Only three people have turned down an Oscar: Dudley Nichols, Marlon Brando, and George C. Scott. Katharine Hepburn won four Academy Awards but never attended the ceremonies. Beatrice Straight won Best Supporting Actress for less than six minutes of screen time. Joanne Woodward and Peter Sellers were nominated for playing multiple roles in a film.
Only three people have ever turned down an Oscar: Dudley Nichols, Marlon Brando, George C. Scott. Nichols, a screenwriter, was the first person to turn down an Oscar in 1936. Brando turned down the Best Actor award for his work in The Godfather as a protest against the way Hollywood portrayed Native Americans in film, and Scott she turned hers down for Patton because she felt acting shouldn’t be competitive.
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Although Katharine Hepburn won four Academy Awards for her acting, she did not attend award ceremonies in any of the years she won. She also holds the record for longest time between her first and last nomination: 48 years.
The shortest performance ever to earn an Oscar was as Beatrice Straight in Network. Straight won Best Supporting Actress even though she had less than six minutes of screen time.
Two actors have been nominated for an Academy Award for playing more than two roles in the same film: Joanne Woodward for Three Faces of Eve and Peter Sellers for Dr. Strangelove.
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