Elia Kazan

24 Acting Nominations

(s) supporting category

(*) Academy Award winner

Elia Kazan: Top Oscar Directors for Actors

1945

James Dunn (s) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn*

(Additionally, Peggy Ann Garner won a special "juvenile" Oscar for her 1945 performances, including A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)

1947

Gregory Peck Gentleman’s Agreement

Dorothy McGuire Gentleman’s Agreement

Celeste Holm (s) Gentleman’s Agreement *

Anne Revere (s) Gentleman’s Agreement

1949

Lily white Fox star Jeanne Crain was nominated for an Oscar for trying (and failing) to pass for a light-skinned "black" (read: mixed ancestry) girl trying to pass for a lily white girl. Fellow nominee Ethel Waters comforts Crain: "You cayn’t act, but you’re darned purty." (Actually, Crain could be excellent. Check out Henry King’s nostalgic Margie.)

Jeanne Crain Pinky (co-directed with John Ford)

Ethel Barrymore (s) Pinky

Ethel Waters (s) Pinky

1951

Vivien Leigh originated the role of Blanche DuBois in London. (Jessica Tandy was Marlon Brando’s co-star on Broadway.) Leigh’s performance is one of the greatest ever committed to celluloid, but Brando — sexy, violent, crude, selfish, dumb, in dire need of a bath — is the one with a following today. That says a lot about our culture.

Marlon Brando A Streetcar Named Desire

Vivien Leigh A Streetcar Named Desire *

Karl Malden (s) A Streetcar Named Desire *

Kim Hunter (s) A Streetcar Named Desire *

1952

Marlon Brando Viva Zapata

Anthony Quinn (s) Viva Zapata *

1954

Marlon Brando On the Waterfront *

Lee J. Cobb (s) On the Waterfront

Karl Malden (s) On the Waterfront

Rod Steiger (s) On the Waterfront

Eva Marie Saint (s) On the Waterfront *

1955

James Dean East of Eden

Jo Van Fleet (s) East of Eden *

1956

Carroll Baker Baby Doll

Mildred Dunnock (s) Baby Doll

1961

Natalie Wood Splendor in the Grass

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