Elizabeth Taylor and other Hollywood actors who refused their Oscar

Win the gold figurines he delivers Academy film arts and sciences it is an honor for many in the film industry. the night of the OscarsMost of the nominees attend the gala and expect to hear their name as the best in their category.

However, some of the most famous actors in history were not at the Oscars, even when they were nominated. The couple even went so far as to refuse the award entirely, surprising the other winners.

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Dudley Nichols

The screenwriter, writer and film director was nominated for an Academy Award in 1936 for his screenplay for The Informer, but was the first person to decline the award as part of a Screenwriters Guild boycott of the award. Nichols accepted the award two years later.

Alice Brady

In 1937, Alice Brady won a Best Supporting Actress plaque for her role in In Old Chicago, but she did not attend the ceremony to receive it. Instead, an unknown man from the audience came on stage and accepted her on her behalf, then disappeared completely. Brady got a new license plate.

Katharine Hepburn

The actress with the most nominations at the Oscars, surpassed only by Meryl Streep, went to only one of the gala ceremonies. It was in 1973 when he presented the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to his friend Lawrence Weingarten.

john ford

The film director, although he is one of the greatest representatives in the history of the seventh art, never went for an Oscar, but he has seven statuettes.

elizabeth taylor

Although she was nominated for her second Oscar in 1966 for her role in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Elizabeth Taylor did not attend the ceremony that year. The media reported that she turned down the invitation due to her troubled relationship with Richard Burton.

Marlon Brando

For his role as Vito Corleone in The Godfather, Marlon Brando was nominated for Best Actor in 1973. However, the actor did not appear, and in his place, American Indian civil rights activist Sacheen Littlefeather gave a speech protesting the treatment of Native Americans in the films.

Paul Newman

After seven nominations and an honorary award, Paul Newman finally won the coveted statuette for The Color of Money in 1973, but the actor was not present to receive it, having had enough of the unsuccessful gala night.

Woody Allen

The director has a habit of never attending award ceremonies, and the Oscars are no exception. Allen only went to the 2002 edition to honor the victims of the 9/11 attacks in his hometown of New York.

Eminem

The musician was nominated for best original song for lose yourself 2002, but he did not attend the awards because he was competing with Bono, the singer of U2, who performed with The hands that build America (Gangs of New York). He never imagined that he would win the statuette, which happened while he was sleeping.

Will Smith

The actor, who has previously been nominated twice, announced that he will not attend the awards ceremony in protest of the lack of diversity in the various nominations as for the second year in a row all 20 nominees are white.

banksy

In 2011, the debut feature film by a British artist whose identity is unknown was nominated for an Oscar for best documentary. But Banksy was forbidden to attend the ceremony with a mask, so he declined the invitation. Anyway, An inside job he finally won the award. (AND)