Sissy Spacek Wins Best Actress | 53rd Oscars (1981)

Dustin Hoffman presents Sissy Spacek the Oscar for Best Actress for Coal Miner's Daughter at the 53rd Academy Awards.
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Sissy Spacek Wins Best Actress | 53rd Oscars (1981)

[@paulekylou]

One of the most deserved Oscars in Academy history. Any other year, this might have been Mary Tyler Moore's, but there is just no topping this performance.

[@Thatgirl1965]

Agreed! Mary Tyler Moore's performance in Ordinary People was amazing. She played the emotionally cold & shut-off parent role so very well. You hated her, and yet empathized with her at the same time. What a beautiful, poignant movie that was. Donald Sutherland was great in it, too.

[@keythdanielsen5533]

You’re wrong. Mary Tyler Moore deserved the Oscar.

[@sergeantmasson3669]

@@keythdanielsen5533 Cry harder, whiner.

[@rya7023]

@@keythdanielsen5533no, I’m afraid it is you that is incorrect. Sissy ate down.

[@mathewazaria1549]

@@keythdanielsen5533believe that all you want. I disagree.

[@remcat03]

She gave a great acceptance speech, simple and short. Thanked everyone, and DIDN"T forget to thank Loretta Lynn! I love Sissy Spacek and Coal Miner's Daughter.

[@sharonjensen3016]

I'm glad Loretta Lynn was there that night.

[@aidanwhite7712]

Short and simple indeed. And Loretta was pleased to be at the event and mentioned. Sissy and Loretta are wonderful.

[@manoliskasioumis1115]

Sissy was so highly selected for this role. She truly truly deserved it She had exactly the same voice as Loretta while she were speaking and singing in this movie

[@sharonjensen3016]

Loretta had never even seen any of Sissy's movies. Just saw a photo and said: "That's who I want."

[@cellgrrl]

@@sharonjensen3016 One county over from mine in East Texas is where Sissy is from. That accent is what I hear every day.

[@keythdanielsen5533]

@@cellgrrlTexans are the salt of the earth!

[@mateowilliams2162]

​@@sharonjensen3016 Amen !!

[@sergeantmasson3669]

Sissy Spacek so very much deserved this. Such a huge tribute to Loretta Lynn also.

[@juliefuraitor5610]

Seeing Loretta in the audience made me tear up. What a legend. May she be at peace. 🕊

[@smiththomson95]

Hello Julie How are you doing?

[@smiththomson95]

Where are you from?

[@LPJack02]

RIP Loretta Lynn (April 14, 1932 - October 4, 2022), age 90 You will be remembered as a legend

[@godzillamanstreb524]

♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@bettermost]

Sissy did an amazing job. Imagine how difficult it was for her portraying the great country singer legend. The Oscar was well deserved here.

[@zachhaywood1564]

She did her own singing in the movie. That alone is deserving of this Oscar.

[@Blow203]

And it sounded like Loretta, like Joaquin Phoenix in walk the line. Very impressive

[@heaintloveu]

She set a very high benchmark for modern musical biopics

[@Dani-jr1tt]

Rami Malek and Renee Zellweger did not.

[@heaintloveu]

@@Dani-jr1tt Renee Zellweger totally did her own singing

[@zachhaywood1564]

@@Dani-jr1tt This is true, but both of their performances were stellar otherwise, especially Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury. He nailed it.

[@MsAlyMonique]

More impressive than the singing all the songs is the fact that she literally practiced Loretta voice to a T by listening to a tape recording. Word for word 💜

[@bigtux11]

She is in a league of her own. Amazing woman.

[@debadev2179]

She is exceptional I could watch her in anything she does

[@tomshea8382]

Pretty sure that's Geena Davis.

[@keaneofcomedy]

Dustin's speech is proof we need to pay writers more.

[@scottmiller6495]

Superb Actress and total Class All the way around, PERIOD!!!!!

[@1997residente]

This vídeo deserves more views and more likes...Sissy Spacek is one of the greatest actress of all time. Her performance in Carrie must be my N°1 favourite. And for sure,She was great in Coal Miner's daughter.

[@usmale4915]

I agree that she should have won for: "Carrie"!

[@moorek1967]

Thank you, Sissy for playing Loretta so well. Rest in Peace, Loretta. You are missed already.

[@Channel-ew9dr]

The scene of her breakdown was one of the most realistic, captivating and heart-breaking I've seen in a movie. Totally amazing in her simplicity. She's def one of my favorites out there! Fully deserving win and I bet Ms. Lynn couldn't have been prouder.

[@namaankhan8306]

Her tear soaked red eyes in that scene were haunting. One really feels for her in that scene.

[@King_Colombia_Inc]

Sissy Spacek is such a cutie. Coal Miner’s Daughter is one of the best Universal Pictures I’ve seen so far.

[@irina1296]

Goldie Hawn and Sissy Spacek were my favourites that year, so I'm so glad one of them won. Anyway, Nastassja Kinski should have been nominated for her amazing acting in "Tess" as well.

[@gunfighterzero]

irina1296 look how happy goldie is for sissy when she won.. both 1st class ladies

[@manoliskasioumis1115]

Nastasia obviously not. I have watched Tess so many times. I simply love this movie and Nastasia is an all time favorite but she wasn't good in this movie, not emotional and she couldn't persuade me that she is Tess

[@sharonjensen3016]

@@manoliskasioumis1115 Roman Polanski made the movie because his late wife Sharon Tate had read the book and gave a copy to him as a gift, possibly hoping he might want to adapt it for the screen, which he did.

[@manoliskasioumis1115]

@@sharonjensen3016 Yes I know the story and it makes me sad because Sharon would have portrayed it much better but Nastasia didn't have a good acting at this picture, she didn't have range, she didn't capture all the emotional peaks of Tess' behavior and her expressions and reactions, her change of moods through the movie were not good. But we shouldn't forget that this was her first role. If the academy should nominate her for a movie this should be for her performance at Paris Texas. Just way better

[@gregmcfarnon1140]

@@sharonjensen3016 There is a dedication to her at the end of the closing credits.

[@rockingbrowneyedgirl]

Should've won for Carrie.

[@rudisomers6393]

+rockingbrowneyedgirl for carrie as well

[@acapavlovic8524]

She was fourth that year...

[@LidyyCavalcante]

She was nominated

[@AnnaJo2000]

Piper Laurie should have won too!

[@nateboytwo]

Completely agree , she was incredible as Carrie 💛

[@davidclifford5393]

I just watched Sissy Spacek in Carrie. It's an extraordinary acting performance. I was totally immersed in what her character was experiencing.

[@frankyramone]

I love Sissy Spacek, but Dustin Hoffman took his sweet ass time didn't he?

[@katiezee2]

yeah I was thinking just get on with it, will ya !

[@longmemory1620]

well he has plenty of time to talk now doesn't he?? He can talk at home since he got MeToo'd

[@gunfighterzero]

i think he was practicing for rainman

[@dfcardenas22]

@@gunfighterzero LOL! Also as the father-in-law in Meet the Fockers!

[@ronniebishop2496]

Trump 2020 That sounds like pulling a train. Metood. 😘

[@MrRazorblade999]

The nominated actors and actresses were so much better those days.

[@TheHoopyscoopy]

We actually remember and pay attention to those actors and performances.

[@richj6596]

You’re right , I couldn’t even tell you half the people that won Oscar recently

[@finaltwo]

I completely disagree. Saoirse Ronan Leo Decaprio Charlize Theron Laura Dern Scarlett Johansson Brad Pitt Tom Hanks Joaquin Phoenix Joe Pesci Al Pacino Margot Robbie Anthony Hopkins Kathy Bates & Renee Zellweger Are All nominated THIS year and all are outstanding actors and all had/will have multiple nominations. Saorise Ronan has 4 nominations and she’s 25, let that sink in. Sissy & Ellen has 6, Goldie & Gena has 2, and Mary had 1.

[@simple.1829]

JudeG91 Saoirse Ronan is very classic actress. I love her! I also respect Kate Winslet too. We still have amazing actress :)

[@MaximumCarne]

@@finaltwo some people will remember the actors they grew up watching and dismiss newer actors as nothing special. It’s called getting old.

[@morley247]

She should've won 3 oscar Carrie Coal Miner's Daughter In the bedroom

[@mike856ms]

Karl Vincent IN THE BEDROOM is one of the best movies ever.

[@morley247]

mike856ms i know! i'm still holding a grudge about that~!! she should've won@!

[@ralphyandresgiovannivillag2235]

Karl Vincent and don't forget her performance in ragdey man

[@deathtracer]

The first one I may give the slight edge to Faye Dunaway The second was perfect There's a great case for the third She was also nominated for "Missing" back in the 80s. The block was too hot that year for Meryl Streep. Just like when she was Thatcher, you knew the Oscar was hers...

[@justinbraylock757]

Morley for in the bedroom, it should've been a tie bc Halle Berry won that night and i think her role was deserving

[@Berguer]

Sissy Spacek is by far one of the best and most beautiful actresses in the history of cinema.

[@jamesfeeney3016]

Wow 81 was a good year in leading roles for woman!! I've seen all these films , all were excellent!!

[@moisemensah8233]

This beautiful, ethereal actress has made jumpsuits cool 35 years ago. I loved her in Carrie!

[@wendy___777]

Moise Mensah I’ll admit after seeing Sissy in Carrie, it took me a while to not see “Carrie” in any other role she played.

[@kateclemons5921]

Moise Mensah 💜💜💜

[@sheisnotmyname]

Yeah me too 🤩

[@flippert0]

Gena Rowlands also was damn convincing in 'Gloria'

[@jeimsdim]

She's great!

[@scotnick59]

Oh, yes!

[@weasley2o13]

She will always be the woman in Paulie for me. It was a heartbreaking story but I loved every second of it even as a child, though it terrified me that she started to go blind. I didn't realize it was diabetes and that she chose to die to be with her husband until recently, roughly 20 years after watching it for the first time.

[@SweeetSue]

Loved "Gloria" ! 👍💕

[@jankypop-a-matic58]

That is a damn good movie! Yes, she was so good with that kid...they were amazing in that movie!

[@dflartist]

one of the most incredible categories ever! all actresses were incredible. rowlands was perfection but spacek was incomparable. what a moment!

[@fidencioe.aguirre2638]

Sissy Spacek gave her talent and skill to have deserved this award. Well deserved!

[@gainal9080]

One of the best wins ever. Sissy needs a comeback.

[@weasley2o13]

I love that she said "daddy." It's very touching for some reason.

[@mathewazaria1549]

She definitely earned that Oscar win! She nailed that performance in that movie’s role! No notes! Period!

[@dobazajr]

Rest well, Loretta Lynn!

[@shiwooify]

Sissy broke my heart first in "Carrie" then in "Verna: USO Girl" I love her to death

[@rr7firefly]

Dustin, you're a great actor, but you talk way too much (a minute and a half of introductory remark). Please get to the award nominees!

[@PepsiMama2]

I'm sure he felt the same way... but he is told what to say... the cue cards are in front of him... every presenter is told what to say...

[@thematt5325]

Don’t blame him.He didn’t write that shit .

[@daytripperhd]

True, but he not speak that shit very well. @@thematt5325

[@renegaderunner332]

For real! I was like shut up and get to the nominees!!! LOL!

[@arta.5242]

Is it just me or does Dustin Hoffman seem kind of full of himself? Can't imagine the writers givin him 2-plus minutes of intro! I bet he stretched it out.

[@SophisticatedPR]

Thank you for posting this!!! I love love love Sissy Spacek and I watch CMD every weekend it airs on TV Guide Network, literally! Shouts out to Goldie Hawn who looked absolutely adorable in the audience.:)

[@pjangels609]

Sissy should've used so of her telekinetic powers on Hoffman's speech.

[@MrDuboce]

I met Sissy Spacek when she did MISSING and she is exactly what you see here. A lovely, incredible woman who is as down to earth as she is passionate. Her husband Jack is terrific.

[@linaloves5154]

I love you sissy you deserve a million awards for playing the legendary ms loretta lynn

[@betawomanizer]

Dustin Hoffman babbled on for nearly 2 whole minutes!

[@WMJCPA]

Yes he sounds like he is stoned or drunk or something

[@gatewayski1]

Yeah, he's so full of himself, totally arrogant and self-absorbed.

[@kristianmarquez2949]

Forrest Robinson thank goodness i skipped that part.

[@waveygirl]

Blame the babbled script by the Academy... that´s all!

[@HeresJohnny-b4u]

@@gatewayski1 Dustin's a great actor but otherwise seems like a weirdo.

[@jrollins68]

A well-deserved win in a category jam packed with deserving nominees!

[@patrickmurphy9390]

This was a very competitive group. All were exceptional performances

[@grnhix6811]

Such a Sweet ❤️, she brought Loretta on to the Silver Screen 😊

[@Brunner1337]

The gold standard of what an acceptance speech should be, and what an actress should be ❤

[@SoSassy234]

I love how she always wears her hair in a messy bun. Sissy is so awesome.

[@BarbaraDingess]

Sissy is a real dedicated, amazing talented actress, who puts her heart & soul in playing a character

[@Jude74]

That was a heck of a year for female perfomances, all of them were amazing.

[@ladydawgfan4832]

Absolutely agree!! I have 3 of the nominated pictures on DVD (Coal Miner's Daughter, Resurrection and Private Benjamin).

[@jwelch5742]

Sissy Spacek had great acting on Coal Miner's Daughter.

[@nateboytwo]

Lots of GREAT talent nominated !!

[@BarbaraDingess]

Sissy really plays Loretta Lynn so effortlessly perfect, Sissy makes you for get your watching a reenact of Loretta’s life, it’s like watching a reality show of the real Loretta Lynn…

[@sherrimiller987]

Sissy was great, but Mary’s performance was chillingly perfect!!

[@geupelboi]

@ 3:01, Sissy is so adorable. Dustin Hoffman announces her name and she claps, then she gets this look on her face that's like "Wait, am I supposed to clap for myself?" I think Sissy is such a kind, genuine person. Ditto for Loretta Lynn! I bet they had a lot of fun making their film. Oh, and I also like how the FIRST PERSON who Sissy thanks is Loretta Lynn, which is as it should be. Unlike Julia Roberts, who forgot to thank Erin Brokovich entirely.

[@Aro111]

Sissy Spacek is a great actress!

[@neosoulchick76]

One, of My, Fav Movies!! Sissy, deserved ta win.😁😁

[@trapey]

Always had a soft spot for Sissy Spacek. If I ever met her, I know I'd gush.

[@vistalite]

Spacek’s performance was a terrific imitation. MTM’s role was brilliant acting. Her work was so good that in real life, people began to think of her as the person she played in the film. I always felt that there should be a separate category for imitations/impressions of real people.

[@poetcomic1]

Sissy Spacek was from Quitman, Texas and this is her natural Texas country accent.

[@AfraidofHeights]

One of the best actresses ever, and even with 6 nominations under her belt, she's still massively under appreciated. Although I prefer her in 'night Mother and In The Bedroom, she was absolutely amazing as Loretta Lynn.

[@Aaron-eh4wq]

I always need to watch Coal Miner's Daughter right after Carrie to reassure myself that Sissy Spacek is okay

[@susanprather5962]

😅🤣😂

[@AlanCanon2222]

That's funny, I knew a woman who dated Frank Whalley after he got all shot up in Pulp Fiction, and I was pleased to hear he'd made it. "What?"

[@danielbrock3133]

She spent over a year on the road with Loretta Lynn to learn how to sing, talk, and walk like Loretta

[@frfr-ps3qg]

One of my all-time favourite actors ever.

[@TheJDDJ]

Goldie Hawn ♥ such a sweet and talented actress.

[@meganbateman5634]

Sissy was such a beautiful woman and she still is

[@Dinamo9000]

Loretta Lyn,que história de superação maravilhosa.Merecido prêmio para Spacek.

[@michaellamon280]

I love Sissy Spacek and Coal Miners Daughter But I feel Gena Rowland should got that Oscar she terrific in Gloria.and was robbed of her Oscar again in 1974 for a woman under the influence she fantastic in that movie also. I love her also.

[@mikephalen3162]

The role often overshadows a performance. Rowlands was great, but her character couldn't compete with a C&W queen. Spacek was never going to lose that Oscar race.

[@patjessen]

Mary Tyler Moore was great too,but Sissy deserved it. She should have won for "In the bedroom" too.

[@shimmeringfairydust3275]

Thank you! I totally agree about Sissy's amazing performance for "In the Bedroom." She is one of the best!

[@angiemaniaciskatingfan723]

and Carrie

[@curlyqgirlygirly6540]

Mary Tyler Moore played the most self absorbed & bitter mother I have ever seen on screen. Her performance was unforgettable. She I was pulling for. Sissy Spacek was wonderful in Coal Miner's Daughter & her win was warranted. But Mary Tyler Moore was positively superb😂😘

[@patriciahughes8022]

Sissy is a gem she is a true actress there were no big red carpets back in 1981 just kick ass actresses honing their craft kudos sissy love you

[@wheelmanstan]

I wonder if those actresses had seen coal miners daughter prior to this because if they did, they must have known as soon as the film ended that they'd lost.

[@VintageRose75]

Amen to that!

[@gatewayski1]

Mary Tyler Moore's performance in "Ordinary People" was extraordinary, and really, I would have given a tie that year between her and Miss Spacek who was also phenomenal. Personally, I feel Miss Moore's performance holds up better today than the bio of Loretta Lynn. I would have given Miss Spacek Oscar nominations for MARIE (1984) and for BADLANDS (1973), she is a great actress worthy of more than 6 Oscar nods.

[@collinmcp3001]

best movie ever Sissy Spacek was wonderfull in this movie.She deserved that Oscar in more then one way.

[@niklemons]

She is still great today in The Help!

[@kifflynvitina1535]

I love her hair this night!

[@2legit64]

This was a stellar year for actresses. All of these performances were fantastic.

[@amparonarbona5142]

RIP Mary Tyler Moore

[@m.e.d.7997]

MAry looked like she thought she had a chance.

[@SeArquiteteMininu]

@@m.e.d.7997 well, she did have a chance. She had her share of awards, and there she was with a character SO different from everything she showed before.

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@SeArquiteteMininu She really deserved to win for her portrayal of Beth.

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@SeArquiteteMininu Sissy did a fine job in "Coal Miners Daughter". She was good and the story was a good one. She also had likability in the character of Loretta Lynn. I find the Academy had a hard time giving awards to unlikable characters. Also Sissy had a history in film; not so with Mary Tyler Moore. Her history was very limited and the reviews she got on the films so so. MTM was TV; not films. Her performance in OP was extraordinary though no doubt about it. Mary never seemed bitter.

[@SeArquiteteMininu]

@@m.e.d.7997 yeah, I agree with some parts of what you said. Anyway, it was a year with awesome performances, really. I watched "Ressurection" some weeks ago, and I was mesmerized by Ellen Burstyn's performance. Pity for her Sissy was on the way... And in the same studio (which meant Paramount didn't even have a damn of promotion to her). But I think even if she had the backup from the studio, her chances were low since it seems no one saw the movie when it was released.

[@penni6432]

Absolutely earned! No other would have done a better performance. Her talents have transcended her career!

[@alilinzee]

I love how she started clapping herself and then went "Oooh!"..giggled..and stopped...!!

[@dennisdick3143]

sissy spacek made me fall in love with loretta lynn!! and her too!

[@lukaskasdan6628]

3 minutes of this video is of Dustin Hoffman's glacial monotone presentation....ugh!

[@troynov1965]

I was 15 and me and a friend went to see this because of word of mouth at how good it was. I grew up around country music but at 15 I was more into Rock and Roll. I wasn't expecting much of the move but man I was amazed at how good it was! Still to me one the best movies ever made. She certainly deserved this Oscar.

[@baranfrey8275]

I just Love Sissy Spacek!

[@marieprovencio4882]

Still hurts about losing the Loretta Lynn but Ms sissy is still amazing!!!! Class!!!! Beyond belief!!!!! Thank you for everything!!!!!!! Rip Loretta Lynn!!!!!!

[@angellopes9353]

I'm glad to know she won that year for playing Loretta, but God - I would surely more happier if she've won for Carrie. My favorite actress' performance - As Piper should've won for Supporting Actor. Both of them were amazing in that movie, I really felt bad for Carrie and was scared to Margaret.

[@preciousjey]

I'm proud to be a Coal Miner's Daughter. In a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler.

[@angelthman1659]

They always cut the acceptance speeches. Do they ever cut the presenter's speech?

[@Starkardur]

@w19721 Sissy Spacek was the favourite and had won every other single award that year. The film was critically acclaimed a huge box office hit and she sang all the songs by herself.

[@ejm6460]

Finally with this decade the nominees started smiling as opposed to looking like they're in court lol

I love her, she is just astounding!!!! great great performance!!!!

[@hrh-xj4fh]

The singing got it for spacek..and dont get me wrong well deserved...but for a sheer haunting performance...marry tyler moore!!😊

[@J12680]

Gena Rowlands. I loved her in Gloria.

[@kat35lulu88]

She's so classy..... and such a cutie!

[@SnailMaster]

I keep thinking how she should've won for Carrie, but I'm glad to see her finally win for Coal Miner's Daughter.

[@ktbuktbu1964]

God she was so good in that!!!!

[@jonthebru]

There were amazing talents in the running that year! It could have been any one of them.

[@marcynadler7326]

She's always been superlative.

[@GhostSnake]

Really wanted to see this. Thanks Academy.

[@davidprado545]

That jumpsuit is rad!

[@julesofthemoon]

Yes, Ordinary People is one of my favorite films, too. but Sissy did it all in this...including her own singing!

[@jasnapanic3621]

Adorable Sissy❤

[@bigjohn08865]

The apple didn't fall far from the tree

[@sandraclick7812]

Dustin received his Oscar the year before and presented Sissy her Oscar. They star in a new movie with his son and her daughter, SAM & KATE , being released 11/11. I saw film premiere last Friday at Austin Film Festival and was very pleased with the acting and endearing story. A movie that will lift your spirits!

[@dflartist]

so sweet an acceptance and one of the greatest performances on film....period.

[@Omega13channel]

Coal Miner's Daughter in my top 10 movies. Nice to see Loretta Lynn in the audience. Sissy did an incredible job!

[@nursegrace7492]

What the f%#k is Dustin Hoffman nattering on about???

[@LeeLooface]

+Nurse Grace he looks high.

[@jasperwellington11]

+Nurse Grace I honestly don't think he knew his damn self.

[@ChildOfThe1970s]

+Nurse Grace He normally seems a bit flighty like that.

[@txicocamotl]

+Nurse Grace Haahahahaaaa!!!!

[@KJTV67]

+Nurse Grace This crap is why the Oscars take too stinking long!

[@mariaguanipa5230]

I like Dustin Hoffman ' s voice. I saw her in The Help" and she didn't get older at all.

[@ronniebishop2496]

Dustin loves to hear himself talk doesn’t he. Shut up and introduce people. If you portray a person you have a big chance to win because Hollywood loves those.