Oscar Trivia
by Beth Rowen
Films that won the most Oscars (each won 11):
Ben-Hur (1959)
Titanic (1997)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Person with most Oscar wins:
Walt Disney won 26 awards. Most were in short subject categories.
Most wins in the Best Actor category (each won two Oscars):
Marlon Brando
Gary Cooper
Tom Hanks
Dustin Hoffman
Frederic March
Jack Nicholson
Spencer Tracy
Daniel Day-Lewis
Sean Penn
Most Best Actress awards:
Katharine Hepburn (4)
Most Nominated Performer:
As of 2011, Meryl Streep had a record 17 Oscar nominations, 14 as Best Actress (also a record), and 3 as Best Supporting Actress. So far, she has won three Oscars. She won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979). She's won the Best Actress Oscar twice, for roles in Sophie's Choice (1982) and The Iron Lady (2011).
In 1991, Beauty and the Beast became the first animated film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
Best Animated Feature became a new category in 2001. Shrek won the first award.
Judi Dench won Supporting Actress for her role as Queen Elizabeth in Shakespeare in Love. She appeared in the film for only eight minutes!
John Wayne acted in 138 films before winning an Oscar for True Grit (1969).
Henry Fonda appeared in movies for 41 years before winning an Oscar for On Golden Pond in 1981.
Greer Garson, who won the Best Actress award in 1942 for her part in Mrs. Miniver, gave the longest speech in Oscar history. It was more than five minutes long.
Films that won all five major categories (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay):
It Happened One Night (1934)
Frank Capra (director), Clark Gable (actor), Claudette Colbert (actress), Robert Riskin (screenplay)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Milos Forman (director), Jack Nicholson (actor), Louise Fletcher (actress), Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman (screenplay)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Jonathan Demme (director), Anthony Hopkins (actor), Jodie Foster (actress), Ted Tally (screenplay)
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