92 Days til Oscar. Some Living Trivia For Ya!
Saturday, December 2, 2017 at 11:20AM Did you know the earliest Oscar year which boasts 20 acting nominees who are still with us is 1992? It's the 25th anniversary of that year and that's the furthest back in time you can go from which all the acting nominees are still walking this earth. With the very noticeable exception of long retired Gene Hackman (no one has been able to convince him to come back to the movies -- and directors have tried!) most of them are still working, too. The lesson is simple: cherish your favorite actors while they're with us because no one lasts forever... except through their art!
The nominees that year were:
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| Leading ACTRESS |
Leading ACTOR |
Supporting ACTRESS |
Supporting ACTOR |
| Deneuve Indochine |
Downey Jr Chaplin |
Davis Husbands & Wives |
Davidson Crying Game |
| McDonnell Passion Fish |
Eastwood Unforgiven |
Plowright Enchanted April |
Hackman Unforgiven ★ |
| Pfeiffer Love Field |
Rea Crying Game |
Redgrave Howards End |
Nicholson A Few Good Men |
| Sarandon Lorenzo's Oil |
Pacino Scent of a... ★ |
Richardson Damage |
Pacino Glengarry... |
| Thompson Howards End ★ |
Washington Malcolm X |
Tomei My Cousin Vinny ★ |
Paymer Mr Saturday Night |
If you'd like a breakdown of the earliest years for the individual categories, it won't surprise you to hear two things. First, that we're offering that list since we're trivia overachievers here at TFE . Second, those categories line up exactly like average age statistics for those races i.e. lead Actress skews youngest, then Supporting Actress, then Actor, and in last place is Supporting Actor because that's the category that's most frequently enamored of veterans. Those details are after the jump...
