Check out these rare snapshots of history
The legendary Ingrid Bergman won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1974 Agatha Christie adaptation, 'Murder on the Orient Express.' She featured for 14 minutes and 18 seconds.
Frances McDormand starred as Minnesota police chief Marge Gunderson in the 1996 Coen brothers classic, 'Fargo.' She appeared for 26 minutes and earned her first Oscar for Best Actress.
Kim Basinger's performance in ‘L.A. Confidential’ (1997) only lasted 15 minutes, but it still earned her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
Alan Arkin played the grandfather of the Hoover family in ‘Little Miss Sunshine.' He won the award for Best Supporting Actor for his 14 minutes of screen time.
Spanish actress Penélope Cruz received the award for Best Supporting Actress in 2009. She won for her 15 minutes in the Woody Allen movie 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona.'
Patricia Neal featured in the movie 'Hud' for 21 minutes and still won the 1964 award for Best Supporting Actress. Her competitors appeared on screen for an average of 63 minutes.
Anthony Quinn played the artist Paul Gaugin in Vincente Minnelli's Vincent Van Gogh biopic, ‘Lust for Life.' He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for a mere eight minutes of screen time.
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Louise Fletcher played the iconic role of Nurse Ratched in the 1975 classic, ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.' She only appeared on screen for 22 minutes but her performance went down in history for its chilling cruelty.
Now, a special mention for the actors who earned Oscar nominations for 30 minutes of screen time or less.
Earning an Oscar nomination is no mean feat for any actor or actress, and winning one is harder still. However, a select group of actors have taken home the gold for less than half an hour of screen time!
Examples include big names like Anne Hathaway and Anthony Hopkins, whose respective Oscar wins for brief performances prove that it’s quality and not quantity when it comes to this awards ceremony.
Click on to find out which actors won Oscars for less than 30 minutes of work, and a few more who were nominated. Can you guess any of them?
These actors won Oscars for less than 30 minutes of screen time
Some stars only needed a few minutes!
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Earning an Oscar nomination is no mean feat for any actor or actress, and winning one is harder still. However, a select group of actors have taken home the gold for less than half an hour of screen time!
Examples include big names like Anne Hathaway and Anthony Hopkins, whose respective Oscar wins for brief performances prove that it’s quality and not quantity when it comes to this awards ceremony.
Click on to find out which actors won Oscars for less than 30 minutes of work, and a few more who were nominated. Can you guess any of them?