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Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was an English-American actress best known for her roles in Hollywood films during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Fontaine appeared in more than 45 films in a career that spanned five decades.
The Best Actress Oscar occasioned the last act of the long-running feud between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. They had starred together for the first time in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, a surprise hit the previous summer. Davis was nominated for her role as the title character, a faded child star who humiliates the wheelchair-using ...
Academy Award winners for 2011 (from left to right): - Christian Bale, Best Supporting Actor—The Fighter - Natalie Portman, Best Actress—Black Swan - Melissa Leo, Best Supporting Actress—The Fighter - Colin Firth, Best Actor—The King's Speech with trophies known as Oscars
Joan of Arc: Won First women to win in costume categories. Among the inaugural nominees in costume categories. Edith Head: The Emperor Waltz: Nominated Among the inaugural nominees in costume categories. Shared with Gile Steele. 1949: Black-and-White: Edith Head The Heiress: Won First woman to win for Best Costume Design (B&W).
At the 90th Academy Awards, James Ivory became the oldest-ever Oscar winner in any category, at age 89, after receiving the award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on Call Me by Your Name. [2] At the 93rd Academy Awards , Ann Roth became the oldest-ever woman to win an Oscar in any category, at age 89, after receiving the award for Best ...
Russell also won the competitive award, making him the only person in Academy history to receive two Oscars for the same performance. When Olivia de Havilland won the Best Actress Oscar, her sister, Joan Fontaine, attempted to shake her hand, but she refused the handshake, saying "I don't know why she does that when she knows how I feel." [1]
Best Actress winner Katharine Hepburn became the first and only performer to win four competitive acting Oscars. [10] Furthermore, the 48-year span between her first win for 1933's Morning Glory and her last win for On Golden Pond set the record for the longest span between first and last career Oscar wins.
A three-time Oscar winner, Meryl Streep holds the record for the most nominations in the acting categories, with a total of 21. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) have presented their annual Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, for over 90 years.