Oscar Trivia-Dame Judi Dench- Page 2

[Calvin]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 5:26pm

Ummm...Cher?

[lildogs]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 5:27pm

I was gonna say Sinatra too

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 5:30pm

Can you name the 7 people who have won either Best Actor or Best Actress awards for their first screen roles?

[StageManager2]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 5:32pm

I can think of two, at the moment:

Barbra Streisand (FUNNY GIRL)
Julie Andrews (MARY POPPINS)

[lildogs]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 5:35pm

Audrey
Harold Russell
Haing S Ngor

[lildogs]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 5:36pm

marlee matlin and gale sondergaard


or maybe miyoshi umeki, tim hutton, tatum o'neal, paquin....I dont know...
Updated On: 1/25/07 at 05:36 PM

[Wildcard]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 5:53pm

Not Oscar trivia but a Judy Dench one -- she has appeared in Les Miserables, the musical, as a revolutionary in the London Production.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 6:01pm

Technically, there are only 4 who won for their first films, in Best Actor or Best Actress categories; but the Academy recognizes 7 (for some unexplained reason). The 4 true firsts are: Shirley Booth in COME BACK LITTLE SHEBA, Julie Andrews in MARY POPPINS and Barbra Streisand in FUNNY GIRL. The Academy recognizes Yul Brynner in THE KING AND I (not his first feature film), BEN KINGSLEY in GHANDI (not his first), and Geoffrey Rush for SHINE, (not anywhere near his first film).

[VIETgrlTerifa]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 6:01pm

Whose is the longest performance in the supporting category?

I have to say Tatum O'Neil might win this one. She's in nearly every frame of Paper Moon, and it's crazy to think she was a supporting actress in that film because there is no doubt that she was the lead. However she was 10 and it got her an Oscar.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 6:04pm

Who's the "fourth true first", JB2?

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 6:09pm

Ooops! Sorry - Marlee Matlin for CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD.

[Kristie-K2]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 6:15pm

Shirley Booth was wonderful in Come Back Little Sheba. I have never seen a picture of her holding her Oscar. Did she even go!

[Dre2387]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 8:00pm

only Disney movie nomintated for Best Picture Award: Beauty and the Beast

[Ciaron McCarthy]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 8:17pm

Disney has had more movies nominated for Best Picture (Mary Poppins). BATB was the first animated film nominated.

Tatum O'Neill was 8 when she filmed Paper Moon. She was 10 when she picked up her award. Paquin was 10 when the piano was filmed.

Walt Disney has won the most Awards with 26!!! He was nominated 64 times! Go Walt!!

[NYC4Life]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 8:28pm

"Judy Garland, Liza and Vincent and all received Oscars."

Judy does not have a real oscar. It is a baby.

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 8:32pm

Judy has an honorary Oscar for the Best Juevenile Performer of 1939. (So technically, it's for all of her work in that year, which would be The Wizard of Oz and Babes in Arms, although most people credit it for her work in "Oz" alone).

You can add Bing Crosby to the singers who won Oscars list. Also Burl Ives who started out as a popular folk singer before he turned "actor."

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 8:34pm

Here's a nice list of Oscar trivia...
Link

[mattonstage]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 9:49pm

I believe that the longest time between nominations is shared by Helen Hayes and Jack Palance.
Has anyone seen the book Inside Oscar. It's a great read. Lots of trivia.

[Hiram]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 9:54pm

Shirley Booth did attend the Oscars and tripped on her way up to the podium. I believe that was the first year they were televised, but I'm not sure.

[mattonstage]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 10:03pm

I also think Shirley Booth accepted her award in New York, they used to televise simultaneous ceremonies from Hollywood and New York, to get all the actors to be on the show.

[Kristie-K2]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 10:14pm

I wish I could find a picture of Shirley Booth

With very few black actresses ever nominated for an Oscar, Jennifer Hudson is the youngest!

[StageManager2]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 10:19pm

Here's Shirley on the cover of TIME (August 10, 1953).



Incidentally, she became the first actress to win both a Tony and an Oscar for the same role for COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA.

Updated On: 1/25/07 at 10:19 PM

[Dre2387]

Posted: 1/26/07 at 8:50am

That is what I meant. FIrst animated Disney film. Thanks.

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/26/07 at 9:28am

Other performers (besides Shirley Booth) who have won both the Tony and the Oscar for the same role:

Yul Brynner (The King & I)
Rex Harrison (My Fair Lady)
Joel Grey (Cabaret)
Jack Albertson (The Subject Was Roses)
Jose Ferrer (Cyrano de Bergerac)
Paul Scofield (A Man For All Seasons)
Anne Bancroft (The Miracle Worker)


Honorable mention: Lila Kedrova, who won the Oscar for Zorba the Greek, then later on played the same role in the musical version Zorba, when it was revived in the '80s.

[slimandslam]

Posted: 1/26/07 at 9:48am

If I did my research right, then Dreamgirls is the first film ever to have had the most nominations in a given year, without being nominated for Best Picture.