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Eva Marie Saint is at the moment the oldest dwelling Oscar winner, at 98 years previous. She’s really older than the Oscars themselves, which began 5 years after she was born.
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The shortest efficiency to ever win an appearing Oscar was given by Beatrice Straight. She was on display screen for less than 5 minutes and a couple of seconds in Community in 1976.
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A complete of 10 youngsters have been nominated for aggressive appearing awards earlier than their twelfth birthday. Two of them (Tatum O’Neal and Anna Paquin) even received.
This is the total breakdown of kid nominees:
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Just one individual has ever received two Oscars for a similar efficiency, and that is Harold Russell, a nonprofessional actor who misplaced each arms in World Struggle II.
The Academy’s board of administrators did not really assume Russell would win in his class, so on the final minute (actually the night time earlier than!), they created a particular Oscar on his behalf.
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Just one individual has ever been capable of legally promote their Oscar at an public sale, and that is additionally Harold Russell.
The then-president of The Academy, Karl Malden, tried to persuade Russell to not promote his Oscar, even providing him a “$20,000 interest-free mortgage” to return it. Regardless of objection, Russell bought it to a then-anonymous purchaser for $60,500.
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The one individual to ever win an Oscar for taking part in a real-life Oscar winner is Cate Blanchett, who portrayed Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator in 2004.
FYI: Renée Zellweger clearly received her second Oscar for taking part in Judy Garland within the 2019 biopic Judy, however Garland (an Honorary Oscar winner) by no means received a ~aggressive~ Oscar, so technically, Zellweger’s win does not depend towards that specific stat.
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And the one actor to win for taking part in a fictional Oscar nominee is Maggie Smith. She received Finest Supporting Actress in 1979 for her position as Diana Barrie in California Suite.
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Kate Hepburn holds the file for probably the most appearing Oscar wins. All 4 had been for Finest Actress, and he or she obtained 12 Finest Actress nominations in complete.
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Walt Disney has received probably the most Oscars of any individual, with 22 complete awards. He additionally holds the file for probably the most Oscars received in a single night time, with 4.
And listed here are all of Walt Disney’s nominations and wins from 1954, for those who’re curious.
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In three separate cases, two totally different actors have received Oscars for taking part in the identical character. The latest instance of that is Rita Moreno and Ariana DeBose, who each performed Anita of their respective West Facet Story motion pictures.
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The primary time two actors received for taking part in the identical character was when Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro obtained Oscars for taking part in Vito Corleone in The Godfather and The Godfather Half II.
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And the one different time this has occurred was when Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix each received for taking part in the Joker on the 2009 and 2020 ceremonies.
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For the reason that Academy Awards started in 1929, solely 16 Oscars have been given out posthumously. Of these 16, solely two had been within the appearing classes: Heath Ledger and Peter Finch.
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Midnight Cowboy is the one X-rated film to win Finest Image. The 1969 film received three Oscars in complete, from seven nominations.
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Hattie McDaniel was the primary Black individual to be nominated for an Oscar, and he or she received Finest Supporting Actress in 1940 for her work in Gone with the Wind.
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Three actors have straight-up refused to just accept their Oscars — probably the most well-known being Marlon Brando in 1973 after successful Finest Actor for The Godfather.
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A couple of years previous to Brando’s refusal, George C. Scott declined his Finest Actor win for Patton (1970) as a result of he “didn’t really feel himself to be in any competitors with different actors.”
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And the primary individual to refuse their Oscar was Dudley Nichols. He declined his then-titled Finest Writing, Screenplay award for The Informer in 1936 as a result of a union boycott.
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The shortest Oscars speech ever was by Patty Duke, who merely stated “thanks” upon successful Finest Supporting Actress in 1963.
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Edith Head is the most-awarded and most-nominated lady in Oscars historical past, with 8 wins from 35 nominations. She’s so iconic that Pixar actually used her as inspiration when creating the character Edna Mode in The Incredibles.
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Nobody has ever received the Finest Actor Oscar for his or her debut efficiency, however 4 have received it for Finest Actress.
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No movie has received Oscars in all 4 appearing classes, however three have received “The Huge 5,” aka Finest Image, Director, Screenplay, Actor, and Actress.
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And at last, there have been six ties on Oscar night time, two of which occurred within the appearing classes (probably the most well-known being between Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand in 1969).
