Youngest Winner of an Oscar
Shirley Temple – 6. She won the Academy Juvenile award in 1934.
First African American Actor to Win an Oscar
Sidney Poitier won for best actor in 1963 for Lilies of the Field.
Most Awards Won by Someone Still Living
Dennis Muren – 9. Dennis is a visual effects supervisor.
Most Total Nominations for Acting
Meryl Streep – 16
Most Acting Nominations without a Win
Peter O’Toole – 8.
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Either that or we have the public vote via texting and emailing. That at least would make me feel involved.
Yeah, that’s a great idea. Then we can watch 5 Fast 5 Furious and Grown Ups rake in the awards. No thanks.
They already have that, it’s called The People’s Choice Awards and it’s abysmal.
I am 100% sure that Hattie McDaniel, from Gone With the Wind (1939) was the first black actor to win an Oscar. Unless you are going by the literal definition of actor to mean only male actors.
Yes, eel is right. Hattie McDaniel won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Gone with the Wind. She was the first African-American to win an Oscar.
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