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Category: Academy Awards History

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 29

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Alfred Junge (78 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Art Direction (Color) –2 Noms, 1 Win} 1903: Vina Delmar (86 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1913: Daniel Taradash (90 at death) {Oscar Winner: Screenplay – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1921: Joe Mendoza…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 28

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Karl Hajos (61 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Drama/Comedy Score – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1892: Ernst Lubitsch (55 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary;Oscar Nominee: Directing – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1893: Edwin B. Willis (70 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Art Direction (Black-and-White),Art Direction (Color);…

  • Oscar Profile #22: Gregory Peck

    Born April 5, 1916 in La Jolla, California, Eldred Gregory Peck was raised by his grandmother after his parents divorced when he was five. Sent to a Catholic military school by his father, after the death of his grandmother, he later enrolled as a pre-med student at U.C.-Berkeley, but caught the acting bug. After graduation…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 27

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Jerome Kern (60 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Song; Oscar Nominee: Song, Musical Score – 8 Noms, 2 Wins} 1894: Irvin Talbot (79 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Scoring – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1895: Buddy de Sylva (55 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Nom,…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 26

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Hugo Riesenfeld (60 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Scoring – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1903: Eddie Killey (78 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Assistant Director – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1906: Russ Saunders (81 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Assistant Director – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1908: Beatrice Dawson…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 25

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1901: Mildred Dunnock (90 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress –2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1905: Edward Colman (89 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1919: Norman Newell (85 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1945:…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 24

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Henry King (96 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Directing – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1892: Gladys Lehman (101 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1914: Frank R. McKelvy (66 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction,Art Direction (Black-and-White), Art Direction (Color) –…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 23

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1903: Fred Niblo Jr. (70 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Adaptation – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1906: Arthur Lonergan (83 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Color) – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1910: Walter Greene (73 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Musical Score – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1910:…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 22

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1875: David Wark Griffith (73 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary –0 Noms, 1 Win} 1884: Fred Fox (65 at death) {Oscar Winner: Assistant Director – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1900: Fredric Hope (37 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1909: Ann…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 21

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: J. Carrol Naish (77 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1898: Rudolph Maté (66 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) – 5 Noms, 0 Wins} 1903: William Lyon (71 at death) {Oscar Winner: Editing – 6 Noms, 2 Wins}…

  • Oscar Profile #21: Billie Burke

    Born August 7, 1884 in Washington, D.C, Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke spent her early life touring the world with her father, the famous clown, Billy Burke. Eventually settling in England, the redheaded beauty became a star on the London stage in 1905 and returned to America in 1907 to star opposite John Drew in…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 20

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Mildred Griffiths (55 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Color) – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1896: George Burns (100 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actor – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1907: Waldon O. Watson (79 at death) {Oscar Winner: John A. Bonner Medal,Sci-Tech Award –…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 19

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Elliott Clawson (59 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Writing – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1902: Gene Milford (89 at death) {Oscar Winner: Editing – 3 Noms, 2 Wins} 1906: Millen Brand (74 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1907: Charles Henderson (63 at…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 18

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Anton Grot (90 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Certificate); Oscar Nominee: Art Direction, Art Direction (Black-and-White) – 5 Noms, 1 Win} 1887: Frank Harling (71 at death) {Oscar Winner: Scoring; Oscar Nominee: Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1904:…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 17

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Mack Sennett (80 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Novelty Short Film, Special/Honorary; Oscar Nominee: Comedy Short Film, Novelty Short Film – 2 Noms, 2 Wins} 1912: Morton Scott (80 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score –2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1914: Irving Brecher (94 at…

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