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An Oscar is the award every person in Hollywood dreams of. Winning one can make your career explode and get many new opportunities, and it also tells the rest of the world that you’re the very best at your job in that movie year.
Unfortunately, many great artists have been very unfortunate at the Oscars. Some took many nominations to earn the award, like cinematographer Roger Deakins, who won on his 14th try, or Martin Scorsese, who had to wait until his ninth nomination to take his home (even though it may have been for the wrong film). Even worse, some talented and famous artists like Alfred Hitchcock or Stanley Kubrick died without getting to take the gold statue home. Many more are still waiting to hear their names called and win the movie’s highest honor, especially the people with the most Oscar nominations who’ve never won it.
Number of Nominations: 6, for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated For: All About Eve, The Mating Season, With a Song in My Heart, Pickup on South Street, Pillow Talk, and Birdman of Alcatraz
Number of Nominations: 8, for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated For: Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, The Lion in Winter, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, The Ruling Class, The Stunt Man, My Favorite Year, and Venus
Number of Nominations: 15, for Best Music, Original Score (14) and Best Music, Original Song (1)
Nominated For: A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, Viva Zapata!, The Rose Tattoo, Unchained, The Rainmaker, Spartacus, Cleopatra, The Agony and the Ecstasy, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Shoes of the Fisherman, Shanks, Bite the Bullet, Dragonslayer, and Under the Volcano
Number of Nominations: 6, for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated For: Edward, My Son, From Here to Eternity, The King and I, Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, Separate Tables, andThe Sundowners
Number of Nominations: 8, for Best Actress in a Leading Role (4) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (4)
Nominated For: The World According to Garp, The Big Chill, The Natural, Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons, Albert Nobbs, The Wife, and Hillbilly Elegy
Number of Nominations: 12, for Best Motion Picture (5), Best Actor in Leading Role (4), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (1), Best Adapted Screenplay (1), and Best Original Screenplay (1)
Nominated For: Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, American Sniper, A Star Is Born, Joker, Nightmare Alley, and Maestro
