Posthumous Oscar
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A posthumous Oscar is the dead man's Oscar. Dictionary.com defines
posthumous as: "arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death."
The Oscars are the most prestigious award anyone in the Hollywood
business can receive. Sadly, Hollywood doesn't like to hug the dead.
With less than a handful of nominations for a posthumous Oscar, it
may be the rarest award a deceased person has ever won.
Unusual
It is so infrequent that anyone even gets nominated for it, let alone
win it, but with buzz from Heath Ledger's performance as The Joker in
The Dark Knight, we may see a nomination yet. However, critics and
veterans are shaking their heads, and Comic Book movies are hardly
ever on the list. So let's not confuse Internet Buzz with factual
predictions, sorry wish-fulfillment rumor readers. Only one actor has
ever actually won a posthumous Oscar, Peter Finch, for Network.
Worthy Trivia
Jeanne Eagels was the first nominee for a posthumous Oscar. She was
nominated for Best Actress for The Letter (1929). Sidney Howard was
the first person to actually win a posthumous Oscar. Howard died in a
tractor accident on his farm months before his film came out. In 1939
he won an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay for Gone with
the Wind. One person has even been nominated twice for a posthumous
Oscar, James Dean. Once for Best Actor in East of Eden (1955) and
again for Best Actor in Giant (1956). Back in the Red Scare era there
were two writers who had written a screenplay that won an Oscar.
However, they were on the Hollywood Blacklist, so they didn't get to
win the prestigious award while still alive. Instead it went to a
person who not only did not write the screenplay, but didn't even
speak English, Pierre Boulle. Boulle was the writer of the novel that
the movie was based on. The duo was later given posthumous Oscars,
Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson, for Bridge on the River Kwai (1957).
(IMDB)
Posthumous Acting Nominations and Award(s):
Jeanne Eagels - nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for The Letter
(1928/29) posthumously
James Dean - the only actor who was twice nominated (in two
consecutive years) for a Best Actor Oscar after his death and lost,
for East of Eden (1955), and Giant (1956)
Spencer Tracy - nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for Guess Who's
Coming to Dinner (1967) posthumously
Peter Finch - was nominated for - and won the Best Actor Oscar for
Network (1976) posthumously - Finch is the only performer to have won
the Oscar after his death
Ralph Richardson - nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) posthumously
Italian actor Massimo Troisi - nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for
The Postman (Il Postino) (1995) posthumously
http://www.filmsite.org/bestactor.html
Whether or not beloved Heath Ledger wins a posthumous Oscar or not,
the Oscars this year will be an international event just like every
other year. The "group of statuettes awarded annually by the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion-
picture production and performance," (Dictionary.com) are long and
boring to watch being handed out, but Hollywood loves them. That's
probably why Oscar voters are reluctant to hug the dead, they don't
love them THAT MUCH.
Found this on a website,
Patrick
On Aug 11, 2008, at 7:38 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote:
yes and I don't believe he is the only one
At 07:17 PM 8/11/2008, you wrote:
Peter Finch NETWORK?
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