media.salon.com Robin Williams had been nominated three times for a leading role, but received his Oscar on the fourth time for a supporting role in:
Walter Brennan received three Oscars for a best supporting role, he was also the first one in history to receive an Oscar in this category ("Come and Get It, 1936). Next
Hattie McDaniel received an Oscar in 1940 and promised to "always be a credit to her race and to the motion picture industry". She was the first African-American woman to win this award in history.
img.rp.vhd.me Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke both won an Oscar for this movie, Anne for a leading, and Patty for a supporting role.
cdn.hitfix.com Dianne Wiest has won an Oscar twice, both times for movies created by the same director. Who was he?
www.moviesteve.com In which movie is Beatrice Straight visible on screen for less than six minutes, but still got an Oscar for that role?
George C. Scott had been nominated for a supporting role twice: for "Anatomy of Murder" and "The Hustler". He was finally awarded for a leading role, but made history by refusing the award on philosophical grounds.
www.sonymoviechannel.com Meryl Streep is mostly nominated for leading roles. But for this particular movie she received an Oscar in the supporting actress category.
