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∙ 14y agoThe first British actress to win an Oscar for Best Actress did so in the 1930s; however, she was also the first one to do it again in the 1950s
1939 Vivien Leigh - Gone with the Wind as Scarlett O'Hara
1941 Joan Fontaine - Suspicion as Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth
1942 Greer Garson - Mrs. Miniver as Mrs. Miniver
1946 Olivia de Havilland - To Each His Own as Miss Josephine 'Jody' Norris
1949 Olivia de Havilland - The Heiress as Catherine Sloper
1951 Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire as Blanche DuBois
1953 Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday as Princess Ann
1960 Elizabeth Taylor - Butterfield 8 as Gloria Wandrous
1964 Julie Andrews - Mary Poppins as Mary Poppins
1965 Julie Christie - Darling as Diana Scott
1966 Elizabeth Taylor - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as Martha
1969 Maggie Smith - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie as Jean Brodie
1970 Glenda Jackson - Women in Love as Gudrun Brangwen
1973 Glenda Jackson - A Touch of Class as Vicki Allessio
1992 Emma Thompson - Howards End as Margaret Schlegel
2006 Helen Mirren - The Queen as Queen Elizabeth II
2008 Kate Winslet - The Reader as Hanna Schmitz
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∙ 11y agoSeveral British (or British-born) actresses are tied with two Oscar wins. They are: Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, Elizabeth Taylor, Glenda Jackson, Maggie Smith and Emma Thompson. Thompson's wins were for Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay.
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∙ 6y agoIn the first Oscar ceremony, held in 1929, the Best Actress award was presented to Janet Gaynor for her role as a would-be prostitute in "Street Angel," as well as for her roles in "Sunrise" and "Seventh Heaven."
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∙ 10y agoOn May 16, 1929, 22-year-old Janet Gaynor became the first Academy Award winner for Best Actress for her performances in three films -- "Seventh Heaven" (1927), "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans" (1927) and "Street Angel" (1928). Since that time, the rules have been changed so that no one can ever win an acting category Oscar for more than one film performance.
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∙ 15y agoHamlet (1948) directed by and starring Laurence Olivier is the first British film to win the Best Picture Oscar.
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∙ 9y agoVivien Leigh, who won Best Actress for Gone With the Wind(1939), was the first British actress to win an Oscar.
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∙ 12y agoIt was Hattie McDaniel, who won the Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind" (1939).
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∙ 6y agoJanet Gaynor was the first.
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Who was first actress to receive 4 Oscars?
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Why is Katharine Hepburn the leading Oscar winning actress to date?
Katharine Hepburn is the only actress to win 4 Oscars for Best Actress. Why? They liked her and her performances.
Who were the first actress and actor to win back-to-back Oscars?
Katharine Hepburn won her 3rd Academy award in 1968 (she has 4 Best Actress Awards in total). Ingrid Bergman won her 3rd Oscar in 1974 (she has 2 Best Actress and 1 Best Supporting actress Awards ).
Who was won the most Academy Awards?
Clint Eastwood is the male actor with the most Oscars. He won 4 Oscars, none of them for acting. He won 2 Oscars for Best Director and 2 Oscars for Best Picture.Katharine Hepburn is the female actor with the most Oscars. She won 4 Oscars for Best Actress.
Little miss movie won 4 Academy Awards?
Little Miss Sunshine was nominated for 4 Oscars: Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin), Supporting Actress (Abigail Breslin) and Original Screenplay. It won 2 Oscars: Supporting Actor and Screenplay.
Who was first actress to receive 4 Oscars?
unknown
Why is Katharine Hepburn the leading Oscar winning actress to date?
Katharine Hepburn is the only actress to win 4 Oscars for Best Actress. Why? They liked her and her performances.
Who has won the most Oscars for Best Actress?
Katharine Hepburn - 4
Who were the first actress and actor to win back-to-back Oscars?
Katharine Hepburn won her 3rd Academy award in 1968 (she has 4 Best Actress Awards in total). Ingrid Bergman won her 3rd Oscar in 1974 (she has 2 Best Actress and 1 Best Supporting actress Awards ).
Who was won the most Academy Awards?
Clint Eastwood is the male actor with the most Oscars. He won 4 Oscars, none of them for acting. He won 2 Oscars for Best Director and 2 Oscars for Best Picture.Katharine Hepburn is the female actor with the most Oscars. She won 4 Oscars for Best Actress.
How many Best Actress Oscars did Katharine Hepburn win?
On March 16, 1934, Katharine Hepburn won her first Academy Award for the 1932/33 film "Morning Glory" when she was 26 years old. She would not win again until the late 1960s when she earned back-to-back Best Actress honors for "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967) and "The Lion in Winter" (1968). She won her final Best Actress Award for the 1981 film "On Golden Pond."
What Oscars did A Star Is Born win?
There are three versions of A Star Is Born. All three have been nominated for several Oscars. The 1937 version was nominated for 7 Oscars, and won for Best Screenplay (original story). The 1954 version was nominated for 6 Oscars, and didn't win a single one. The 1976 version was nominated for 4 Oscars, and won for Best Original Song ("Evergreen - Love Theme").
What actress won 4 Oscars but envied Bette Davis?
Katharine hepburn and she did envy bette davis according to reliable sources.
How many Oscars did Life of Pi win?
Life of Pi won 4 Oscars: Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, and Best Original Score.
Which actress won 4 Oscars?
Katharine Hepburn won 4 Best Actress Academy Awards for: Morning Glory (1933), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), A Lion in Winter (1968) and On Golden Pond (1981).
Little miss movie won 4 Academy Awards?
Little Miss Sunshine was nominated for 4 Oscars: Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin), Supporting Actress (Abigail Breslin) and Original Screenplay. It won 2 Oscars: Supporting Actor and Screenplay.
Which person got once more time Oscars?
Best Actor's, Best Actresses, Best Supporting Actor's, Best Supporting Actresses:Katharine Hepburn, won "Best Actress Oscar," 4 times (She holds the record).Bette Davis, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havalind, Elizabeth Taylor, and Sally Fields, Meryl Streep, have each won 2 "Best Actress Oscars."Spencer Tracy, Marlon Brando, and Tom Hanks, have each won 2 "Best Actor Oscars."Shelley Winters has won 2 "Best Supporting Actress Oscars."Walter Brennen, won 3 "Best Supporting Actor Oscars."
