Thirteen actors have been nominated for Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor for portraying Roman Catholic priests or prelates. Three won Oscars: Spencer Tracy for ‘San Francisco’ (1936) and Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald for ‘Going My Way’ (1944). The most recent nominee is Ralph Fiennes, nominated for ‘Conclave’ (2024). Each of the actors is profiled here, with summaries of their careers and the movies for which they were nominated.
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Only three films have won all Big 5 Oscars—Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Directing, and Writing: ‘It Happened One Night,’ ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,’ and ‘The Silence of the Lambs.’ They represent different eras and different genres, but all are undoubtedly classics.
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The nominees for the 1945 Best Actress Oscar were Ingrid Bergman, Claudette Colbert, Bette Davis, Greer Garson, and Barbara Stanwyck. Read profiles of these talented actresses and learn about the 1944 movies for which they were nominated.
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Some of Hollywood’s best producers have been honored with the Thalberg Award. The award recognizes those who have demonstrated “a consistently high quality of motion picture production” over the course of their careers. This article profiles the honorees.
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The 1948 Best Actor Oscar nominees were Ronald Colman, John Garfield, Gregory Peck, William Powell, and Michael Redgrave. Read profiles of these actors and learn about the 1947 movies for which they were nominated.
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The 1944 Best Actor Oscar nominees were Humphrey Bogart, Gary Cooper, Paul Lukas, Walter Pidgeon, and Mickey Rooney. Read profiles of these actors along with summaries of the 1943 movies for which they were nominated.
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