Anne bancroft won the 1962 Best Actress Oscar for reprising her Broadway role in Arthur Penn's powerful story of the blind and deaf Helen Keller and her stubborn teacher Annie Sullivan, "The Miracle Worker.".
Oscar: Best Actress–Loren, Sophia, Two Women (1961)
December 25, 2010 by
The great Sofia Loren became the first actress in Oscar's history to win the Best Actress Oscar for foreign-language film, Two Women." The Italian diva Anna Magnani had won the Oscar in 1955, but it was for an English-speaking film, "The Rose Tattoo," based on Tennessee Williams' play.
Oscar Movies: Voyage of the Damned, The (1976)
December 25, 2010 by
Oscar Nominations: 3
Supporting Actress: Lee Grant
Screenplay (Adapted): Steve Shagan and David Butler
Scoring (Original): Lalo Schifrin
Oscar: Best Actress–Woodward, Joanne in Three Faces of Eve (1957)
December 21, 2010 by
Playing a young housewife and mother from Richmond named Virginia, who has three different personalities, Joanne Woodward won the 1957 Best Actress Oscar for her showy but impressive performance; she was only 27.
Oscar: Best Actress–Magnani, Anna–The Rose Tattoo (1955)
December 19, 2010 by
Italian diva Anna Magnani won the 1955 Best Actress Oscar at her first nomination in 1955 for "The Rose tattoo," based on Tennessee Williams play. She was nominated again in 1957 for George Cukor's melodrama, "Wild Is the Wind."
