In 96 years of Oscars, 80 women have won the Best Actress Oscar, some (Luise Rainer, Sally Field, Meryl Streep) more than once.
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: 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: Hounsou, Djimon–Supporting Nominations, Blood Diamond, In America
November 13, 2010 by
Djimon Hounsou plays Caliban in Julie Taymor's "The Tempest." The film, which also stars Helen Mirren and Russell Brand, is being released by Touchstone Pictures on December 10.
Oscar Actors: Abraham, F. Murray (Winner, “Amadeus”)–Oscar Jinx, Background, Career, Awards (Cum Advantage, Emmy)
December 29, 2007 by
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
