Orson Welles, who co-starred with Mercedes McCambridge in the “Ford Theater” series, called her “the world's greatest living radio actress.” After several appearances on Broadway, McCambridge moved to Hollywood, where she was cast in the high-profile movie, “All the King's Men,” for which she won the Supporting Actress Oscar.

Trevor received three Supporting Actress Oscar mominations, winning in that category in 1948, for John Huston's “Key Largo.”

Anne Revere was nominated for three Supporting Actress Oscars, winning one, in 1945, for “National Velvet.”

In 1942, Teresa Wright won the Supporting Actress Oscar for playing Greer Garson's daughter in “Mrs. Miniver,” which swept most of the awards that year. In the same year, she scored a Best Actress nomination as Gary Cooper's wife in “Pride of the Yankees.”

McDaniel appeared in many films of the 1930s and 1940s, typically as a maid. She is most closely identified with the role of the black mammy in “Gone With the Wind” (1939), for which she won the Supporting Actress Oscar, thus becoming the first black woman to won the coveted statuette.