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This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page. Biography Portal Start This article has been rated as Start-Class on the project's quality scale. [FAQ] This article is supported by WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed biographical guide to actors and filmmakers on Wikipedia. More information about this article... The following comments have been left for this page: Needs expansion, refs. ....(Complain)(Let us to it pell-mell) 06:14, 7 August 2006 (UTC) (edit)

Archives Contents 1 Acting Oscars 1.1 Nominations 2 Font Size 3 WikiProject class rating 4 WP:WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers priority assessment

[edit] Acting Oscars

Has Wyler directed the most acting Oscar wins? I mean, just off the top of my head

1. Walter Brennan for Come and Get It
2. Bette Davis for Jezebel
3. Fay Bainter for Jezebel
4. Walter Brennan for The Westerner
5. Greer Garson for Mrs. Miniver
6. Teresa Wright for Mrs. Miniver
7. Fredric March for The Best Years of Our Lives
8. Harold Russell for The Best Years of Our Lives
9. Olivia de Havilland for The Heiress
10. Audrey Hepburn for Roman Holiday
11. Burl Ives for The Big Country
12. Charlton Heston for Ben-Hur
13. Hugh Griffith for Ben-Hur
14. Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl

That's no small feat. And I'm sure I missed some.

[edit] Nominations

Even more amazing is the nominations:

1. Walter Huston for Dodsworth
2. Maria Ouspenskaya for Dodsworth
3. Laurence Olivier for Wuthering Heights
4. Geraldine Fitzgerald for Wuthering Heights
5. Bette Davis for The Letter
6. James Stephenson for The Letter
7. Walter Pidgeon for Mrs. Miniver
8. Henry Travers for Mrs. Miniver
9. Dame May Whitty for Mrs. Miniver
10. Ralph Richardson for The Heiress
11. Eleanor Parker for Detective Story
12. Lee Grant for Detective Story
13. Eddie Albert for Roman Holiday
14. Anthony Perkins for Friendly Persuasion
15. Samantha Eggar for The Collector
16. Kay Medford for Funny Girl

Now THAT'S notable. Why is there any question as to who is the greatest director ever? ...._(Complain)^{(Let us to it pell-mell)} 00:52, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Font Size

is the smaller font size for the movie list really necessary? very hard to read. how 'bout two columns w/ normal sized font instead? J. Van Meter 15:55, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 08:23, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers priority assessment

Per debate and discussion re: assessment of the approximate 100 top priority articles of the project, this article has been included as a top priority article. Wildhartlivie (talk) 00:45, 1 March 2008 (UTC)