In 1985, Goldberg (“The Color Purple”) lost the Best Actress Oscar to Geraldine Page in “The Trip to Bountiful,” in a race that also included Anne Bancroft in “Agnes of God,” Jessica Lange in “Sweet Dreams,” and Meryl Streep in “Out of Africa.” She won the 1990 Supporting Oscar for “Ghost.”

In 1962, Pietro Germi competed for the Best Director Oscar with David Lean (who won) for “Lawrence of Arabia,” Robert Mulligan for “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Arthur Penn for “The Miracle Worker,” and Frank Perry for “David and Lisa.”

In 1996, director Steven Spielberg returned Clark Gable's 1934 Oscar statuette for “It Happened One Night” to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Spielberg anonymously purchased the statuette for $607,500 from an auction. The statuette will be displayed at the Academy's Center for Motion Picture Study.

Of Marsha Mason's four Oscar nominations, all in the Best Actress category, only the first (“Cinderella Liberty”) and possibly the fourth (“Only When I Laugh”) were justified.