3 days til Oscar. Who is the best three time winner?
Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 8:00AM Best Actress predictions change daily but where are we in regards to Frances McDormand's third Best Actress Oscars? Happening or not? I'm tentatively saying it will. That's where my brain is today at least. Frances would be only the seventh actor to manage three Oscars for acting in the 93 years of Academy history and become only the second woman to win three leading Oscars (after Katharine Hepburn).
The others who've won three acting statues:
Fargo (96), Three Billboards (17), Nomadland (20)
- Walter Brennan -Come and Get It (36), Kentucky (38), The Westerner (40) - all in supporting
- Ingrid Bergman -Gaslight (44), Anastasia (56), Murder on the Orient Express (74)
- Katharine Hepburn - Morning Glory (34), Guess Who... (67), Lion in Winter (68), On Golden Pond (81) - all in leading
- Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (75), Terms of Endearment (83), As Good As It Gets (97)
- Meryl Streep - Kramer vs Kramer (79), Sophie's Choice (82), The Iron Lady (11)
- Daniel Day Lewis - My Left Foot (89), There Will Be Blood (07), Lincoln (12) - all in leading
COMMENT PARTY QUESTION: Removing all other performances and movies from your brain (I know it's difficult) how would you rank these six packages of performances?
COMMENT PARTY QUESTION 2: Are there any two-time winners not in the race this year that you could see winning a third?
Reader Comments (75)
I think Viola is winning her second this weekend and will ultimately join the 3 Oscars club.
Walter Brennan is the only actor in the list that none of his movies were nominated for best picture.
Daniel Day-Lewis (all sublime)
Meryl Streep (2 sublime, 1 fair)
Katharine Hepburn (1 sublime, 2 good, 1 fair)
Jack Nicholson (2 great, 1 fair)
Walter Brennan (1 sublime, 1 fair, 1 meh)
Ingrid Bergman (2 fair, 1 meh)
I can see Denzel Washington and Cate Blanchett winning third Oscars.
1. Daniel Day-Lewis-While I did not like DDL’s second winning film his performance was great.
2. Ingrid Bergman-Perhaps her wins weren’t all for her best performances, though I’ll go against the crowd and state that I loved her work in Orient Express (I don’t think she should have won for it though) but she was always so luminescent onscreen I am fine with her being honored anytime.
3. Meryl Streep-If only the abomination of The Iron Lady wasn’t included she would rank higher.
4. Jack Nicholson-If Chinatown was one of his wins instead of the ghastly as Good As It Gets like Meryl he would be higher on the list.
5. Katharine Hepburn-This one pains me. I love Kate and believe she deserved many Oscars but of her winning roles only The Lion in Winter falls into that group. If she had won for Long Days Journey Into Night, Suddenly, Last Summer and the unnominated Holiday she’s be my number one.
6. Walter Brennan-Walter is great in The Westerner, quite good in Come and Get It and absolutely awful in the dog that is Kentucky.
Who could win a third?
If either Sally Field (who is apparently back in their good graces since she was nominated for Lincoln) or Jane Fonda were to get another great role I could see them winning as a sort of valediction. Also now that Glenda Jackson has happily returned to the acting world I hold out hope for her as well.
They seem to love Mahershala Ali so it’s possible but I think there would be a backlash about him winning two so quickly.
I also wouldn’t count out Tom Hanks, Cate Blanchett or Sean Penn.
Obviously I'm late, but for the record:
1. Meryl Streep - 2 brilliant wins 1 medium - but she deserves at least 3 and I'm a fan.
2. Bergman - "we will always have Paris" the lady deserved 3 wins
3. Kate Hepburn - I would have given her 3 but that 4th - no way.
4. Nicholson - Terms of Endearment win is silly but fun, and Chinatown.
5. DDL - I only like one of his wins. Excessive shouting isn't great acting for me.
6. Brennan- studio votes.
Everyone is saying Denzel, but I wouldn't count out Tom Hanks at all.
Peggy Sue - you made me giggle quite uncontrollably. thanks!
RobUK - love your choice of Jane Fonda - make it so.
1. Nicholson--all wins were deserved and extremely rewatchable.
2. Day-Lewis--all were deserved and displayed incredible ingenuity and technical skill.
3. Bergman--the two lead wins were deserved, and her last is the very first win I actively yearned for as a kid watching the Oscars for the first time.
4. Hepburn--I haven't seen her first win, but she only deserved one of the other three; however, her iconic status carries a lot of weight
5. Streep--incredible talent, but I wanted Lange in 1982 and I can't with The Iron Lady.
6. Brennan--only seen one, which was great.
I agree that Denzel Washington and Cate Blanchett are very likely to win a third soon. I am rooting for Jessica Lange, Jane Fonda and Michael Caine as well.
Zellweger barely deserved a nomination for both of her wins. Chicago is the only nomination she deserved - but the part itself was a winner.
I would LOVE Dianne Wiest to win a third award. That would make living through this pandemic worth it.
If Frances gets #3 they're going to have to give Meryl #4.
1. Streep
2. Day-Lewis
3. Jack Nicholson
4. Katharine Hepburn
5. Ingrid Bergman
6. Walter Brennan
#2
Cate Blanchett, for Nightmare Alley?
Denzel Washington, for The Tragedy of Macbeth?
Tom Hanks, for the Elvis Presley film, or In the Garden of Beasts or A Man Called Ove?
Maggie Smith for Downton Abbey 2, or for A German Life?
Based solely on their Oscar winners:
1. Day-Lewis
2. Streep
3. Hepburn
4. Bergman
5. Brennan
6. Nicholson
Career's work:
1.Hepburn
2.Streep
3.Day-Lewis
4.Bergman
5.Nicholson
6.Brennan
Q1: I'm not gonna rank Brennan because I've only seen The Westerner, but I DO like him in that!
1. Daniel Day-Lewis (Even though MLF isn't exactly my winner that year, he's still in my lineup. The other two however? Masterful. Easily two of my favorite wins this century.)
2. Katherine Hepburn (Lesbi-honest, she's this high because TLIW is ICONIC. Her other 3 perfs are very good, but she gets #2 because of "I could peel you like a pear, and God himself would call it JUSTICE.")
3. Ingrid Bergman (I love Anastasia and Gaslight, and even enjoy certain parts of MOTOE. Although, I wish she'd won for Casablanca..)
4. Jack Nicholson (As great as OFOTCN and TOE are, he's got AGAIG and that brings him down.)
5. Meryl Streep (CONTROVERSIAL OPINION TIME: I am not a fan of either of La Streep's 2nd or 3rd wins. Either as movies or her performances in them. KVK is still an all-time Supporting Actress win, tho)
Q2: If I had to choose out of the two-timers this century? Either Washington or Blanchett! The former more so then the latter. Although, watch as it turns out to be Waltz in another Tarantino movie!
Here for the Maggie Smith coronation - Downton 2 and her comedy with Laura Linney and Kathy Bates should fuel the nomination for A German Life :)
For the wrong movies...but definitely Hepburn and Bergman. Two of the all-time greats and power-house stars. Day-Lewis might be the better actor but hasn't reached that level of stardom.
This is reminding me that an actor's best work is rarely the work they win Oscars for. This is especially true for multiple winners. I can't get into Hepburn or Brennan, at all, which I know is an age bias. That old timey style of acting is unwatchable for me. The others are all incredible performers.
I don't know if Frances will win again right now. I have a feeling they will go with Viola and have all POC winners.
Definitely Denzel or Cate for #3.
1. Daniel Day Lewis
2. Meryl Streep
3. Jack Nicholson
4. Katharine Hepburn
5. Ingrid Bergman
6. Walter Brennan
And I’d say Cate Blanchett is very likely to snag a third.
"i could see it for either of them but i dont want it to happen for DeNiro. He's done too much garbage in his career"
Comment 1: so even if he turns in an amazing performance in an amazing film, he wouldn't deserve a third win?
Comment 2: and you're wondering why there's so much toxicity in the comments section of your blog.
Day Lewis
Streep
Bergman
Nicholson
Hepburn
(Brennan / abstain)
Possible #3s: Blanchett, Foster, Ali, Streep (needs a third leading statue), Penn (come home, Sean)
Ron -- comment 1. if he were to give the best performance of the year I would support him winning. I just dont think that's how we'll win a third if he does. hope that clarifies. (people win for all sorts of reasons as we all know, and performance is only one of them)
comment 2 --I debated about whether to hit publish on this because i dont enjoy the gaslighting of people trying to place blame on me for toxic commenters. But I do want to say that people are free to express what they'd like about filmographies and their quality so long as they can do it without gross racism, homophobia, or other disgusting ways. Expressing distaste for an actor or directors filmography is much different than belittlling or bullying or insulting fellow movielovers. Okay, peace out.
Don't chase Brennan. 3 oscars, same performance in 3 films.
And no one will ever beat John Ford.
Hepburn, Nicholson, Bergman, Streep, Day Lewis, Brennan.
For Comment Party Question 2, or as you unfairly didn't call it, The Three Artful 'The Inevitables' question; Blanchett is the most slam dunk of Answers.
^ What's that mean?
1. Day-Lewis
2. Hepburn
3. Bergman
4. Nicholson
5. Brennan
6. Streep
Queen Meryl would be a given if it wasn't for "The Iron Lady," which I disliked with the passion of a thousand suns. Gillian Anderson's towering portrayal of Thatcher has no equals.
All three of Jack's performances are classics, but they are Jack being Jack, which is absolutely fine.
Kate the Great is named that because she is.
But Daniel Day Lewis can do absolutely no wrong. Although his filmography is not large, I don't know of another actor who has never given given a bad performance. He chooses carefully so that every role is a bulls eye.
And finally, not to beat a dead horse, Glenn Close should have three Oscars, but not for the hillbilly nonsense she is nominated for this year.
With 02 wins:
Cate Blanchett
Denzel Washington
Tom Hanks
Christoph Waltz
Mahershalla Ali
Maggie Smith
Michael Caine
Robert De Niro
Hilary Swank
Renee Zellwegger
With one win yet:
Kate Winslet
Marion Cotillard
Tilda Swinton
Mark Rylance
Angelina Jolie
Leonardo DiCaprio
Viola Davis
Octavia Spencer
Lupita N'Yongo
Joaquin Phoenix
Olivia Colman
Emma Stone
Regina King
Jennifer Lawrence
Gary Oldman
Christian Bale
With zero win
Saoirse Ronan
Timothee Chalamett
Florence Pugh
Angela Bassett*
Michelle Pfeiffer*
Ralph Fiennes*
Glenn Close*
Melissa MacCarthy
*Let me dream in peace