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Category: Academy Awards History

This Day in Oscar History: September 25 (2015)

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September 25, 2015
Oscar Profile #254: Anne Revere

Born June 25, 1903 in New York, New York, Anne Revere was a direct descendant of Revolutionary War hero Paul Revere. Her father was a stockbroker and her mother a homemaker. After graduating from Wellesley College, she enrolled in the American Laboratory School to study acting with Maria Ouspenskaya and Richard Boleslavsky. She made her…

September 24, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: September 24 (2015)

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September 24, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: September 23 (2015)

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September 23, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: September 22 (2015)

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September 22, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: September 21 (2015)

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September 21, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: September 20 (2015)

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September 20, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: September 19 (2015)

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September 19, 2015
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 38, 2015)

Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals in the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is collected from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the…

September 18, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: September 18 (2015)

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September 18, 2015
Oscar Profile #253: Hope Lange

Born November 28, 1933 in Redding Ridge, Connecticut, Hope Lange was the daughter of Florenz Ziegfeld’s music arranger and an actress mother. She began acting on stage at the age of 9, but her father’s death in 1942 put a financial burden on her mother who then ran a restaurant in Greenwich Village. She nevertheless…

September 17, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: September 17 (2015)

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September 17, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: September 16 (2015)

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September 16, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: September 15 (2015)

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September 15, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: September 14 (2015)

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September 14, 2015