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Best Actors and Directors Not to Win an Oscar

Some of the directors and actors never to win a proper Oscar not counting lifetime achievement awards
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Alfred Hitchcock (1899)
Alfred Hitchcock (1899)
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Paul Thomas Anderson (1970)
Paul Thomas Anderson (1970)
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Fritz Lang (1890)
Fritz Lang (1890)
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Howard Hawks (1896)
Howard Hawks (1896)
4
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
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Glenn Close - Dangerous Liasons (1988)
Glenn Close - Dangerous Liasons (1988)
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Richard Burton - Becket (1964)
Richard Burton - Becket (1964)
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Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
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Sigourney Weaver - Aliens (1986)
Sigourney Weaver - Aliens (1986)
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Johnny Depp (1963)
Johnny Depp (1963)
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Annette Bening - American Beauty (1999)
Annette Bening - American Beauty (1999)
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Samuel L. Jackson - Pulp Fiction (1994)
Samuel L. Jackson - Pulp Fiction (1994)
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Ian McKellan – Gandalf (The Lord of the Rings) (2001)
Ian McKellan – Gandalf (The Lord of the Rings) (2001)
13
Ralph Fiennes - Schindler's List (1993)
Ralph Fiennes - Schindler's List (1993)
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Michelle Pfeiffer - Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Michelle Pfeiffer - Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
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Harrison Ford (1942)
Harrison Ford (1942)
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Albert Finney - Tom Jones (1963)
Albert Finney - Tom Jones (1963)
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Greta Garbo (1930)
Greta Garbo (1930)
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Cary Grant (1904)
Cary Grant (1904)
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Alan Rickman (1946)
Alan Rickman (1946)
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Christopher Lee – Lord Summerisle (The Wicker Man) (1973)
Christopher Lee – Lord Summerisle (The Wicker Man) (1973)
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Donald Sutherland (1935)
Donald Sutherland (1935)
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Robert Redford - Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Robert Redford - Three Days of the Condor (1975)
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James Mason - North by Northwest (1959)
James Mason - North by Northwest (1959)
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Robert Mitchum as Harry Powell (The Night of the Hunter) (1955)
Robert Mitchum as Harry Powell (The Night of the Hunter) (1955)
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