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Thanks for the pickup though I had corrected it when Kirk Douglas passed away earlier this year. Updating from an older post whilst waiting for a phone call at the same time is never a good idea.Big Magilla wrote:Kirk Douglas died in February. Sidney Poitier holds that record now.
With the passing of Olivia de Haviland (& Max von Sydow) the record holders are now:Precious Doll wrote:For the last few years I've been keeping a note in my diary of current Oscar holders in the major categories, not to with age but earliest nominees/winners still alive. Its sort of morbid I know but its interesting to see it change over the years.
Current holders
Earliest winners still alive
Actor: Sidney Poitier (1963)
Actress: Olivia de Haviland (1948)
Sup. Actor: George Chakiris (1961)
Sup. Actress: Eva Marie Saint (1954)
Director: William Friedkin (1971)
Earliest nominated still alive
Actor: Kirk Douglas (1949)
Actress: Olivia de Haviland (1946)
Sup. Actor: Don Murray (1956)
Sup. Actress: Olivia de Haviland (1939)
Director: Claude Lelouche (1966)
Earliest year all nominees are still alive
Actor - 1988 (Hackman, Hanks, Hoffman, Olmos, Von Sydow)
Actress - 1971 (Christie, Fonda, Jackson, Redgrave, Suzman)
Sup. Actor - 1990 (Davison, Garcia, Greene, Pacino, Pesci)
Sup. Actress - 1977 (Brownie, Cummings, Dillion, Redgrave, Weld)
Director - 1980 (Lynch, Polanski, Redford, Rush, Scorsese)
Earliest year all acting winners still alive
1978 - Voight, Fonda, Walken, Smith
Earlier year all acting winners and director still alive
1980 - De Niro, Spacek, Hutton, Steenburgen, Redford
I must have been counting Douglas as already gone back in December and no one caught it!Big Magilla wrote:Not to be ghoulish, but in the years 1950-1955, there is only one acting nominee still alive - Nancy Olson, Lee Grant, Terry Moore, Leslie Caron, Eva Marie Saint, Marisa Pavan, followed by two in 1956 - Don Murray, Patty McCormack, then one again in 1957 - Russ Tamblyn, making 1958 the first year for which three or more are still with us - Sidney Poitier, Shirley MacLaine and Cara Williams. With 1959, we're back down to one - Susan Kohner.Precious Doll wrote:1947 is the most recent year that all the acting nominees are deceased.
Given the advanced ages of these thirteen actors, this is a statistic that could quite easily change by this time next year.
With the passing of Kirk Douglas this has now changed:Precious Doll wrote:
Earliest nominated still alive
Actor: Kirk Douglas (1949)
Actress: Olivia de Haviland (1946)
Sup. Actor: Don Murray (1956)
Sup. Actress: Olivia de Haviland (1939)
Director: Claude Lelouche (1966)
Not to be ghoulish, but in the years 1950-1955, there is only one acting nominee still alive - Nancy Olson, Lee Grant, Terry Moore, Leslie Caron, Eva Marie Saint, Marisa Pavan, followed by two in 1956 - Don Murray, Patty McCormack, then one again in 1957 - Russ Tamblyn, making 1958 the first year for which three or more are still with us - Sidney Poitier, Shirley MacLaine and Cara Williams. With 1959, we're back down to one - Susan Kohner.Precious Doll wrote:1947 is the most recent year that all the acting nominees are deceased.