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When Marlon Brando won the Best Actor Oscar for The Godfather in 1973, he chose to boycott the ceremony, sending Apache and Yaqui actor and activist Sacheen Littlefeather in his place.The then-26 ...
Winners often acknowledge their fellow nominees with a few obligatory words. But accepting best supporting actor for “The Cider House Rules,” Michael Caine graciously spent his whole speech ...
Her acceptance speech remains, to this day, the longest in the history of the Academy Awards. While today’s winners are asked to keep to 45 seconds (although they frequently go beyond, at which ...
During her speech, the audience's response to Brando's boycotting was divided between booing and applause. After the Academy Awards speech, Littlefeather worked in hospice care. She continued her activism for Native American issues including healthcare and unemployment, and produced films about Native Americans.
Director and actor Roberto Benigni jumps on the back of some chairs in excitement after winning the Oscar for best foreign language film for "Life is Beautiful" at the Oscars in 1999. - Eric Draper/AP
Only actor to win an Oscar for portraying a fictional Oscar nominee. Maggie Smith won Best Supporting Actress for playing an Oscar loser in California Suite (1978). Only actor to appear in multiple films with the most Oscar wins. Bernard Hill has supporting roles in Titanic (1997) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), with ...
Tatum O’Neal (Paper Moon, 1974)In 1974, O’Neal became the youngest Oscar winner ever – and remains so to this day. The 10-year-old actor wore a tuxedo when she accepted the award for Best ...
Movie magic, Hollywood royalty dressed to the nines and speeches that go on way too long. When Greer Garson won Best Actress for the title role of Mrs. Miniver in 1943, the Academy Awards had not ...