Members Paul Raven Posted July 13, 2015 Members Share Posted July 13, 2015 Looking through the Academy Award list of nominated and winning performances,I noticed many performers who acted on soaps before and after their nomination/win. So, I have compiled a list of actors who have both soaps and Academy Award worthy roles in their resumes. I'll begin with the best supporting actress nominees and winners.Winners are denoted with an asterisk. Hope you find it interesting and informative!! Supporting actress 1936 * Gale Sondergaard Anthony Adverse 1946 Anna and the King of Siam played Amanda Key on Best of Everything (1970) and Marguerite Beaulac on Ryan's Hope(1976) 1939 Geraldine Fitzgerald Wuthering Heights Violet Jordan on Best of Everything 1970 1940 Judith Anderson Rebecca Minx Lockridge on Santa Barbara 1984-85 1941 Teresa Wright The Little Foxes 1942 Mrs Miniver * Grace Cummings on Guiding Light 1986 1942 Susan Peters Random Harvest Susan Martin on Miss Susan 1951 1943 Anne Revere The Song of Bernadette 1945 * National Velvet 1947 Gentleman's Agreement Rose Simon on Flame in the Wind 1965-66,Dorothy Stewart Edge of Night 1969-70,Agnes Lake Search for Tomorrow 1970-71,Marguerite Beaulac Ryan's Hope 1977 1947 *Celeste Holm Gentleman's Agreement 1949 Come to the Stable 1950 All about Eve Isabelle Alden on Loving 1991/92 1949 * Mercedes McCambridge All the King's Men 1956 Giant was on The Doctors 1963 1951 Lee Grant Detective Story 1970 The Landlord 1975 Shampoo Rose Peterson on Search for Tomorrow 1953 1952 Kim Hunter A Streetcar Named Desire Nola Madison on Edge of Night 1979 1953 Geraldine Page Hondo 1966 You're a Big Boy Now 1973 Pete 'n' Tillie 1984 Pope of Greenwich Village Amelia Whitney on Loving premiere 1983 1954 Jan Sterling The High and the Mighty Mildred Foss Guiding Light 1969/70 1955 Marisa Pavan The Rose Tattoo Chantal Dubujack 1985 0n RH 1956 Eileen Heckart The Bad Seed 1972 Butterflies Are Free Ruth Perkins 1986 and Wilma Bern One Life to Live1992 1956 Patty McCormack The Bad Seed Lisha Steele on Young Dr Malone1962,The Best of Everything 1970 and Kim Dixon on ATWT 1976 1957 Carolyn Jones The Bachelor Party Myrna Clegg on Capitol 1982/83 1958 Peggy Cass Auntie Mame Sweeney on The Doctors 1978 1960 *Shirley Jones Elmer Gantry Colleen Brady on Days of Our Lives 2008 1962 *Patty Duke The Miracle Worker Ellen Dennis on The Brighter Day 1958/59 1963 Lilia Skala Lilies of the Field Mrs Leshinsky on SFT in 1969 1964 Grayson Hall The Night of the Iguana Julia Hoffman on Dark Shadows 1967/71 and Euphemia Ralston on OLTL 1984 1965 Peggy Wood The Sound of Music Kate Nolan on OLTL 1969 1966 *Sandy Dennis Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Alice Holden on GL 1956 1969 Catherine Burns Last Summer Cathy Craig in OLTL 1969 1972 Dyan Cannon Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 1978 Heaven Can Wait Lisa Crowder on Full Circle 1960 1970 Sally Kellerman M*A*S*H Constance Bingham on Y&R 2015 1971 Ellen Burstyn The Last Picture Show as Ellen McCrae Kate Bartok on The Doctorsin 1965 1973 Sylvia Sidney Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams Sister Mary Joel on RH in 1975 1974 Diane Ladd Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1990 Wild At Heart 1991 Rambling Rose Kitty Styles on Secret Storm 1969 1976 *Beatrice Straight Network Vinnie Phillips on Love of Life 1970 1987 *Olympia Dukakis Moonstruck Barbara Moreno on SFT 1983 1988 Sigourney Weaver Working Girl Avis Ryan on Somerset 1976 1990 Mary McDonnell Dances With Wolves Claudia Colfax 1980 1992 *Marisa Tomei My Cousin Vinny 2001 In the Bedroom 2008 The Wrestler Marcy Thompson on ATWT 1984-85 1995 *Mira Sorvino Mighty Aphrodite temp replacement on GL as Julie Camaletti 1997 Julianne Moore Boogie Nights 2002 The Hours Carmen Engler on EON in 1984 and Frannie Hughes on ATWT 1984/86 1998 Kathy Bates Primary Colors 2002 About Schmidt Phyllis on The Doctors 1977 2007 Ruby Dee American Gangster Martha Frazier on GL 1966 2010 *Melissa Leo The Fighter Linda Warner on AMC 1984 2013 June Squibb Nebraska Pearl on Y&R 2008/9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted July 13, 2015 Members Share Posted July 13, 2015 An addition: Geraldine Page won in 1986 for The Trip to Bountiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JellicleCat Posted July 13, 2015 Members Share Posted July 13, 2015 She won for best actress, and this list is for the best supporting actress winners and nominees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jcar03 Posted July 13, 2015 Members Share Posted July 13, 2015 Julianne Moore has more nominations than just two: 1998- Boogie Nights Supporting Nom 2000 - The End of the Affair Lead Nom 2003 - The Hours Supporting Nom 2003 - Far from Heaven Lead Nom 2015 - Still Alice Lead Won Maybe I should of read the whole thing at the top. The title threw me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted July 14, 2015 Members Share Posted July 14, 2015 Oop, didn't catch the SA part, my bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted July 14, 2015 Author Members Share Posted July 14, 2015 Best Actress nominees and winners. 1940 Joan Fontaine Rebecca 1941 Suspicion * 1943 The Constant Nymph Paige Williams on Ryan's Hope in 1980 1940 Martha Scott Our Town Jennifer Talbot on GH 1986/87 1942 Teresa Wright The Pride of the Yankees Grace Cummings Guiding Light 1986 1945 Joan Crawford Mildred Pierce* 1947 Possessed 1952 Sudden Fear subbed for daughter Christina Crawford as Joan Kane on Secret Storm 1968 1947 Dorothy McGuire Gentleman's Agreement Cora Miller on Y&R 1984 1957 Elizabeth Taylor Raintree County 1958 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1959 Suddenly, Last Summer 1960 Butterfield 8* 1966 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Helena Cassadine on GH 1981 1961 Geraldine Page Summer and Smoke 1962 Sweet Bird of Youth 1978Interiors 1983 The Trip to Bountiful* played Amelia Whitney on Loving premiere 1983 1965 Samantha Eggar The Collector Charlotte Devane on AMC 2000 1972 Cicely Tyson Sounder Martha Frazier on Guiding Light 1966 1973 Ellen BurstynThe Exorcist 1974 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore* 1978 Same Time Next Year 1980 Resurrection 2000 Requiem For A Dream As Ellen McRae Kate Bartok The Doctors 1965 1973Marsha Mason Cinderella Liberty 1977 The Goodbye Girl 1979 Chapter Two 1981 Only When I Laugh Laura Blackburn Where The Heart Is 1971 Judith Cole Love of Life 1971/7 1974 Valerie Perrine Lenny Dolores Snyder on ATWT 1998/99 1978 Jill Clayburgh An Unmarried Woman 1980 Starting Over Grace Bolton on Search for Tomorrow 1969 1981 Susan Sarandon Atlantic City 1991 Thelma & Louise 1992 Lorenzo's Oil 1994 The Client 1995 Dead Man Walking* Patrice Kahlman on A World Apart 1970/71 and Sarah Fairbanks on SFT 1972 1986 Sigourney Weaver Aliens 1988 Gorillas in the Mist Avis Ryan Somerset 1976 1986 Kathleen Turner Peggy Sue Got Married Nola Dancy The Doctors 1977/78 1987 Sally Kirkland Anna ? Days of Our Lives 1999 1990 Kathy Bates Misery* Phyllis The Doctors 1977 1992 Mary McDonnell Passion Fish Claudia Colfax ATWT 1980 1993 Angela Bassett What's Love Got to Do With It ? Search for Tomorrow ? 1999Julianne Moore The End of the Affair 2002 Far from Heaven 2015 Still Alice* Carmen Engler Edge of Night 1984 and Frannie Hughes ATWT 1985/88 2008 Melissa Leo Frozen River Linda Warner AMC 1984 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Vixen Posted July 14, 2015 Members Share Posted July 14, 2015 For Susan Surrandom, you forgot to include "Dead Man Walking" in 1995, for which she won the Oscar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted July 15, 2015 Author Members Share Posted July 15, 2015 Corrected. Thanks Vixen and apologies to Susan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Vixen Posted July 15, 2015 Members Share Posted July 15, 2015 No problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted July 17, 2015 Author Members Share Posted July 17, 2015 Best supporting actor nominees and winners 1948 Jose Ferrer Joan of Arc Reuben Marino Another World 1983 1953 Eddie Albert Roman Holiday Jack Boland General Hospital 1993 1955 Jack Lemmon Mister Roberts * I believe he appeared on a soap in early 50's. Can anyone verify? 1957 Russ Tamblyn Peyton Place Dr Rose General Hospital 2000 1962 Ed Begley Sweet Bird of Youth Rev Keeler Guiding Light 1952 1967 Michael J Pollard Bonnie and Clyde Sgt Brown Search for Tomorrow 1981 1971 Roy Scheider The French Connection Bob Hill Secret Storm 1967 1975 Chris Sarandon Dog Day Afternoon Tom Halverson Guiding Light 1969/70 1978 Christopher Walken The Deer Hunter 2002 Catch Me If You Can Michael Bauer Guiding Light 1954/56 1981 Harold E Rollins Jr Ragtime Ed Harding Another World 1982 1982 Charles Durning Best Little Whorehouse In Texas 1983 To Be or Not To Be Gil McGowan Another World 1972 1984 Adolph Cesar A Soldiers Story Douglas Burke General Hospital 1969 1985 Robert Loggia Jagged Edge Frank Carver Secret Storm 1972 Tony Vincente Search for Tomorrow 1973 1987 Morgan Freeman Street Smart 2004 Million Dollar Baby Roy Bingham Another World 1982/84 1988 Kevin Kline a Fish Called Wanda Woody Search for Tomorrow 1976 1991 Tommy Lee Jones JFK 1993 The Fugitive * 2012 Lincoln Mark Toland One Life to Live 1971/74 1995 Brad Pitt Twelve Monkeys 1996 William H Macy Fargo Frank Fish Another World 1982 2003 Alec Baldwin The Cooler Billy Aldrich The Doctors 1980/82 2007 Hal Holbrook Into The Wild Grayling Dennis The Brighter Day1954/59 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Vixen Posted July 17, 2015 Members Share Posted July 17, 2015 I'm not sure if Jack Lemmon appeared on a television soap, but he did have an extensive background in radio soaps from what I've heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted July 26, 2015 Author Members Share Posted July 26, 2015 Best Actor 1950 Jose Ferrer Cyrano De Bergarac* 1952 Moulin Rouge Reuben Marino AW 1983 1970 James Earl Jones The Great White Hope Jim Frazier GL,Jerry Turner ATWT 1966 1979 Roy Scheider All That Jazz Bob Hill Secret Storm 1967 1984 F Murray Abraham Amadeus * Joshua Browne How To Survive a Marriage 1974 1989 Morgan Freeman Driving Miss Daisy 1994 The Shawshank Redemption 2009 Invictus Roy Bingham AW 1983 1993 Laurence Fishbourne What's Love Got to Do With It Joshua Hall OLTL 1974 2005 David Strathairn Good Night and Good Luck Dave Wilcox AW 1987 2007 Tommy Lee Jones In The Valley of Elah Mark Toland OLTL 1974 Viggo Mortenson Eastern Promises Bragg SFT 1984 2008 Brad Pitt The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Chris AW 1987 2010 James Franco 127 Hours Franco GH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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