Alan Alda

[robbiej]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 10:41am

This may be just a titch off topic...but when was the last time an actor or actress was nominated for an Oscar, Tony and Emmy in the same year?

Talk about a late-career resurgence!

Good for Hawkeye!!

Updated On: 7/14/05 at 10:41 AM

[Ladyofthe Lake]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 10:53am

I don't know the answer to your question, but want to echo your kudos to Mr. Alda. I loved him on M*A*S*H back in the "old days", and still do.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 11:09am

Alda is such a likable actor and I enjoy him, but he always is just Alan Alda. I have never seen him become another character. Always competent, always watchable, always Alda.

[OtherDaryl]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 12:00pm

Bob Fosse won a directing Oscar, Emmy and Tony all in the same year. I'm at a loss to think of another acting triple crown, even with nominations.

Ellen Burstyn won a Tony and an Oscar in the same year.

I'll bet Margo has some other information

[Guillermo Ugarte]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 6:49pm

Fosse is the only one (winning for Cabaret, Pippin for the Tony and the Emmy for Liza with a Z. There were two others nominated for all three in one year.

Jason Robards in 1978 for Julia, A Touch of the Poet
and Washington,Behind Closed Doors. He only got the Oscar.

Paul Newman in 2003 got an Oscar nomination for The Road to Perdition and a Tony and Emmy nomination for the Stage Manager role in Our Town.

[Beergoggles]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 6:53pm

he only got the oscar- lol

[hushpuppy]

Posted: 7/15/05 at 12:22pm

Suleen Gay wrote:
Alda is such a likable actor and I enjoy him, but he always is just Alan Alda. I have never seen him become another character. Always competent, always watchable, always Alda.

I don't necessarily agree. I thought his role in 'Glengarry' was a departure for him. He exposes a streak of vulnerability and desperation I had not seen in any of his performances before. I was quite moved