Ellen Barkin
Actress Ellen Barkin attends the 2011 Governors Awards in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood, on Saturday, November 12. [Photo: Matt Petit / ©A.M.P.A.S.] Best Actor Oscar nominee James Earl Jones (for The Great White Hope, 1970) was a long-distance Honorary Oscar honoree; makeup artist Dick Smith (The Cardinal, Poltergeist III), however, was present at the ceremony to receive his Honorary Oscar. Oprah Winfrey was the recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
Among Ellen Barkin’s movies are Paul Newman’s Harry & Son, Jim Jarmusch’s Down by Law, Blake Edwards‘ Switch, Mike Newell’s Into the West, and Terry Gilliam’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Among Barkin’s recent film appearances are those in Shit Year, The Chameleon, Operation: Endgame, Twelve, and Another Happy Day.