Repeating her huge stage success on Broadway, as the harsh Anne Sullivan, the devoted teacher of the deaf and blind girl, Helen Keller (Patty Duke), Anne Bancroft gave a strong, riveting performance of a woman determined to break through the barriers of communication at all costs. Duke won a Supporting Oscar for her role.

“Albert Nobbs,” “Beginners” and “J. Edgar” are the three wide studio releases up for an outstanding film award at the 23rd annual Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Media Awards, GLAAD announced Thursday.

In 1996, the five nominees for the Best Foreign Language Oscar were: “All Things Fair” from Sweden, “Antonia’s line” frm the Netherlands, which won, “Dust of Life” from Algeria, “O Quatrilho” from Brazil, and “The Star maker” from Italy. Share this:

In 1996, the five nominees for the Best Foreign Language Oscar were: “A Chef in Love” from georgia, “Kolya” from the Czech Republic, which won, “The Other Side of Sunday” from Norway, “Prisoner of the Mountains” from Russia, and “Ridicule” from France.