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People Who Won Oscars For Movies In Which Their Characters Died

  1. Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful
  2. Ben Kingsley, Gandhi
  3. Tom Hanks, Philadelphia
  4. Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice
  5. Martin Landau (Bela Lugosi dies toward the end of Ed Wood)

People Who Won Oscars For Movies In Which Their Characters Died

  1. Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful
  2. Ben Kingsley, Gandhi
  3. Tom Hanks, Philadelphia
  4. Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice
  5. Martin Landau (Bela Lugosi dies toward the end of Ed Wood)
  6. Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby

People Who Won Oscars For Movies In Which Their Characters Died

  1. Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful
  2. Ben Kingsley, Gandhi
  3. Tom Hanks, Philadelphia
  4. Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice
  5. Martin Landau (Bela Lugosi dies toward the end of Ed Wood)
  6. Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
  7. Kevin Spacey, American Beauty

People Who Won Oscars For Movies In Which Their Characters Died

  1. Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful
  2. Ben Kingsley, Gandhi
  3. Tom Hanks, Philadelphia
  4. Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice
  5. Martin Landau (Bela Lugosi dies toward the end of Ed Wood)
  6. Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
  7. Kevin Spacey, American Beauty
  8. Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (I haven’t seen the movie; I assume he dies.)

People Who Won Oscars For Movies In Which Their Characters Died

  1. Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful
  2. Ben Kingsley, Gandhi
  3. Tom Hanks, Philadelphia
  4. Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice
  5. Martin Landau (Bela Lugosi dies toward the end of Ed Wood)
  6. Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
  7. Kevin Spacey, American Beauty
  8. Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (I haven’t seen the movie; I assume he dies.)
  9. Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry

(I think I’m beginning to see a pattern to Ms. Swank’s Oscar Success… )

People Who Won Oscars For Movies In Which Their Characters Died

  1. Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful
  2. Ben Kingsley, Gandhi
  3. Tom Hanks, Philadelphia
  4. Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice
  5. Martin Landau (Bela Lugosi dies toward the end of Ed Wood)
  6. Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
  7. Kevin Spacey, American Beauty
  8. Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (I haven’t seen the movie; I assume he dies.)
  9. Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry
  10. Cliff Robertson, Charly

People Who Won Oscars For Movies In Which Their Characters Died

  1. Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful
  2. Ben Kingsley, Gandhi
  3. Tom Hanks, Philadelphia
  4. Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice
  5. Martin Landau (Bela Lugosi dies toward the end of Ed Wood)
  6. Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
  7. Kevin Spacey, American Beauty
  8. Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (I haven’t seen the movie; I assume he dies.)
  9. Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry
  10. Cliff Robertson, Charly
  11. Paul Scofield (Sir Thomas More is beheaded at the end of*** A Man For All Seasons***)

Wait… does Charly die, or does he just revert to being mentally retarded again?

In the movie he doesn’t die. The rat dies… but I don’t think Algernon was nominated, much less won. :wink:

People Who Won Oscars For Movies In Which Their Characters Died

  1. Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful
  2. Ben Kingsley, Gandhi
  3. Tom Hanks, Philadelphia
  4. Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice
  5. Martin Landau (Bela Lugosi dies toward the end of Ed Wood)
  6. Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
  7. Kevin Spacey, American Beauty
  8. Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (I haven’t seen the movie; I assume he dies.)
  9. Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry
  10. Cliff Robertson, Charly
  11. Paul Scofield (Sir Thomas More is beheaded at the end of*** A Man For All Seasons***)
  12. Marlon Brando - The Godfather

People Who Won Oscars For Movies In Which Their Characters Died

  1. Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful

  2. Ben Kingsley, Gandhi

  3. Tom Hanks, Philadelphia

  4. Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice

  5. Martin Landau (Bela Lugosi dies toward the end of Ed Wood)

  6. Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby

  7. Kevin Spacey, American Beauty

  8. Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (I haven’t seen the movie; I assume he dies.)

  9. Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry

  10. Cliff Robertson, Charly

  11. Paul Scofield (Sir Thomas More is beheaded at the end of A Man For All Seasons)

  12. Marlon Brando - The Godfather

  13. Kathy Bates, ***Misery ***
    New topic: Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies

  14. Babe Ruth played himself in Pride of the Yankees

Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies

  1. Babe Ruth played himself in Pride of the Yankees
  2. Alice Cooper in Wayne’s World

Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies

  1. Babe Ruth in Pride of the Yankees
  2. Alice Cooper in Wayne’s World
  3. Tip O’Neill in Dave

Great political comedy.

Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies

  1. Babe Ruth in Pride of the Yankees
  2. Alice Cooper in Wayne’s World
  3. Tip O’Neill in Dave
  4. Howard Stern in Private Parts

Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies

  1. Babe Ruth in Pride of the Yankees
  2. Alice Cooper in Wayne’s World
  3. Tip O’Neill in Dave
  4. Howard Stern in Private Parts
  5. John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich.

Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies

  1. Babe Ruth in Pride of the Yankees
  2. Alice Cooper in Wayne’s World
  3. Tip O’Neill in Dave
  4. Howard Stern in Private Parts
  5. John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich.
  6. Bill Murray in Zombieland

Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies

  1. Babe Ruth in Pride of the Yankees
  2. Alice Cooper in Wayne’s World
  3. Tip O’Neill in Dave
  4. Howard Stern in Private Parts
  5. John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich.
  6. Bill Murray in Zombieland
  7. John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich (among others)

Sparky, you saw #5, right?

Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies

  1. Babe Ruth in Pride of the Yankees
  2. Alice Cooper in Wayne’s World
  3. Tip O’Neill in Dave
  4. Howard Stern in Private Parts
  5. John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich.
  6. Bill Murray in Zombieland
  7. Bill Clinton in Contact

Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies

  1. Babe Ruth in Pride of the Yankees
  2. Alice Cooper in Wayne’s World
  3. Tip O’Neill in Dave
  4. Howard Stern in Private Parts
  5. John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich.
  6. Bill Murray in Zombieland
  7. Bill Clinton in Contact
  8. Dick Cavett in Forrest Gump (His 1994 self in wig and makeup actually was playing his 1971 self alongside Hanks and archive footage of Lennon.)

Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies

  1. Babe Ruth in Pride of the Yankees
  2. Alice Cooper in Wayne’s World
  3. Tip O’Neill in Dave
  4. Howard Stern in Private Parts
  5. John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich.
  6. Bill Murray in Zombieland
  7. Bill Clinton in Contact
  8. Dick Cavett in Forrest Gump (His 1994 self in wig and makeup actually was playing his 1971 self alongside Hanks and archive footage of Lennon.)
  9. Troy Aikman in Jerry Maguire