised in 1953, when it was held at the RKO Pantages Theater in Hollywood. It was first televised in color in 1966.
• The Academy Awards ceremony has been postponed three times:
  • 1938 - one week (reason: floods)
  • 1968 - two days (reason: funeral of the Rev.

    Martin Luther King, Jr.)

  • 1981 - one day (reason: assassination attempt on President ).
• The 1973 Academy Awards were interrupted by a streaker.

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