The British backstage melodrama was nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, and two Best Actors (Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay), but won none; the big winner in 1983 was “Terms of Endearment.”

In 1987, for her turn in “Fatal Attraction,” Anne Archer competed for the Supporting Actress Oscar with Norma Aleandro in “Gaby‚ÄîA True Story,” Olympia Dukakis (who won) in “Moonstruck,” Anne Ramsey in “Throw Momma from the Train,” and Ann Southern in “The Whales of August.”

In 1987, for her turn in “Gaby–A True Story,” Norma Aleandro competed for the Supporting Actress Oscar with Anne Archer in “Fatal Attraction,” Olympia Dukakis (who won) in “Moonstruck,” Anne Ramsey in “Throw Momma from the Train,” and Ann Southern in “The Whales of August.”

In 1985, Margaret Avery was nominated for the Supporting Actress Oscar in Spielberg's screen adaptation of “The Color Purple,” one of the few films she had made.

In 1941, for her turn in “How Green Was My Valley,” Sara Allgood competed for the Supporting Actress Oscar with Mary Astor (who won) in “The Great Lie,” Patricia Collinge in “The Little Foxes,” Teresa Wright in “The Little Foxes,” and Margaret Wycherly in “Sergeant York.”