Fritz and the Oscars

Interestingly, three of the nominated actresses in 1963 had also taken home BAFTA awards for their performances. Leslie Caron won the prize ...

Leslie Caron had quite an impressive career start in the 50s – her first movie role was opposite Gene Kelly in the Best Picture winner An Am...

Here are the results of the poll: 1. Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar named Desire (43 votes) 2. Katharine Hepburn - The African Queen (6 vote...

Ah, the never-ending debate…leading or supporting? Even I have had various discussions about this topic on this blog already but the simple ...

The next year will be 1963 and the nominees were Leslie Caron in The L-Shaped Room Shirley MacLaine in Irma La Douce Patricia Neal in Hu...

Well, it has finally happend! Meryl got company! Who thought that Vivien Leigh would be the first actress on this blog to tie Meryl Streep a...

After having watched and reviewed all five nominated performances, it's time to pick the winner! 5. Eleanor Parker in Detective Story ...

‘She brought everything I intended to the role and even much more than I had dared dream of.’ Is there really anything else to be said? If T...

Very few performers had such longevity as Katharine Hepburn. After she began acting in the early thirties, she kept going acting right up un...

1951 was a strange year for the Best Actress line-up – besides Eleanor Parker, Shelley Winters also managed a nomination for a performance t...