Aah. I stand corrected- I wasn’t familiar with his character in that.
The actor born in 1868, btw, was George Arliss, who won in 1930 for Disraeli. Anna Paquin, who won at the age of 11, was born in 1982.
I feel stupid- so obvious- HENRY VIII. Robert Shaw (Man for all Seasons), Richard Burton (Anne of the Thousand Days), and Charles Laughton (who won for Private Life of Henry VIII).
Hijack, but… I know that Sarah Bernhardt (b. 1844) made movies- I wonder who the oldest (as in, first born) person to be caught on film would be… any ideas?
Answers to another question above about the TV show Roseanne:
Roseanne’s mother, Bev, who started as a recurring character and became a regular during the last few seasons, was played by Estelle Parsons who won the BSA Oscar for Bonnie & Clyde. Bev’s mother, who appeared in quite a few episodes, was played by Shelley Winters, who won a BSA-AA for Patch of Blue (totally deserved), a BA-AA for Diary of Anne Frank, and was nominated for two others. Bev’s boyfriend in several episodes was played by Red Buttons, who won for Sayonara. The cast regulars also included Ned Beatty, who was nominated for Network (he wasn’t nominated for Deliverance, though I think he did receive the Appalachian Pork Farmers Playmate of the Year Award), and Michael O’Keefe, who was nominated for The Great Santini.
BTW, it’s possible that this time next year Robert Duvall will be a nominee for playing Robert E. Lee. If so it will be ironic, because (at least according to imdb) he’s a direct descendant.
Trivia question: Who was the only actor to win for playing two brothers in the same western?
Would that be Lee Marvin for Cat Ballou?
Hang on, are you only thinking of the two main performance categories? Haley Joel Osment was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Sixth Sense. He was born in 1988.
Kramer vs Kramer, Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep. I don’t know the other.
After seeing kawliga’s answer of Kramer vs. Kramer I immediately thought of Bonnie & Clyde, with Warren Beatty and Faye Dunnaway. But not being sure, I (cheated and) looked it up on the IMDB, and no, not only did the film not win Best Picture but neither star won, either.
So now you’ve got me curious enough to actually find out the answer. Is it NOT cheating if we look things up on sites other than the IMDB?
I went to the official Acadamy site (www.oscars.com) and you can easily look up past winners, decade by decade in any category.
While there are quite a few Best picture Winners that have character’s names in the title, there are none with TWO character names in the title, except for Kramer vs. Kramer.
Maybe I don’t really understand the question… What is a "title character "?
Thinking there might be a trick or surprise or what have you, upon further investigation I have learned that of all the Best Picture Winners which have character names in the title, only four have two winners in the acting categories.
(Wait: is that the trick? Do you consider a “Performance Oscar” something other than Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress?)
The four are:
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) with Dustin Hoffman winning Best Actor and Meryl Streep winning Best Supporting Actress
Shakespeare In Love (1998) with Gwyneth Paltrow Best Actress and Judi Dench Best Supporting Actress
Ben Hur (1959) with Charleton Heston Best Actor and Hugh Griffith Best Supporting Actor
Mrs. Minniver (1942) with Greer Garson Best Actress and Teresa Wright Best Supporting Actress
(And neither Shakespeare winner played Shakespeare!)
Am I missing something?
Here’s a guess: Do both Greer Garson and Teresa Wright play “Mrs. Miniver” at different ages? Nope (IMDB again).
OK… I give up… 
(BTW, I see that I was right: Lee Marvin did win best actor for Cat Ballou, which I just know he played his own brother (one a bad gunslinger and the other his drunk brother with the metal nose… or is it the bad one with the silver nose?), and I didn’t look that one up first!
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My bad- I said “nominees” when I should have said “winners”.
Another trivia question:
When Marlon Brando refused his Academy Award, a woman took the stage in his place and made a speech concerning the treatment of Native Americans. What name did she use and what is her real name (she’s not really a Native American).
I know the name she used was Sasheen Littlefeather, but I’ve no idea without googling what her real name was or what became of her.
OK, I’ll drag this out again: Every film in which this actor had speaking part was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. Name the actor (For the record, the actor has seven films listed in the IMDB).
What movie had the highest ratio of Oscars won to actors in the cast? (e.g., A Streetcar Named Desire had six Oscars won among its cast of 19 for a ratio of .32). Hint: The IMDB entry on this film is . . . misleading.
Good job. Her real name was (is?) Maria Cruz. She was an actress, who in 1970, won the Miss American Vampire crown (IIRC).
First Best Picture: Wings, 1928. Also the only silent BP.
Is it John Cazale?
John Cazale: “The Godfather” (1972), “The Godfather Pt II” (1974), “The Conversation” (1974), “Dog Day Afternoon” (1975), and “The Deer Hunter” (1978).
More trivia:
Maggie Smith played an Oscar-nominated actress with a gay husband in “California Suite,” and I think she earned Best Supporting Actress for that role.
Vanessa Redgrave was Julia in “Julia.”
I knew Charlie Chaplin won an award for best score, I had to check the IMDb to confirm that it was for Limelight.
A truly noble effort and you came very close on the second (Kramer obviously being the first). In order to know that Mrs. Miniver is the second film, you have to see the movie. In it Teresa Wright marries Greer Garson’s son. When Wright calls Garson “Mrs. Miniver”, Garson responds (paraphrased), “My dear, you’re a Mrs. Miniver now, too.”
Hmmmm. Let’s see:
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? has a ratio of 1.25 (among credited actors).
Okay… there may be more correct answers than I realize, but I can think of TWO films in which the ENTIRE cast was nominated for Best Actor.
Name them.
Give 'Em Hell, Harry! and Sleuth