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Oscar Actors: Love, Bessie (Nominee)–Background, Career, Awards
January 18, 2021 by
Bessie Love’s performance in The Broadway Melody (1929) earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress
Oscar Actors: Eagles, Jeanne (Nominee, “The Letter”)–Background, Career, Awards (Suicide)
January 18, 2021 by
Eagles was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for her 1929 role in The Letter after dying suddenly that year at the age of 39. That nomination was the first posthumous Oscar consideration for any actor, male or female.
Oscar Actors: Carroll, Nancy (Nominee)–Social Background, Career, Awards
January 17, 2021 by
In The Devil’s Holiday, Nancy Carroll plays a golddigger who marries a young man for his money, but finds that she really loves him and wants to keep him despite his family’s disapproval.
