March 9, 2010
Oscar Title Wave
This weekend, stars of every type pulled out all of stops for one special little man. The Academy Awards are considered the film world’s most prestigious awards. This past Sunday, on March 7, the 82nd Academy Awards displayed a new and old generation of artist coming together to honor great films. Given this event and its importance to the film world, I thought it would be the perfect time to remember Hepburn’s success with Oscar himself. All in all, Hepburn has only won one little gold statue. She snagged the Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1953 for Roman Holiday.
She accepted her award with gratitude and poise, as usual.
Hepburn was nominated for the following roles as well:
Best Actress in a Leading Role- 1955 Sabrina
Best Actress in a Leading Role- 1960 The Nun’s Story
Best Actress in a Leading Role- 1962 Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Best Actress in a Leading Role- 1968 Wait Until Dark
Of course, I have written about past award show drama dealing with Hepburn and whether a role deserved a win it didn’t get before. But that is one of the great idea about the Oscars, you can never tell who may win. There is almost always a shocking result for some category, sometimes happy and sometimes undeserved. Unfortunately, this is one of those events where people will have to agree to disagree.
Hepburn won the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1993. The award had been voted on before her death, and was presented to her son, Sean Ferrer.
For a list of all of the awards Audrey had received or been nominated for, visit http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000030/awards.
