Has anyone ever won an Oscar for playing two roles in the same film?

Answer 1

Hillary Swank, Sally Field, Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep, Elizabeth Taylor, Jessica Lange, Bette Davis, Luise Rainer, Vivien Leigh, Ingrid Bergman, Glenda Jackson, Jodie Foster, Shelley Winters, Barbra Streisand (one for 'Best Song'), Olivia de Havilland, Helen Hayes, Dianne Wiest, Maggie Smith, and Katharine Hepburn

Answer 2

No performer has ever won two competitive Oscars for playing the same character, although Harold Russell, a World War II Army veteran received an honorary Oscar and the 1946 Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in "The Best Years of Our Lives."

Russell, who lost both hands in a stateside accident, was not a professional actor. But director William Wyler cast him in "The Best Years of Our Lives" after seeing him in an Army film. For his performance as Navy veteran Homer Parrish, the Academy presented Russell an honorary Oscar "for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance in 'The Best Years of Our Lives.' "

Russell then doubled his pleasure with a competitive Oscar win over fellow Best Supporting Actor nominees Charles Coburn, William Demarest, Claude Rains and Clifton Webb.

Some actors have been nominated twice for playing the same character in different movies, including Peter O'Toole as Henry II in "Becket" (1964) and "The Lion in Winter" (1968); Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in the first two "Godfather" films; Paul Newman as "Fast Eddie" Felson in "The Hustler" (1961) and "The Color of Money" (1986); and Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth I in "Elizabeth" (1998) and "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (2007).

Newman did not win for "The Hustler," but he received his only competitive Oscar for his performance as "Fast Eddie" in the 1986 movie.

Before the rules were changed, Barry Fitzgerald was nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor in the same year for playing the same character. He won the latter award for playing Father Fitzgibbon in "Going My Way" (1944). He lost the Best Actor award to his co-star Bing Crosby, who played Father O'Malley.

Crosby was nominated again for Best Actor a year later for his performance as O'Malley in the 1945 sequel, "The Bells of St. Mary's."

The only role that ever produced two Oscar wins was Don Vito Corleone. Marlon Brando won (but declined) a 1972 Best Actor award for playing the character in "The Godfather"; Robert De Niro won the 1974 Best Supporting Actor award for playing him in "The Godfather Part II."

Answer 3

Only one: Lee Marvin for CatBallou (1965).

Answer 4

the joker: heath ledger and jack nicholson