In 1939, Sidney Howard won a posthumous Screenplay Oscar for Gone With the Wind, to which other writers contributed but remained uncredited. Unfortunately, Howard was killed in a tractor accident on his Massachusetts farm a few months before the picture's world premiere in Atlanta. Peter Finch is still the only player to have won the Oscar, for Network, after his death.
Oscar: Posthumous Nomination–Ralph Richardson
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In 1939, Sidney Howard won a posthumous Screenplay Oscar for Gone With the Wind, to which other writers contributed but remained uncredited. Unfortunately, Howard was killed in a tractor accident on his Massachusetts farm a few months before the picture's world premiere in Atlanta. Peter Finch is still the only player to have won the Oscar, for Network, after his death.
Oscar: Posthumous Nominations–Spencer Tracy
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In 1939, Sidney Howard won a posthumous Screenplay Oscar for Gone With the Wind, to which other writers contributed but remained uncredited. Unfortunately, Howard was killed in a tractor accident on his Massachusetts farm a few months before the picture's world premiere in Atlanta. Peter Finch is still the only player to have won the Oscar, for Network, after his death.
Oscar: Posthumous Nominations–James Dean
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James Dean had been one of few exceptions, earning two Best Actor nominations posthumously, for East of Eden in 1955 and for Giant in 1956.
Oscar: Posthumous Wins–Chaplin, Limelight
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In 1939, Sidney Howard won a posthumous Screenplay Oscar for Gone With the Wind, to which other writers contributed but remained uncredited. Unfortunately, Howard was killed in a tractor accident on his Massachusetts farm a few months before the picture's world premiere in Atlanta. Peter Finch is still the only player to have won the Oscar, for Network, after his death.
