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You Can Barely Appear On Screen and Still Win an Oscar

The Hollywood Reporter
Story by Beatrice Verhoeven
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An Oscar-winning performance doesn't always require extensive screen time, as these Hollywood heavyweights proved by dominating the big screen with minimal appearances.
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  • Vivien Leigh holds the record for the longest performance to win an Oscar, despite the toll it took on her, and her film 'Gone With the Wind' is the longest to win Best Picture.
  • Barbra Streisand shared the Best Actress Oscar with Katharine Hepburn, the only time two people have tied for the award, for her over 2-hour debut performance in 'Funny Girl'.
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Vivien Leigh, Bette Davis, Irene Dunne, Greta Garbo, Greer Garson, Charlton Heston, Laurence Harvey, Jack Lemmon, Paul Muni, James Stewart, Barbra Streisand, Katharine Hepburn, Patricia Neal, Vanessa Redgrave, Joanne Woodward, Daniel Day-Lewis, George Clooney, Johnny Depp, Viggo Mortensen, Tommy Lee Jones, Louise Fletcher, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd, Patricia Neal, Leslie Caron, Shirley MacLaine, Rachel Roberts, Natalie Wood, Anthony Hopkins, Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Nick Nolte, Warren Beatty, Jodie Foster, David Niven, Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Paul Newman, Spencer Tracy, Academy Awards, Gone With the Wind, Ben-Hur, Funny Girl, There Will Be Blood, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Hud, The Silence of the Lambs, Separate Tables
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