Best Actors Never to Win an Oscar

America has been in love with the movies for over 100 years.  Every year, the race for the Oscar is closely watched by movie fans around the world.  Winning the Academy Award connotes something special in the history of film.  Movie buffs debate the winners and losers, the snubs, and the surprises.  However, since the 1920s, the Academy Awards have built a long historical record that we can examine.  And that record definitely contains some shocking omissions.   In this fun and fast multimedia presentation, we will look at which highly-regarded actors have never won a competitive Academy Award.

We will not be considering one specific film performance, but the larger question is why a great body of work never yielded an Oscar.  For instance, how did great actors from Hollywood’s golden past, such as Peter O’Toole, Cary Grant, & Richard Burton, never win an Academy Award?  And how has the precious Oscar statuette eluded actors working today, such as  Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp,
and Harrison Ford, who have made some of the most highly acclaimed films ever?  Don’t miss this fun presentation!

PLEASE NOTE: This program is offered live and in person only at the East-West Center of the Glenview Senior Center.  If you are not a member, please get in touch with them to register.