Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

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The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the awards given to actresses working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners are chosen by the Academy membership as a whole. Of the four acting categories, this one is known for being the most varied, and many surprise wins have occurred in the past. Following the Academy's practice, the films below are listed by release year: for example, the Oscar for "Best Supporting Actress in 1999" was announced during the award ceremony held in 2000. Winners are listed first, followed by the other nominees. For a list sorted by actress, please see List of Best Supporting Actress nominees. For a list sorted by movie title, please see List of Best Supporting Actress nominees (films).

The only actresses to have won the award twice are: Shelley Winters, in 1959 and 1965 (she was also nominated in 1972); and Dianne Wiest, in 1986 and 1994 (she was also nominated in 1989).

Thelma Ritter had six nominations, more than any other actress. As she never won the award, she also holds the record for the number of unsuccessful nominations. Thelma Ritter is also the only actress with nominations in four successive years (1950-1953). Glenn Close was nominated three years consecutively (1982-1984).

Those with four nominations are: Ethel Barrymore, Agnes Moorehead, Lee Grant, Maureen Stapleton, Geraldine Page, and Dame Maggie Smith. All of Agnes Moorehead's and Geraldine Page's nominations were unsuccessful; each of the others won once, but Page did win a Best Actress award.

Those with three nominations are: Anne Revere, Celeste Holm, Claire Trevor, Angela Lansbury, Shelley Winters, Glenn Close, Diane Ladd, Dianne Wiest, Meryl Streep, and Frances McDormand. Lansbury, Close, Ladd, and McDormand have never won a Best Supporting Actress award. Although McDormand has not won a Best Supporting Actress award, she did win a Best Leading Actress award.

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[edit] Superlatives

  • The youngest person ever to win this award is Tatum O’Neal, who was 10 years old when she won for Paper Moon (1973).
  • The oldest person ever to win this award is Peggy Ashcroft, who was 77 years old when she won for A Passage to India (1984).
  • The youngest person ever to be nominated for this award is Tatum O'Neal, who was 10 years old when she was nominated for Paper Moon (1973).
  • The oldest person ever to be nominated for this award is Gloria Stuart, who was 87 years old when she was nominated for Titanic (1997).


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From 1943 onward, winners received the familiar gold "Oscar" statuettes like everybody else.

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  • 2007

[edit] See also

List of movies - List of actors - List of directors - List of documentaries - List of Hollywood movie studios

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