Ruth Gordon Wins Supporting Actress: 1969 Oscars
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- Ruth Gordon wins the Oscar for Supporting Actress for Rosemary's Baby at the 41st Academy Awards. Presented by Tony Curtis.
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She deserved an Oscar for the cake scene in Rosemary's Baby alone.
😆LOL
in the dinner scene, right? couldn't take my eyes off her. what a performance
Classic! I cackled when she used the same fork she ate with to pass another piece of cake to her guest!!! 😂
Oh yeah!! I love this woman. World’s greatest voice. She was the most perfect Minnie Castavet imaginable
She even licked her fingers
"I can't tell ya' how encouragin' a thing like this is". The best line ever in an acceptance speech. You gatta love Ruth Gordon.
Yes ma'am! You would never have guessed the menace that lies within this little older lady! Mia said she was so trusting
Roman said she was so loving. That's what made her so effective! That joyous smile belies her unmitigated sociopathy. Flat out psycho and I'm here for it! I could watch her performance over and over again and learn something new!
Isn't she fabulous ??? I loved her in Rosemary's baby
@@jamesmonroe7751 me too 👑👌🏻💯
Absolutely cold, calculating, utterly practical. Instrumental in keeping Rosemary isolated in that apartment. She's no mad zealot in the end scene. Picks up the knife Rosemary dropped, rubs the scratch it made on her floor, and comes back with a nice hot cup of tea.
A little while later, another Iconic acceptance speech Opening Line, Hello Gorgeous, from Streisand winning Best Actress for Funny Girl!
73 years old and rockin' those pink heels.
And that dress!
Have u seen her in Harold and Maude
Spectacular.
@@theresacoles-scott6250 Am such a movie buff and have never seen that picture. Will rectify that soon! Thank you for the recommendation.
She was 73 there?!
She had such a great style 🔥 her wardrobe in Rosemary's baby was fabulous
Still the best Oscar speech ever given. The wit, the delivery, the charm. Absolutely brilliant.
Not only the best Oscar speech but the best performance of anyone EVER. I have seen Rosemary's Baby endless times and Ruth Gordon was so wonderful in it I never tire of seeing her be that evil nosy devil woman!!
LitZena I couldn't have said it better! She is HILARIOUS in Harold and Maude..a must see! ;)
Deanna Duncan I did see Harold and Maude and love Ruth Gordon in that too so much but Rosemary's Baby remains my favorite; seen it a hundred times!!
Deanna Duncan
Wanted to add that one of my all time favorite "moments" in a movie came in Harold and Maude when he gives her the ring and looks devastated after she throws it in the water and love how she adds now she'll always know where it is; crazy fabulous
She really entertained us throughout the years! I love her! I hate it she died the year I graduated from high school (1985) :(
Outstanding actress. Probably one of the best deserved Oscars ever.
Wonderful lady with an incredible way of speaking and performing !!!!!
A brilliant screenwriter as well.
Harold and Maude
Agree!!!
Definitely!!!!
Fun fact, Tony Curtis was actually in Rosemary’s baby! He played the voice of the actor who was blinded by the cult so that Guy could get the part.
Haha, Donald Baumgarde
wow! I love that kind of detail
Tony Curtis's daughter Jamie Lee just won this years best supporting Oscar, which I think surprised the hell out of both Jamie Lee and her dad Tony Curtis in spirit.
@@michaelverbakel7632 I've always watched classic movies and modern movies and I was born in 1985 but this is the first time I am hearing or realizing that Tony Curtis was Jamie Lee Curtis dad wow! I would have never known this had I not come across your comment the things we learned so randomly huh thanks!
Ruth Gordon was such an incredibly talented and versatile actress. She was so wickedly funny in one of her later roles in Harold and Maude.
Most influential movie of my life. Maude was such a lovely lil soul.
Yes, Ruth Gordon was a wonderful actress. "Harold And Maude" was an incredible movie!
RIP Ruth Gordon (October 30, 1896 - August 28, 1985), aged 88
You will always be remembered as a legend.
People seem to forget, she was a three time Oscar Nominated Screenwriter with her husband, hence the beautiful speech
I never forgot! Adam's Rib? How dare you! Pat and Mike? How could you?
Her husband Garson Kanin, the director of that memorable screwball comedy called "My Favourite Wife"
Love Ruth Gordon. What a delightful woman she was!!!
Yes, she certainly was!
She couldn't help but steal every scene. Very few actors have the charisma she did. Many have her acting chops, but she oozed charisma and had incredible comic timing. She was just amazing.
Yep, similar to Thelma Ritter who also had those qualities
Like her, the speech was short and sweet.
Perfect.
Adorable, adorable, adorable. Her performance was so brilliant and quirky. It was something unique and unexpected. She knew how to make a role really memorable. Well deserved.
I even liked her on a episode of Colombo
@@jazzyjj3154Miluji ji tam-má nejoblíbenější epizoda v Colombovi:Abigil❤
Her cake eating in the movie was Oscar worthy on its own. She did things with utensils that no one has done before or since.
I think this was the best Oscar speech EVER!
Don't cha think? Whatdoya saaay...?
Axel Fritzler. Love the comment ..I can hear her say that now.."Whaddya say.. ...awww yeahh"
And one of the best winners in this category EVER
She was beyond brilliant. Master Thespian.
Yes! I was SO glad she won. and those poor other actresses, when I think about what they spent on robes and jewels! (sorry, 5 years later and I still got inspired from your Minnie quote)
One of the best Oscar speeches ever. Wit and Class....THAT is Ruth Gordon!
She was so great in a Columbo episode she did around 1978.
@brooke: that episode of columbo is one of my favorites!
@@brookehanley3659 OMG that is the best episode of Columbo ever.
One of the greatest entertainers of all time Period. She also was marvelous in My Bodyguard!!!!!
@@brookehanley3659Abigil❤
After Rosemary’s Baby, she also starred in Harold and Maude. It’s an unlikely story that became a cult classic. Young Harold, who’s certifiably nuts, falls in love with the elderly Maude, a Holocaust survivor. Ruth portrays her as a free-wheeling spirit.
I'm one of the late Ruth's Aussie fans. What a superb actress she was and such a natural, warm person. Always fondly remembered.....
Good on ya mate!
Your blood’s worth bottling, mate!
@@skipeastport5529 why, thankyou for the kind words! Cheers mate.
It's funny Tony Curtis giving Ruth Gordon the Oscar considering he did the voice of the actor Rosemary talks to on the telephone in Rosemary's Baby.
Never knew but yes it did sound like him.
Cody Hoskins lol, I thought it was Robert Preston
It was Tony Curtis. They never told Mia Farrow who was going to on the other end, so part of her reaction was that she knew the voice, but she couldn’t figure out who it was
More importantly he was more of a psycho than she was! He was after all The Boston Strangler!
@@gigihess4229 LEAVE BERNARD SCHWARTZ ALONE! LEAVE BERNIE ALONE! signed Jamie and Kelly...
She was brilliant in that film. Love the way she overacts at the dinner table. Watch the wayshe eats and her expressions. There was a comedic, campy feeling that she brought to her character. She made the film what it was.
She was great but one of the many aspects that made the film great
My favorite part was her making sure Rosemary drank that horrible potion! Gave me the creeps for days! You know the milk 🥛 with the black marbles! 🤮🤮
Her performance was undoubtedly great, but I wouldn't say it "made the film what it was" as there's a lot of things that go into making a film as great as Rosemary's Baby; Ira Levin's original novel, Polanski's direction, Krystoff Komeda's score and the other performances such as Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes and Sydney Blackmer
came to watch this after watching BE KIND REWIND’s video about Gordon’s career
When they announce the nominees, you can see how badly she wanted win. She deserved that Oscar.
Short, and hilariously smart and witty!!!
"And all of you who didn't, please excuse me!!!"
Wow what a beautiful and gracious lady and it was the perfect Oscar speech - warm, witty and to the point! She was 73 here and so gorgeous. I think its also amazing how modern she looks, it's 1968 but she looks contemporary nearly 50 years later! Loved her in 'Rosemary's Baby' she is by far the most memorable of the supporting cast. She managed to be innocent and creepy all at the same time, as the devil worshipping neighbour - a well deserved Oscar!
One of the best speeches ever. Go, Gordon!
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She was one of the best and funniest actresses of all time. I loved Ruth Gordon. Harold and Maude was also an excellent movie.
She deserved every bit of that Oscar...what an incredible actress!
Look at all those people. They're all so glamour and elegant.
This is the way people used to be and now it's beyond horrible!!!!!
Does anyone remember "My Bodyguard"? Ruth played Chris Makepeace's grandmother. The emotion and empathy she bestowed on Adam Baldwin's troubled character was touching.
I wish she would have got something for Harold and Maude
Jackson DeStefano she should also
+Jackson DeStefano Me too!
+Jackson DeStefano agree completely
That was the best acceptance speech by one of the best actresses in one of the best films. Everyone who didn't, please excuse me. How awesome :)
She was 72 years old at the time. Yet did you see those pink high-heeled shoes she's wearing? No less than 4 inches! And she's rocking them. Go, Ruth!
I saw her twice in NYC! Once walking quickly on Central Park South, and once at a fancy restaurant -- The Russian Tea Room. I sure wanted to talk to her -- tell her how much I admired her work from Rosemary's Baby to Harold & Maude -- but I know it would have been an imposition -- there's something about her acting style that makes her so memorable -- the way she totally escapes into the characters she plays -- and especially her amazing sense of humor! GREAT actress!
"Rosemary's Baby" is the scariest movie ever made, yet no one dies and no one spills a drop of blood.
well.....um....no. Scariest Movie I'll grant you, but the first young woman dies- and Mia gets all scratched up.
Hutch dies
Hutch & the woman staying with them.. she had blood 🩸
Also, Mrs. Gardenia is murdered by the coven before the movie begins. It was her apartment that Rosemary and Guy rented after her death.
This year both lead and supporting actress winners accepted their Oscar's with great memorable intros - here Ms. Gordon with "I can't tell you how encouraging a thing like this is!" and Streisand with [looking at her award] a simple, "Hello, gorgeous!"
A great speech, how Oscars should be accepted, and a well deserved recognition for an excellent performance. You know she is the second actor to win an Oscar for a performance in a horror film?
she was so well loved in Hollywood and a super funny lady and a great actress. At the end of her life she did a super memorable Columbo episode and was as funny as you can be.
She was wonderful in columbo as the writer who murdered her nephew, she is a wonderful actress.
@@cathydoyle8804Abigil❤👍
When these Awards actually meant something and Hollywood was classy
I was 11 yrs old in 1969 and I remember waiting each year to watch the Oscar's. Today you wouldn't catch me watching any of the award shows. Horrible, no talent, no class, just plain garbage 😒
She deserved another award, just for that speech!
If you have never seen Ruth in “Harold and Maude”....wow, just see it! 😎
Ruth is a gem in Rosemary's baby. Mia Farrow also deserved the award.
All the other women had a frightened look on their face! Ruth had a little anticipation and sparkle in her eyes!! She knew she was going to win!!👍👍👍😎❤️
what a gem! I would sit and talk with her for days. The world needs more Ruth Gordon's~
She had such a great walk. Very deserving.
Never seen a woman chow down on cake the way Ruth Gordon did in Rosemary's Baby. She deserved the award just for that!
Lol! Right, and the way she’s stuffing her face and squinting to look at Guy at the same time. Acting’s more about saying words and the emotion behind them. Ruth knew instinctively what to do with her body, too. She’s just brilliant, IMO.
Funny how Ruth Gordon and Sondra Locke ended up working together twice in Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can . Sondra looked amazing on this night , never seen her look better
G Lynch Sondra’s dress was amazing
Sondra is sitting next to her husband, Gordon Anderson, whom she married in 1967, despite the fact that he was openly gay. They never divorced and he remained her best friend for the rest of her life. When she died in 2018 at 74, he alerted the press.
She is so inspiring. I love her.
This fim is a masterpiece for me should get an Oscar for her role Mia Farrow , directed Roman Polanski and the music of Krzysztof Komeda .
Aw, just three years earlier, Ruth was Oscar nominated for "Inside Daisy Clover" (in the same "Supporting Actress" category, as she was here in 1969). In 1966, she lost to Shelley Winters (who fully deserved the win, for "A Patch of Blue"). We now (1969) see Ruth's big night of "shine" at the Oscars - and shine she did! Everyone laughed when Ruth remarked that her Oscar win was "so encouraging." She absolutely meant it - after many decades of acting, Ruth Gordon truly felt that she was still learning about her craft. A true star in the best sense!
Also a 3 time Oscar Nominated Screenwriter
She deserved another Oscar for her brief speech.
Mia should have been nominated too
Ikr!
@Reginald Wilson She should have. It's one of the most unforgettable roles in history. I've still never seen Hepburn or Streisand in the movies they both tied on the win for that year but I guess they would have won anyway if she had been nominated simply because Hepburn was the Hollywood movie star and Streisand the famous singer.
It's an astonishing performance from Mia (who i don't care for, generally speaking).
It's one of the most naturalistic performances I've ever seen, at no time do you ever say 'she's acting'. She makes you believe 100% that she *is* Rosemary.
@@codyhoskins1319 Hepburn in the lion in winter was incredible. Barbra Streisand also made history with one of the best, if not the best, film debuts. It was a competitive year.
Cant understand why she wasn’t even nominated, her performance was Iconic!
I absolutely adored her! Have to see my a favorite of mind, Harold & Maude.
Ruth Gordon was a wonderful actress. I wish she earned another Oscar nomination for Harold and Maude.
Ruth Gordon was so full of life, so witty, and right on target.
Love that Oscar speech!!!! I also love the way that she walked with confidence when see was getting to receive her award. You go Ruth Gordon!!!!!!
She is an adorable actress
perfect acceptance speech
I'll never get tired of watching this.
I love that little shimmy walk of hers
This award was so well-deserved.
"She had a great gift for living the moment," said Glenn Close, who co-starred in Maxie, one of Gordon's last films, "... and it kept her ageless."
My most favorite Oscars speech
Oh she’s such a cute little cookie 🥰
Loved her in Rosemary’s Baby! Mia deserved to be nominated for that one too. I always wondered why she wasn’t
I heard that she had broken up with Frank Sinatra and he had campaigned against her not to be nominated
LMAO! How could anyone not love Ruth Gordon? She was such a character and everytime I saw her in a movie she always made me smile. Whether I wanted to strangle her in Rosemary's Baby or wanted to hug her/dance with her in Clint Eastwood's orangutan movies, she was a welcome presence on the silver screen.
What posh charm! The way she threw her mink coat to the chair and unveiled her dress! LOL.
I loved her confidence. I loved how she stand up when she heard her name, tossed her coat and strut all the way to the podium and that speech.
Amaizing ACTRESS ,,,,,,,,, Ruth I am going to miss you a lot ,,,,,,,
Brilliant actress. Really amazing speech. Love it!😍
My favourite speech ever. Funny, brief and she thanked everyone.
She forgot Ira Levin.
The character she played was so comic and real. She was nosy busy body. Who knew that she practices witchcraft. You would never guess. I loved the way she played this character. She was a gem in this movie.
Very deserved win for Ruth Gordon!!
Nice honest speech
" and all of you who didn't ........please excuse me" LOVE HER!!! lmao!
Every time i ever see her, Ruth Gordon reminds me so much of my late, maternal
grandmother, who we all called Nana. She would have turned 100 on April 12, 2011
and they looked and acted very much alike. She was the only grandparent i ever
knew, so it's nice to be reminded of her this way. Happy Birthday Nana!!
She's such a funny old lady. And she was so great in Rosemary's Baby. Her performance was both hilarious and chilling.
Tony Curtis is the voice of Donald Baumgard in Rosemary's Baby.
I absolutely love her first quip and the way she picks up the Oscar with a smile and swings around. I agree with all.. Definitely one of the best Oscar acceptance speeches ever. A funny brief acceptance from a truly funny classy actress. Well deserved..
I love Ruth Gordon, both on screen and off screen. A lot of those older actresses were quite a hoot on talk shows.
loved her funny as hell she was superb in rosemarys baby glad she won her oscar
She was great in Rosemary's Baby!
She was my favorite part of Rosemary's Baby.
She was nominated for 3 Oscars for Screenwriting during the 40's and 50's as well as 2 Acting Oscars
This dynamo was a Treasure
I think the difference between the Oscars now, and then, has everything to do with the actors and actresses. Back then, acting was more about performers refining their craft and bringing their talents onto the big screen to connect with the audience and give them an intellectual and emotional experience. Nowadays, it's all about the performers saying "look at me and how amazing I am." It's not about the art anymore, but about the ego of the performers. THAT is why the Oscars have become such a platform for political tirades, extravagant outfits, and pretty much so the actors can be seen and praised by people.
Completely agree. I am so sick and tired of how political the Oscars have become in every respect
I disagree. Acting has always been about doing the best job possible. If today there are too many superhero movies and not enough adult fare, you can blame the audience, not the actors.
Perhaps you're forgetting that in 1973, a mere 4 years later and almost 50 years ago, Marlon Brando pulled the biggest political stunt in the history of the Oscars.
The best speech ever!
best acceptance speech
Baffles me to this day that she and Bud Court weren't nominated for Harold & Maude. In fact, the movie wasn't nominated for anything at all. I guess it was just too ahead of its time for the stodgy old Academy.
It was amazing how she portrayed a kind, neighborly, and gossipy friend, when it turned out she was part of an evil plot! She was sitting near Streisand at this awards, and she and her husband worked very closely with Barbra to polish up her Funny Girl role on Broadway.
A superb and funny acceptance speech by a very classy lady!!!!!
To me, this ranks as one of the best Oscar acceptance speeches ever.
Running girlishly to the stage at age 72. Has there ever been a more adorable septuagenarian at the Oscars?
I love this woman. Scary as heck, but amazing concentration. I 've been watching the Oscar ceremonies recently and quite a few thespians have stated that one of the best character traits of the art/craft is ' believability '. This woman's got it by the truckloads‼️She should have gotten 2 ( two ) Oscars🏆🏆.
I loved her in Rosemary's baby. But I only ever knew her from that and every which way but loose .. then I was binge watching columbo and I remembered she was the mystery writer. Woman was absolutely adorable. Such a natural.
Ano-Abigil❤
I absolutely love Ruth Gordon Kanin! Fun fact The Actress with Jean Simmons and Spencer Tracy was her life story! So amazing they actually made a movie about her! Wonderful screenwriter and playwright to boot. That little woman had more talent than all the Barrymores put together. My favorite will be Mary Todd Lincoln in Abe Lincoln in Illinois. Perfect in every way!
I love love love Ruth Gordon. She was so wonderful. Such a joy to watch.
I love this lady can’t wait to meet her in Eternity
Anybody else here from Be Kind Rewind's channel? Just saw their video essay on Ruth Gordon and I had to see this speech. She didn't disappoint 🙌
A marvelous talented and beautiful woman. An absolute joy. I loved her and enjoy her movies to this day. She and her husband were great.♥️
"He chose you out of all the world. Out of all the world he chose you."
That score...
She is soooooo freaking adorable