What actress has been nominated for seven Academy Awards and never won an Oscar?

Answer 1

Richard Burton was nominated 7 times and never won. (6 times as Best Actor, once for Best Supporting Actor)

Peter O'Toole was nominated 8 times for Best Actor, including once after he was awarded an honorary award.

As for non-actors:

Composer James Newton Howard is 0 for 7, as are cinematographers John Seitz and Roger Dickens, soundmen Michael J. Kohut and William B. Kaplan, producer-director Norman Jewison, producer-composer Quiny Jones and art director Carroll Clark. The last three have received special Oscars.

for OODLES Deborah Kerr

Answer 2

Yes, a few people have won more than 7 Oscars. This list includes everyone who has received more than 7 Academy Awards, not all of them were won (honarary awards), and not all of them were Oscars, but they were all Academy Awards.

1. 26 Walt Disney (producer)
2. 11 Cedric Gibbons
3. 11 Iain Neil (all Sci/Tech)
4. 10 Farciot Edouart
5. 9 Dennis Muren
6. 9 Alfred Newman
7. 9 Douglas Shearer
8. 8 Richard Edlund
9. 8 Edith Head (costume designer)
10. 8 Alan Menken
11. 8 Edward H. Reichard
12. 8 Loren L. Ryder
13. 8 Edwin B. Willis

Answer 3

No one yet. The record for most Academy Award nominations by an actress without winning an Oscar is six. Three women have accomplished the dubious feat -- Deborah Kerr, Thelma Ritter and Glenn Close.

Answer 4

As of January 24, 2017, 24 performers have been nominated for seven or more Academy Awards for acting:

1. Meryl Streep (19 nominations, three wins).

2. Katharine Hepburn (12 nominations, four wins).

3. Jack Nicholson (12 nominations, three wins).

4. Bette Davis (10 nominations, two wins).

5. Sir Laurence Olivier (10 nominations, one win).

6. Spencer Tracy (nine nominations, two wins).

7. Paul Newman (nine nominations, one win).

8. Marlon Brando (eight nominations, two wins).

9. Jack Lemmon (eight nominations, two wins).

10. Al Pacino (eight nominations, one win).

11. Geraldine Page (eight nominatons, one win).

12. Peter O'Toole (eight nominations, no wins).

13. Ingrid Bergman (seven nominations, three wins).

14. Robert De Niro (seven nominations, two wins).

15. Jane Fonda (seven nominations, two wins).

16. Dustin Hoffman (seven nominations, two wins).

17. Cate Blanchett (seven nominations, two wins).

18. Denzel Washington (seven nominations, two wins).

19. Greer Garson (seven nominations, one win).

20. Dame Judi Dench (seven nominations, one win).

21. Robert Duvall (seven nominations, one win).

22. Kate Winslet (seven nominations, one win).

23. Jeff Bridges (seven nominations, one win).

24. Richard Burton (seven nominations, no wins).

Answer 5

Exactly seven? Art Director Richard Day, and Sound expert Gary Rydstrom and Cartoonist Fred Quimby have each won 7 Academy Awards.

Answer 6

No actress has been nominated more than 6 times without winning.

Answer 7

Richard Burton.

Answer 8

Deborah Kerr