Clifton Webb was nominated for three Oscars, two Supporting ones, for “Laura” and “The Razor's Edge,” and one lead, for “Sitting Pretty.”
Oscar Actors: Rains, Claude–Social Background, Career, Award
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Between 1939 and 1946, Claude Rains was nominated for four Supporting Actor Oscars, but never won.
Oscar Actors: Farnsworth, Richard–Social Background, Career, Filmography
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As Richard Farnsworth's career shows, it is possible to recieve Oscar nominations at an old age. Fransworth was nominated twice, in 1978 for Supporting Actor in “Comes a Horseman,” and in 1999 for Best Actor in “The Straight Story.”
Oscar Movies: Pulp Fiction (1994)
July 28, 2007 by
In 1994, “Pulp Fiction” competed for the Best Picture Oscar with “Forrest Gump” (which won), the year's most honored (13 categories) film, the old-fashioned prison drama “The Shawshank Redemption,” Redford's fact-based drama “Quiz Show,” which nabbed 4 nominations, and the British comedy “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” which received just 2 nominations.
Oscar Movies: Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)
July 28, 2007 by
In 1994, “The Shawshank Redemption” competed for the Best Picture Oscar with “Forrest Gump” (which won), the year's most honored (13 categories) film, Tarantino's structurally inventive “Pulp Fiction” (7 nods), Redford's fact-based drama “Quiz Show,” which nabbed 4 nominations, and the British comedy “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” which received just 2 nominations.
