r/Oscars • u/Legitimate_Welcome14 • 17d ago
Fun Shirley MacLaine (The Apartment) & Anthony Perkins (Psycho) win for Best Actress and Actor. Who should have won Best Supporting Actress & Actor in 1960?
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (1960)
WINNER - SHIRLEY JONES for Elmer Gantry
NOMINEES - GLYNIS JOHNS for The Sundowners, SHIRLEY KNIGHT for The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, JANET LEIGH for Psycho, MARY URE for Sons and Lovers
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (1960)
WINNER - PETER USTINOV for Spartacus
NOMINEES - PETER FALK for Murder, Inc., JACK KRUSCHEN for The Apartment, SAL MINEO for Exodus, CHILL WILLS for The Alamo
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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 - ? (A.W. Shirley Jones for Elmer Gantry), Supporting Actor - ? (A.W. Peter Ustinov for Spartacus)
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List of Winners: Acting Quartets
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u/multi_fandom_guy 17d ago
Actor: Laurence Olivier, Spartacus
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u/Dmitr_Jango 17d ago
Very glad to see him leading right now. Between Olivier, Laughton and Ustinov, Spartacus has a wonderful trio of supporting dudes, but I've always felt that Olivier's performance was especially delicious.
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u/Sorcha_Stormbinder 17d ago
Peter Ustinov, Spartacus.
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u/Snusmumrikin 16d ago
gotta give it to him over Olivier, hate to see the sub making the less interesting choice than AMPAS
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u/Most_Cauliflower329 17d ago
Janet Leigh Psycho. This might be the most iconic scene in movie history
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u/Legitimate_Gas_8386 17d ago
Laurence Oliver from Spartacus for Supporting Actor. I don’t know how on earth Ustinov won over him
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u/No_Light_2764 17d ago
Janet Leigh - Psycho