Oscar’s Only Three-Generation Family
Posted on January 28, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Can you name the only family with three generations of Oscars? To make it even cosier, the grandparent and grandchild both won their Oscars for movies directed by the man in the middle, the son of one and the father of the other.
Here’s another hint: The third-generation Oscar-winner and her brother both appear in movies opening this week.
The first to answer correctly at moviemom@moviemom.com (put Oscar in the subject line) will win a DVD.
Its the Baeeymores.
No, not the Barrymores, Sal. Drew has yet to win an Oscar and no one in her father’s generation was even nominated. Answer to be posted shortly, so stay tuned.
Walter, John & Anjelica Huston?
You got it, Pam! But the correct answer was sent to me earlier by email, so all you get is the glory. Thanks!
But that’s wrong. The Coppola’s, Carmine, Francis and Sophia all have one.
In addition to them, Francis’ nephew Nicholas Cage has won for Best Actor, and his sister Talia Shire has two nominations.
You are right! Thanks Matty and to the others who wrote to remind me of Carmine Coppola’s Oscar for the score of “The Godfather.”
A more complete list:
Multigenerational:
The Hustons – Walter, John, and Anjelica
The Coppolas – Carmine, Francis, Sofia, and cousin Nicolas Cage
The Fondas – Jane and Henry
The Douglases – Michael and Kirk (honorary)
Judy Garland (honorary – Juvenile Performance), Vincente Minelli (director – “An American in Paris”), and Liza Minelli
Jon Voight and Angelina Jolie
Siblings:
Ethel and Lionel Barrymore
Joan Fontaine and Olivia deHaviland
half-sibs Shirley MacLaine and Warren Beatty
Joel and Ethan Coen – all shared awards
Married Couples:
Tim Robbins / Susan Sarandon
Elizabeth Taylor / Michael Todd (produced “Around the World in 80 Days”
Frances McDormand / Joel Coen
Joanne Woodward / Paul Newman
Catherine Zeta-Jones / Michael Douglas
Norma Shearer / Irving Thalberg
Vivien Leigh / Laurence Olivier
Anne Bancroft / Mel Brooks (writing, “The Producers”
Julie Andrews /Blake Edwards (honorary award)
Helen Mirren and Taylor Hackford (1978 short film “Teenage Father”
Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes (director, “American Beauty”
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except that Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon aren’t actually married (may as well be, though)
Thanks, Kevin! A great list. And I count Robbins/Sarandon as a couple, at least at the time she got her Oscar (in a film he directed). And MacLaine and Beatty are full siblings, not half.
Uncovered a few more:
George Clooney is Jose Ferrer’s nephew – Ferrer was married to Rosemary Clooney, George’s aunt.
Twin Brothers Julius and Philip Epstein shared an Oscar for writing Casablanca.
Brothers Alfred and Lionel Newman, and their nephew, Randy Newman, have 11 Oscars and 73 nominations between them. Alfred’s sons, Thomas and David, add another 11 nominations.
That’s amazing about the Newman family! Thanks so much!
Came up with a more complete list:
EXTENDED FAMILIES
Family
Member Earliest Award Film
Shearer
Douglas Shearer SOUND RECORDING The Big House
Norma Shearer ACTRESS The Divorcee
Howard Hawks Honorary
Newman
Alfred Newman Music, Scoring Alexander’s Ragtime Band
Randy Newman Music, Song Monsters, Inc.
Lionel Newman Music, Score Hello, Dolly!
Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola Writing (Original) Patton
Sofia Coppola Writing (Original) Lost in Translation
Carmine Coppola Music Score Godfather Part II
David Shire Song “It Goes Like It Goes” from Norma Rae
Nicolas Cage Actor Leaving Las Vegas
Farrow
Andre Previn MUSIC, Scoring Gigi
Woody Allen DIRECTING Annie Hall
John Farrow WRITING (Adapted) Around the World in 80 Days
Coen
Ethan Coen WRITING (Original) Fargo
Joel Coen WRITING (Original) Fargo
Frances McDormand Actress Fargo
Zanuck
Daryl Zanuck Honorary Irving Thalberg Award
Richard Zanuck Producer Driving Miss Daisy
Lili Fini Zanuck Producer Driving Miss Daisy
Huston
John Huston Director, Screenplay Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Walter Huston Actor (Supporting) Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Anjelica Huston Actress (Supporting) Prizzi’s Honor
Fonda
Jane Fonda Actress Klute
Henry Fonda Actor On Golden Pond
Guggenheim
Charles Guggenheim Short Subject, Live Action Robert Kennedy Remembered
Davis Guggenheim Documentary, Features An Inconvenient Truth
Douglas
Michael Douglas Producer One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Kirk Douglas Honorary Honorary
Catherine Zeta-Jones Actress (Supporting) Chicago
Voight
Jon Voight Actor Coming Home
Billy Bob Thornton WRITING (adapted) Sling Blade
Angelina Jolie Actress (Supporting) Girl, Interrupted
Kress
Harold Kress Film Editing How the West Was Won
Carl Kress Film Editing Towering Inferno
Garland
Judy Garland Honorary – Juvenile Perf The Wizard of Oz
Liza Minnelli Actress Cabaret
Vincente Minnelli Director Gigi
Ferrer
George Clooney Actor (Supporting) Syriana (2005)
José Ferrer Actor Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
Pressburger
Emeric Pressburger WRITING (Original) The Invaders
Kevin Macdonald DOCUMENTARY (Feature) One Day in September
Rouse
Christopher Rouse Film Editing Bourne Ultimatum
Russell Rouse WRITING (Original) Pillow Talk
MARRIED COUPLES (Separate wins) – all awards are for acting, unless noted otherwise
Laurence Olivier Hamlet Vivien Leigh Gone With the Wind
Joanne Woodward The Three Faces of Eve Paul Newman Color of Money
Elizabeth Taylor Butterfield 8 Michael Todd PRODUCER-Around the World in 80 Days
Holly Hunter The Piano Janusz Kaminski CINEMATOGRAPHY-Schindler’s List
John Hubley ANIMATION-Moonbird Faith Hubley ANIMATION-The Hole
Tony Richardson DIRECTOR-Tom Jones Vanessa Redgrave Julia
Helen Hayes The Sin of Madelon Claudet Charles Macarthur WRITING-The Scoundrel
Anne Bancroft The Miracle Worker Mel Brooks WRITING-The Producers
Sam Mendes DIRECTOR-American Beauty Kate Winslet The Reader
Taylor Hackford Teenage Father Helen Mirren The Queen
Marcia Lucas Star Wars George Lucas Irving Thalberg Award
Julie Andrews Mary Poppins Blake Edwards Honorary
Humphrey Bogart The African Queen Lauren Bacall Honorary
Douglas Fairbanks Honorary Mary Pickford Coquette
(Joint winners)
Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman SONG: The Windmills of Your Mind (The Thomas Crown Affair)
Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh PRODUCERS: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt WRITING: Panic in the Streets
Charles and Martina Huguenot van der Linden
SHORT FILM: This Tiny World
Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips PRODUCERS: The Sting
Ray McKinnon, Lisa Blount SHORT FILM: the accountant
Ben Shedd, Jacqueline Phillips Shedd
SHORT DOCUMENTARY:Flight of the Gossamer Condor
Muriel Box, Sydney Box WRITING: The Seventh Veil
SIBLINGS (Separate Wins)
Herman Mankiewicz WRITING-Citizen Kane Joseph Mankiewicz DIRECTING-A Letter to Three Wives
Shirley MacLaine Terms of Endearment Warren Beatty DIRECTING-Reds
Joan Fontaine Suspicion Olivia DeHaviland To Each His Own
James Goldman WRITING-The Lion in Winter William Goldman
WRITING-Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
Ethel Barrymore None But the Lonely Heart Lionel Barrymore A Free Soul
(Joint WIns)
Julius Epstein, Phillip Epstein WRITINIG-Casablanca
Denis Sanders, Terry Sanders SHORT FILM-A Time Out of War
Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman MUSIC-Mary Poppins
OTHER
Carl Laemmle, Jr. (PRODUCER – All Quiet on the Western Front) And William Wyler
(DIRECTOR-Mrs. Miniver) were cousins.
Ruth Gordan (SUPPORTING ACTRESS- Rosemary’s Baby) was Michael Kanin’s (WRITING-Woman
of the Year) sister-in-law.
Susan Sarandon (ACTRESS – Dead Man Walking) and Tim Robbins (SUPPORTING ACTOR –
Mystic River) have 2 children together.
Kevin, you are AMAZING! I love this!!
Working at converting my list, above, into a Wikipedia page. It occurred to me that there is a third 3-generation family. For better or worse, Woody Allen is John Farrow’s GRANDson-in-law, as well as Andre Previn’s son-in-law.