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: Eagles, Jeanne (Nominee, “The Letter”)–Background, Career, Awards (Suicide)
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Oscar Actors: Lancaster, Burt–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography
October 30, 2020 by
Lancaster was four-time nominee for the Best Actor Oscar (winning once), and won two BAFTA Awards.
Oscar Actors: Gaynor, Janet–Social Background, Awards, Career, Filmography (Only Actress to be Nominated and Win for 3 Roles in Same Year)
November 25, 2014 by
At 22, Janet Gaynor won the first Best Actress Oscar for three films: Sunrise, Seventh Heaven, and Street Angel. She is still one of the three youngest women to have won the Oscar.
Directors: Tourneur, Jacques–Social Background, Career, Awards, Filmography (Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, Out of the Past)
December 27, 2013 by
Best known for some low-budget horror films made for RKO, including Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, and The Leopard Man, Jacques Tourneur was one of Hollywood’s most underestimated directors.
