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Oscar Alert
Oscar Nominations: 3
Actress: Bette Davis Supporting Actress: Gladys Cooper Scoring (Dramatic or Comedy): Max Steiner
Oscar Awards: 1
Scoring
Oscar Context
This was Bette Davis' sixth Best Actress nomination. In a career spanning five decades, she was nominated for ten Oscars, winning two.
For playing the tyrannical mother, Gladys Cooper received the first out of her three Oscar nominations; all in the supporting league.
In 1942, the two female acting awards went to actresses in the schmaltzy WWII melodrama, “Mr. Miniver”: Greer Garson won Best Actress and Teresa Wright Supporting Actress.
