Shelley Winters believes that there are “very definite rules” for public appearances in Hollywood's parties and opening nights: “You must always look beautiful and gloriously happy, and you must be photographed with someone more important than yourself, like people who have won Oscars.”

If there's some justice, Amy Ryan should receive Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her astounding, fearless turn as the fun-loving irresponsible mother in Ben Affleck's feature debut, “Gone Baby Gone.”

Miyoshi Umeki was the first Asian performer to win an Oscar, as Best Supporting Actress in her first Hollywood film, ?¢¬Ä¬úSayonara?¢¬Ä (1957).

Malone emerged as a dramatic actress in the 1950s, winning the Supporting Actress Oscar for her first (and only) nomination, as the frustrated nymphomaniac in Douglas Sirk's melodrama, “Written on the Wind.”

Douglas Sirk's popular melodrama, “Written on the Wind,” received three Oscar nominations, winning one, Suppoting Actress for Dorothy Malone.