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Katharine Hepburn received a record four Academy Awards in 12 nominations -- all for Best Actress. Only Meryl Streep has had more overall acting nominations with 17. Hepburn's nominated roles and movies are as follows (Oscar wins in bold):
Katharine Hepburn attended only one Academy Award ceremony. She was there in 1974 to present an award.
Jack Hawkins won 4 or 5 Academy Awards.
Katharine Hepburn won the most competitive Academy Awards -- four. All were in the Best Actress category. Walter Brennan, Ingrid Bergman, Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep and Daniel Day-Lewis are in second place with three Oscar wins each. Day-Lewis is the only person to win three Best Actor Oscars.
The 1996 film version of John Grisham's novel was not nominated for any Academy Awards.
Glenn Close has been nominated for six Academy Awards, but has never won.None. She was nominated six times, but has never won.
She won four Best Actress awards, for Morning Glory (1933), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Lion in Winter (1968) and On Golden Pond (1981). In 1968, there was a tie and Barbra Striesand also won for Funny Girl.