Top 10 Acting Oscar Wins of the 1960s

What are the top 10 acting Oscar wins of the 1960s? Here is my ranking! #oscars #academyawards #topten #bestactor #bestactress #1960s #brianrowevideo
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[@charleshaslam5531]

"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!"

[@TheAwardsContender]

LOL such a great delivery!!

[@jimmyl324]

The Lion In Winter is one of the greatest performances in history.

[@TheAwardsContender]

YES

[@aagold76]

Peter should have won, too! Cliff Robertson's 'Charly' just doesn't hold up.

[@DamienHurts]

@@aagold76yes I agree! I adored this film. One of those rare films that belong in my category of Perfect Films.

[@shadykatie100]

Agreed. That was Katharine Hepburn's greatest performance.

[@raymondtitano3819]

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."

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love that line at Golden Globes!!

[@letasimsclayborn4849]

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❤

[@dianelitman5956]

I loved My Fair Lady, but I can only imagine what it could have been with Julie.

[@kathykelley16]

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.

[@gauravw6947]

@@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…

[@BFA100]

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)

[@alpe1987]

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 😊

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thank you!!

[@WeLoveGoodMovies]

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[@rubytuesdayphoenix]

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 KZbin channels that I drop everything to watch whenever I get a new video notification

[@TheAwardsContender]

Oh my gosh, you are so kind, thank you!!

[@WeLoveGoodMovies]

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[@timgriffin3368]

Yay, Elizabeth Taylor, probably the Best Oscar win EVER!!!

[@TheAwardsContender]

So great!!

[@terencemorales7894]

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!

[@TheAwardsContender]

So happy you liked it!

[@alanalan-tc8no]

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.

[@yanitchka]

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.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Just incredible!

[@melisagalvalizi6982]

ELIZABETH TAYLOR IN WHO'S AFRAID OF V.W HAS to be in the top 10 best performances of all time!!!

[@TheAwardsContender]

She’s amazing!!

[@Dr.M550]

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.

[@paulvoorhies8821]

She totally should have! I still can’t believe that she doesn’t have a competitive Emmy!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, Lansbury is fantastic!

[@jenniferedwards1752]

Julie Andrews was practically perfect in Mary Poppins.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes!

[@johnfulton4061]

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

[@johnfulton4061]

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

[@juandavidgomezcaycedo7899]

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)

[@paulvoorhies8821]

Sandi Dennis higher than Taylor? Interesting.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love!!

[@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719]

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. 🗿

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@AtlasBlizzard]

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.

[@alexanderminchin6094]

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.

[@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719]

That was Peter's best chance to win. Sadly, he never won an Oscar despite being nominated 8 times (all in leading roles)😢

[@melanie62954]

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!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great point!

[@alexanderminchin6094]

@@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.

[@alexanderminchin6094]

@@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.

[@DanielLazuka]

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

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great ideas!

[@kristinfredriksson1212]

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!

[@yanitchka]

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.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks!

[@frankmorelli9366]

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

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!

[@ClaireElizabethvlogs]

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

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great movie!

[@jeffreytaddeo6245]

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!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love that idea!

[@TGTR-06660]

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!

[@TheAwardsContender]

I’m so glad you enjoyed it, thank you!

[@wl2056]

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.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great points, I’m glad you enjoyed the video!

[@outinsider]

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.

[@andyanderson3628]

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.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, thanks for the correction!

[@BrownsBacker]

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.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Absolutely right. Thanks for watching!

[@patrarus6097]

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!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks, Pat!!

[@lray1948]

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"

[@pbohearn]

Katherine Hepburn was the most accoladed actress of her time; Meryl Streep has inherited that mantle.

[@poihpioakarp8845]

If we're talking Oscar wins, it's still 4-3 for Hepburn.

[@dianelitman5956]

I was tearing up throughout, so many great moments. I also really enjoyed the snip of Anne Bancroft. So enjoying your channel. Thankyou.

[@oswaldotorres0581]

👏👏👏👏👏 great video!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks!

[@vapalaca]

Ruth Gordon gave the best Oscar speech!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Loved it!

[@77alydar]

2nd video I've watched of yours. Love them! Now I have to subscribe and watch them all.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yay, thank you!

[@jingren]

Yay, wonderful picks, thanks Brian!! And can't believe I guessed it spot on haha

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks so much!!

[@shaunm1754]

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.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks so much! Looking forward to making many more!

[@paulvoorhies8821]

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!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes!! Love Christie!

[@vanessaheine8093]

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.

[@BFA100]

Rita Moreno had started out doing films for a decade before West Side Story

[@markfadness9204]

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.

[@CPTDoom]

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.

[@BFA100]

@@CPTDoom The title is spelled Singin' In the Rain, not Singing in the Rain.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for the correction!

[@keshavchunylall3867]

A great video! Keep it up B!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thank you!!

[@disasternat]

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.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great choice!

[@whysoserious702]

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!!!

[@Dennisanyone-]

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

[@TheAwardsContender]

Fantastic list, thanks for sharing!

[@bev9708]

As always, GREAT video and extremely well argued!!! It’s always hard to disagree with you 😂😂

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thank you so much!!

[@melanie62954]

Great choices! I guess I need to finally watch Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

[@melanie62954]

@Nick Xero 🤷‍♀

[@TheAwardsContender]

Do it! ❤️

[@brickellrich1]

Great video!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thank you!!

[@milenel]

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 ❤

[@juanpablogonzalezlacava]

Taylor in Virginia woolf is my favorite acting I ever seen.

[@TheAwardsContender]

It’s so great!

[@juanpablogonzalezlacava]

@@TheAwardsContender and Burton was incredible too. He was at the same level as her

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

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.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Haha, that’s so crazy. Peck gave Streisand the Oscar then!

[@mthivier]

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".

[@outinsider]

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.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Excellent observations! Thanks for watching!

[@jonathandooley5872]

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.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks so much!

[@okay5045]

Mr. Poitier truly should have gotten his Oscar for In the Heat Of the Night. but this was good.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching! Love Poitier!

[@paulojrneto]

3:33 Erm, wasn't Rita been in movies for more than a decade by that point?

[@jimmywallace6452]

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.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!

[@pbohearn]

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.

[@warrenjohns3194]

love ruth gordon!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Same!

[@geraldchostettler1102]

They could have phoned Taylor's win in and Sandy Dennis was brilliant.

[@TheAwardsContender]

😂

[@DrtyALGreen]

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.

[@RobertBurns71405]

1.Elizabeth Taylor 2.Barbra Streisand 3.Rita Moreno

[@TheAwardsContender]

❤️

[@MuleKickMo]

Estelle Parsons-Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Blanche Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde (1967).......is pretty amazing.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes!

[@georgehutchinson2337]

Hattie Mcdaniels was the first African American to win an Oscar for best supporting actress in Gone with the Wind.

[@josephwalther5979]

Gregory Peck is Atticus. Period. A characterization that stands to this day.

[@trediaz4012]

I think the 60s had the best Supporting Actress wins comparing to other decades.

[@larrydirtybird]

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.

[@DanielLazuka]

It finally arrived!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yay!

[@eirinipan5789]

I totally agree with Number 1!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yay!

[@giovannyespinoza6013]

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

[@TheAwardsContender]

They are all worthy, but I don’t mind Hepburn’s win one bit!

[@robertcanada5106]

I would to have seen Bancroft win that year.

[@sharonalbanese8084]

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.

[@hosookit6237]

Julie Andrews should had won her role às Maria in " The Sound of Music" in 1966 : 38 th ACADEMY AWARDs (Oscars).

[@55hivealive3]

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

[@tiffanywitherspoon8722]

For the top 1950s Vivien Leigh’s win should be #1.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Totally!

[@alisdairmckenzie]

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.

[@stevenstanley3157]

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.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for the correction!

[@MrChedomir]

Excellent list, bravo!!! Liz Taylor, the best Oscar win ever💝💖💗

[@VIDEOSTOREREVIEW]

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).

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for the correction!

[@shadykatie100]

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.

[@rjleslee]

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.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!

[@jhhone]

Hey Brian, Another amazing video! I have to disagree with your choice of Julie Andrews that year. I believe Debbie Reynolds' performance was the stronger of that category! Another amazing revelation of Elizabeth Taylor is that she was 31 y/o at the time she played Martha. I believe her youth gave her the courage needed to deliver an astonishing performance! I saw Rex Harrison on stage as Henry Higgins I had heard when he played the role into the 1980s it became more difficult to find an actress to play his mother. The production I saw the actress playing Mrs. Higgins was older but not biologically old enough to be Henry Higgins mother. I believe he was in his 70s when I saw him in 1985.

[@tbrown5836]

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

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thinking about Emmys but there’s just so much in film to explore!

[@bryandavid4580]

Goldie Hawn in Cactus Flower for supporting actress

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love!

[@marcellusfinch6366]

Still waiting on the “do the right thing” snub/overlook video I suggested a couple years ago 😅

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great idea!

[@paulvoorhies8821]

I think Mia Farrow should at least have gotten a nomination. Her performance is so spot on. She made that movie work.

[@rozembergbarbosa24]

You content is absurd❤

[@TheAwardsContender]

❤️

[@johnnolan5579]

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.

[@timgriffin3368]

Nice, but, personally, I'd love Lion in Winter with 2 non super stars. More interesting. Obviously the Day Lewis thing, Never gonna happen.

[@johnnolan5579]

@@timgriffin3368 It's a producer's dream, especially with two acting heavyweights.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great idea!

[@johnnzboy]

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! :)

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for the correction!

[@wengfong6742]

Barbra - Number 1 by far

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love her!

[@jimciuk7828]

Loved this video, we have similar tastes but although la liz was great nothing beats Patty Duke as Helen Keller......nothing!!

[@SoulKnightKing]

Respectfully, you're very wrong about Rita Moreno. She had a contract with MGM since she was a teenager. West Side Story wasn't until her early 30s. She had done over 20+ films in her career since she started and before West Side Story. She was doing it a very long time. Heck she was even, in Singin in the Rain as Zelda and King and I as Tuptim. Difference was that Rita Moreno was subjugated to nothing but mostly ethnic roles which is why she thought Singin in the Rain could've been her big break but it wasn't until West Side Story that she was given a role with dignity and saw her beyond the sensual other ethnic woman with tits. So yeah she started off as a dancer, and was doing films a minimum of 15 years over 20 projects before West Side. So it is very inaccurate to say this was early in her film career or she wasn't an experienced actor by that point. Only difference is Anita was the fist time her talent was let loose and she was able to show everything in a film without being robbed of dignity. This is why she is one the Academys greatest supporting performances. Let alone how this Academy Award win later on shaped her career to give her the opportunity to be one of only 3 and only Latina to win the Tripple Crown of Acting and the Elusive EGOT

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thank you for the correction, I’m embarrassed by my mistake!

[@quitequiet1]

I probably wouldn’t place Julie Andrews so high on the list. Probably 5th or 6th on my list.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love her!

[@patighe]

You missed Maximilian Schell in Judgement at Nuremberg

[@TheAwardsContender]

Good one!

[@wrh41]

Yay! Miracle Worker - I watch that when I need a soul douche.

[@tammylynnbeatricedoyle4500]

My favorites are Rita Moreno and Gregory Peck ❤

[@user-pz1so2xu8j]

I saw an interview with Taylor where she says they used prosthetics to make her chin/neck fatter and she wore a fat suit or fake stomach.

[@barttanner8162]

Patricia Neal winning for Hud could be an honorable mention.

[@ivanoputica2696]

Great video. I have a idea for an eclusive Oscar video.

[@TheAwardsContender]

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[@ivanoputica2696]

I was thinking of Ian Mckellen

[@singstreetcar5881]

Joan Crawford and bette Davis drama outshined anne Bancroft oscar win.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love all those performances!

[@user-pz1so2xu8j]

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

[@pbohearn]

Gorgeous women who play against type often end up with an Oscar in hand. Elizabeth Taylor, Charlize Theron, Halle Berry. When their character is unattractive, physically or socially, and we know the person behind that performance is so unlike their character, it is lauded.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!

[@ldp0567]

I was distracted by your pronunciation of Sidney Poitier's name, but otherwise I really enjoyed the video!

[@paulvoorhies8821]

I don’t have a problem with it.

[@TheAwardsContender]

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[@OldDood]

A very good list. HOWEVER, Gregory Peck should of been Number #1 in my opinion. 🤔

[@poihpioakarp8845]

I'm gonna keep doing my lists according to the year they won as opposed to the year the movie came out

[@paulvoorhies8821]

Your #1 choice is a great one. Butterfield 8 though, not so much.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Haha, yep!