Category: Academy Awards History
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This Day in Oscar History: December 21
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Frances Goodrich (93 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Adaptation, Screenplay –4 Noms, 0 Wins} 1905: Harry Revel (52 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1914: Eustace Lycett (91 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Visual Effects;Oscar Nominee: Visual Effects, Special Effects – 4…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 20
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Virgil E. Miller (86 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White) –1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1893: Stephen Avery (54 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Story – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1898: Irene Dunne (91 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actress – 5 Noms, 0 Wins} 1907:…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 19
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1899: George Dutton (77 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Sound/Sound Mixing, Special Effects –5 Noms, 0 Wins} 1902: Ralph Richardson (80 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor –2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1925: Robert B. Sherman (85) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Song, Substantially Original Score; Oscar Nominee: Song, Substantially…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 18
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Gladys Cooper (82 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress –3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1891: Lewis Lewyn (77 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Color Short Film – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1899: Rex Wimpy (73 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Special Effects – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1900:…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 17
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Leo Erdody (60 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Musical Score – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1900: Katina Paxinou (72 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actress –1 Nom, 1 Win} 1906: Marlin Skiles (74 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Musical Score – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1918: Art…
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Oscar Profile #16: Elia Kazan
Born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, now Istanbul, Turkey, to Greek parents in 1909, Elia Kazan emigrated with his parents to America as a child. An actor before he became a director, he was a co-founder of the Group Theatre in 1932 and the founder of the Actor’s Studio in 1947. The earliest proponent of “method”…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 16
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Norbert Brodine (73 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography,Cinematography (Black-and-White) – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1898: Lud Gluskin (90 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Score – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1899: Noel Coward (73 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary;Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay – 1 Nom, 1…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 15
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Maxwell Anderson (70 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Writing – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1893: Victor Milner (80 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Cinematography;Oscar Nominee: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) –8 Noms, 1 Win} 1906: Joe MacDonald (61 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) –…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 14
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1913: Dan Dailey (64 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actor – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1935: Lee Remick (55 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actress – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1946: Bernard Edelman (64) {Oscar Nominee: Documentary Short – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1946: Patty…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 13
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Marc Connelly (90 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1899: Sidney S. Brod (55 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Assistant Director – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1901: Merrill G. White (57 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1901: George…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 12
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1881: Harry M. Warner (76 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary –0 Noms, 1 Win} 1893: Edward G. Robinson (79 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary –0 Noms, 1 Win} 1897: Eddie Imazu (81 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1899: Floyd…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 11
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1912: Carlo Ponti (94 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Foreign Film; Oscar Nominee: Picture, Foreign Film – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1923: Betsy Blair (86 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1931: Rita Moreno (79) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actress – 1…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 10
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Victor McLaglen (72 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Lead Actor;Oscar Nominee: Lead Actor, Supporting Actor – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1893: Lew Brown (64 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1903: Una Merkel (82 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress – 1…
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Oscar Profile #15: Beau Bridges
Born Oscar Levert Bridges III, and delivered by candlelight because of a power outage on December 9 in 1941, the first of Lloyd and Dorothy Bridges’ four children was immediately nicknamed “Beau” after Olivia de Havilland’s baby in Gone With the Wind. Born to a Hollywood family with a Hollywood name, it was only natural…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 9
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Oliver Emert (72 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction (Black-and-White) – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1905: Dalton Trumbo (70 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Motion Picture Story;Oscar Nominee: Screenplay, Motion Picture Story – 3 Noms, 2 Wins} 1911: Broderick Crawford (74 at death) {Oscar Winner: Lead…
