Oscar Actors: Garbo, Greta (Nominee)–Background, Career, Awards

Research in Progress (May 17, 2021) Garbo Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: No Social Class: working class Race/Ethnicity/Religion Family: father died (influenza) when she was 14 Education: Training: Teacher/Inspirational Figure: Radio Debut: TV Debut: Stage Debut: Broadway Debut: Film Debut: Breakthrough Role: Oscar Role: Other Noms: Other Awards: Frequent Collaborator: Screen Image: Last Film: Two-Faced Woman, […]

Oscar Actors: Griffith, Corinne (Nominee)–Background, Career, Awards

Research in Progress Corinne Griffith Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: Nationality: Social Class: Race/Ethnicity/Religion Family: Education: Training: Teacher/Inspirational Figure: Radio Debut: TV Debut: Stage Debut: Broadway Debut: Film Debut: Breakthrough Role: Oscar Role: Other Noms: Other Awards: Frequent Collaborator: Screen Image: character actor Last Film: Career Output: Film Career Span: Marriage: Politics: Death:   Share this:

Critics Choice Awards 2021: Top Nominees–Lovecraft Country, Mrs. America, What We Do in the Shadows, Schitt’s Creek

The Crown and Ozark lead the nominees for the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards in the TV categories.

Oscar Actors: Love, Bessie (Nominee)–Background, Career, Awards

Bessie Love’s performance in The Broadway Melody (1929) earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress

Oscar Actors: Compson, Betty (Nominee)–Background, Career, Awards

In 1928, she appeared in a First National Pictures part-talkie, The Barker. Her performance as manipulative carnival girl Carrie garnered her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, although she lost to Mary Pickford in Coquette.