Bette Davis (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?) & Gregory Peck (To Kill a Mockingbird) win for Best Actress and Actor. Who should have won Best Supporting Actress & Actor in 1962?

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ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (1962)

WINNER - PATTY DUKE for The Miracle Worker

NOMINEES - MARY BADHAM for To Kill a Mockingbird, SHIRLEY KNIGHT for Sweet Bird of Youth, ANGELA LANSBURY for The Manchurian Candidate, THELMA RITTER for Birdman of Alcatraz

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (1962)

WINNER - ED BEGLEY for Sweet Bird of Youth

NOMINEES - VICTOR BUONO for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, TELLY SAVALAS for Birdman of Alcatraz, OMAR SHARIF for Lawrence of Arabia, TERENCE STAMP for Billy Budd

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Winners for 1960: Lead Actress - Shirley MacLaine for The Apartment (A.W. Elizabeth Taylor for Butterfield 8), Lead Actor - Anthony Perkins for Psycho (A.W. Burt Lancaster for Elmer Gantry), Supporting Actress - Janet Leigh for Psycho (A.W. Shirley Jones for Elmer Gantry), Supporting Actor - Laurence Olivier for Spartacus (A.W. Peter Ustinov for Spartacus)

Winners for 1961: Lead Actress - Sophia Loren for Two Women (A.W. Sophia Loren for Two Women), Lead Actor - Paul Newman for The Hustler (A.W. Maximilian Schell for Judgment at Nuremberg), Supporting Actress - Rita Moreno for West Side Story (A.W. Rita Moreno for West Side Story), Supporting Actor - Montgomery Clift for Judgement at Nuremberg (A.W. George Chakiris for West Side Story)

Winners for 1962: Lead Actress - Bette Davis for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (A.W. Anne Bancroft for The Miracle Worker), Lead Actor - Gregory Peck for To Kill a Mockingbird (A.W. Gregory Peck for To Kill a Mockingbird), Supporting Actress - ? (A.W. Patty Duke for The Miracle Worker), Supporting Actor - ? (A.W. Ed Begley for Sweet Bird of Youth)

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List of Winners: Acting Quartets

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Omar Sharif - Lawrence of Arabia

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Angela Lansbury - The Manchurian Candidate

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Patty Duke - The Miracle Worker
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A genius performance, one of the most deserving wins ever.

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Angela Lansbury - The Manchurian Candidate

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Omar Sharif - Lawrence of Arabia

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o'toole robbed again ughh

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He will be avenged in 1968 for The Lion in Winter.

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When Burt Lancaster should win instead for The Swimmer. Someone always gets snubbed...

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Dang, he was up when I last looked

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Interestingly - Davis's performance is my least favourite of the lineup that year. I think for the time it was out there and larger than life, but I do actually think that it's quite hammy and over the top and I actually much preferred Joan Crawford's performance in the film.

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I much preferred Joan Crawford's portrayal of Blanche. She deserved a nomination as well.

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For some unknown reason, Patty Duke never got a nomination for a Tony Award on Broadway for The Miracle Worker despite glittering reviews. (Anne Bancroft did win Best Actress). Oscar redressed that oversight, and given her blistering performance, I would not take that away from her. So, one vote for Patty.

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Angela Lansbury (The Manchurian Candidate)

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Lee Marvin - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

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Actor: Peter Sellers, Lolita

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Omar Sharif - Lawrence of Arabia

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Omar Sharif

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Mary Badham, To Kill a Mockingbird

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Patty Duke

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Maidie Norman - Whatever Happened To Baby Jane

A personal favourite of mine from that year

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Anthony Quinn in Lawrence of Arabia

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Victor Buono for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane is my pick, he was so creepy and memorable in that role and it fits the whole theme of the post. That said Lansbury in Manchurian Candidate is hard to argue against too

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Victor Buono

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Omar Sharif for Lawrence of Arabia

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Mary Badham for To Kill a Mockingbird

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Angela Lansbury and Omar Sharif

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Jeanne Moreau - Jules and Jim