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3 days ago · Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican-born American actress, dancer, and singer who accomplished the rare feat of winning the four major North American entertainment awards (EGOT): Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. She was also the first Hispanic woman to receive an Oscar (Academy Award).
- Norman Lear
Lear returned to television to create and produce the series...
- Marisa Tomei
Marisa Tomei, American actress who won an Academy Award for...
- Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes (born Oct. 10, 1900, Washington, D.C., U.S.—died...
- Alan Arkin
Alan Arkin (born March 26, 1934, Brooklyn, New York,...
- Norman Lear
5 days ago · Frances Marion (The Big House) was the first woman to win for her original script, although she won Best Writing, which then included both original and adapted screenplays before a separate award for Best Original Screenplay was introduced.
2 days ago · Hattie McDaniel, born on June 10, 1893, in Wichita, Kansas, was a trailblazing actress, singer, and comedian. She made history by becoming the first African American to win an Academy Award. Her portrayal of Mammy in the 1939 film "Gone with the Wind" earned her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. McDaniel's career spanned over radio, film ...
5 days ago · This is a list of Academy Award–winning films. If a film won the Academy Award for Best Picture , its entry is listed in a shaded background with a boldface title. Competitive Oscars are separated from non-competitive Oscars (i.e. Honorary Award, Special Achievement Award, Juvenile Award); as such, any films that were awarded a non ...
5 days ago · Goldberg was the first Black woman to win all four major North American entertainment awards (EGOT: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony). Goldberg spent her early years in a Manhattan housing project. She began performing at age eight with a children’s theatre group and later, as a young adult, went on to perform in the choruses of Broadway shows.
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2 days ago · Three years later, he reprised that performance in the film adaptation — and became the first Latino actor to win an Oscar. In 1952, Ferrer won two Tony Awards: one for directing “The Shrike” (the award cited the fact that he also directed the Broadway productions of “The Fourposter” and “Stalag 17” in the same season) and for ...
5 days ago · Freeman’s portrayal of a dangerous hustler in Street Smart (1987) earned him his first Academy Award nomination, for best supporting actor. He was later nominated for a best-actor Oscar for his work in Driving Miss Daisy (1989), in which he re-created the role of Hoke
