Gee, it's one of the greatest films of all times dude! Born in 1921, she grew up in New York City. She wrote, "In 2011, after LP2, my manager told me she’d been contacted by a major music award committee to check if I was British. Her father was an active Zionist leader as well as the president of the American Federation of Musicians from 1929 to 1937.After graduating at the top of her class at the Julia Richman High School, she got her start in the theater as a member of the Revuers, a group that played clubs in New York's Greenwich Village. More than a few changes were made, some were good, like the restaurant scene where they sang about the amendments. Videos. She's luminous, lighting up the screen in a way very few were able to do in that era, and she has phenomenal chemistry with Crawford, who is himself underrated for his work here.some are just butthurt certain others didn't win an oscar at all.Holliday was really good in this. Transcripts reveal that she used her "dumb blonde" persona to deflect the committee's attempts to implicate her or get her to name names.

Melanie Griffith does a solid job as Billie. Holiday's Oscar wins is actually kinda underated, she really lights up the screen in her role, though I'm not sure she deserved to beat Swanson.It's a pleasant movie and good genre rom-com. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events And while I prefer Swanson in the year overall, Holliday is my runner-up and makes for a very deserving winner. Awards & Events. (Viewed on August 2, 2020) . Having watched other performances by her, she had quite a talent but didn't make a huge impact on screen with only 8 films. Holliday was good but her beating Davis/Swanson was ridiculous. Don't you think the understanding of a rat is more interesting than the understanding of a fool?It's a movie with fantastic dialogues. Very amusing at points.

Been wanting to see this classic for quite awhile now, finally saw it yesterday. It has a reputation as a very funny comedy, however, I found it to be more serious than I had assumed. Celebs . Holliday's contract with Columbia studios continued, however, and she appeared in a series of films including A diagnosis of breast cancer in 1960 limited Holliday's future work.

"Judy Holliday wins Academy Award for best actress." When the Academy Award for best actress was announced on March 29, 1951, however, the Oscar went to young comedian Holliday's acting career was brief but impressive. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events. Bette Davis, Gloria Swanson, and Anne Baxter were all in the running. She was brought up mainly within her mother's extended and socialist-leaning family.

Funny, but yes, also serious. It looks like we don't have any Awards for this title yet. I can understand why she won. She deserves all the praise she's ever received for this role.Oh, I also watched the 1993 remake right after, it's a thing I like to do. There are a few amusing moments but then it veers off into some domestic violence I wouldn't expect from a comedy. Born Yesterday Awards and Nominations. For guidance, please visit the Awards submission guide. Holliday had created the Billie Dawn role on Broadway in 1946. Be the first to contribute! Born Yesterday, a 1946 Broadway play by Garson Kanin .