Here's what happened today in Oscar History.
Born
- 1889: George Hively (60 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1889: Louis Silvers (64 at death) {Oscar Winner: Scoring; Oscar Nominee: Original Score,
Scoring - 4 Noms, 1 Win}
- 1903: Murray Spivack (90 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Sound/Sound Mixing -
2 Noms, 1 Win}
- 1911: Eleazar Lipsky (81 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Motion Picture Story - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1920: Robert Cohn (75 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Documentary Feature - Disqualified: Nomination disqualified due to release date ineligibility}
- 1964: Rosie Perez (46) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Died
- 1959: Edmund Gwenn (81) {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actor - 2 Noms, 1 Win}
- 1962: Hanns Eisler (64) {Oscar Nominee: Drama/Comedy Score - 2 Noms, 0 Wins}
- 1970: Alfred Gilks (78) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Color) - 1 Nom, 1 Win}
- 1977: Eugen Shuftan (84) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Black-and-White) - 1 Nom, 1 Win}
- 1988: Harold Rosson (93) {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary;
Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) - 4 Noms, 1 Win}
- 1992: Henry Ephron (81) {Oscar Nominee: Adapted Screenplay - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1998: Akira Kurosawa (88) {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary; Oscar Nominee: Directing -
1 Nom, 1 Win}
- 2003: Jules Engel (94) {Oscar Nominee: Animated Short Film - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Released
- 1934: One Night of Love (New York City Release) {Best Picture Nominee, 1934}
- 1935: Top Hat (National Release) {Best Picture Nominee, 1935}
- 1984: Amadeus (Los Angeles Release) {Best Picture Winner, 1984}
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Here's what happened today in Oscar History.
Born
- 1902: Darryl F. Zanuck (77 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Irving G. Thalberg Award;
Oscar Nominee: Picture, Original Story, Irving G. Thalberg Award - 2 Noms, 3 Wins}
- 1912: Ray Gilbert (63 at death) {Oscar Winner: Song - 1 Nom, 1 Win}
- 1919: Paul Claudon (82 at death) {Oscar Winner: Live Action Short Film - 1 Nom, 1 Win}
- 1923: David Adams (83 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film -
2 Noms, 0 Wins}
- 1942: Werner Herzog (68) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Documentary Feature - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1948: Robert Wald (62) {Oscar Nominee: Sound/Sound Mixing - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Died
- 1990: Jack Hildyard (82) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography - 1 Nom, 1 Win}
- 1993: John Truscott (57) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction, Costume Design - 2 Noms, 2 Wins}
Released
- 1934: One Night of Love (Los Angeles Release) {Best Picture Nominee, 1934}
- 1937: One Hundred Men and a Girl (National Release) {Best Picture Nominee, 1937}
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Here's what happened today in Oscar History.
Born
- 1892: Pete Smith (86 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Color Short Film, One-Reel Short Film, Special/Honorary; Oscar Nominee: Color Short Film, Novelty Short Film, One-Reel Short Film -
16 Noms, 3 Wins}
- 1899: Ida Kaminska (80 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actress - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1901: Paul Osborn (86 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Adapted Screenplay, Screenplay -
2 Noms, 0 Wins}
- 1908: Edward Dmytryk (90 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Directing - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1909: William Ziegler (67 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing - 3 Noms, 0 Wins}
- 1928: Jerome Hellman (82) {Oscar Winner: Picture - 2 Noms, 1 Win}
- 1933: Richard Castellano (55 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1938: Leonard Frey (49 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Died
- 1947: Arthur Johns (57) {Oscar Winner: Special Effects - 4 Noms, 1 Win}
- 1976: George R. Groves (74) {Oscar Winner: Sound/Sound Mixing - 8 Noms, 2 Wins}
- 1990: Irene Dunne (91) {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actress - 5 Noms, 0 Wins}
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Here's what happened today in Oscar History.
Born
- 1893: Anthony Collins (70 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Score, Scoring, Musical Score -
3 Noms, 0 Wins}
- 1897: Sally Benson (74 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1903: Wilfred M. Cline (72 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Color) - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1921: Ruth Orkin (63 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Motion Picture Story - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1932: Eileen Brennan (78) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1940: Pauline Collins (70) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actress - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1943: Valerie Perrine (67) {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actress - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1953: Jean-Pierre Jeunet (57) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay -
1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1956: Stephen Woolley (54) {Oscar Nominee: Picture - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1969: Noah Baumbach (41) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1977: Julian Clarke (33) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Editing - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Died
- 1947: Roy Pomeroy (55) {Oscar Winner: Engineering Effects - 1 Nom, 1 Win}
- 1966: C. Bakaleinikoff (68) {Oscar Nominee: Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score -
4 Noms, 0 Wins}
- 1967: James Dunn (65) {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actor - 1 Nom, 1 Win}
- 1974: Dewey Starkey (76) {Oscar Winner: Assistant Director - 1 Nom, 1 Win}
- 1975: Nicholas Musuraca (82) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White) -
1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1980: Barbara O'Neil (70) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1984: Arthur Schwartz (83) {Oscar Nominee: Song - 2 Noms, 0 Wins}
- 1991: Jean Bourgoin (78) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Black-and-White) - 1 Nom, 1 Win}
- 1991: Frank Capra (94) {Oscar Winner: Directing - 6 Noms, 3 Wins}
- 2000: Edward Anhalt (86) {Oscar Winner: Adapted Screenplay, Motion Picture Story -
3 Noms, 2 Wins}
Released
- 1936: Romeo & Juliet (National Release) {Best Picture Nominee, 1936}
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Today begins a new project for me – that of profiling major Oscar winners and losers and some who were never nominated but should have been.
We begin with Katharine Hepburn, the all-time champion acting winner with twelve nominations and four wins. Meryl Streep may have passed her in nominations, but no other performer has won as many times. Walter Brennan, Ingrid Bergman and Jack Nicholson come close with three wins each.
Born in 1907, the daughter of a prominent Connecticut doctor and a noted suffragette, Hepburn had a brief stage career before making her film debut in 1932’s A Bill of Divorcement opposite John Barrymore. She remained a star throughout her career, making her last appearances on screen in 1994’s Love Affair and the same year’s TV movie, One Christmas when she was 87. She died in 2003 at 96.
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Here's what happened today in Oscar History.
Born
- 1905: Lionel Lindon (66 at death) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Color);
Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) - 3 Noms, 1 Win}
- 1923: Shinobu Muraki (87) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1928: John Armstrong (75 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Documentary Short - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1928: Mel Stuart (82) {Oscar Nominee: Documentary Feature - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1929: Hal Ashby (59 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Editing; Oscar Nominee: Directing, Editing - 3 Noms, 1 Win}
- 1966: Salma Hayek (44) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actress - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Died
- 1974: Walter Strenge (76) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White) - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1998: Fernando Carrere (87) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Black-and-White) - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 2008: Bill Melendez (91) {Oscar Nominee: Original Song Score - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
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Here's what happened today in Oscar History.
Born
- 1890: Chester Franklin (63 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Two-Reel Short Film - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1901: Harry Stradling (68 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color); Oscar Nominee: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) - 14 Noms, 2 Wins}
- 1907: Nathan Juran (95 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction (Black-and-White) -
2 Noms, 1 Win}
- 1909: Beirne Lay Jr. (72 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Motion Picture Story - 2 Noms, 0 Wins}
- 1913: Christian Nyby (80 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1920: Richard Farnsworth (80 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actor,
Supporting Actor - 2 Noms, 0 Wins}
- 1929: Anne Ramsey (58 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress -
1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1939: Lily Tomlin (71) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Died
- 1977: Ethel Waters (80) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1979: Aaron Rosenberg (67) {Oscar Nominee: Picture - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1981: Ann Harding (80) {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actress - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 2001: Jack Maxsted (85) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction - 1 Nom, 1 Win}
- 2005: Clave (92) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Color), Costume Design (Color) - 2 Noms, 0 Wins}
Released
- 1928: The Patriot (Wide Release) {Best Picture Nominee, 1928/29}
- 1938: You Can't Take It With You (New York City Release) {Best Picture Winner, 1938}
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Here's what happened today in Oscar History.
Born
- 1889: Tom Held (72 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing - 2 Noms, 0 Wins}
- 1899: Albert Akst (58 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1902: Phil Charig (57 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1905: Dore Schary (74 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Original Story;
Oscar Nominee: Original Story, Screenplay, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short,
Two-Reel Short Film - 6 Noms, 1 Win}
- 1908: William Saroyan (72 at death) {Oscar Winner: Motion Picture Story - 1 Nom, 1 Win}
- 1913: Helen Levitt (79 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Story and Screenplay - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1918: Alan Jay Lerner (67 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Adapted Screenplay,
Story and Screenplay, Song; Oscar Nominee: Adapted Screenplay, Story and Screenplay, Song, Original Song or Adaptation Score - 7 Noms, 3 Wins}
- 1928: James Coburn (74 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actor - 1 Nom, 1 Win}
- 1940: Larry Hankin (70) {Oscar Nominee: Live Action Short Film - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1948: Lowell Ganz (62) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Died
- 1973: John Ford (79) {Oscar Winner: Directing; Oscar Nominee: Picture, Directing -
6 Noms, 4 Wins}
- 1978: Lee Garmes (80) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography; Oscar Nominee: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) - 4 Noms, 1 Win}
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Here's what happened today in Oscar History.
Born
- 1889: Edwin Burke (55 at death) {Oscar Winner: Adaptation - 1 Nom, 1 Win}
- 1896: Raymond Massey (86 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actor - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1897: Fredric March (77 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Lead Actor - 5 Noms, 2 Wins}
- 1898: Shirley Booth (94 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Lead Actress - 1 Nom, 1 Win}
- 1899: George Marion Jr. (68 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Title Writing - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1901: Conrad Salinger (59 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Musical Score - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1906: Joan Blondell (73 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1943: Gianni Quaranta (67) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction - 3 Noms, 1 Win}
- 1954: David Paymer (56) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Died
- 1938: Waldemar Young (60) {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1961: Charles Coburn (84) {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actor - 3 Noms, 1 Win}
- 1984: Emil Newman (73) {Oscar Nominee: Musical Score - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1984: John O. Aalberg (87) {Oscar Winner: Gordon E. Sawyer Award, John A. Bonner Medal, Sci-Tech Award - Type III (Certificate); Oscar Nominee: Sound/Sound Mixing, Special Effects -
10 Noms, 3 Wins}
- 1985: Thomas Howard (Unknown) {Oscar Winner: Special Effects - 2 Noms, 2 Wins}
- 2002: J. Lee Thompson (88) {Oscar Nominee: Directing - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Released
- 1935: Top Hat (New York City Release) {Best Picture Nominee, 1935}
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Here's what happened today in Oscar History.
Born
- 1891: Michael Chekhov (64 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1898: Preston Sturges (60 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Original Screenplay -
3 Noms, 1 Win}
- 1901: Harry Losee (51 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Dance Direction - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1901: Asakazu Nakai (86 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1903: Howard Shoup (83 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Costume Design (Black-and-White) -
5 Noms, 0 Wins}
- 1905: James E. Newcom (85 at death) {Oscar Winner: Editing - 4 Noms, 1 Win}
- 1912: Steve Fisher (67 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Motion Picture Story - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1913: Sylvia Fine (78 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song - 2 Noms, 0 Wins}
- 1915: Ingrid Bergman (67 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Lead Actress, Supporting Actress - 7 Noms, 3 Wins}
- 1923: Richard Attenborough (87) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Picture, Directing -
2 Noms, 2 Wins}
- 1935: William Friedkin (75) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Directing - 2 Noms, 1 Win}
- 1938: Elliott Gould (72) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1970: Eddie Schmidt (40) {Oscar Nominee: Documentary Feature - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Died
- 1967: Malcolm Brown (64) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction (Black-and-White) - 2 Noms, 1 Win}
- 1973: Michael Dunn (38) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1977: Jean Hagen (54) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
- 1982: Ingrid Bergman (67) {Oscar Winner: Lead Actress, Supporting Actress - 7 Noms, 3 Wins}
- 1987: Lee Marvin (63) {Oscar Winner: Lead Actor - 1 Nom, 1 Win}
- 1995: Frank Perry (65) {Oscar Nominee: Directing - 1 Nom, 0 Wins}
Released
- 1936: Anthony Adverse (National Release) {Best Picture Nominee, 1936}
- 1964: Mary Poppins (National Release) {Best Picture Nominee, 1964}
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