Gloria Grahame wins Best Supporting Actress - with Clips!

[@skyfieri]

Thelma Ritter deserved everything & more during her career. What an actress!

[@Marcel_Audubon]

Gloria Grahame was such a talent. She elevated every movie she was in. (I could say the same of Thelma Ritter, too!)

[@barrylangford3276]

As great as Gloria Grahame always was, Jean Hagen would definitely have been my choice from that year's contenders. I met Miss Grahame at a theatrical event in London in 1980, and when l told her how much l admired her work she looked alarmed and said in that distinctive, unique voice "I'm not Gloria Grahame"! A few minutes later I overheard another person saying something similar to her, and she again stated "I'm not Gloria Grahame". I don't know why she didn't want to be recognised, but it damn well WAS her, and as she left the hostess said "Goodbye Gloria"!

[@michaelverbakel7632]

Other people have said I heard that Gloria Grahame was a very insecure performer.

[@jiananlee5482]

Just watched Film stars don’t die in Liverpool, what a shame this talented artist has suffered so much pain both physically and emotionally 😢. RIP

[@libertygiveme1987]

As much as I LOVE Gloria Graham's "Body of Work," I feel Jean Hagen should have WON THE OSCAR that year!!!! She was soooo GOOD in "Singing in The Rain"!!!!

[@nocount1]

She had some tough competition.

[@dobazajr]

Please do the rest of the acting nominees for 75th Oscars.

[@Dennisanyone-]

Probably a fairly tight race. I think Grahame prevailed due to her big year in Bad, Sudden Fear, and best pic Greatest Show On Earth.

[@slc2466]

And "Sudden Fear," which she's fantastic in.

[@Dennisanyone-]

@@slc2466 you’re right! Have to amend my original post. Ty😀

[@slc2466]

@@Dennisanyone- Of the Grahame 1952 performances, I get why she was noticed for the high-profile "Bad," and she makes a great impression in the year's "Greatest" blockbuster, but IMO she's at her apex as one of noir's more memorable, fascinating femme fatales in "Fear." I'd probably have to go with Hagen for the win, but Grahame had a year to remember, no doubt.

[@dobazajr]

She was good in Sudden Fear. How could she not win on this race? Her exposure was too big to ignore. The Bad and the Beautiful and The Greatest Show on Earth were Best Picture nominees and Sudden Fear got 2 acting nods.

[@slc2466]

@@dobazajr Yep, I equate Grahame's year onscreen to that of 1956 for Yul Brynner and 1967 for Sidney Poitier- they all must have felt pretty good about how their careers were playing out during these incredible years.

[@williammarin7114]

Gloria was, by far, the best performance on the film. She was unique, natural and hilarious. She left behind the acting classical method and looks like a portrait of a newer film. (20 years forward)

[@larrydirtybird]

Gloria Grahame’s win for this movie in my opinion is the worst ever in this category. That scene you showed was really her only scene of substance, and all she did in her brief role was a one-level, cartoonish southern belle imitation. I know really she won for her body of work that year, but the other two big films she appeared in, she gave more impressive performances than in this movie. She was a very talented actress, and I find it ironic that she won the Oscar for what was quite literally her least impressive performance of her career.

[@tomault3063]

Yeah, a body of work award, which was not uncommon. Hagen's character was so obnoxious that it probably cost her votes, lol. Sometimes you can be too good.

[@susanb2015]

I don't like the role. I don't like her with a southern accent for some reason. Maybe it was just the character.