Today's question comes courtesy of Kelly Anders (pictured), Associate Dean for Student Affairs at Washburn University School of Law. Readers following our "Oscar Countdown" may have noticed that Kelly knows a thing or two about Oscar trivia!
Kelly's question: Who was the only Oscar winner named Oscar?
Oscar Hammerstein
Posted by: Fre | February 13, 2010 at 02:27 PM
Yes, that's correct. Oscar Hammerstein II won in the “Best Music, Original Song”
category for “Lady Be Good” (Oscar won in 1942, shared with Jerome Kern), and “State
Fair” (Oscar won in 1946, shared with Richard Rodgers).
Sources: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358564/awards
and http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358564/awards
(As an interesting tidbit, Hammerstein left law school for the theater.)
Posted by: Kelly Anders | February 15, 2010 at 11:01 AM