Best Actor Nominated Twice in One Year

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We've never honored these rare occurrences. Which actor gave the best performance? The oddity: Barry Fitzgerald nominated twice in two categories for the same movie.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Julianne Moore - Far From Heaven	5
Al Pacino - Glengarry Glen Ross	2
Holly Hunter - The Firm	1
Holly Hunter - The Piano	1
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There	1
Barry Fitzgerald - Going My Way	0
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age	0
Jamie Foxx - Collateral	0
Jamie Foxx - Ray	0
Julianne Moore - The Hours	0
Fay Bainter - White Banners	0
Emma Thompson - In the Name of the Father	0
Emma Thompson - The Remains of the Day	0
Fay Bainter - Jezebel	0
Teresa Wright - The Pride of the Yankees	0
Teresa Wright - Mrs. Miniver	0
Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman	0
Sigourney Weaver - Working Girl	0
Sigourney Weaver - Gorillas in the Mist	0
Jessica Lange - Tootsie	0
Jessica Lange - Frances	0
Jessica Lange - Frances	0

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 14 October 2015 23:47 (eight years ago) link

oops -- put Lange in twice. Guess I showed my preferene.

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 14 October 2015 23:47 (eight years ago) link

White Banners is the only one I haven't seen.

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 October 2015 00:00 (eight years ago) link

you are really reaching for categories

― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 October 2015 01:52 (eight years ago) link

This was obvious!

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 October 2015 01:53 (eight years ago) link

Fay Bainter was also nom'd for her last film, The Children's Hour

― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 October 2015 02:26 (eight years ago) link

She was, but not twice that year.

Finalists:

Jezebel
Frances
The Piano

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 October 2015 02:27 (eight years ago) link

besides White Banners, I have blessedly avoided Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Gorillas in the Mist, The Firm, The Hours, and Ray.

― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 October 2015 02:32 (eight years ago) link

Kim Novak in Vertigo was, of course, a bay fainter.

― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 October 2015 02:58 (eight years ago) link

Wishing Blanchett's reaction shot to the selected E:TGA clip at the Oscars was on youtube or easily available in .gif form.

― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 15 October 2015 03:14 (eight years ago) link

those al pacino glengarry prank calls gave me so much joy i had to vote for him. combination of the two i think i'd go for hunter, she's a lot of fun in the firm

― balls, Thursday, 15 October 2015 03:33 (eight years ago) link

which is the worst?

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 16 October 2015 17:28 (eight years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Thursday, 22 October 2015 00:01 (eight years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Friday, 23 October 2015 00:01 (eight years ago) link

Yup.

― thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Friday, 23 October 2015 13:24 (eight years ago) link

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