My Top Ten Acting Oscar Winners of the 1960's 1. Gregory Peck (To Kill a Mockingbird) 2. Elizabeth Taylor (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) 3. Sidney Poitier (Lilies of the Field) 4. Patty Duke (The Miracle Worker) 5. Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins) 6. Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl) 7. Burt Lancaster (Elmer Gantry) 8. Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter) 9. Ruth Gordon (Rosemary's Baby) 10. Rod Steiger (In the Heat of the Night) My Top Five Honorable Mentions 1. Rita Moreno (West Side Story) 2 .Anne Bancroft (The Miracle Worker) 3. Gig Young (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?) 4. George Kennedy (Cool Hand Luke) 5. Walter Matthau (The Fortune Cookie)
Julie Andrews had some goodwill on her side, as the Mary Poppins role was her consolation prize after having been passed up for My Fair Lady - the role she originated on stage. The studio wanted a name, so Hepburn won the role. Hepburn wasn't even nominated though the film won several Oscars that year. Andrews said later, "My thanks to Mr. Jack L Warner, who made all this possible."
The studio did not trust Julie Andrews even though she won a tony for her the broadway performance. She did not have the name and they figured the public would not see this movie because of this. SO DUMB!!! That same public went to see Mary Poppins! The studios did a lot of that! I totally agree with everything you wrote!! Very Well Done❤
It's important to acknowledge that Julie Andrews made the remark about Jack Warner at the Golden Globes, but when she won the Oscar, she said that the only person she could thank was Walt Disney.
@@letasimsclayborn4849 Julie Andrews hasn’t won any Tony award yet… She was nominated 3 times, including My Fair Lady… She famously declined her third nomination before the ceremony, because she felt the academy ignored to acknowledge the other talents from her play…
I yelled "YESSSS" so loud when you announced #1 that I scared my cat! Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf has been my favorite movie since I was 14 (I don't know what it says about me that I was so captivated by such an intense psychological marital drama at 14 but whatever) Keep doing what you're doing, man! You're one of the TH-cam channels that I drop everything to watch whenever I get a new video notification
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Really well thought out list, and your explanations are spot on. Elizabeth Taylor had several Oscar worthy performances, but that performance is on another level altogether. Totally agree with her topping this list. Thanks for the excellent posting!
I love all your choices. My personal number 1 is Sophia Loren in "Two women". How much I cried and how much I still cry every time I watch that magnificent film by Vittorio De Sica.
Julie Andrews’ performance in MARY POPPINS is one of my personal favorites but the fact that the film didn’t win best picture is shocking considering MY FAIR LADY wasn’t as prestigious as it looks. Katharine Hepburn in THE LION IN WINTER was a tour de force. I mean the claws and teeth were so sharp in that role that you know you’re gonna get a performance like no other. Barbra Streisand is simply GORGEOUS Gregory Peck was a nominee six times before winning and with actors winning after being nominated so many times are questionable but Peck’s win is rare because like you said his win after being nominated before six times was for the RIGHT performance and whenever I hear about TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD either the book or movie I think of him and that’s a good thing. Elizabeth Taylor in WAOVW is a performance that leaves you speechless. Her and Richard Burton’s relationship really did elevate their performances considering what we know now about how tempestuous their relationship was. And as a PSA: never do THE LION IN WINTER and WHOS AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOLFE if your married in real life because you’ll be divorced so quick And I’m disappointed that you didn’t include Sophia Loren. I mean did you see her performance in TWO WOMEN? I highly recommend everyone to see TWO WOMEN because she gutted me with her performance and so deserved her historic Oscar win. Overall another wonderful video 😊
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I've been watching your videos while renovating a 100 year old section of my house and I cannot express fully how well done each one is. You thoroughly research and are clearly well-versed in film history. I am a film major who obsessed over early film (1903-1955) as a pre-teen. One of the early books I bought with babysitting money was about the history of the Oscars, which only went up to 1972 at that time. Watching your videos of those decades really hit home. Elizabeth Taylor was, by far, the stand-out in this era's category, though Patty Duke & Anne Bancroft's performances in The Miracle Worker are electrifying. I showed parts of it to my young students when we studied Helen Keller and I never ceased to be amazed at the authenticity they brought to each scene. I am a big fan of yours and hope you keep this up!
Wow. I was amazed the performances in The Miracle Worker were only honorable mentions. Glad to see them mentioned though. And glad you had Gregory Peck so high. He was amazing! One of the best wins in my opinion! Never been the biggest fan of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”. Maybe I need to rewatch it. It was a long time ago that I did. Keep up the awesome Oscar videos, man. My favorite Oscar wins of the 60s: 1. Gregory Peck-To Kill a Mockingbird 2. Patty Duke-The Miracle Worker 3. Anne Bancroft-The Miracle Worker 4. Barbra Streisand-Funny Girl 5. Julie Andrews-Mary Poppins 6. John Wayne-True Grit 7. George Kennedy-Cool Hand Luke 8. Rod Steiger-In the Heat of the Night 9. Katharine Hepburn-Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Look at Steiger’s competition this year - Beatty for Bonnie and Clyde; Hoffman for The Graduate; Newman for Cool Hand Luke; Tracey for Guess who’s coming for dinner! What a race! Anyone of them winning would have been deserved. I have seen all these films and the acting was great. As for Poitier - I think he was fantastic in To Sir, with love - too bad the field was so stacked this year for Best Actor.
Thanks for such a great video! And I’d LOVE to see the best wins of 50’s. And it’d be great if you make the vid about the best performances which lost the Oscar but absolutely deserved to win
Great top 10! I completely agree with your choice of number one. Personally I would include (at least as honorary mentions) Sophia Loren and Lila Kedrova.
Terrific video, Brian! It would be awesome if you introduced an Oscar segment "If There Were 6"....for a particular year and category you select a nominee you wish had been included in the mix had 6, instead of 5, nominees been allowed. Love your videos!
Excellent video! Thanks for not limiting your channel to movies of the most recent decades. Cinema lovers love films of all times starting at the early silent era up to the present day. There are so many masterpieces in every decade since the 1910! Thanks!
Oh, Brian, thank you so much! What a film historian you are and thank God for you! I actually am old enough to remember these original movies and watching the Oscar ceremonies on TV. However, you can't possibly be. That impresses me all the more that a "younger man" such as you would take such a compelling interest in these older movies. As for your choices, I am most impressed with your Ruth Gordon selection. What a chilling movie "Rosemary's Baby" was, and Ruth as fabulous in her Oscar-winning performance! Once again, keep up the excellent work. Roger Ebert would be proud of you!
And somebody said this site should run a "Who would be the 6th nominee if there were 6 and not 5" series. For 1968 in the actress category that 6th one would be Mia Farrow in "Rosemary's Baby"
Thank you for this awesome video. You're description of the behind-the-scenes situation during the filming of Guess who's coming to dinner made my eyes watery 😢 Thanks for including Rita Moreno 🇵🇷 That role was made for her and 60 years later she still shows awesome range by playing someone else in the same movie! You can see why she's one of the greatest EGOT winners. 🎆📯🏆💫 You can't really argue with that #1 choice. Elizabeth Taylor in Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf is in my personal Mt. Rushmore of female lead acting. 🗿
Rita Moreno was under contract to MGM for at least a decade before West Side Story. She was in "Singing in the Rain" and "Summer and Smoke". She worked a lot but was limited to playing "exotics" for MGM.
Elizabeth Taylor's "George and Martha" monologue in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe" makes me cry. Her performance is so raw, so real; it's one of my favorite all-time performances as well.
Interesting enough, the year Gregory Peck won the Best Actor Oscar for To Kill a Mockingbird was also the same year Peter O’Toole was nominated for Lawrence of Arabia (which was the big Oscar Winner with 7 wins including Best Picture). Two iconic and amazing performances that have stood the test of time. It’s fascinating to see these two actors compete in the same year with those roles, as I do think either one would have been very deserving of the win.
That was, I think, one of the great tragedies of awards timing. Lawrence of Arabia is one of my favorite films and O'Toole is transcendent in it. But Gregory Peck is, too!
@@melanie62954 Both Lawerence of Arabia and To Kill a Mockingbird are two of my favorite films. Last year, I had a wonderful experience seeing the two films on the big screen during their recent 60th anniversary year in 2022.
@@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719 I know, it's tragic he didn't win a competitive acting Oscar during his lifetime. He was one of the great actors of his generation.
I would have loved Angela Lansbury winning for The Manchurian Candidate, who would be absolutely deserving to be in this top 10, but she lost to Patty Duke, who was also very deserving. Just one of these cases I can't be angry at the actual winner, but am somehow disappointed an equally deserving performance lost.
I love your Top 10 videos. This is a great list. I agree that Katharine Hepburn delivered incredible back-to-back performances, though I would edge The Lion in Winter forward - bitter, scheming, yet relatable. I believe Burton’s best is The Spy Who Came in from the Cold but haven’t seen Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou. I also enjoy Butterfield 8 - it’s trashy but also rebellious. That said I feel Shirley Maclaine was robbed for not winning for The Apartment. Truthfully, I would have put Rita Moreno as number 1 but would love to see what you do with an all-time list given Taylor is your #1 winner of this decade.
Julie won as a consolation prize for not being cast in My Fair Lady Julie stated in her autobiography that Anne Bancroft should have won I agree with her Julie was wonderful in Mary Poppins she was lovely and charming but Oscar worthy no way Julie should have thanked Audrey Hepburn for her Oscar and Julie Christie should have also thanked Audrey because if Julie Andrew's had lost for Mary Popplns she would have definitely won for the Sound of Music
How could you not even mention Shelley Winters as a runner up (she would be in my top ten) for her searing venomous portrayal of the horrible mother of the blind girl in A Patch of Blue in addition to that she played a racist the complete opposite of what she was in real life that same year she marched with Martin Luther King have you seen this film if you haven't you really should
Julie Andrews definitely deserved that spot! That scene where she is asked to explain and says, she never explains anything and that short poignant scene by the end before she leaves are my faves. Those kinds of performances don't really get nominated anymore. I mean they don't make those kinds of movies anymore. I also agree with Katharine Hepburn winning for GWCTD. She doesn't say much in the last scenes, but her emotions are so real it's almost intertwined with her character. I'm bawling not just because of the character but also it's the last time she's acting with her love. And her desolation scene in TLIW is just perfect. I mean she is not british does not talk british, but because its her, we accept a queen talks the way she does. She could do no wrong.
I agree. Katharine Hepburn knew how to achieve character, and was one herself off-screen too! Sometimes I feel we gravaite towards tools of a great performance without seeing the many nuances of what can constitute a great performance. Katharine Hepburn is a great example of that.
I totally agree with Elizabeth Taylor's performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (It's my second best film performance of all time for an actress to Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice)...but it will always pain me that Richard Burton didn't win for his role as George in that film...it was , in my opinion, much better, maybe not as flashy, as Paul Scofield's in his historical epic. The fact that both Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole never got their competitive Oscars, while richly deserving them, is a blot on Oscar history. Believe it or not, my favorite O'Toole performance was in the comedy My Favorite Year....which I still believe he was robbed for. Lol. It's hard to win for comedies, I guess.
I adore Julie Christie. She was so beautiful. She beat Julie Andrews bc Doctor Zhivago was the same year. She’dve won for either. Also, Andrews won the year before in Mary Poppins. I absolutely ❤her in Don’t Look Now!
Im lucky enough to have seen EVERY Oscar winning performance (yes I’m kinda old lol and these go back to the VHS days). Overall your top 10 was good. Mine would be: 1. Maggie Smith. Arguably the finest Oscar winning performance in the lead actress category. A master class in every way by one of the greatest thespians ever to grace, film, stage and tv. 2. Paul Scofield. Copy and paste Maggie Smith just the male version lol. 3. Elizabeth Taylor. For all the reasons Brian said. In a performance you can watch over and over and I have. 4. Sandy Dennis. Greatest winning supporting turn of all time. Her performance captures nearly everything of the human experience in the running time of the film. Has to be seen to be believed. 5. Rod Steiger. Totally captured the true portrait of the south at the time, in one character, and the insidious scourge of racism. 6. Katharine Hepburn TLIW. Tour de force star turn, with all of Hepburns legendary charisma on display in spades. 7. Barbra Streisand. She’s Streisand. End of story. 8. Julie Christie. Her one two punch of Darling and Doctor Zhivago in two vastly different roles in 1965 showed her amazing range and talent. 9. Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke. Brian cheated and I can too with a tie lol. You can’t separate these two. The chemistry between them is combustible. Their battle of wills, and the ensuing emotional fallout will leave you wishing the film was twice as long it’s that brilliant. 10. Lila Kedrova. One of the finest examples of an actress perfectly etching and detailing out a memorable character. Runners up: Gregory Peck Sophia Loren Shelley Winters Rita Moreno Peter Ustinov-Topkapi
This is not a huge disappointment, but it would have been good to have seen Omar Sharif nominated for either "Lawrence of Arabia" or for his portrayal of the lead character in "Doctor Zhivago." Such remarkable acting. But every year, every decade we see so much outstanding performances. But great work, Sharif!!!
My list 1. Sophia Loren for Two Women one of the most underrated wins 2. Julie Andrews Mary Poppins not just anyone could play that role and make the movie a classic 3. Gregory Peck To Kill A Mockingbird. Perfect actor and character match 4. Sidney Poitier for Lillies in the Field Historic win , but also great performance 5. Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl show the full range of her talents 6. Anne Bancroft for The Miracle Worker . Holding her own and then some with a flashier performance from Duke and various forms of opposition 7. Rita Moreno West Side Story best part of the movie with an astonishing performance 8. Rod Steiger for The Heat of the Night playing both antagonist and ally to Poitier 9. Patricia Neal in Hud . I doubt the role would be so memorable without her playing it 10. Patty Duke for The Miracle Worker playing a tricky role to get just right. 11. Maggie Smith for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie just superb 12. Goldie Hawn for Cactus Flower. Dazzling 13. Melvyn Douglas for Hud moral center of the film 14. Gig Young They Shoot Horses Don’t They. Makes you understand the character’s role even if you don’t like it. 15. Peter Ustinov for Spartacus my favorite character in the movie.
1000% agree with your Hepburn tie! I get how Guess Who’s win might not be the greatest win comparatively (I would’ve chosen Bancroft, but who cares what I would’ve chosen), but Lion in Winter’s win definitely is one of the greatest wins. I can never separate them just because Kate is so herself (at least her persona) in both films while being completely separate characters and it is just hard to not love either performance.
Some actresses, like Meryl Streep, embody whatever character they are playing, they sink into the character. Other actresses, like Katherine Hepburn or Jane Fonda, seem to play versions of their real selves as applied to a character. For example, Katherine Hepburn in life was very independent, opinionated, strong, Marched to her own drum, etc, and that’s what we see on the screen in most of her performances, comedy, or drama. similar (but not completely) to Jane Fonda. Jane as a person changed over time as did her characters. they’re still give great performances, and are awarded Oscars for them, but I don’t really see them acting as much as being slight modifications of themselves cast in parts perfect for who they are.
Excellent list! I like Elizabeth Taylor's performance in BUtterfield-8 too. I know she hated. I know people think it's trashy, but you know, maybe this is classic Hollywood, but there is something about a film in which a star openly confronts the narrative around them for dramatic material, and gives a nuanced performance where perceptions change around them. I feel Elizabeth Taylor does that in BUtterfield-8. I also think an actor doesn't have to like the character nor performance for them to deliver an amazing one, which, Elizabeth does. She goes all raw for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and definitely earns her second Oscar, now that the reputation roadblock was confronted in the first. And, in a way, Katharine Hepburn does that in The Philadelphia Story (1940). She lost to Ginger Rogers, but the perception changed and she was able to have a relatively successful career at MGM because of it. I feel the sixties were Katharine Hepburn's decade. She was iconoclastic in the 1930s-1950s. But, in the four performances she delivered that decade, she clearly still had it, and finally had the industry's respect (though she always had her acting peers' respect). Her wins were deserved.
Rita Moreno's first movie role was in 1950; If I can trust IMDB, by 1961, when "West Side Story" was released, she had appeared in approx. 21 movies (including "Singin' In the Rain" & "The King & I") & numerous TV roles.
She was nearly 30 when making "West Side Story," but aside from "Singing in the Rain" & "the King & I," most of her work had been limited to forgettable characters as a result of Hollywood racism, so it's not surprising it came across as the breakout performance of a newcomer.
Totally agree that Elizabeth Taylor deserved the top spot for her performance as Martha, and also that Burton should have also won for his performance. I also loved Ruth Gordon in "Rosemary's Baby". She somehow manages to be funny and adorably cute, but also chilling and creepy at the same time as Mrs. Castavet. The only other performer I would have included who's not on your list would be Patricia Neal for her role in "Hud".
Gregory Peck's performance in To kill a Mockingbird is one of the best Hollywood has ever seen. It should be studied by aspiring actors and writers alike on how a good script and a good actor can give one of the best performance ever seen. Nowadays actors depend so much on biopics and physical transformations to give great performances but Peck with his simple look and just subtle acting gave such brilliant performance. No shouting, no loud characteristic, no special attribute of the character. On Paper the role doesn't seem as difficult as many other we have seen won Oscar over the years but Peck did such a fabulous job without even making it seem it was hard. Just simple good acting and powerful dialogue delivery.
I love that you recognized Julie Christie. Darling kinda fell into obscurity through the years, and didn’t have near the staying power of The Sound of Music, but it’s still a remarkable and bold performance. Definitely worth checking out
1. Elizabeth Taylor, Who´s Afraid of Virginia Woolf 2. Anne Bancroft, The Miracle Worker 3. Julie Christie, Darling 4. Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird 5. Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl 6. Sandy Dennis, Who´s Afraid of Virginia Woolf 7. Katharine Herpburn, Lion in Winter 8. Patty Duke, The Miracle Worker 9. Gig Young, They Shoot Horses, Don´t They? 10. Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins Deservers: 1. Jane Fonda, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Best Actress, 1969) 2. Katharine Hepburn, Long's Day Journey Into Night (Best Actress, 1962) 3. Richard Burton, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Best Actor, 1966) 4. Roy Steiger, The Pawnbroaker (Best Actor, 1965) 5. Elizabeth Taylor, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Best Actress, 1966) 6. Julie Christie, Darling (Best Actress, 1965) 7. Peter O'Toole, Lawrence of Arabia and The Lion in Winter (Best Actor 1962, 1968) 8. Paul Newman, Hud (Best Actor, 1963) 9. Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl (Best Actress, 1968) 10. Melina Mercouri, Best Actress (1960) Runners-Up 11. Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird (Best Actor, 1962) 12. Julie Christie, Dr. Zhivago (Best Supporting Actress, 1965) 13. Sussanah York, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Best Supporting Actress, 1969) 14. Sandy Dennis, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Best Supporting Actress, 1966) 15. Katharine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter (Best Actress, 1968)
Your picks were spot on. Hard to disagree. I wld hv expected a little mention of Glenda Jackson in Woman in Love 1969. She's terrific n got a 2nd Oscar few years later.
Like Be Kind Rewind said, Peck giving Streisand membership of the Academy before her win probably made her win, presumably she voted for herself. It’s nice that there was a tie but with more members now it seems unlikely to happen again. But you never know.
Another great video - great choices, love that Ruth Gordon was included and agree Liz Taylor was just sensational in Virginia Woof..I too am a fan of Butterfield 8 - the general consensus when she won for that was that she'd been gravely ill at the time with Pneumonia and the Academy though ' better give her the Oscar, just in case' I believe she threw up first time she saw herself onscreen in it. Personally - I would have preferred Davis over Bancroft the year she won, I think Davis is incredible in Baby Jane - and goodness, it would've riled Crawford. Davis never forgave her for her campaign against her that Oscar season, then swanning onstage to 'accept' the award.
I think Hepburn is superior in "The Lion in Winter." I can't get my head around her performance in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" being better than Maggie Smith or Paul Scofield. I also think they should remake "The Lion in Winter" with Daniel Day Lewis and Meryl Streep. Just a thought.
Ruth Gordon was hypnotizing as Minnie, "Rosemarys Baby" was the perfect horror film, so scary without being blood and guts, so effective manipulating the viewer into a sense of paranoia slowly engulfing Rosemary
3:33 "[West Side Stoey] was one of Rita Moreno's first movies..." Sorry to be a pedant but Ms Moreno had performed in twenty or so films before WSS including Singin' In The Rain and The King And I - in small (and sometimes uncredited) roles, it's true, but it's far from accurate to call WSS one of her first films, her "overnight success" took many years! :)
Do you think Katharine Hepburn deserved her Oscar for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? I think everyone else was better that year. We have Anne Bancroft for The Graduate, Faye Dunaway for Bonnie and Clyde and Edith Evans for The Whisperers and Catherine Denueve (who wasn't nominated) for Belle de Jour
that is a stellar list, but imagine GWCTD without her. I can't see anyone else playing that role. It is the heart of the entire film and she is perfection.
Rita Moreno made her first movie in 1950 and had been in about 20 films when she made West Side Story. So it wasn't "one of her first movies," and if it felt as if she'd been in movies a long time, it's because she had been.
5 runners-up Melvyn Douglas HUD / George Chakiris WEST SIDE STORY / Patricia Neal HUD / Paul Scofield A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS / Julie Christie DARLING Top 10 10. Rod Steiger IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT 9. Maggie Smith THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE 8. Barbra Streisand FUNNY GIRL 7. Gig Young THEY SHOOT HORSES DON'T THEY? 6. Ruth Gordon ROSEMARY'S BABY 5. Gregory Peck TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 4. Rita Moreno WEST SIDE STORY 3. Patty Duke THE MIRACLE WORKER 2. Elizabeth Taylor WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF NUMBER ONE: Katherine Hepburn THE LION IN WINTER
A really enjoyable video, however just a correction: Sidney Poitier was Bahamian-American. The first Black actor to win Best Actor absolutely, but the first African-American actor to win was actually Denzel Washington for TRAINING DAY in 2002. It's a common misconception but also feel its important to broaden notions of ethnic diversity (and not suggesting you weren't).
Hey dude, have you thought of doing Emmy stuff, like tour the Oscar guy but it be interesting to talk about the Emmy’s and all there major wins abs snubs, I watch better call Saul which hasn’t won a single award for 46 nominations so I don’t know man
I can’t believe you chose Julie Andrews over Barbra Streisand, Katherine Hepburn- and Bancroft in The Miracle Worker, Maggie Smith in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, and Sophia Loren in Two Women. I mean Julie Andrews smiles beautifully, sings magnificently and delivers her lines with perfect comic timing, but come on. The role itself isn’t nearly as challenging as any of those women I listed.
The 60's is a decade I personally like a lot winning performance wise. Even though the opening winning performance by an actress wasn't that good ( My beloved Elizabeth Taylor in Butterfield 8), the others were wayyy better, even some I don't agree with I can admit are excellent like Anne Bancroft in the miracle worker (I personally prefer Bette Davis in Whatever happened to Baby Jane) and Katharine Hepburn in guess who's coming to dinner (I would have give it to Anne Brancroft or Faye Dunaway for Bonnie and Clyde). For me Patricia Neal was located in a incorrect category because her performance is more of a supporting one but still she is amazing in that role.
67 was a weak year- Hepburn's main competition was Bancroft and her part was more supporting... this was Hepburn's 2nd win- with 34 years since her first- that, Tracey's death and no great other performance in the field handed it deservingly to Kate... Lion was another level. Streisand was inducted into the Academy the year she was nominated- breaking the rules, she had only done 1 film and the rules say you have to be in 3 to be a member... Academy President Gregory Peck added her to bring more young talent into the Academy... you have to think she voted for herself- if not for that- it might not have been a tie. Reply
"I hope that was an empty bottle, George. You can't afford to waste good liquor. Not on your salary, not on an ASSOCIATE professor's salary!"
LOL such a great delivery!!
My Top Ten Acting Oscar Winners of the 1960's
1. Gregory Peck (To Kill a Mockingbird)
2. Elizabeth Taylor (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
3. Sidney Poitier (Lilies of the Field)
4. Patty Duke (The Miracle Worker)
5. Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins)
6. Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl)
7. Burt Lancaster (Elmer Gantry)
8. Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter)
9. Ruth Gordon (Rosemary's Baby)
10. Rod Steiger (In the Heat of the Night)
My Top Five Honorable Mentions
1. Rita Moreno (West Side Story)
2 .Anne Bancroft (The Miracle Worker)
3. Gig Young (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?)
4. George Kennedy (Cool Hand Luke)
5. Walter Matthau (The Fortune Cookie)
Julie Andrews had some goodwill on her side, as the Mary Poppins role was her consolation prize after having been passed up for My Fair Lady - the role she originated on stage. The studio wanted a name, so Hepburn won the role. Hepburn wasn't even nominated though the film won several Oscars that year. Andrews said later, "My thanks to Mr. Jack L Warner, who made all this possible."
Love that line at Golden Globes!!
The studio did not trust Julie Andrews even though she won a tony for her the broadway performance. She did not have the name and they figured the public would not see this movie because of this. SO DUMB!!! That same public went to see Mary Poppins! The studios did a lot of that! I totally agree with everything you wrote!! Very Well Done❤
I loved My Fair Lady, but I can only imagine what it could have been with Julie.
It's important to acknowledge that Julie Andrews made the remark about Jack Warner at the Golden Globes, but when she won the Oscar, she said that the only person she could thank was Walt Disney.
@@letasimsclayborn4849 Julie Andrews hasn’t won any Tony award yet… She was nominated 3 times, including My Fair Lady… She famously declined her third nomination before the ceremony, because she felt the academy ignored to acknowledge the other talents from her play…
I yelled "YESSSS" so loud when you announced #1 that I scared my cat! Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf has been my favorite movie since I was 14 (I don't know what it says about me that I was so captivated by such an intense psychological marital drama at 14 but whatever)
Keep doing what you're doing, man! You're one of the TH-cam channels that I drop everything to watch whenever I get a new video notification
Oh my gosh, you are so kind, thank you!!
Hello! I'm a big cinephile, always loved movies, and if you'd like to help me grow my channel, I've just made a video of my 100 favorite movies of all time. It would be a great help if you could view and like the video, if not, thank you for your time anyway 😊 vide: th-cam.com/video/1VlYb0STwSU/w-d-xo.html
Really well thought out list, and your explanations are spot on. Elizabeth Taylor had several Oscar worthy performances, but that performance is on another level altogether. Totally agree with her topping this list. Thanks for the excellent posting!
So happy you liked it!
I love all your choices. My personal number 1 is Sophia Loren in "Two women". How much I cried and how much I still cry every time I watch that magnificent film by Vittorio De Sica.
Julie Andrews’ performance in MARY POPPINS is one of my personal favorites but the fact that the film didn’t win best picture is shocking considering MY FAIR LADY wasn’t as prestigious as it looks.
Katharine Hepburn in THE LION IN WINTER was a tour de force. I mean the claws and teeth were so sharp in that role that you know you’re gonna get a performance like no other.
Barbra Streisand is simply GORGEOUS
Gregory Peck was a nominee six times before winning and with actors winning after being nominated so many times are questionable but Peck’s win is rare because like you said his win after being nominated before six times was for the RIGHT performance and whenever I hear about TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD either the book or movie I think of him and that’s a good thing.
Elizabeth Taylor in WAOVW is a performance that leaves you speechless. Her and Richard Burton’s relationship really did elevate their performances considering what we know now about how tempestuous their relationship was. And as a PSA: never do THE LION IN WINTER and WHOS AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOLFE if your married in real life because you’ll be divorced so quick
And I’m disappointed that you didn’t include Sophia Loren. I mean did you see her performance in TWO WOMEN? I highly recommend everyone to see TWO WOMEN because she gutted me with her performance and so deserved her historic Oscar win.
Overall another wonderful video 😊
Thank you!!
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I've been watching your videos while renovating a 100 year old section of my house and I cannot express fully how well done each one is. You thoroughly research and are clearly well-versed in film history. I am a film major who obsessed over early film (1903-1955) as a pre-teen. One of the early books I bought with babysitting money was about the history of the Oscars, which only went up to 1972 at that time. Watching your videos of those decades really hit home. Elizabeth Taylor was, by far, the stand-out in this era's category, though Patty Duke & Anne Bancroft's performances in The Miracle Worker are electrifying. I showed parts of it to my young students when we studied Helen Keller and I never ceased to be amazed at the authenticity they brought to each scene. I am a big fan of yours and hope you keep this up!
Yay, Elizabeth Taylor, probably the Best Oscar win EVER!!!
So great!!
Wow. I was amazed the performances in The Miracle Worker were only honorable mentions. Glad to see them mentioned though. And glad you had Gregory Peck so high. He was amazing! One of the best wins in my opinion! Never been the biggest fan of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”. Maybe I need to rewatch it. It was a long time ago that I did. Keep up the awesome Oscar videos, man.
My favorite Oscar wins of the 60s:
1. Gregory Peck-To Kill a Mockingbird
2. Patty Duke-The Miracle Worker
3. Anne Bancroft-The Miracle Worker
4. Barbra Streisand-Funny Girl
5. Julie Andrews-Mary Poppins
6. John Wayne-True Grit
7. George Kennedy-Cool Hand Luke
8. Rod Steiger-In the Heat of the Night
9. Katharine Hepburn-Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Thanks for watching!
Look at Steiger’s competition this year - Beatty for Bonnie and Clyde; Hoffman for The Graduate; Newman for Cool Hand Luke; Tracey for Guess who’s coming for dinner! What a race! Anyone of them winning would have been deserved. I have seen all these films and the acting was great.
As for Poitier - I think he was fantastic in To Sir, with love - too bad the field was so stacked this year for Best Actor.
Just incredible!
Thanks for such a great video! And I’d LOVE to see the best wins of 50’s. And it’d be great if you make the vid about the best performances which lost the Oscar but absolutely deserved to win
Great ideas!
I was tearing up throughout, so many great moments. I also really enjoyed the snip of Anne Bancroft. So enjoying your channel. Thankyou.
Great top 10! I completely agree with your choice of number one.
Personally I would include (at least as honorary mentions) Sophia Loren and Lila Kedrova.
Thanks!
The Lion In Winter is one of the greatest performances in history.
YES
Peter should have won, too! Cliff Robertson's 'Charly' just doesn't hold up.
@@aagold76yes I agree! I adored this film. One of those rare films that belong in my category of Perfect Films.
Agreed. That was Katharine Hepburn's greatest performance.
Hepburn sucks- when she comes on, I want to hurl!!
Terrific video, Brian! It would be awesome if you introduced an Oscar segment "If There Were 6"....for a particular year and category you select a nominee you wish had been included in the mix had 6, instead of 5, nominees been allowed. Love your videos!
Love that idea!
Excellent video! Thanks for not limiting your channel to movies of the most recent decades. Cinema lovers love films of all times starting at the early silent era up to the present day. There are so many masterpieces in every decade since the 1910! Thanks!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
Oh, Brian, thank you so much! What a film historian you are and thank God for you! I actually am old enough to remember these original movies and watching the Oscar ceremonies on TV. However, you can't possibly be. That impresses me all the more that a "younger man" such as you would take such a compelling interest in these older movies. As for your choices, I am most impressed with your Ruth Gordon selection. What a chilling movie "Rosemary's Baby" was, and Ruth as fabulous in her Oscar-winning performance! Once again, keep up the excellent work. Roger Ebert would be proud of you!
Thanks, Pat!!
And somebody said this site should run a "Who would be the 6th nominee if there were 6 and not 5" series. For 1968 in the actress category that 6th one would be Mia Farrow in "Rosemary's Baby"
I watched Lion in Winter in a history in film course and I was so thrilled. I was just so wrapped up in seeing her, in every scene in every second
Great movie!
I think Mia Farrow should at least have gotten a nomination. Her performance is so spot on. She made that movie work.
Thank you for this awesome video. You're description of the behind-the-scenes situation during the filming of Guess who's coming to dinner made my eyes watery 😢
Thanks for including Rita Moreno 🇵🇷
That role was made for her and 60 years later she still shows awesome range by playing someone else in the same movie! You can see why she's one of the greatest EGOT winners. 🎆📯🏆💫
You can't really argue with that #1 choice. Elizabeth Taylor in Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf is in my personal Mt. Rushmore of female lead acting. 🗿
Thanks so much for watching!
ELIZABETH TAYLOR IN WHO'S AFRAID OF V.W HAS to be in the top 10 best performances of all time!!!
She’s amazing!!
Rita Moreno was under contract to MGM for at least a decade before West Side Story. She was in "Singing in the Rain" and "Summer and Smoke". She worked a lot but was limited to playing "exotics" for MGM.
Yes, thanks for the correction!
👏👏👏👏👏 great video!
Thanks!
Elizabeth Taylor's "George and Martha" monologue in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe" makes me cry. Her performance is so raw, so real; it's one of my favorite all-time performances as well.
Interesting enough, the year Gregory Peck won the Best Actor Oscar for To Kill a Mockingbird was also the same year Peter O’Toole was nominated for Lawrence of Arabia (which was the big Oscar Winner with 7 wins including Best Picture). Two iconic and amazing performances that have stood the test of time. It’s fascinating to see these two actors compete in the same year with those roles, as I do think either one would have been very deserving of the win.
That was Peter's best chance to win. Sadly, he never won an Oscar despite being nominated 8 times (all in leading roles)😢
That was, I think, one of the great tragedies of awards timing. Lawrence of Arabia is one of my favorite films and O'Toole is transcendent in it. But Gregory Peck is, too!
Great point!
@@melanie62954 Both Lawerence of Arabia and To Kill a Mockingbird are two of my favorite films. Last year, I had a wonderful experience seeing the two films on the big screen during their recent 60th anniversary year in 2022.
@@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719 I know, it's tragic he didn't win a competitive acting Oscar during his lifetime. He was one of the great actors of his generation.
I would have loved Angela Lansbury winning for The Manchurian Candidate, who would be absolutely deserving to be in this top 10, but she lost to Patty Duke, who was also very deserving. Just one of these cases I can't be angry at the actual winner, but am somehow disappointed an equally deserving performance lost.
She totally should have! I still can’t believe that she doesn’t have a competitive Emmy!
Yes, Lansbury is fantastic!
I love your Top 10 videos. This is a great list. I agree that Katharine Hepburn delivered incredible back-to-back performances, though I would edge The Lion in Winter forward - bitter, scheming, yet relatable. I believe Burton’s best is The Spy Who Came in from the Cold but haven’t seen Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou. I also enjoy Butterfield 8 - it’s trashy but also rebellious. That said I feel Shirley Maclaine was robbed for not winning for The Apartment. Truthfully, I would have put Rita Moreno as number 1 but would love to see what you do with an all-time list given Taylor is your #1 winner of this decade.
Thanks so much! Looking forward to making many more!
Julie Andrews was practically perfect in Mary Poppins.
Yes!
Julie won as a consolation prize for not being cast in My Fair Lady Julie stated in her autobiography that Anne Bancroft should have won I agree with her Julie was wonderful in Mary Poppins she was lovely and charming but Oscar worthy no way Julie should have thanked Audrey Hepburn for her Oscar and Julie Christie should have also thanked Audrey because if Julie Andrew's had lost for Mary Popplns she would have definitely won for the Sound of Music
How could you not even mention Shelley Winters as a runner up (she would be in my top ten) for her searing venomous portrayal of the horrible mother of the blind girl in A Patch of Blue in addition to that she played a racist the complete opposite of what she was in real life that same year she marched with Martin Luther King have you seen this film if you haven't you really should
Yay, wonderful picks, thanks Brian!! And can't believe I guessed it spot on haha
Thanks so much!!
Julie Andrews definitely deserved that spot! That scene where she is asked to explain and says, she never explains anything and that short poignant scene by the end before she leaves are my faves. Those kinds of performances don't really get nominated anymore. I mean they don't make those kinds of movies anymore.
I also agree with Katharine Hepburn winning for GWCTD. She doesn't say much in the last scenes, but her emotions are so real it's almost intertwined with her character. I'm bawling not just because of the character but also it's the last time she's acting with her love. And her desolation scene in TLIW is just perfect. I mean she is not british does not talk british, but because its her, we accept a queen talks the way she does. She could do no wrong.
Great points, I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
I agree. Katharine Hepburn knew how to achieve character, and was one herself off-screen too! Sometimes I feel we gravaite towards tools of a great performance without seeing the many nuances of what can constitute a great performance. Katharine Hepburn is a great example of that.
I totally agree with Elizabeth Taylor's performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (It's my second best film performance of all time for an actress to Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice)...but it will always pain me that Richard Burton didn't win for his role as George in that film...it was , in my opinion, much better, maybe not as flashy, as Paul Scofield's in his historical epic. The fact that both Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole never got their competitive Oscars, while richly deserving them, is a blot on Oscar history. Believe it or not, my favorite O'Toole performance was in the comedy My Favorite Year....which I still believe he was robbed for. Lol. It's hard to win for comedies, I guess.
Absolutely right. Thanks for watching!
I adore Julie Christie. She was so beautiful. She beat Julie Andrews bc Doctor Zhivago was the same year. She’dve won for either. Also, Andrews won the year before in Mary Poppins. I absolutely ❤her in Don’t Look Now!
Yes!! Love Christie!
Ruth Gordon gave the best Oscar speech!
Loved it!
Katherine Hepburn was the most accoladed actress of her time; Meryl Streep has inherited that mantle.
If we're talking Oscar wins, it's still 4-3 for Hepburn.
Im lucky enough to have seen EVERY Oscar winning performance (yes I’m kinda old lol and these go back to the VHS days). Overall your top 10 was good. Mine would be:
1. Maggie Smith. Arguably the finest Oscar winning performance in the lead actress category. A master class in every way by one of the greatest thespians ever to grace, film, stage and tv.
2. Paul Scofield. Copy and paste Maggie Smith just the male version lol.
3. Elizabeth Taylor. For all the reasons Brian said. In a performance you can watch over and over and I have.
4. Sandy Dennis. Greatest winning supporting turn of all time. Her performance captures nearly everything of the human experience in the running time of the film. Has to be seen to be believed.
5. Rod Steiger. Totally captured the true portrait of the south at the time, in one character, and the insidious scourge of racism.
6. Katharine Hepburn TLIW. Tour de force star turn, with all of Hepburns legendary charisma on display in spades.
7. Barbra Streisand. She’s Streisand. End of story.
8. Julie Christie. Her one two punch of Darling and Doctor Zhivago in two vastly different roles in 1965 showed her amazing range and talent.
9. Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke. Brian cheated and I can too with a tie lol. You can’t separate these two. The chemistry between them is combustible. Their battle of wills, and the ensuing emotional fallout will leave you wishing the film was twice as long it’s that brilliant.
10. Lila Kedrova. One of the finest examples of an actress perfectly etching and detailing out a memorable character.
Runners up:
Gregory Peck
Sophia Loren
Shelley Winters
Rita Moreno
Peter Ustinov-Topkapi
Fantastic list, thanks for sharing!
I love how frequently awards were accepted on behalf of winners who weren’t there. Nowadays it’s very rare that someone doesn’t turn up for their win.
julie andrews for mary poppins is easily my favorite oscar win of all time, but I love most of your picks and especially the top 3 choices ❤
Great choices! I guess I need to finally watch Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
@Nick Xero 🤷♀
Do it! ❤️
This is not a huge disappointment, but it would have been good
to have seen Omar Sharif nominated for either "Lawrence of Arabia" or for his portrayal of the lead character in "Doctor
Zhivago." Such remarkable acting. But
every year, every decade we see so much outstanding
performances. But
great work, Sharif!!!
My list
1. Sophia Loren for Two Women one of the most underrated wins
2. Julie Andrews Mary Poppins not just anyone could play that role and make the movie a classic
3. Gregory Peck To Kill A Mockingbird. Perfect actor and character match
4. Sidney Poitier for Lillies in the Field Historic win , but also great performance
5. Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl show the full range of her talents
6. Anne Bancroft for The Miracle Worker . Holding her own and then some with a flashier performance from Duke and various forms of opposition
7. Rita Moreno West Side Story best part of the movie with an astonishing performance
8. Rod Steiger for The Heat of the Night playing both antagonist and ally to Poitier
9. Patricia Neal in Hud . I doubt the role would be so memorable without her playing it
10. Patty Duke for The Miracle Worker playing a tricky role to get just right.
11. Maggie Smith for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie just superb
12. Goldie Hawn for Cactus Flower. Dazzling
13. Melvyn Douglas for Hud moral center of the film
14. Gig Young They Shoot Horses Don’t They. Makes you understand the character’s role even if you don’t like it.
15. Peter Ustinov for Spartacus my favorite character in the movie.
Sophia Loren gave one of the greatest performances of all in movie history.
@@jimmyl324 Agreed I knew she was good but that performance was astounding.
Love it, thank you!
Great video!
Thank you!!
1000% agree with your Hepburn tie! I get how Guess Who’s win might not be the greatest win comparatively (I would’ve chosen Bancroft, but who cares what I would’ve chosen), but Lion in Winter’s win definitely is one of the greatest wins. I can never separate them just because Kate is so herself (at least her persona) in both films while being completely separate characters and it is just hard to not love either performance.
Thanks for watching!
Some actresses, like Meryl Streep, embody whatever character they are playing, they sink into the character. Other actresses, like Katherine Hepburn or Jane Fonda, seem to play versions of their real selves as applied to a character. For example, Katherine Hepburn in life was very independent, opinionated, strong, Marched to her own drum, etc, and that’s what we see on the screen in most of her performances, comedy, or drama. similar (but not completely) to Jane Fonda. Jane as a person changed over time as did her characters. they’re still give great performances, and are awarded Oscars for them, but I don’t really see them acting as much as being slight modifications of themselves cast in parts perfect for who they are.
Excellent list! I like Elizabeth Taylor's performance in BUtterfield-8 too. I know she hated. I know people think it's trashy, but you know, maybe this is classic Hollywood, but there is something about a film in which a star openly confronts the narrative around them for dramatic material, and gives a nuanced performance where perceptions change around them. I feel Elizabeth Taylor does that in BUtterfield-8. I also think an actor doesn't have to like the character nor performance for them to deliver an amazing one, which, Elizabeth does. She goes all raw for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and definitely earns her second Oscar, now that the reputation roadblock was confronted in the first.
And, in a way, Katharine Hepburn does that in The Philadelphia Story (1940). She lost to Ginger Rogers, but the perception changed and she was able to have a relatively successful career at MGM because of it. I feel the sixties were Katharine Hepburn's decade. She was iconoclastic in the 1930s-1950s. But, in the four performances she delivered that decade, she clearly still had it, and finally had the industry's respect (though she always had her acting peers' respect). Her wins were deserved.
Excellent observations! Thanks for watching!
Really enjoy your vids. Great choices! My favorite Taylor performance is “Giant” fr 1956. Not the 60s or even nominated, but the ❤ of the film.
Thanks so much!
As always, GREAT video and extremely well argued!!! It’s always hard to disagree with you 😂😂
Thank you so much!!
I totally agree with Number 1!
Yay!
Rita Moreno had started out doing films for a decade before West Side Story
Rita Moreno's first movie role was in 1950; If I can trust IMDB, by 1961, when "West Side Story" was released, she had appeared in approx. 21 movies (including "Singin' In the Rain" & "The King & I") & numerous TV roles.
She was nearly 30 when making "West Side Story," but aside from "Singing in the Rain" & "the King & I," most of her work had been limited to forgettable characters as a result of Hollywood racism, so it's not surprising it came across as the breakout performance of a newcomer.
@@CPTDoom The title is spelled Singin' In the Rain, not Singing in the Rain.
Thanks for the correction!
A great video! Keep it up B!
Thank you!!
Totally agree that Elizabeth Taylor deserved the top spot for her performance as Martha, and also that Burton should have also won for his performance. I also loved Ruth Gordon in "Rosemary's Baby". She somehow manages to be funny and adorably cute, but also chilling and creepy at the same time as Mrs. Castavet. The only other performer I would have included who's not on your list would be Patricia Neal for her role in "Hud".
Gregory Peck's performance in To kill a Mockingbird is one of the best Hollywood has ever seen. It should be studied by aspiring actors and writers alike on how a good script and a good actor can give one of the best performance ever seen. Nowadays actors depend so much on biopics and physical transformations to give great performances but Peck with his simple look and just subtle acting gave such brilliant performance. No shouting, no loud characteristic, no special attribute of the character. On Paper the role doesn't seem as difficult as many other we have seen won Oscar over the years but Peck did such a fabulous job without even making it seem it was hard. Just simple good acting and powerful dialogue delivery.
I 100% agree with your #1 choice. Taylor gave the best performance ever. She is mesmerizing as Martha.
What about Shelley Winters second Oscar in 1966 for A Patch of Blue! She may have over a Ted a bit but that performance is amazing.
Great choice!
I didn't know that Sister Peter-Marie on Oz was an Oscar winner. I always loved her on the show and I'm really happy that I know this now.
I love that you recognized Julie Christie. Darling kinda fell into obscurity through the years, and didn’t have near the staying power of The Sound of Music, but it’s still a remarkable and bold performance. Definitely worth checking out
1. Elizabeth Taylor, Who´s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
2. Anne Bancroft, The Miracle Worker
3. Julie Christie, Darling
4. Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird
5. Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl
6. Sandy Dennis, Who´s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
7. Katharine Herpburn, Lion in Winter
8. Patty Duke, The Miracle Worker
9. Gig Young, They Shoot Horses, Don´t They?
10. Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins
Deservers:
1. Jane Fonda, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Best Actress, 1969)
2. Katharine Hepburn, Long's Day Journey Into Night (Best Actress, 1962)
3. Richard Burton, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Best Actor, 1966)
4. Roy Steiger, The Pawnbroaker (Best Actor, 1965)
5. Elizabeth Taylor, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Best Actress, 1966)
6. Julie Christie, Darling (Best Actress, 1965)
7. Peter O'Toole, Lawrence of Arabia and The Lion in Winter (Best Actor 1962, 1968)
8. Paul Newman, Hud (Best Actor, 1963)
9. Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl (Best Actress, 1968)
10. Melina Mercouri, Best Actress (1960)
Runners-Up
11. Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird (Best Actor, 1962)
12. Julie Christie, Dr. Zhivago (Best Supporting Actress, 1965)
13. Sussanah York, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Best Supporting Actress, 1969)
14. Sandy Dennis, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Best Supporting Actress, 1966)
15. Katharine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter (Best Actress, 1968)
Sandi Dennis higher than Taylor? Interesting.
Love!!
1.Elizabeth Taylor
2.Barbra Streisand
3.Rita Moreno
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Your picks were spot on. Hard to disagree. I wld hv expected a little mention of Glenda Jackson in Woman in Love 1969. She's terrific n got a 2nd Oscar few years later.
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Taylor in Virginia woolf is my favorite acting I ever seen.
It’s so great!
@@TheAwardsContender and Burton was incredible too. He was at the same level as her
Excellent list, bravo!!! Liz Taylor, the best Oscar win ever💝💖💗
Gregory Peck is Atticus. Period. A characterization that stands to this day.
Estelle Parsons-Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Blanche Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde (1967).......is pretty amazing.
Yes!
Like Be Kind Rewind said, Peck giving Streisand membership of the Academy before her win probably made her win, presumably she voted for herself. It’s nice that there was a tie but with more members now it seems unlikely to happen again. But you never know.
Haha, that’s so crazy. Peck gave Streisand the Oscar then!
Another great video - great choices, love that Ruth Gordon was included and agree Liz Taylor was just sensational in Virginia Woof..I too am a fan of Butterfield 8 - the general consensus when she won for that was that she'd been gravely ill at the time with Pneumonia and the Academy though ' better give her the Oscar, just in case' I believe she threw up first time she saw herself onscreen in it. Personally - I would have preferred Davis over Bancroft the year she won, I think Davis is incredible in Baby Jane - and goodness, it would've riled Crawford. Davis never forgave her for her campaign against her that Oscar season, then swanning onstage to 'accept' the award.
It finally arrived!
Yay!
They could have phoned Taylor's win in and Sandy Dennis was brilliant.
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I think the 60s had the best Supporting Actress wins comparing to other decades.
Barbra Streisand has the most beautiful voice ever! She is such a talented and beautiful actress. She should have won for "They Way We Were" too.
I think Hepburn is superior in "The Lion in Winter." I can't get my head around her performance in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" being better than Maggie Smith or Paul Scofield. I also think they should remake "The Lion in Winter" with Daniel Day Lewis and Meryl Streep. Just a thought.
Nice, but, personally, I'd love Lion in Winter with 2 non super stars. More interesting. Obviously the Day Lewis thing, Never gonna happen.
@@timgriffin3368 It's a producer's dream, especially with two acting heavyweights.
Great idea!
Mr. Poitier truly should have gotten his Oscar for In the Heat Of the Night. but this was good.
Thanks for watching! Love Poitier!
love ruth gordon!
Same!
Ruth Gordon was hypnotizing as Minnie, "Rosemarys Baby" was the perfect horror film, so scary without being blood and guts, so effective manipulating the viewer into a sense of paranoia slowly engulfing Rosemary
3:33 "[West Side Stoey] was one of Rita Moreno's first movies..." Sorry to be a pedant but Ms Moreno had performed in twenty or so films before WSS including Singin' In The Rain and The King And I - in small (and sometimes uncredited) roles, it's true, but it's far from accurate to call WSS one of her first films, her "overnight success" took many years! :)
Thanks for the correction!
For the top 1950s Vivien Leigh’s win should be #1.
Totally!
Do you think Katharine Hepburn deserved her Oscar for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? I think everyone else was better that year. We have Anne Bancroft for The Graduate, Faye Dunaway for Bonnie and Clyde and Edith Evans for The Whisperers and Catherine Denueve (who wasn't nominated) for Belle de Jour
They are all worthy, but I don’t mind Hepburn’s win one bit!
I would to have seen Bancroft win that year.
that is a stellar list, but imagine GWCTD without her. I can't see anyone else playing that role. It is the heart of the entire film and she is perfection.
3:33 Erm, wasn't Rita been in movies for more than a decade by that point?
Rita Moreno made her first movie in 1950 and had been in about 20 films when she made West Side Story. So it wasn't "one of her first movies," and if it felt as if she'd been in movies a long time, it's because she had been.
Thanks for the correction!
Loved this video, we have similar tastes but although la liz was great nothing beats Patty Duke as Helen Keller......nothing!!
My favorites are Rita Moreno and Gregory Peck ❤
Julie Andrews should had won her role às Maria in " The Sound of Music" in 1966
: 38 th ACADEMY AWARDs (Oscars).
Hattie Mcdaniels was the first African American to win an Oscar for best supporting actress in Gone with the Wind.
Goldie Hawn in Cactus Flower for supporting actress
Love!
5 runners-up
Melvyn Douglas HUD / George Chakiris WEST SIDE STORY / Patricia Neal HUD / Paul Scofield A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS / Julie Christie DARLING
Top 10
10. Rod Steiger IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
9. Maggie Smith THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
8. Barbra Streisand FUNNY GIRL
7. Gig Young THEY SHOOT HORSES DON'T THEY?
6. Ruth Gordon ROSEMARY'S BABY
5. Gregory Peck TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
4. Rita Moreno WEST SIDE STORY
3. Patty Duke THE MIRACLE WORKER
2. Elizabeth Taylor WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF
NUMBER ONE: Katherine Hepburn THE LION IN WINTER
A really enjoyable video, however just a correction: Sidney Poitier was Bahamian-American. The first Black actor to win Best Actor absolutely, but the first African-American actor to win was actually Denzel Washington for TRAINING DAY in 2002. It's a common misconception but also feel its important to broaden notions of ethnic diversity (and not suggesting you weren't).
Thanks for the correction!
Barbra - Number 1 by far
Love her!
Streisand. Brilliant. Period.
Yes!
Hey dude, have you thought of doing Emmy stuff, like tour the Oscar guy but it be interesting to talk about the Emmy’s and all there major wins abs snubs, I watch better call Saul which hasn’t won a single award for 46 nominations so I don’t know man
Thinking about Emmys but there’s just so much in film to explore!
Yay! Miracle Worker - I watch that when I need a soul douche.
Still waiting on the “do the right thing” snub/overlook video I suggested a couple years ago 😅
Great idea!
A very good list.
HOWEVER, Gregory Peck should of been Number #1 in my opinion.
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Your #1 choice is a great one. Butterfield 8 though, not so much.
Haha, yep!
You content is absurd❤
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I can’t believe you chose Julie Andrews over Barbra Streisand, Katherine Hepburn- and Bancroft in The Miracle Worker, Maggie Smith in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, and Sophia Loren in Two Women. I mean Julie Andrews smiles beautifully, sings magnificently and delivers her lines with perfect comic timing, but come on. The role itself isn’t nearly as challenging as any of those women I listed.
I probably wouldn’t place Julie Andrews so high on the list. Probably 5th or 6th on my list.
Love her!
The 60's is a decade I personally like a lot winning performance wise. Even though the opening winning performance by an actress wasn't that good ( My beloved Elizabeth Taylor in Butterfield 8), the others were wayyy better, even some I don't agree with I can admit are excellent like Anne Bancroft in the miracle worker (I personally prefer Bette Davis in Whatever happened to Baby Jane) and Katharine Hepburn in guess who's coming to dinner (I would have give it to Anne Brancroft or Faye Dunaway for Bonnie and Clyde). For me Patricia Neal was located in a incorrect category because her performance is more of a supporting one but still she is amazing in that role.
I am horrified by Anne Bancroft being left off this list. She is the best actress of the decade (besides E. Taylor maybe). Come on
You missed Maximilian Schell in Judgement at Nuremberg
Good one!
67 was a weak year- Hepburn's main competition was Bancroft and her part was more supporting... this was Hepburn's 2nd win- with 34 years since her first- that, Tracey's death and no great other performance in the field handed it deservingly to Kate... Lion was another level. Streisand was inducted into the Academy the year she was nominated- breaking the rules, she had only done 1 film and the rules say you have to be in 3 to be a member... Academy President Gregory Peck added her to bring more young talent into the Academy... you have to think she voted for herself- if not for that- it might not have been a tie.
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Patricia Neal winning for Hud could be an honorable mention.
Joan Crawford and bette Davis drama outshined anne Bancroft oscar win.
Love all those performances!