First female Academy Award winner
Michelle Cassidy She won for her performance in 3 films that year - the only actress to have done this. They were 7th Heaven (1927), Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), and Street Angel (1928).
Co-founder of United Artists and the Academy of Motion Pictures
AncientFaces Mary Pickford was known as 'America's Sweetheart' on the silent screen. She won 2 Oscars - Best Actress in 1930 and an Honorary Oscar in 1976.
Known as The Vamp in silent films
Daniel Pinna Theda Bera retired in 1926 just before the Oscars' first year.
From American Graffiti to this . . .
Michelle Cassidy George Lucas and Obi Wan Kenobi star Alec Guinness. George has been nominated 3 times and has won once, Alec was nominated 6 times and won twice.
The highest paid Hollywood actress in the 1930's
Kathy Pinna Constance Bennett starred with Cary Grant in the 1937 two time Oscar nominated film Topper. She acted in dozens of films and was married five times before her death in 1965. Seems Hollywood has always been famous for short lived marriages.
The King of Cowboys - Roy Rogers
Roy Rogers with his third wife Dale Evans in 1952. Roy appeared in over 100 movies but never received an Academy Award nomination.
The 'love goddess' of the 1940's, Rita Hayworth
AncientFaces Rita’s co stars won Oscars for 'Separate Tables' but the legendary actress never added an Oscar to her name.
The First Lady of the American Theater
AncientFaces Ethel Barrymore, Best Supporting Actress in 1944, is the great aunt of Drew Barrymore.
Gone with the Wind’s Rhett Butler - need we say more?
Lori Young-Lakey Clark Gable at a tennis match with his wife Carole Lombard - he won for Best Actor for the movie 'It Happened One Night'.
The Chairman of the Board aka Ol’ Blue Eyes & Laurence Harvey
AncientFaces Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey in The Manchurian Candidate. Sinatra won a Best Supporting Actor award in 1954 and Laurence was nominated for one Oscar.
Some Like It Hot!
Kathy Pinna Marilyn Monroe - she was never nominated although she was one of the most popular actresses of all time.
She and sister Lillian were huge stars in silent films
AncientFaces Dorothy Gish retired from films in 1930. She was a silent film comedian who only made one ‘talkie’ and effectively retired before the Oscars began.
Andy Hardy and his singing co star
Kathy Pinna Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland - Mickey was nominated 6 times, won twice; Judy was nominated 3 times and won once.
M-I-C-K-E-Y . . . or Beach Blanket Bingo
Daniel Pinna Annette Funicello was an original Mouseketeer and while successful on screen was never nominated for an Oscar.
Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird, Foghorn Leghorn, Pepe Le Pew . . .
Michelle Cassidy Mel Blanc - the man of a thousand voices - another (voice) actor who was never nominated - even for special effects.
George Clooney’s Aunt - Rosemary Clooney
Michelle Cassidy Although Rosemary was nominated for 3 Emmys, she was never nominated for an Oscar. Her nephew George has been nominated eight times and has won twice.
Named the 2nd greatest actor of Hollywood's Golden Age, Cary Grant
Kathy Pinna Cary Grant, real name Archibald Leach, was nominated for two Oscars but didn't win. He won an honorary Oscar in 1970.
Fang and Groucho glasses
Kathy Pinna Phyllis Diller and Groucho Marx - Groucho won an honorary Oscar in 1973 for the Marx Brothers films and although Phyllis won lots of other awards, she never won an Oscar.
The original Hollywood gossip columnist
AncientFaces Hedda Hopper was an influential columnist in Hollywood and was portrayed by an Oscar winner - Helen Mirren - in the movie 'Trumbo'.
We love you Scarlett!
Kathy Pinna Vivien Leigh won two Oscars - one for Gone With The Wind and one for A Streetcar Named Desire.
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