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First autistic actor to win an Academy Award. Anthony Hopkins won Best Actor for The Silence of the Lambs (1991) First actress with dwarfism to win in an acting category. Linda Hunt won Best Supporting Actress for The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) First actor with dwarfism to be nominated in an acting category
Katharine Hepburn holds the record with four Oscars (all Best Actress). [4] Six have won exactly three acting Academy Awards: Daniel Day-Lewis (three Best Actor awards), Frances McDormand (three Best Actress awards), Meryl Streep (two Best Actress awards and one Best Supporting Actress award), Jack Nicholson (two Best Actor awards and one Best ...
Davis won her only two Best Actress Oscars in 1935 and 1938 – for Dangerous and Jezebel respectively –but over the course of her hugely successful six-decade career, she would continue to ...
In "CODA," his wife was played by Marlee Matlin, who was the first deaf actor ever to win an Oscar. She won the best actress statue for "Children of a Lesser God." She won the best actress statue ...
Films receiving the most Academy Award nominations per ceremony. With only one exception – Dreamgirls – every film on this list above was nominated for Best Picture. Films receiving the most Academy Awards and the most Academy Award nominations per ceremony. A total of 69 films appear on both lists above. That is, there are 69 films that ...
Ben-Hur marked the first time a film has won 11 Oscars (a record that has been matched, but has yet to be beat). The flick won for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor ...
Finally, Walter Brennan won his three supporting actor Oscars every other year between 1937 and 1941. Thelma Ritter has a record six best supporting actress nominations, albeit without a win. The only women to have won two Oscars in the supporting actress category are Shelley Winters and Dianne Wiest.
Who Has Won the Most Oscars? Mondadori/Getty Images Walt Disney currently holds the record for the most wins by a single person, with a total of 22 Oscars. Winning categories include Best Short ...