As of 2020, Emil Jannings is the only German ever to have won the Best Actor Oscar. Maximillian Schell was Austrian.
Oscar Actors: Kelly, Gene–Background, Career, Awards (Cum Advantage, Emmy)
October 17, 2020 by
Gene Kelly Career Summary: My Oscar Book: Occupational Inheritance: Nationality: Social Class: Race/Ethnicity/Religion Family: at age 8, mom enrolled him in dance classes Education: Training: Teacher/Inspirational Figure: Radio Debut: TV Debut: Stage Debut: Broadway Debut: Cole Porter Film Debut: Breakthrough Role: Oscar Role: Anchors Aweigh, 1945; aged 33 Other Noms: Other Awards: Frequent Collaborator: Screen […]
Movie Stars: Fleming, Rhonda–Red-Haired, Photogenic Star of B-Pictures, Dies at 97
October 17, 2020 by
Rhonda Fleming, the red-haired, green-eyed beauty who lit up the screen in Spellbound, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, has died. She was 97.
Oscar Actors: Colman, Ronald–Background, Career, Awards
October 15, 2020 by
Ronald Colman won the Best Actor Oscar for A Double Life (1947), in which he played the role of Anthony John, an actor playing Othello who identifies completely with the character.
Oscar Actors: Kelly, Nancy–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography (Cum Advantage, Tony)
October 15, 2020 by
Nancy Kelly had her greatest success in a character role, the distraught mother in The Bad Seed, receiving a Tony Award for Best Actress for the 1955 stage production and a Best Actress Oscar nomination for the 1956 film adaptation.
