100 days til Oscar
Friday, November 1, 2019 at 11:31AM
NATHANIEL R in Best Actress, Vivien Leigh

It's exactly 100 days until the 92nd Academy Awards. What amazing Oscar record would you scream "100%!" at?

Our answer: Vivien Leigh's two-for-two Best Actress wins (Gone With the Wind and A Streetcar Named Desire) both monumental pieces of lead acting, but in different modes though both characters are iconic Southern Belles. The first win was an A+ screen presence triumph, the epitome of a "star turn" or 'star is born' movie-movie event. The latter win was for the kind of exquisitely nuanced, passionate depth to a gloriously meaty part that only actors of that caliber are able to achieve. TFE is here for Leigh both times without question. Usually two Oscar wins can feel excessive (when so many top notch actors never manage one) but not in this case.  

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