User:Joseph A. Spadaro/Sandbox/Page10

Deleted Academy Award Articles / My Talk Page Discussion[edit]

{{helpme}} Someone just deleted about 7 Academy Awards articles that I am currently working on and have consistently been working on. They were being deleted literally as I was working on them tonight. I was unaware of their consideration for deletion until this very moment, as I started to work on them. What, if anything, can be done about this? Who can I speak to about this? Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro 03:23, 12 August 2007 (UTC))

What were the names of the articles? You should be able to view a log of actions taken on a page, including deletions (with a rationale), at Special:Log. Don't hesitate to ask again if you still have questions about why the deletions occurred. Iknowyourider (t c) 03:46, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

I did look at all of that information. That is why I posed my original "Help Me" question. This is the link to which I am referring: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of actors receiving six or more Academy Award nominations. What can I do and who can I speak with? Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro 03:50, 12 August 2007 (UTC))

Sorry, I was asking so I could better help you. Should have been clearer about that. That AfD discussion seems to hasve quite a bit of consensus behind it; getting the list recreated may very well be an uphill battle. You might want to familiarize yourself with the guide to deletion and also this essay. If you really think the article should be recreated, head over to deletion review. Cheers, Iknowyourider (t c) 04:09, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. (Joseph A. Spadaro 04:13, 12 August 2007 (UTC))

Got your message, confirming that indeed they are deleted as a result of AfD consensus after the debate has run for 5 days. - Best regards, Mailer Diablo 06:36, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Someone just deleted about 7 Academy Awards articles that I am currently working on and have consistently been working on. They were being deleted literally as I was working on them tonight. I was unaware of their consideration for deletion until this very moment, as I started to work on them. What, if anything, can be done about this? Who can I speak to about this? Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro 07:37, 12 August 2007 (UTC))

The pages were tagged with {{AfD}} for five days, in accordance to policy, you didn't notice them at all? Please consider the reasons within the AfD for deletion, because if fundamentally the article subject do not justify inclusion policy no matter how good the quality of the article is written it cannot be saved. - Mailer Diablo 15:20, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I have done so. However, you have replied to -- but not answered -- my questions. My questions, at this point, are: What, if anything, can be done about this? Who can I speak to about this? Please advise. Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro 21:04, 12 August 2007 (UTC))

You may wish to carefully review this guide to deletion review. ␄ –Iknowyourider (t c) 14:09, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Okay, in that case if you have a compelling justification for undeletion, try deletion review. Or if you would like a userified copy of the content so that you can work on it, let me know the list of pages on my talkpage. - Mailer Diablo 11:36, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

I have reviewed these links on deletion review. Thanks. They say that Step 1 is to first attempt to resolve the issue in discussion with the administrator (or other editor) in question. So ... is that you or someone else? If it is you, how do we begin this process? If it is not you, who would be the correct person for me to discuss this with? Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro 20:55, 13 August 2007 (UTC))

Hello. I am still attempting to resolve this issue, as per my last posting to you (immediately above). I have not yet heard back from you. Please reply at my Talk Page. Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro 23:59, 17 August 2007 (UTC))

Yes it is me. As the AfD is overwhelmingly with a consensus for deletion, I can't overturn it just like that (it isn't a glaring error, either). I can though copy the contents to your userpage sandbox for you to continue working on it ("userified") and put it back when the improved version addresses the concerns raised at AfD, let me know on my talkpage if you wish to take this option. Alternatively, if you have new evidence or a strong case to justify why the article should not delete, appeal to deletion review for the community to have a look again. - Best regards, Mailer Diablo 00:11, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Please accept my apologies in the delay to my reply, real life schedule has been harsh for me in the past few days. - Mailer Diablo 00:51, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your replies. I wanted to get back to you, and not leave this thread hanging and unresolved. Frankly, I am seeking advice and assistance as to how to proceed in this matter. If interested, you can read this post on my Talk Page: User talk:Joseph A. Spadaro#Seeking Advice and Assistance. In any event, I will be in touch. Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro 18:45, 21 August 2007 (UTC))

Hello, it's me again. I am back, regarding this (above) issue. In one of your prior posts to me, you stated: "I can though copy the contents to your userpage sandbox for you to continue working on it ("userified") and put it back when the improved version addresses the concerns raised at AfD, let me know on my talkpage if you wish to take this option." Can you please explain to me what this means? I am not sure that I understand. Also, I do not know what the term "userified" means. Please let me know more about this process that you have suggested to me. Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro 06:37, 11 September 2007 (UTC))

Oh, just means that you receive a copy of the deleted article on your user-subpage for the purpose of working on it to address the concerns raised at the AfD. - Best regards, Mailer Diablo 14:16, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

OK, great -- thanks. Can you please send me the copy? I'd appreciate that. Thank you. (Joseph A. Spadaro 00:49, 13 September 2007 (UTC))

Kindly check your email. - Best regards, Mailer Diablo 08:44, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Hello. Thank you. I checked my email, nothing there. Which email address are you referring to? Did I even give you my email address? I don't recall doing so. Or -- perhaps (?) -- does my Wiki account come with some type of email function that I am not aware of? Please advise. Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro 16:08, 15 September 2007 (UTC))

The email address that you have entered in your Preferences section. - Mailer Diablo 16:22, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

As I said, I checked my email -- but nothing there. Please resend and let me know when you have done so, so that I can keep an eye out for it. What is your email address / from which I will receive your email? Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro 19:24, 15 September 2007 (UTC))

(undent) Please check your mailbox again. Caution : Huge size, which might explain why you may not be receiving it. Take note that these articles have been deleted due to concerns that the standards of inclusion in the list is arbitrary. This means it is very difficult for these articles to return "as such". However, you might find the contents in the email useful enough for other purposes outside Wikipedia, or to be merged into existing articles. If you do not receive the email, reply to kua a-t planetkh d-o-t c-o-m instead. - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 16:15, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi. I did indeed get the email -- thank you for sending that to me. I am still a bit confused. Can you tell me what exactly is wrong with all of these articles ... and how can they be "fixed" in order for them to survive any future deletion proposal? Thank you. (Joseph A. Spadaro 02:22, 19 September 2007 (UTC))

In other words, Wikipedians do not find it acceptable for lists to simply have a numerical criteria/border to justify inclusion of items in an awards list - they just find it too arbitrary to be used a yardstick. It is a fundamental problem on whether the article should exist in the first place that is very difficult to fix; there is nothing wrong with the quality of the content per se. - Best regards, Mailer Diablo 16:15, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi again. I am still very confused about this whole issue, and I wonder if I can ask some questions about all of this? Should I ask these questions of you, or do you suggest another person? Please let me know. I really don't understand this issue, and would like to understand it -- in order to improve / edit / revise the articles, etc. Thanks. Please let me know who is the best person to ask my questions of. Thank you. (Joseph A. Spadaro 23:33, 22 September 2007 (UTC))

Apologies, I think I forgot to ask - Have you gone through the Wikipedia:Deletion policy before? - Mailer Diablo 00:10, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Yes ... (Joseph A. Spadaro 00:18, 23 September 2007 (UTC))

In that case, please go ahead and ask me the questions. I'll try to answer and clarify them. - Best regards, Mailer Diablo 00:38, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

(undent) Hello. I have finally found some free time to get back to you on this issue and to ask my questions of you. I am really very confused here -- so perhaps you can help me. The following seven articles were deleted and, according to the deletion consensus, the primary reason was essentially "arbitrary cut off points." (Is my understanding correct on that issue?) That being the case, here are my questions.

Deleted Academy Award articles (07 total):

List of actors receiving six or more Academy Award nominations - Deleted
List of actors receiving two or more Academy Awards - Deleted
List of films receiving ten or more Academy Award nominations - Deleted
List of films receiving three or more acting Academy Award nominations - Deleted
List of films receiving two or more acting Academy Awards - Deleted
List of people receiving five or more Academy Awards - Deleted
List of people receiving three or more Academy Award directing nominations - Deleted

(A) If we have a direct, primary source -- such as the official Academy Awards database and its website -- and that primary, direct source has a cut-off point ... then that is not an arbitrary cut-off point ... or is it? In other words, let's look at Deleted Article #3 above (hypothetically, for example). If the direct, primary source has information entitled "The following films received ten or more Academy Award nominations" ... then, how would/could we report that info in Wikipedia? Perhaps the number of "ten or more" is indeed arbitrary, but that arbitrary figure is what the official, direct, primary source gives us. In reporting that, we (Wikipedia) cannot change that cut off point, even if it is arbitrary -- because the arbitrariness stems from the original direct primary source. So, how does a scenario like this get resolved? My personal interpretation is that it is not an arbitrary cut off point at all -- but, rather, that Wikipedia is simply "parroting" or reporting the information from the Official Academy Awards databse / website. I believe that this argument would be ditto for Deleted Articles # 1, 4, etc. etc. etc. above. So -- as a related example -- if the American Film Institute (AFI) lists its "Top 100 Greatest Films of All Time" -- how can Wikipedia report that info, since the 100 is an arbitrary number? Or, if the American Literature Society or the American Librarian's Association lists the Top 100 Greatest Novels (or Authors) of All Time -- how can Wikipedia report that info, since the 100 is an arbitrary number?

(B) Regarding articles that detail "two or more" (things). How is that arbitrary? Indicating "two or more" is simply another semantic way of saying "multiple" or "more than one". That is not arbitrary. For example, there are people who have won only ONE Oscar ... and there are people who have won MORE THAN ONE (multiple) Oscars. I do not see how that is an arbitrary cut off point. Perhaps the first group of people is not notable ("only" winning one Oscar), but the second group of people is indeed notable (winning more than one Oscar). No? Or is this simply a semantic issue ... as to whether the article is semantically entitled two or more versus multiple or more than one? That would seem like a distinction without a difference to me. Is it the actual title / wording that is the problem ... or the (supposedly arbitrary) cut off point of two that is the problem?

(C) Also, it would seem that nearly any list in the world will have to have some cut off point. If I looked on Wikipedia, I could probably find something like "Famous People Who Have Lived to Be 100" or something like that. Or "The 100 Highest Rated TV Shows". Are not those arbitrary cut off points? The author could easily have had the first article titled "Famous People Who Have Lived to Be 82 (... or 79 ... or any number)." Thus, is 100 just as arbitrary -- and deletable -- as these seven Academy Award articles? The second article (100 Top Rated TV Shows) is arbitrary in that it could have been called "The Top 78 TV Shows" -- but for whatever reason (arbitrary decision by the Wiki editor or arbitrary decision by the original, primary, direct source) -- the value 100 was chosen and not the value 78. So, my point: is not any list whatsoever always, by definition, going to have an arbitrary cut off point -- whether that cut off is from the primary or secondary or tertiary source / decision maker? Otherwise, if not, Wikipedia would have to list every single TV Show, all 7 million of them, from highest to lowest rating ... as opposed to just the Top 100. Or Wikipedia would have to list the age of every single human being on the earth (all 6 billion people) and not just "The Top 100 Oldest". That is the only way to avoid a cut off point -- and, of course, that defeats the purpose of the article. That is, a list a every living human defeats the point of information contained in a list of the Top _____ (100 or 78 or whatever number) Oldest Living Humans. Etc. Etc. Etc. So, what's the practical solution? Delete all these articles? Like we did with the 7 Academy Award articles?

So, please help clarify these issues for me -- so that I can understand why the Academy Award articles are considered "arbitrary in cut off", why they were deleted, and how to fix them up to get them un-deleted. Please reply at my Talk Page: User talk:Joseph A. Spadaro. Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro 18:14, 6 October 2007 (UTC))

Ah, now things are clearer now. Yes that is correct, the articles were deleted because Wikipedians consider the lists to be arbitrarily defined. (A) If it is defined by the official organization, you have some form of argument here to address the "arbitrary list" concern. You should have participated in the AfD, pointed this out and referred to links of the official website. Better if (B) there are third-party, independent sources (i.e. secondary sources, very important!) to convince other editors in the AfD that it is widely used as a form of standard rather than an arbitrary gauge that everyone else though so - This is particularly true if you need to use an rather "odd" number (like 79) as the yardstick. Editors in the AfD might probably made the conclusion/assumption that the person who created the article had defined the numbers because this argument and its relevant sources were not brought up in front of them to address during the AfD. Sources is gold, because merely arguing point (C) will only result in editors throwing the response/objection of "then you're right, we should delete the rest as well" towards this argument.

At this point you might want to search the Internet to find some reputable sources (news report, etc.) that will help you back the above. You mentioned that Two Oscars or more for a person is noteworthy, then I'm sure at least one news/entertainment source will sure point out this fact (or/and the rarity of Two Oscars). Gather all your research of links (hopefully several!) to prove that this set of lists are noteworthy and non-arbitrary, and start a deletion review (DRV) with your arguments, sources, and noting that you have new evidence to disprove the concerns in the original AfD to begin the undeletion process. DRV discussions take about two weeks, and if successful will result in undeletion of all the abovementioned articles. Because this AfD is a multi-nomination, you may choose to argue for each article seperately if you wish to. If you do managed to get the articles undeleted, don't forget to add all the sources you have put forth in the DRV discussion to these articles as well.

For your last point, some topics have a generally defined guideline by Wikipedians on the cut-off point based on AfD precedents. (They don't have one for academy awards or list, though) However, at the end of the day it is just a rough guideline, and editors on AfDs ultimately judge based on verifiability (i.e. secondary sources) on a case-to-case basis. :) - Best regards, Mailer Diablo 04:10, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply and for all of the above input and information. I will collect some sources and I will begin the deletion review process once I have gathered the necessary information. Thanks again for your help. (Joseph A. Spadaro 01:59, 16 October 2007 (UTC))

Emails[edit]

The following are the content of the deleted articles. They are sent by email due to the size.

The articles have been deleted due to concerns that the standards of inclusion in the list is arbitrary. This means it is very difficult for these articles to return "as such". However, you might find the below-mentioned information useful enough for other purposes outside Wikipedia, or to be merged into existing articles.

Best regards, Mailer Diablo

Deletion Discussion: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of actors receiving six or more Academy Award nominations[edit]

List of Deleted Articles[edit]

Deleted Academy Award articles (07 total):

List of actors receiving six or more Academy Award nominations - Deleted
List of actors receiving two or more Academy Awards - Deleted
List of films receiving ten or more Academy Award nominations - Deleted
List of films receiving three or more acting Academy Award nominations - Deleted
List of films receiving two or more acting Academy Awards - Deleted
List of people receiving five or more Academy Awards - Deleted
List of people receiving three or more Academy Award directing nominations - Deleted

List of actors receiving six or more Academy Award nominations[edit]

The following actors have each received six or more Academy Award nominations for their acting roles (wins are indicated in bold). Some of these actors have also won honorary awards, or have been nominated or have won in other categories (e.g., direction, writing). Those nominations and awards are not included.

14 nominations[edit]

Meryl Streep (2 wins)
- The Deer Hunter (1978, supp.), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979, supp.), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981, lead), Sophie's Choice (1982, lead), Silkwood (1983, lead), Out of Africa (1985, lead), Ironweed (1987, lead), A Cry in the Dark (1988, lead), Postcards from the Edge (1990, lead), The Bridges of Madison County (1995, lead), One True Thing (1998, lead), Music of the Heart (1999, lead), Adaptation. (2002, supp.), The Devil Wears Prada (2006, lead).

12 nominations[edit]

Katharine Hepburn (4 wins)
- Morning Glory (1933, lead), Alice Adams (1935, lead), The Philadelphia Story (1940, lead), Woman of the Year (1942, lead), The African Queen (1951, lead), Summertime (1955, lead), The Rainmaker (1956, lead), Suddenly, Last Summer (1959, lead), Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962, lead), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (1967, lead), The Lion in Winter (1968, lead) - (tied with Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl), On Golden Pond (1981, lead).
Jack Nicholson (3 wins)
- Easy Rider (1969, supp.), Five Easy Pieces (1970, lead), The Last Detail (1973, lead), Chinatown (1974, lead), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975, lead), Reds (1981, supp.), Terms of Endearment (1983, supp.), Prizzi's Honor (1985, lead), Ironweed (1987, lead), A Few Good Men (1992, supp.), As Good As It Gets (1997, lead), About Schmidt (2002, lead).

11 nominations[edit]

Bette Davis (2 wins)
- Of Human Bondage (1934, lead), Dangerous (1935, lead), Jezebel (1938, lead), Dark Victory (1939, lead), The Letter (1940, lead), The Little Foxes (1941, lead), Now, Voyager (1942, lead), Mr. Skeffington (1944, lead), All About Eve (1950, lead), The Star (1952, lead), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962, lead).

10 nominations[edit]

Laurence Olivier (1 win)
- Wuthering Heights (1939, lead), Rebecca (1940, lead), Henry V (1946, lead), Hamlet (1948, lead), Richard III (1956, lead), The Entertainer (1960, lead), Othello (1965, lead), Sleuth (1972, lead), Marathon Man (1976, supp.), The Boys from Brazil (1978, lead). (Olivier also has 2 Best Picture nominations, Henry V & Hamlet; 1 Best Director nomination, Hamlet; was awarded a Special Award for Henry V and a Life Achievement Award.)

9 nominations[edit]

Paul Newman (1 win)
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958, lead), The Hustler (1961, lead), Hud (1963, lead), Cool Hand Luke (1967, lead), Absence of Malice (1981, lead), The Verdict (1982, lead), The Color of Money (1986, lead), Nobody's Fool (1994, lead), Road to Perdition (2002, supp.). (Newman also was awarded a Life Achievement Award and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.)
Spencer Tracy (2 wins)
- San Francisco (1936, lead), Captains Courageous (1937, lead), Boys Town (1938, lead), Father of the Bride (1950, lead), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955, lead), The Old Man and the Sea (1958, lead), Inherit the Wind (1960, lead), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961, lead), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (1967, lead).

8 nominations[edit]

Marlon Brando (2 wins)
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951, lead), Viva Zapata! (1952, lead), Julius Caesar (1953, lead), On the Waterfront (1954, lead), Sayonara (1957, lead), The Godfather (1972, lead)-(Refused), Last Tango in Paris (1973, lead), A Dry White Season (1989, supp.).
Jack Lemmon (2 wins)
- Mister Roberts (1955, supp.), Some Like It Hot (1959, lead), The Apartment (1960, lead), Days of Wine and Roses (1962, lead), Save the Tiger (1973, lead), The China Syndrome (1979, lead), Tribute (1980, lead), Missing (1982, lead).
Peter O'Toole (0 wins)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962, lead), Becket (1964, lead), The Lion in Winter (1968, lead), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969, lead), The Ruling Class (1972, lead), The Stunt Man (1980, lead), My Favorite Year (1982, lead), Venus (2006, lead). (O'Toole was awarded with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002.)
Al Pacino (1 win)
- The Godfather (1972, supp.), Serpico (1973, lead), The Godfather Part II (1974, lead), Dog Day Afternoon (1975, lead), ...And Justice for All (1979, lead), Dick Tracy (1990, supp.), Scent of a Woman (1992, lead), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992, supp.).
Geraldine Page (1 win)
- Hondo (1953, supp.), Summer and Smoke (1961, lead), Sweet Bird of Youth (1962, lead), You're a Big Boy Now (1966, supp.), Pete 'n' Tillie (1972, supp.), Interiors (1978, lead), The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984, supp.), The Trip to Bountiful (1985, lead).

7 nominations[edit]

Ingrid Bergman (3 wins)
- For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943, lead), Gaslight (1944, lead), The Bells of St. Mary's (1945, lead), Joan of Arc (1948, lead), Anastasia (1956, lead), Murder on the Orient Express (1974, supp.), Autumn Sonata (1978, lead).
Richard Burton (0 wins)
- My Cousin Rachel (1952, supp.), The Robe (1953, lead), Becket (1964, lead), The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (1965, lead), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966, lead), Anne of the Thousand Days (1969, lead), Equus (1977, lead).
Jane Fonda (2 wins)
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969, lead), Klute (1971, lead), Julia (1977, lead), Coming Home (1978, lead), The China Syndrome (1979, lead), On Golden Pond (1981, supp.), The Morning After (1986, lead).
Greer Garson (1 win)
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939, lead), Blossoms in the Dust (1941, lead), Mrs. Miniver (1942, lead), Madame Curie (1943, lead), Mrs. Parkington (1944, lead), The Valley of Decision (1945, lead), Sunrise at Campobello (1960, lead).
Dustin Hoffman (2 wins)
- The Graduate (1967, lead), Midnight Cowboy (1969, lead), Lenny (1974, lead), Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979, lead), Tootsie (1982, lead), Rain Man (1988, lead), Wag the Dog (1997, lead).

6 nominations[edit]

Ellen Burstyn (1 win)
- The Last Picture Show (1971, supp.), The Exorcist (1973, lead), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974, lead), Same Time, Next Year (1978, lead), Resurrection (1980, lead), Requiem for a Dream (2000, lead).
Michael Caine (2 wins)
- Alfie (1966, lead), Sleuth (1972, lead), Educating Rita (1983, lead), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986, supp.), The Cider House Rules (1999, supp.), The Quiet American (2002, lead).
Judi Dench (1 win)
- Mrs. Brown (1997, lead), Shakespeare in Love (1998, supp.), Chocolat (2000, supp.), Iris (2001, lead), Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005, lead), Notes on a Scandal (2006, lead).
Robert De Niro (2 wins)
- The Godfather, Part II (1974, supp.), Taxi Driver (1976, lead), The Deer Hunter (1978, lead), Raging Bull (1980, lead), Awakenings (1990, lead), Cape Fear (1991, lead).
Robert Duvall (1 win)
- The Godfather (1972, supp.), Apocalypse Now (1979, supp.), The Great Santini (1980, lead), Tender Mercies (1983, lead), The Apostle (1997, lead), A Civil Action (1998, supp.).
Deborah Kerr (0 wins)
- Edward, My Son (1949, lead), From Here to Eternity (1953, lead), The King and I (1956, lead), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957, lead), Separate Tables (1958, lead), The Sundowners (1960, lead).
Jessica Lange (2 wins)
- Frances (1982, lead), Tootsie (1982, supp.), Country (1984, lead), Sweet Dreams (1985, lead), Music Box (1989, lead), Blue Sky (1994, lead).
Paul Muni (1 win)
- The Valiant (1928/29, lead), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932/33, lead), Black Fury (1935, lead), The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936, lead), The Life of Emile Zola (1937, lead), The Last Angry Man (1959, lead).
Vanessa Redgrave (1 win)
- Morgan! (1966, lead), Isadora (1968, lead), Mary, Queen of Scots (1971, lead), Julia (1977, supp.), The Bostonians (1984, lead), Howards End (1992, supp.).
Thelma Ritter (0 wins)
- All About Eve (1950, supp.), The Mating Season (1951, supp.), With a Song in My Heart (1952, supp.), Pickup on South Street (1953, supp.), Pillow Talk (1959, supp.), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962, supp.).
Maggie Smith (2 wins)
- Othello (1965, supp.), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969, lead), Travels with My Aunt (1972, lead), California Suite (1978, supp.), A Room with a View (1986, supp.), Gosford Park (2001, supp.).
Sissy Spacek (1 win)
- Carrie (1976, lead), Coal Miner's Daughter (1980, lead), Missing (1982, lead), The River (1984, lead), Crimes of the Heart (1986, lead), In the Bedroom (2001, lead).

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List of actors receiving two or more Academy Awards[edit]

The following actors have each received two or more Academy Awards in the acting categories of Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

4 awards[edit]

Katharine Hepburn (4 leading awards) (from 12 nominations)

3 awards[edit]

Ingrid Bergman (2 leading awards and 1 supporting award) (from 7 nominations)
Walter Brennan (3 supporting awards) (from 4 nominations)
Jack Nicholson (2 leading awards and 1 supporting award) (from 12 nominations)

2 awards[edit]

2 leading awards[edit]

Marlon Brando (from 8 nominations)
Gary Cooper (from 5 nominations)
Bette Davis (from 10 nominations)
Olivia de Havilland (from 5 nominations)
Sally Field (from 2 nominations)
Jane Fonda (from 7 nominations)
Jodie Foster (from 4 nominations)
Tom Hanks (from 5 nominations)
Dustin Hoffman (from 7 nominations)
Glenda Jackson (from 4 nominations)
Vivien Leigh (from 2 nominations)
Fredric March (from 5 nominations)
Luise Rainer (from 2 nominations)
Hilary Swank (from 2 nominations)
Elizabeth Taylor (from 5 nominations)
Spencer Tracy (from 9 nominations)

1 leading award and 1 supporting award[edit]

Robert De Niro (from 6 nominations)
Gene Hackman (from 5 nominations)
Helen Hayes (from 2 nominations)
Jessica Lange (from 6 nominations)
Jack Lemmon (from 8 nominations)
Maggie Smith (from 6 nominations)
Kevin Spacey (from 2 nominations)
Meryl Streep (from 14 nominations)
Denzel Washington (from 5 nominations)

2 supporting awards[edit]

Michael Caine (from 6 nominations)
Melvyn Douglas (from 3 nominations)
Anthony Quinn (from 4 nominations)
Jason Robards (from 3 nominations)
Peter Ustinov (from 4 nominations)
Dianne Wiest (from 3 nominations)
Shelley Winters (from 4 nominations)

List of films receiving ten or more Academy Award nominations[edit]

The following films have each received ten or more Academy Award nominations. These statistics are valid through the 79th Academy Awards, which were presented on February 25, 2007.

List of films receiving three or more acting Academy Award nominations[edit]

The following films have each received three or more Academy Award acting nominations (with year of release and number of awards received). Some of these films have received nominations in each of the four competitive acting categories (Leading Actor, Leading Actress, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress).

5 nominations[edit]

Mrs. Miniver (1942) - 2
All About Eve (1950) - 1
From Here to Eternity (1953) - 2
On the Waterfront (1954) - 2
Peyton Place (1957) - 0
Tom Jones (1963) - 0
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) - 1
The Godfather, Part II (1974) - 1
Network (1976) - 3

4 nominations[edit]

My Man Godfrey (1936) - 0
Gone with the Wind (1939) - 2
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) - 1
The Song of Bernadette (1943) - 1
Gentleman's Agreement (1947) - 1
I Remember Mama (1948) - 0
Johhny Belinda (1948) - 1
Sunset Boulevard (1950) - 0
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) - 3
The Defiant Ones (1958) - 0
The Hustler (1961) - 0
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) - 1
Othello (1965) - 0
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) - 2
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (1967) - 1
The Last Picture Show (1971) - 2
The Godfather (1972) - 1
Rocky (1976) - 0
Julia (1977) - 2
The Turning Point (1977) - 0
Coming Home (1978) - 2
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) - 2
Reds (1981) - 1
Terms of Endearment (1983) - 2
Chicago (2002) - 1

3 nominations[edit]

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) - 0 (Each of this film's three nominations were for Best Actor in a Leading Role. This was the first film to have more than one actor nominated within the same category.)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) - 0
The Philadelphia Story (1940) - 1
Rebecca (1940) - 0
The Little Foxes (1941) - 0
Sergeant York (1941) - 1
Gaslight (1944) - 1
Going My Way (1944) - 2 (Barry Fitzgerald was nominated for both Leading Actor and Supporting Actor awards for the same role in this film. He won the latter, but lost the former to Bing Crosby, who also won for Going My Way.)
Since You Went Away (1944) - 0
Mildred Pierce (1945) - 1
All the King's Men (1949) - 2
Come to the Stable (1949) - 0
Pinky (1949) - 0
Death of a Salesman (1951) - 0
Marty (1955) - 1
The Bad Seed (1956) - 0
Giant (1956) - 0
Sayonara (1957) - 2
Separate Tables (1958) - 2
Some Came Running (1958) - 0
Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - 0
Room at the Top (1959) - 1
The Apartment (1960) - 0
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) - 0
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) - 1
Hud (1963) - 2
Becket (1964) - 0
My Fair Lady (1964) - 1
Ship of Fools (1965) - 0
A Man For All Seasons (1966) - 1
The Graduate (1967) - 0
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - 0
Midnight Cowboy (1969) - 0
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - 1
Love Story (1970) - 0
The Exorcist (1973) - 0
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - 2
The Goodbye Girl (1977) - 1
The Deer Hunter (1978) - 1
Heaven Can Wait (1978) - 0
Ordinary People (1980) - 1
Raging Bull (1980) - 1
On Golden Pond (1981) - 2
Only When I Laugh (1981) - 0
Tootsie (1982) - 1
Victor/Victoria (1982) - 0
Places in the Heart (1984) - 1
The Color Purple (1985) - 0
Prizzi's Honor (1985) - 1
Children of a Lesser God (1986) - 1
Broadcast News (1987) - 0
Moonstruck (1987) - 2
Working Girl (1988) - 0
Driving Miss Daisy (1989) - 1
Dances with Wolves (1990) - 0
Bugsy (1991) - 0
In the Name of the Father (1993) - 0
Pulp Fiction (1994) - 0
The English Patient (1996) - 1
As Good As It Gets (1997) - 2
Good Will Hunting (1997) - 1
Shakespeare in Love (1998) - 2
In the Bedroom (2001) - 0
Iris (2001) - 1
Adaptation (2002) - 1
The Hours (2002) - 1
Mystic River (2003) - 2
The Aviator (2004) - 1
Million Dollar Baby (2004) - 2
Brokeback Mountain (2005) - 0

Nominations in all four acting categories[edit]

To date, 13 films have received Oscar nominations in each of the four competitive acting categories (Leading Actor, Leading Actress, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress):

My Man Godfrey (1936) - 0
Mrs. Miniver (1942) - 2
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) - 1
Johnny Belinda (1948) - 1
Sunset Boulevard (1950) - 0
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) - 3
From Here to Eternity (1953) - 2
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) - 2
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) - 1
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) - 1
Network (1976) - 3
Coming Home (1978) - 2
Reds (1981) - 1

No film to date has ever produced Oscar-winning performances in the four competitive acting categories (Leading Actor, Leading Actress, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress). The two films which came closest to achieving this feat were A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) and Network (1976), with each film earning three out of the four acting Oscars.

- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) - 4 nominations / 3 wins

Nomination for Leading Actor: Marlon Brando - lost to Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen (1951)
Nomination for Leading Actress: Vivien Leigh - won
Nomination for Supporting Actor: Karl Malden - won
Nomination for Supporting Actress: Kim Hunter - won

- Network (1976) - 5 nominations / 3 wins

Nomination for Leading Actor: Peter Finch - won
Nomination for Leading Actor: William Holden - lost to Peter Finch in Network (1976)
Nomination for Leading Actress: Faye Dunaway - won
Nomination for Supporting Actor: Ned Beatty - lost to Jason Robards in All the President's Men (1976)
Nomination for Supporting Actress: Beatrice Straight - won

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List of films receiving two or more acting Academy Awards[edit]

The following films have each received two or more Academy Awards for acting.

3 Oscars[edit]

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) - from 4 nominations
Network (1976) - from 5 nominations

2 Oscars[edit]

It Happened One Night (1934) - from 2 nominations
Jezebel (1938) - from 2 nominations
Gone With the Wind (1939) - from 4 nominations
Mrs. Miniver (1942) - from 5 nominations
Going My Way (1944) - from 3 nominations
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) - from 2 nominations
All the King's Men (1949) - from 3 nominations
From Here to Eternity (1953) - from 5 nominations
On the Waterfront (1954) - from 5 nominations
Sayonara (1957) - from 3 nominations
Separate Tables (1958) - from 3 nominations
Ben Hur (1959) - from 2 nominations
Elmer Gantry (1960) - from 2 nominations
West Side Story (1961) - from 2 nominations
The Miracle Worker (1962) - from 2 nominations
Hud (1963) - from 3 nominations
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) - from 4 nominations
The Last Picture Show (1971) - from 4 nominations
Cabaret (1972) - from 2 nominations
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - from 3 nominations
Julia (1977) - from 4 nominations
Coming Home (1978) - from 4 nominations
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) - from 4 nominations
On Golden Pond (1981) - from 3 nominations
Terms of Endearment (1983) - from 4 nominations
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) - from 2 nominations
Moonstruck (1987) - from 3 nominations
My Left Foot (1989) - from 2 nominations
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - from 2 nominations
The Piano (1993) - from 2 nominations
As Good As It Gets (1997) - from 3 nominations
Shakespeare in Love (1998) - from 3 nominations
Mystic River (2003) - from 3 nominations
Million Dollar Baby (2004) - from 3 nominations

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List of people receiving five or more Academy Awards[edit]

The following individuals have each received five or more Academy Awards (within any category, including honorary awards).

11 awards[edit]

10 awards[edit]

Farciot Edouart

9 awards[edit]

8 awards[edit]

7 awards[edit]

6 awards[edit]

5 awards[edit]

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List of people receiving three or more Academy Award directing nominations[edit]

The following film directors have each received three or more nominations for the Academy Award for Directing, winners are indicated with ♦.

12 nominations[edit]

William Wyler♦
- Wuthering Heights, 1939
- The Letter, 1940
- The Little Foxes, 1941
- Mrs. Miniver♦, 1942
- The Best Years of Our Lives♦, 1946
- The Heiress, 1949
- Detective Story, 1951
- Roman Holiday, 1953
- Friendly Persuasion, 1956
- Ben-Hur♦, 1959
- The Collector, 1965

8 nominations[edit]

Billy Wilder♦
- Double Indemnity, 1944
- The Lost Weekend♦, 1945
- Sunset Blvd., 1950
- Stalag 17, 1953
- Sabrina, 1954
- Witness for the Prosecution, 1957
- Some Like it Hot, 1959
- The Apartment♦, 1960

7 nominations[edit]

Sir David Lean♦
- Brief Encounter, 1946
- Great Expectations, 1947
- Summertime, 1955
- The Bridge on the River Kwai♦, 1957
- Lawrence of Arabia♦, 1962
- Doctor Zhivago, 1965
- A Passage to India, 1984

Fred Zinnemann♦
- The Search, 1948
- High Noon, 1952
- From Here to Eternity♦, 1953
- The Nun's Story, 1959
- The Sundowners, 1960
- A Man for All Seasons♦, 1966
- Julia, 1977

6 nominations[edit]

Woody Allen♦
- Annie Hall♦, 1977
- Interiors, 1978
- Broadway Danny Rose, 1984
- Hannah and Her Sisters, 1986
- Crimes and Misdemeanors, 1989
- Bullets Over Broadway, 1994

Frank Capra♦
- Lady for a Day, 1932/33
- It Happened One Night♦, 1934
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town♦, 1936
- You Can't Take It with You♦, 1938
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 1939
- It's a Wonderful Life, 1946

Martin Scorsese♦
- Raging Bull, 1980
- The Last Temptation of Christ, 1988
- Goodfellas, 1990
- Gangs of New York, 2002
- The Aviator, 2004
- The Departed♦, 2006

Steven Spielberg♦
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1977
- Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 1982
- Schindler's List♦, 1993
- Saving Private Ryan♦, 1998
- Munich, 2005

5 nominations[edit]

Robert Altman
- M*A*S*H, 1970
- Nashville, 1975
- The Player, 1992
- Short Cuts, 1993
- Gosford Park, 2001

Clarence Brown
- Anna Christie and Romance, 1929/30
- A Free Soul, 1930/31
- The Human Comedy, 1943
- National Velvet, 1945
- The Yearling, 1946

George Cukor♦
- Little Women, 1933
- The Philadelphia Story, 1940
- A Double Life, 1947
- Born Yesterday, 1950
- My Fair Lady♦, 1964

John Ford♦, who holds the record for the most Best Director awards won, with four
- The Informer♦, 1935
- Stagecoach, 1939
- The Grapes of Wrath♦, 1940
- How Green Was My Valley♦, 1941
- The Quiet Man♦, 1952

Alfred Hitchcock
- Rebecca, 1940
- Lifeboat, 1944
- Spellbound, 1945
- Rear Window, 1954
- Psycho, 1960

John Huston♦
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre♦, 1948
- The Asphalt Jungle, 1950
- The African Queen, 1951
- Moulin Rouge, 1952
- Prizzi's Honor, 1985

Elia Kazan♦
- Gentleman's Agreement♦, 1947
- A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951
- On the Waterfront♦, 1954
- East of Eden, 1955
- America, America, 1963

Frank Lloyd♦
- The Divine Lady♦, 1928/29
- Weary River, 1928/29 (No official nominations were announced this year.)
- Drag, 1928/29 (No official nominations were announced this year.)
- Cavalcade♦, 1932/33
- Mutiny on the Bounty, 1935