answersLogoWhite

0

🎭

Oscars

The Oscars, also known as the Academy Awards, are an annual awards ceremony. Awards are given out for cinematic excellence. The awards ceremony is held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

3,339 Questions

Who are vivien leigh's great grandchildren?

Vivien Leigh had one daughter, Suzanne Holman Farrington, who has three children, Neville Farrington (born December 5th 1958), Jonathan Farrington(born May 13th 1961) and Rupert Farrington (born August 31st 1962).

Director Frank Capra won Academy Awards?

Frank Capra won three Academy Awards in five years for his direction of "It Happened One Night" (1934), "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" (1936) and "You Can't Take It With You" (1938). The 1934 and 1938 films won Oscars for Best Picture.

What movie characters have won Academy Awards?

hey! how are you? so you are asking which of the movie characters? I have the answer for you ... well lots of actors and characters have won but... only the specific person that plays the role right can get it, if you did not interpret the character right . none of them will receive the academy award.

What years did angelina jolie and her dad win Oscars?

In 1979, Angelina Jolie's dad Jon Voight won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the movie Coming Home. Angelina Jolie won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 2000 for her role in Girl, Interrupted.

What film won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1972?

The Academy Award for Best Picture in 1972 went to Paramount's The Godfather (producer: Albert S. Ruddy). It also won Best Actor (Marlon Brando), and Best Screenplay Adaptation (for Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola's brilliant re-working of Puzo's novel).
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 1972 went to "The Godfather."
The Godfather, the 1972 movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola

What award do you win at the Academy Awards?

You win an Academy Award and are presented with a trophy which is nicknamed Oscar, so sometimes it is said you have won an Oscar at the Academy Awards.

Which movie won the 1985 Oscar for best picture?

Out of Africa, directed by Sydney Pollack, won Best Picture in 1985 at the 58th Academy Awards. The film won against The Color Purple, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Prizzi's Honor, and Witness.

Who won an Oscar an Emmy and a Golden Globe?

Bob Fosse won an Oscar for Cabaret, aTony for Pippin, and an Emmy for Liza With a Z in the same year.

Who has won Both best actor and best director Oscars?

Two* males actors have been nominated for acting twice in the same year: 1992 Al Pacino- Best Supporting Actor for Glengarry Glen Ross, and won Best Actor for Scent of a Woman. 2004 Jamie Foxx: Best Supporting Actor for Collateral, and won Best Actor for Ray. * Barry Fitzgerald was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor for the same movie, 1944's Going My Way (winning for Best Supporting Actor).

Who has hosted Academy Awards seventeen times?

Not counting honorary recipients, a total of 24 Oscar winners have hosted or co-hosted the Academy Awards. The list includes: Lionel Barrymore (1932), Frank Capra (1936), James Stewart (1946, 1958), Fredric March (1954), Claudette Colbert (1956), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1956), Celeste Holm (1957), David Niven (1958, 1958 and 1974), Jack Lemmon (1958, 1964 and 1972), Sir Laurence Olivier (1959), Frank Sinatra (1963, 1975), Helen Hayes (1972), Sir Michael Caine (1973), Charlton Heston (1973), John Huston (1974), Shirley MacLaine (1975), Goldie Hawn (1976, 1987), Ellen Burstyn (1977), Warren Beatty (1977), Jane Fonda (1977, 1986), Liza Minnelli (1983), Walter Matthau (1976, 1983), Robin Williams (1986) and Whoopi Goldberg (1994, 1996, 1999 and 2002).

How many Oscars has Jeff Bridges won?

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for: Crazy Heart (2009)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: The Contender(2000)

Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Starman(1984)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: The Last Picture Show (1971)

Did Kevin Costner win an Oscar in Field of Dreams?

Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffmann, Ray Liotta, Timothy Busfield, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster, Frank Whaley.

What is the most nominated film that didn't win any Oscars?

Two movies were nominated for 14 awards: Titanic (winning 11) and All About Eve (winning 6).

Why doesn't Katharine Hepburn ever showed up in Oscar ceremonies?

She was never sure she was going to win and she certainly didn't want to lose. There's probably no one more conceited than Katharine Hepburn. She always wanted to be the most fascinating person in the room. Which is why I think she didn't show up for the first time and in following years, she chose not to.

Who was got the njanapeedam award in 2014?

1 ONV kurupu

2 MT vasudevan nayar

3 SK pottakadan

4 G shankara kurupu

5 Thakarhi shiva shankara pilla

Who won the Oscar for Best Director for Psycho?

Alfred Hitchcock was nominated five times for Best Director:

  • 1940 Rebecca (winner: John Ford, The Grapes of Wrath)
  • 1941 Suspicion (winner: John Ford, How Green Was My Valley)
  • 1944 Lifeboat (winner: Leo McCarey, Going My Way)
  • 1945 Rear Window (winner: Billy Wilder, The Lost Weekend)
  • 1960 Psycho (winner: Billy Wilder, The Apartment)

Who did jack nicholson think was his sister?

Nicholson, who grew up in New Jersey, was told that his mother, June, was his sister. She was only 16 years old when he was born in 1937, so her mother reared the boy so June could continue to work as a dancer. Nicholson did not learn the truth until he was 37 years old, after the deaths of his mother and grandmother.

Did Rosalind Russell ever win an Academy Award?

Rosalind Russell won the following awards during her career:

Golden Apple Award 1942 - Most Cooperative Actress

Golden Globe 1963 - Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical/Comedy for Gypsy (1962)

Golden Globe 1962 - Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy for A Majority of One (1961)

Golden Globe 1959 - Best Motion Picture Actress - Comedy/Musical for Auntie Mame (1958)

Golden Globe 1948 - Best Motion Picture Actress for Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)

Golden Globe 1947 - Best Motion Picture Actress for Sister Kenny (1946)

Hasty Pudding Theatricals, USA 1964 - Woman of the Year

Golden Laurel 1959 - Top Female Comedy Performance for Auntie Mame (1958)

Screen Actors Guild Award 1976 - Lifetime Achievement Award

Walk of Fame - Star on the Walk of Fame - Motion Picture at 1708 Vine Street.

She was nominated for Oscars four times, unfortunately the award eluded her.

Oscar nomination 1959 - Best Actress in a Leading Role for Auntie Mame (1958)

Oscar nomination 1948 - Best Actress in a Leading Role for Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)

Oscar nomination 1947 - Best Actress in a Leading Role for Sister Kenny(1946)

Oscar nomination 1943 - Best Actress in a Leading Role for My Sister Eileen (1942)

Which actress has received 15 nominations for an Oscar?

Meryl Streep (won 3/nominated 18 times), Katharine Hepburn (4/12), Jack Nicholson (3/12), Bette Davis (2/10), Laurence Olivier (1/10);

1/9: Spencer Tracy, Paul Newman

2/8: Marlon Brando, Jack Lemmon

1/8: Al Pacino, Geraldine Page

Peter O'Toole (8), Ingrid Bergman (3/7);

2/7: Dustin Hoffman, Jane Fonda

Greer Garson, Dame Judi Dench (1/7), Richard Burton (7)

2/6: Jessica Lange, Robert De Niro, Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Denzel Washington

1/6: Cate Blanchett, Sissy Spacek, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Duvall, Ellen Burstyn, Norma Shearer; Kate Winslet

0/6: Deborah Kerr, Thelma Ritter, Glenn Close.

2/5: Elizabeth Taylor, Olivia deHavilland, Gary Cooper, Gene Hackman, Tom Hanks, Frederic March; Sean Penn

1/5: Susan Sarandon, Shirley MacLaine, Anne Bancroft, Gregory Peck, James Stewart, Audrey Hepburn, Susan Hayward, Jennifer Jones, Paul Muni

0/5: Albert Finney, Irene Dunne, Arthur Kennedy, Amy Adams.

Which German Film about life in East Germany won an Oscar?

Germany's The Lives of Others (2006) won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Jack Nicholson played what character in Batman?

The 1989 Batman movie with Michael Keaton as Batman. Directed by Tim Burton.