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
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Lancaster was four-time nominee for the Best Actor Oscar (winning once), and won two BAFTA Awards.
Oscar Actors: Abraham, F. Murray (Winner, “Amadeus”)–Oscar Jinx, Background, Career, Awards (Cum Advantage, Emmy)
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In 1984, both F. Murray Abraham, who played the composer Antonio Salieri, and Tom Hulce, as the young genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, received Best Actor nomination for Milos Forman's musical biopic “Amadeus”; Abraham won. Did he have a better-written part Was his performance splashier
