What actor or actress has the worst winning record for acting nominations at the Academy Awards?
A: Meryl Streep
Nominated 16 times with just 2 wins (best supporting actress for “Kramer vs. Kramer” and best actress for “Sophie’s Choice”)
–Katherine Hepburn had 4 wins 8 losses, Jack Nicholson has 3 wins, 9 losses
What was the last movie to receive 5 Academy Award nominations for acting?
A: Network (1976)
3 were winners: Peter Finch (best actor), Faye Dunaway (best actress) and Beatrice Straight (best supporting actress)
The other acting nominees were Ned Beatty (supporting actor) and William Holden (best actor)
8 other movies have received 5 acting nominations including From Here to Eternity, On the Waterfront, All About Eve and The Godfather, Part II.
For four years in a row, the winners of the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award had the same initials. What were they?
A: MS
Maggie Smith, Meryl Streep, Mary Steenbergen and Maureen Stapleton (1978-1981)
