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The year is 1938 and the nominees are:
1. Luise Rainer - The Good Earth
2. Irene Donne - The Awful Truth
3. Greta Garbo - Camille
4. Janet Gaynor - A Star is Born
5. Barbara Stanwyck - Stella Dallas
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In 1938 Luise Rainer became the first performer to win back-to-back Oscars as well as the first performer to have two Academy Awards. Her first Oscar was won the year prior for The Great Ziegfeld. If you weren’t aware, this is perhaps one of the most controversial Oscar wins because Luise Rainer, a German born woman, is portraying a Chinese woman in yellow face in The Good Earth. A big part of her win for this Oscar was the major financial support from the MGM studio she was represented by. The other nominees gave career standouts in their respective films but were freelance actors and couldn’t campaign to the same lengths as a major studio. Luise Rainer was only in Hollywood for a total of 3 years before eventually leaving as a result of the lack of interest in “the glam” of movie stardom. Regardless, she set an Oscar record that has only been repeated (in leading roles) by Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, and Tom Hanks.
Join host Kyle Brownrigg with guest host Chris as they discuss.
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[ For full episode catalogue please subscribe to our Patreon at Patreon.com/BestActress ]
The year is 1938 and the nominees are:
1. Luise Rainer - The Good Earth
2. Irene Donne - The Awful Truth
3. Greta Garbo - Camille
4. Janet Gaynor - A Star is Born
5. Barbara Stanwyck - Stella Dallas
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In 1938 Luise Rainer became the first performer to win back-to-back Oscars as well as the first performer to have two Academy Awards. Her first Oscar was won the year prior for The Great Ziegfeld. If you weren’t aware, this is perhaps one of the most controversial Oscar wins because Luise Rainer, a German born woman, is portraying a Chinese woman in yellow face in The Good Earth. A big part of her win for this Oscar was the major financial support from the MGM studio she was represented by. The other nominees gave career standouts in their respective films but were freelance actors and couldn’t campaign to the same lengths as a major studio. Luise Rainer was only in Hollywood for a total of 3 years before eventually leaving as a result of the lack of interest in “the glam” of movie stardom. Regardless, she set an Oscar record that has only been repeated (in leading roles) by Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, and Tom Hanks.
Join host Kyle Brownrigg with guest host Chris as they discuss.
[ For full episode catalogue please subscribe to our Patreon at Patreon.com/BestActress ]
The year is 1955 and the nominees are:
1. Grace Kelly - The Country Girl
2. Judy Garland - A Star is Born
3. Audrey Hepburn - Sabrina
4. Dorothy Dandridge - Carmen Jones
5. Jane Wyman - Magnificent Obsession
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In 1955 Grace Kelly won her Oscar for The Country Girl shocking audiences around the world as she beat out the expected winner, Judy Garland. Garland was not present for the ceremony as she was giving birth to her third child but had an NBC crew waiting at the hospital to film her acceptance speech. This win for Kelly is regarded as one of the biggest upsets in Oscar history. The other nominees included Audrey Hepburn for Sabrina, Jane Wyman for Magnificent Obsession, and Dorothy Dandridge who became the first black female to be nominated for a leading role for Carmen Jones.
Join host Kyle Brownrigg with guest host Dan Dillabough as they discuss.
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Best Actress
[ For full episode catalogue please subscribe to our Patreon at Patreon.com/BestActress ]
The year is 1938 and the nominees are:
1. Luise Rainer - The Good Earth
2. Irene Donne - The Awful Truth
3. Greta Garbo - Camille
4. Janet Gaynor - A Star is Born
5. Barbara Stanwyck - Stella Dallas
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In 1938 Luise Rainer became the first performer to win back-to-back Oscars as well as the first performer to have two Academy Awards. Her first Oscar was won the year prior for The Great Ziegfeld. If you weren’t aware, this is perhaps one of the most controversial Oscar wins because Luise Rainer, a German born woman, is portraying a Chinese woman in yellow face in The Good Earth. A big part of her win for this Oscar was the major financial support from the MGM studio she was represented by. The other nominees gave career standouts in their respective films but were freelance actors and couldn’t campaign to the same lengths as a major studio. Luise Rainer was only in Hollywood for a total of 3 years before eventually leaving as a result of the lack of interest in “the glam” of movie stardom. Regardless, she set an Oscar record that has only been repeated (in leading roles) by Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, and Tom Hanks.
Join host Kyle Brownrigg with guest host Chris as they discuss.
