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  • Mickey Rooney was nominated for Best Actor of 1939 for his performance in the musical "Babes in Arms." Near the end of the movie, he and other members of the cast wore blackface in a re-creation of a minstrel show.
  • Larry Parks received an Oscar nomination as Best Actor of 1947 for his portrayal of singer Al Jolson in "The Jolson Story." During his long career, Jolson did many blackface routines, and the movie reflected that.
  • Sir Laurence Olivier had his skin darkened for his performance in "Othello" (1966), based on the play by William Shakespeare. He was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar.
  • Robert Downey, Jr. earned a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance in "Tropic Thunder" (2008) as an Australian method actor who has his skin darkened to play a black American soldier in a movie about Vietnam.
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