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A look back at Oscar winners from Ohio 1. George Chakiris, Best supporting actor for 'West Side Story' ... became the first Black woman to win an Oscar for best actress in 2002 for "Monster's Ball ...
During his speech, an emotional Quan thanked the people in his life who helped him get to where he is today. “My mom is 84 years old and she’s at home watching. Mom, I just won an Oscar ...
Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an American actress and singer. She was the first African-American film star to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Carmen Jones (1954). [1]
7:24 p.m. Well, Glenn, you called it. Despite much anticipation for “Killers of the Flower Moon’s” Lily Gladstone becoming the first Native American to win an Oscar, a wildly emotional Emma ...
People who won both a Pulitzer Prize and an Oscar. Mstyslav Chernov: Won an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film for the film 20 Days in Mariupol in 2023, and the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2023; Aaron Copland: Won an Oscar for Best Original Score for the film The Heiress in 1949, and the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1945
As a producer of Nomadland, she also was the first person in history to win Oscars for both acting and producing for the same film. [21] Best Supporting Actress winner Yuh-jung Youn became the first Korean performer and second Asian woman to win an acting Oscar after Miyoshi Umeki, who won the same category for her role in 1957's Sayonara. [22]
When Life Is Beautiful won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film (now known as the Best International Feature Film) in 1999, the Italian film’s director, writer, and star Roberto Benigni made ...
Edith Claire Head (née Posenor, [1] October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American film costume designer who won a record eight Academy Awards for Best Costume Design [3] between 1949 and 1973, making her the most awarded woman in the Academy's history.