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The earliest surviving acting winner is Margaret O'Brien, Juvenile Award Winner, 1944.

The longest surviving competitive acting winner is Eva Marie Saint, ten years later.

So with corrections the list of the earliest surviving Academy Award nominees is as follows:

Ann Blyth - 1945
Nancy Olson - 1950
Lee Grant - 1951
Terry Moore - 1952
Leslie Caron - 1953
Eva Marie Saint - 1954
Marisa Pavan - 1955
Carroll Baker - 1956
Don Murray - 1956 Oldest Male Nominee
Patty McCormack - 1956
Joanne Woodward - 1957
Russ Tamblyn - 1957
Shirley MacLaine - 1958
Susan Kohner - 1959
Glynis Johns - 1960
Shirley Jones - 1960
Piper Laurie - 1961
Sophia Loren - 1961
George Chakiris - 1961
Rita Moreno - 1961
Terence Stamp - 1962
Mary Badham - 1962
Dame Julie Andrews - 1964
Sir Tom Courtenay - 1965
Julie Christie - 1965
Samantha Eggar - 1965
Dame Maggie Smith - 1965
Alan Arkin - 1966
Sir Michael Caine - 1966
Dame Vanessa Redgrave - 1966
Anouk Aimée - 1966

Ah, yes.

I was just going to add Mary Badham. Forgot about Moore, Pavan, and Tamblyn.

Terry Moore, 1952
Marisa Pavan, 1955
Russ Tamblyn, 1957 (the earliest male nominee)
Mary Badham, 1962

Reza wrote:For the longest time Olivia de Havilland held the position of having been nominated during the earliest year - 1939.

After her passing the baton was passed down to Dame Angela Lansbury who's first nod was in 1944.

Now with her passing the next in line are:

Lee Grant - nominated first in 1951

Eva Marie Saint in 1955.

Reza wrote:For the longest time Olivia de Havilland held the position of having been nominated during the earliest year - 1939.

After her passing the baton was passed down to Dame Angela Lansbury who's first nod was in 1944.

Now with her passing the next in line are:

Lee Grant - nominated first in 1951
Joanne Woodward in 1957
Shirley MacLaine in 1958
Piper Laurie in 1961
Sophia Loren also in 1961
Dame Julie Andrews in 1964
Tom Courtenay in 1965
Julie Christie also in 1965
Maggie Smith also in 1965
Alan Arkin in 1966
Sir Michael Caine also in 1966
Dame Vanessa Redgrave also in 1966

Nope. Ann Blyth, nominated in 1945, is next in line. Eva Marie Saint, nominated in 1954 is between Lee Grant and Joanne Woodward. Susan Kohner in 1959, Glynis Johns, nominated in 1960, are between Shirley MacLaine and Piper Laurie. Rita Moreno and George Chakiris were also nominated 1961.

And these are just from the top of my head. There may be more.

Also, since you're using British titles, you should put a sir in front of Tom Courteny's name and a dame in front of Maggie Smith's.

Sad, for sure, but what an amazing career, and to be so beloved by so many. I had the great fortune of seeing her onstage in Sweeney Todd. That was over 40 years ago but I remember her so clearly. She was phenomenal. A great one has passed.

For the longest time Olivia de Havilland held the position of having been nominated during the earliest year - 1939.

After her passing the baton was passed down to Dame Angela Lansbury who's first nod was in 1944.

Now with her passing the next in line are:

Lee Grant - nominated first in 1951
Joanne Woodward in 1957
Shirley MacLaine in 1958
Piper Laurie in 1961
Sophia Loren also in 1961
Dame Julie Andrews in 1964
Tom Courtenay in 1965
Julie Christie also in 1965
Maggie Smith also in 1965
Alan Arkin in 1966
Sir Michael Caine also in 1966
Dame Vanessa Redgrave also in 1966

This made me very sad. She's probably my all-time favorite actress and I will forever regret I never got to meet her. It didn't really hit me hard until I saw all the tributes pouring out of my friends on Facebook and realized just how genuinely beloved she was.

My favorite performance of Lansbury is in The Manchurian Candidate, where she is one of the all-time-great villainesses. She is also very good as an icy villainess in The World Of Henry Orient.

Nobody lives forever, but some people make you wish for an exception.

What an extraordinary range of achievement. From sexy minx in 40s dramas to beloved senior citizen in 90s TV -- with stopovers for musicals both comedic and dramatic (including two of the greatest female roles), and of course embodying one of cinema's most indelible vilains. What more could one ask of a career?

Not unexpected, but, yes, very sad.

Sad sad news…

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