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2010: Cinema Sight: Feed the Queue (7.1.2010 – 12.18.2014) (4)

Born


1878: Waldemar Young (60 at death)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Screenplay


1899: Charles Laughton (63 at death)

  {3 Noms, 1 Win}
     Oscar Nominations: Actor
     Oscar Win: Actor


1902: William Wyler (79 at death)

  {14 Noms, 4 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing
     Oscar Wins: Directing, Irving G. Thalberg Award


1914: Michael Wilson (63 at death)

  {5 Noms, 2 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Adapted Screenplay, Screenplay
     Oscar Wins: Adapted Screenplay, Screenplay


1916: Olivia de Havilland (108)

  {5 Noms, 2 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Actress, Supporting Actress
     Oscar Wins: Actress


1930: John C. Howard (52 at death)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Editing


1931: Leslie Caron (93)

  {2 Noms, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Actress


1934: Claude Berri (74 at death)

  {2 Noms, 1 Win}
     Oscar Nominations: Picture, Live Action Short Film
     Oscar Win: Live Action Short Film


1934: Sydney Pollack (73 at death)

  {7 Noms, 2 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing
     Oscar Wins: Picture, Directing


1939: Karen Black (74 at death)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress


1942: Genevieve Bujold (82)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Actress


1942: Andrae Crouch (72 at death)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Original Score


1952: Dan Aykroyd (72)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor


1954: Martin Childs (70)

  {2 Noms, 1 Win}
     Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design
     Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design


1957: Lisa Blount (53 at death)

  {1 Nom, 1 Win}
     Oscar Nomination: Live Action Short Film
     Oscar Win: Live Action Short Film


1963: Jean-Xavier de Lestrade (61)

  {1 Nom, 1 Win}
     Oscar Nomination: Documentary Feature
     Oscar Win: Documentary Feature


1975: Sufjan Stevens (49)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Original Song


Died


2023: Lawrence Turman (96)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Picture


1983: Charles G. Clarke (84)

  {4 Noms, 2 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color)
     Oscar Wins: John A. Bonner Medal, Sci-Tech Award – Type III (Certificate)


1987: Jerry Livingston (78)

  {3 Noms, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Original Song


1996: Steve Tesich (53)

  {1 Nom, 1 Win}
     Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay
     Oscar Win: Original Screenplay


1997: Robert Mitchum (79)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor


1999: Edward Dmytryk (90)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Directing


1999: Sylvia Sidney (88)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress


2000: Walter Matthau (79)

  {3 Noms, 1 Win}
     Oscar Nominations: Actor, Supporting Actor
     Oscar Win: Supporting Actor
     Academy Awards Host: 48th-Co, 55th-Co | 2 times


2004: Peter Barnes (73)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay


2004: Marlon Brando (80)

  {8 Noms, 2 Wins}
     Oscar Nominations: Actor, Supporting Actor
     Oscar Wins: Actor


2008: Adele Palmer (92)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
     Oscar Nomination: Costume Design (Color)


2009: Karl Malden (97)

  {2 Noms, 1 Win}
     Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor
     Oscar Win: Supporting Actor
     Academy President #27: 1989-92, 3 terms


2019: Sid Ramin (100)

  {1 Nom, 1 Win}
     Oscar Nomination: Musical Score
     Oscar Win: Musical Score


Released


1940: The Sea Hawk (84)

  {4 Noms, 0 Wins @ 1940 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Scoring, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Sound Recording, Special Effects


1959: Anatomy of a Murder (65)

  {7 Noms, 0 Wins @ 1959 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Picture, Actor (James Stewart), Supporting Actor (Arthur O’Connell, George C. Scott), Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Black-and-White Cinematography


1965: The Great Race (59)

  {5 Noms, 1 Win @ 1965 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Original Song (“The Sweetheart Tree”), Editing, Cinematography (Color), Sound, Sound Effects
     Oscar Win: Sound Effects


1975: Half a House (49)

  {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 1976 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nomination: Original Song (“A World That Never Was”)


1987: Innerspace (37)

  {1 Nom, 1 Win @ 1987 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nomination: Visual Effects
     Oscar Win: Visual Effects


1998: Armageddon (26)

  {4 Noms, 0 Wins @ 1998 Academy Awards}
     Oscar Nominations: Original Song (“I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing”), Sound, Sound Effects Editing, Visual Effects