Oscar Trivia - Day 14 - Actors Nominated for an Acting Oscar 3 Consecutive Years

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"Oscar Trivia: Day 14"
"Actors Nominated for an Acting Oscar 3 Consecutive Years Or MORE"
by Tim Nasson
January 24, 2008

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Thought Nicole Kidman was the last actress to be nominated for 3 Consecutive acting Oscars? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In fact, while Nicole Kidman won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Virginia Wolf in "The Hours," and was nominated the year before, for "Moulin Rouge," she has not - yet - received a third Oscar nomination. No. Her role in "Cold Mountain," in which she starred opposite Renee Zellweger (who did win the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for that film), was not nominated.

Have fun with your colleagues. See if they know not only which actors and actresses made the cut - but for which movie they won the Oscar for, if any. We all know Glenn Close is on the list below, and has a total of five Oscar nominations, but has yet to win an Oscar.

Also, Russell Crowe, while nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for his role as the "Gladiator," did not win the Oscar for that movie. Which movie did he win the Best Actor Oscar for - the next year?

Below, the complete list of all actors and actresses who have been nominated three consecutive years - or more - for an acting Oscar.

ACTORS & ACTRESSES WITH ACTING OSCAR NOMINATIONS IN 3 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE YEARS
(* indicates winner)

5 CONSECUTIVE YEARS

Bette Davis
1938 BEST ACTRESS - Jezebel *
1939 BEST ACTRESS - Dark Victory
1940 BEST ACTRESS - The Letter
1941 BEST ACTRESS - The Little Foxes
1942 BEST ACTRESS - Now, Voyager

Greer Garson
1941 BEST ACTRESS - Blossoms in the Dust
1942 BEST ACTRESS - Mrs. Miniver *
1943 BEST ACTRESS - Madame Curie
1944 BEST ACTRESS - Mrs. Parkington
1945 BEST ACTRESS - The Valley of Decision

4 CONSECUTIVE YEARS

Jennifer Jones
1943 BEST ACTRESS - The Song of Bernadette *
1944 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Since You Went Away
1945 BEST ACTRESS - Love Letters
1946 BEST ACTRESS - Duel in the Sun

Thelma Ritter
1950 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - All about Eve
1951 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - The Mating Season
1952 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - With a Song in My Heart
1953 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Pickup on South Street

Marlon Brando
1951 BEST ACTOR - A Streetcar Named Desire
1952 BEST ACTOR - Viva Zapata
1953 BEST ACTOR - Julius Caesar
1954 BEST ACTOR - On the Waterfront *

Elizabeth Taylor
1957 BEST ACTRESS - Raintree County
1958 BEST ACTRESS - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1959 BEST ACTRESS - Suddenly, Last Summer
1960 BEST ACTRESS - Butterfield 8 *

Al Pacino
1972 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - The Godfather
1973 BEST ACTOR - Serpico
1974 BEST ACTOR - The Godfather Part II
1975 BEST ACTOR - Dog Day Afternoon

Many More - below the jump

3 CONSECUTIVE YEARS

Spencer Tracy
1936 BEST ACTOR - San Francisco
1937 BEST ACTOR - Captains Courageous *
1938 BEST ACTOR - Boys Town *

Gary Cooper
1941 BEST ACTOR - Sergeant York *
1942 BEST ACTOR - The Pride of the Yankees
1943 BEST ACTOR - For Whom the Bell Tolls

Ingrid Bergman
1943 BEST ACTRESS - For Whom the Bell Tolls
1944 BEST ACTRESS - Gaslight *
1945 BEST ACTRESS - The Bells of St. Mary's

Gregory Peck
1945 BEST ACTOR - The Keys of the Kingdom
1946 BEST ACTOR - The Yearling
1947 BEST ACTOR - Gentleman's Agreement

Deborah Kerr
1956 BEST ACTRESS - The King and I
1957 BEST ACTRESS - Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
1958 BEST ACTRESS - Separate Tables

Richard Burton
1964 BEST ACTOR - Becket
1965 BEST ACTOR - The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1966 BEST ACTOR - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Jack Nicholson
1973 BEST ACTOR - The Last Detail
1974 BEST ACTOR - Chinatown
1975 BEST ACTOR - One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest *

Jane Fonda
1977 BEST ACTRESS - Julia
1978 BEST ACTRESS - Coming Home *
1979 BEST ACTRESS - The China Syndrome

Meryl Streep
1981 BEST ACTRESS - The French Lieutenant's Woman
1982 BEST ACTRESS - Sophie's Choice *
1983 BEST ACTRESS - Silkwood

Glenn Close
1982 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - The World According to Garp
1983 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - The Big Chill
1984 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - The Natural

William Hurt
1985 BEST ACTOR - Kiss of the Spider Woman *
1986 BEST ACTOR - Children of a Lesser God
1987 BEST ACTOR - Broadcast News

Russell Crowe
1999 BEST ACTOR - The Insider
2000 BEST ACTOR - Gladiator *
2001 BEST ACTOR - A Beautiful Mind

Renée Zellweger
2001 BEST ACTRESS - Bridget Jones's Diary
2002 BEST ACTRESS - Chicago
2003 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Cold Mountain *

And there you have it. And, most impressive, at least to Renee, it is she who was the last actor in the 80 years of Oscar history to be nominated for an acting Oscar three consecutive years!

For the complete list of this year's, the "2008 Oscar Nominations" - click here!

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