Director: Billy Wilder Actor: William Holden Supporting Actor: Robert Strauss Oscar Awards: 1 Actor Oscar Context In 1953, “From Here to Eternity” competed for the Best Picture Oscar with two historical dramas, “Julius Caesar” and “The Robe,” a romantic comedy “Roman Holiday,” and a ...
Hepburn won the Oscar for best actress in 1953 for "Roman Holiday" and was nominated another four times during her illustrious film career. She has also taken home a Tony, an Emmy and a Grammy, which made her an EGOT in 1994 when she won best spoken word album for childre...
(Reuters) - Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win an Academy Award as best supporting actor, has died aged 87, a family statement confirmed on Friday without revealing the cause of death. The Oscar-winning actor's roles ranged from an enslaved man in the...
Jack Nicholson holds up his Oscar after winning the Best Actor in a Leading Role Category during the 70th Academy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium March, 23, 1998. Nicholson won for his role in the movie "As Good as it Gets". Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images, FILE He's won three...
daniel day-lewis earned his second best actor win in the paul thomas anderson film, loosely based on upton sinclair’s 1927 novel “oil!” the actor also uttered one of film history’s memorable lines while bullying paul dano as he shouts “i drink your milkshake!” forest whitaker (2006...
where he became one of its best known residency performers as part of the Rat Pack. His career was reborn in 1953 with the success of From Here to Eternity, with his performance subsequently winning an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Sinatra released several cri...
and further demonstrated her range as the dowdy wife of an alcoholic actor in “the country girl.” a year after winning the oscar, she gave up showbiz when she married prince rainier of monaco. audrey hepburn (1953) image credit: rex/shutterstock “roman holiday” audrey hepburn had small ...
Oscar Wins:6 (Picture, Lead Actor, Directing, Editing, Visual Effects, Adapted Screenplay) Award-Worthy Plot:A Southern man with an IQ of 75 falls in love with his childhood best friend. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) embarks on a decades-long, adventure-rich journey that brings him around the...
9. Jim Carrey — Best Actor 1998 Paramount Pictures / Image via Paramount Pictures Widely considered among the all-time great comedians, Jim Carrey rose to the peak of stardom duringthe early ’90s with classicslikeThe MaskandDumb and Dumber. His wild antics and gift for face contortions made...
the filming schedule afforded her and Mogambo co-star Ava Gardner a visit to Rome. The film was released in 1953, and had a successful run at the box office. Kelly was nominated for Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress, and received her first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress...