Billie Burke (Dinner At Eight) Marie Dressler (Dinner At Eight) Margaret Dumont (Duck Soup) Elsa Lanchester (The Private Life of Henry VIII) Una O'Connor (The Invisible Man)
If Mr. Groucho Marx can be believed, Ms. Dumont sent herself roses - and graciously accepted them - at the conclusion of a 1965 performance (with Groucho) on The Hollywood Palace. (She died a short time later.) Call me a rank sentimentalist, but isn't a Best Supporting Actress award for her splendid work in Duck Soup justly merited? For this marvelous lady who played straight to Rufus T. Firefly as portrayed by three Marx Brothers? Who bore the hand prints of Harpo on her derriere? Who graced the moment of triumph with song: "Victory is ours!! Hail, hail, Freedonia ...!!!" Let victory be hers!!!
I vote O'Connor, although I like the lamps on Lanchester. . . .
ReplyDeleteElsa, Elsa, Elsa all the way. What a memorable scene.
ReplyDeletenotice you never see Una O'Connor and Marty Feldman in the same place at the same time? Coincidence? I think not
ReplyDeleteIf Mr. Groucho Marx can be believed, Ms. Dumont sent herself roses - and graciously accepted them - at the conclusion of a 1965 performance (with Groucho) on The Hollywood Palace. (She died a short time later.) Call me a rank sentimentalist, but isn't a Best Supporting Actress award for her splendid work in Duck Soup justly merited? For this marvelous lady who played straight to Rufus T. Firefly as portrayed by three Marx Brothers? Who bore the hand prints of Harpo on her derriere? Who graced the moment of triumph with song: "Victory is ours!! Hail, hail, Freedonia ...!!!" Let victory be hers!!!
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