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Oscars given to lesser known actors/actresses (use your own judgment)

  1. Dr. Haing S. Ngor, Best Supporting Actor, The Killing Fields
  2. Marie Dressler, Best Actress, Min and Bill
  3. Harold Russell, Best Supporting Actor in Best Years of Our Lives (no acting career before WW2, not much of an acting career after this movie)
  4. Hattie McDaniel, Best Supporting Actress, Gone With The Wind
  5. Anna Magnani, Best Actress, The Rose Tattoo (1955)
  6. Miyoshi Umeki, Best Supporting Actress, Sayonara (1957)
  7. Katina Paxinou, from For Whom the Bell Tolls
  8. Cuba Gooding Jr., Best Supporting Actor, Jerry Maguire (1996)

Not much of a career since, alas.

fixed for ninja

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Oscars given to lesser known actors/actresses (use your own judgment)

  1. Dr. Haing S. Ngor, Best Supporting Actor, The Killing Fields
  2. Marie Dressler, Best Actress, Min and Bill
  3. Harold Russell, Best Supporting Actor in Best Years of Our Lives (no acting career before WW2, not much of an acting career after this movie)
  4. Hattie McDaniel, Best Supporting Actress, Gone With The Wind
  5. Anna Magnani, Best Actress, The Rose Tattoo (1955)
  6. Miyoshi Umeki, Best Supporting Actress, Sayonara (1957)
  7. Katina Paxinou, from For Whom the Bell Tolls
  8. Cuba Gooding Jr., Best Supporting Actor, Jerry Maguire (1996)
  9. Warner Baxter, Best Actor, In Old Arizona (1930)
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Oscars given to lesser known actors/actresses (use your own judgment)

  1. Dr. Haing S. Ngor, Best Supporting Actor, The Killing Fields
  2. Marie Dressler, Best Actress, Min and Bill
  3. Harold Russell, Best Supporting Actor in Best Years of Our Lives (no acting career before WW2, not much of an acting career after this movie)
  4. Hattie McDaniel, Best Supporting Actress, Gone With The Wind
  5. Anna Magnani, Best Actress, The Rose Tattoo (1955)
  6. Miyoshi Umeki, Best Supporting Actress, Sayonara (1957)
  7. Katina Paxinou, from For Whom the Bell Tolls
  8. Cuba Gooding Jr., Best Supporting Actor, Jerry Maguire (1996)
  9. Warner Baxter, Best Actor, In Old Arizona (1930)
  10. Jean Dujardin, Best Actor, The Artist (2011)
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Oscars given to lesser known actors/actresses (use your own judgment)

  1. Dr. Haing S. Ngor, Best Supporting Actor, The Killing Fields
  2. Marie Dressler, Best Actress, Min and Bill
  3. Harold Russell, Best Supporting Actor in Best Years of Our Lives (no acting career before WW2, not much of an acting career after this movie)
  4. Hattie McDaniel, Best Supporting Actress, Gone With The Wind
  5. Anna Magnani, Best Actress, The Rose Tattoo (1955)
  6. Miyoshi Umeki, Best Supporting Actress, Sayonara (1957)
  7. Katina Paxinou, from For Whom the Bell Tolls
  8. Cuba Gooding Jr., Best Supporting Actor, Jerry Maguire (1996)
  9. Warner Baxter, Best Actor, In Old Arizona (1930)
  10. Jean Dujardin, Best Actor, The Artist (2011)
  11. Linda Hunt, Best Supporting Actress, The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)

For playing an Asian dude, no less!

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Oscars given to lesser known actors/actresses (use your own judgment)

  1. Dr. Haing S. Ngor, Best Supporting Actor, The Killing Fields
  2. Marie Dressler, Best Actress, Min and Bill
  3. Harold Russell, Best Supporting Actor in Best Years of Our Lives (no acting career before WW2, not much of an acting career after this movie)
  4. Hattie McDaniel, Best Supporting Actress, Gone With The Wind
  5. Anna Magnani, Best Actress, The Rose Tattoo (1955)
  6. Miyoshi Umeki, Best Supporting Actress, Sayonara (1957)
  7. Katina Paxinou, from For Whom the Bell Tolls
  8. Cuba Gooding Jr., Best Supporting Actor, Jerry Maguire (1996)
  9. Warner Baxter, Best Actor, In Old Arizona (1930)
  10. Jean Dujardin, Best Actor, The Artist (2011)
  11. Linda Hunt, Best Supporting Actress, The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
  12. Anne Revere, Best Supporting Actress in National Velvet
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Oscars given to lesser known actors/actresses (use your own judgment)

  1. Dr. Haing S. Ngor, Best Supporting Actor, The Killing Fields
  2. Marie Dressler, Best Actress, Min and Bill
  3. Harold Russell, Best Supporting Actor in Best Years of Our Lives (no acting career before WW2, not much of an acting career after this movie)
  4. Hattie McDaniel, Best Supporting Actress, Gone With The Wind
  5. Anna Magnani, Best Actress, The Rose Tattoo (1955)
  6. Miyoshi Umeki, Best Supporting Actress, Sayonara (1957)
  7. Katina Paxinou, from For Whom the Bell Tolls
  8. Cuba Gooding Jr., Best Supporting Actor, Jerry Maguire (1996)
  9. Warner Baxter, Best Actor, In Old Arizona (1930)
  10. Jean Dujardin, Best Actor, The Artist (2011)
  11. Linda Hunt, Best Supporting Actress, The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
  12. Anne Revere, Best Supporting Actress in National Velvet
  13. George Arliss, Best Actor in Disraeli (1929)

New: Christmas carols and their authors

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It’s customary to provide the first entry in your new category, burpo.

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Oscars given to lesser known actors/actresses (use your own judgment)

  1. Dr. Haing S. Ngor, Best Supporting Actor, The Killing Fields
  2. Marie Dressler, Best Actress, Min and Bill
  3. Harold Russell, Best Supporting Actor in Best Years of Our Lives (no acting career before WW2, not much of an acting career after this movie)
  4. Hattie McDaniel, Best Supporting Actress, Gone With The Wind
  5. Anna Magnani, Best Actress, The Rose Tattoo (1955)
  6. Miyoshi Umeki, Best Supporting Actress, Sayonara (1957)
  7. Katina Paxinou, from For Whom the Bell Tolls
  8. Cuba Gooding Jr., Best Supporting Actor, Jerry Maguire (1996)
  9. Warner Baxter, Best Actor, In Old Arizona (1930)
  10. Jean Dujardin, Best Actor, The Artist (2011)
  11. Linda Hunt, Best Supporting Actress, The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
  12. Anne Revere, Best Supporting Actress in National Velvet
  13. George Arliss, Best Actor in Disraeli (1929)

New: Christmas carols and their authors

  1. O Holy Night–Adolphe Adam

(My meds are acting up :eek:)

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New: Christmas carols and their authors

  1. O Holy Night - Adolphe Adam
  2. What Child Is This? - William Chatterton Dix (based on “Greensleeves”, trad.)
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New: Christmas carols and their authors

  1. O Holy Night–Adolphe Adam
  2. What Child is This? by William Chatterton Dix, (Based on “Greensleeves”, trad.)
  3. Angels from the Realms of Glory: Words by James Montgomery, Music by Henry Smart

(Ninja’d.)

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New: Christmas carols and their authors

  1. O Holy Night - Adolphe Adam
  2. What Child Is This? - William Chatterton Dix (based on “Greensleeves”, trad.)
  3. Angels from the Realms of Glory: Words by James Montgomery, Music by Henry Smart
  4. Christmas at Ground Zero - Weird Al Yankovic
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New: Christmas carols and their authors

  1. O Holy Night - Adolphe Adam
  2. What Child Is This? - William Chatterton Dix (based on “Greensleeves”, trad.)
  3. Angels from the Realms of Glory: Words by James Montgomery, Music by Henry Smart
  4. Christmas at Ground Zero - Weird Al Yankovic
  5. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Edmund Sears

Sears was from my home town, and, as a kid, this carol was sung so much at every school assembly, I wretch when I hear it as an adult.

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More likely you “retch.”

Christmas carols and their authors

  1. O Holy Night - Adolphe Adam
  2. What Child Is This? - William Chatterton Dix (based on “Greensleeves”, trad.)
  3. Angels from the Realms of Glory: Words by James Montgomery, Music by Henry Smart
  4. Christmas at Ground Zero - Weird Al Yankovic
  5. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Edmund Sears
  6. Hallelujah Chorus - G.F. Handel
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No, he literally turns old and haggard. Quite a sight to behold with one’s own eyes! :eek:

Christmas carols and their authors

  1. O Holy Night - Adolphe Adam
  2. What Child Is This? - William Chatterton Dix (based on “Greensleeves”, trad.)
  3. Angels from the Realms of Glory: Words by James Montgomery, Music by Henry Smart
  4. Christmas at Ground Zero - Weird Al Yankovic
  5. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Edmund Sears
  6. Hallelujah Chorus - G.F. Handel
  7. In Dulce Jubilo - J. S. Bach.

Bach isn’t the only one who has done this work - after all, it was already 400 years old when Bach wrote his rendition. But his is the version you (well, I) hear, so he gets the credit. In dulci jubilo - Wikipedia

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Christmas carols and their authors

  1. O Holy Night - Adolphe Adam
  2. What Child Is This? - William Chatterton Dix (based on “Greensleeves”, trad.)
  3. Angels from the Realms of Glory: Words by James Montgomery, Music by Henry Smart
  4. Christmas at Ground Zero - Weird Al Yankovic
  5. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Edmund Sears
  6. Hallelujah Chorus - G.F. Handel
  7. Santa’s Super Sleigh - Peter Brewis
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X-post fix:

Christmas carols and their authors

  1. O Holy Night - Adolphe Adam
  2. What Child Is This? - William Chatterton Dix (based on “Greensleeves”, trad.)
  3. Angels from the Realms of Glory: Words by James Montgomery, Music by Henry Smart
  4. Christmas at Ground Zero - Weird Al Yankovic
  5. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Edmund Sears
  6. Hallelujah Chorus - G.F. Handel
  7. In Dulce Jubilo - J. S. Bach
  8. Santa’s Super Sleigh - Peter Brewis
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X-post fix:

Christmas carols and their authors

  1. O Holy Night - Adolphe Adam
  2. What Child Is This? - William Chatterton Dix (based on “Greensleeves”, trad.)
  3. Angels from the Realms of Glory: Words by James Montgomery, Music by Henry Smart
  4. Christmas at Ground Zero - Weird Al Yankovic
  5. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Edmund Sears
  6. Hallelujah Chorus - G.F. Handel
  7. In Dulce Jubilo - J. S. Bach
  8. Santa’s Super Sleigh - Peter Brewis
  9. Masters In This Hall - William Morris
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Christmas carols and their authors

  1. O Holy Night - Adolphe Adam
  2. What Child Is This? - William Chatterton Dix (based on “Greensleeves”, trad.)
  3. Angels from the Realms of Glory: Words by James Montgomery, Music by Henry Smart
  4. Christmas at Ground Zero - Weird Al Yankovic
  5. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Edmund Sears
  6. Hallelujah Chorus - G.F. Handel
  7. In Dulce Jubilo - J. S. Bach
  8. Santa’s Super Sleigh - Peter Brewis
  9. Masters In This Hall - William Morris
  10. “White Christmas” - Irving Berlin
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Christmas carols and their authors

  1. O Holy Night - Adolphe Adam
  2. What Child Is This? - William Chatterton Dix (based on “Greensleeves”, trad.)
  3. Angels from the Realms of Glory: Words by James Montgomery, Music by Henry Smart
  4. Christmas at Ground Zero - Weird Al Yankovic
  5. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Edmund Sears
  6. Hallelujah Chorus - G.F. Handel
  7. In Dulce Jubilo - J. S. Bach
  8. Santa’s Super Sleigh - Peter Brewis
  9. Masters In This Hall - William Morris
  10. “White Christmas” - Irving Berlin
  11. Carol of the Bells - written by Mykola Leontovych; lyrics by Peter J. Wilhousky

Long a favorite of mine.

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Christmas carols and their authors

  1. O Holy Night - Adolphe Adam
  2. What Child Is This? - William Chatterton Dix (based on “Greensleeves”, trad.)
  3. Angels from the Realms of Glory: Words by James Montgomery, Music by Henry Smart
  4. Christmas at Ground Zero - Weird Al Yankovic
  5. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Edmund Sears
  6. Hallelujah Chorus - G.F. Handel
  7. In Dulce Jubilo - J. S. Bach
  8. Santa’s Super Sleigh - Peter Brewis
  9. Masters In This Hall - William Morris
  10. “White Christmas” - Irving Berlin
  11. Carol of the Bells - written by Mykola Leontovych; lyrics by Peter J. Wilhousky
  12. “Hark, The Herald Angels SIng” - music by Felix Mendelssohn, lyrics by Charles Wesley