Thelma Ritter is one of the Academy’s greatest losers, having been nominated six times, but never winning.
Her nominations include great performances in With a Song in My Heart (1952), Pickup on Main Street (1953), and Pillow Talk (1959).
After her fourth consecutive nomination, Ritter observed: “Now I know what it feels like to be the bridesmaid and never the bride.”
In many of her films, such as Hitchcock’s Rear Window (1954), she played the acerbic, lower-class sidekick, who always speak out her mind.
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