Best Supporting Actress 1969

[zzzzz87]

This is a really tough year where you have 5 nominees who all excelled in their roles. I always thought I would give it to Susannah York (RIP), but I would never begrudge Goldie Hawn as she has had the best career of the five and has a quirky presence. Miles was definitely worthy of her nomination. I wouldn't give it to Cannon for that role, but she really excelled in it and was subtle too. After this clip I really want to see Burns - she probably had the most dramatic part.

[ggfanjase]

One of the few years I actually enjoyed every single performance in the Supporting Actress lineup. Usually there's a turkey or two (or three) but every single one nominated this year had their particular merit.

[2sday55]

who ever made this video is a god and I wish they would make more for other years!!

[qwisp]

Miles was in Midnight Cowboy for a VERY brief 5 minutes! Who came up with the idea of nominating her?? Must have been the same clown who thought Cannon shouldnt have been in the Best Actress category.

[ninethreefivesix]

Burns should have won. All the way, man.

[MikeysGayToday]

@ninethreefivesix AGREED!!!

[MissLizaMay]

This is one year I think they got it right - Goldie stole that movie right out from under Ingrid Bergman's nose - and it was her first film! She was dead-on in Cactus Flower, just a perfect performance.

[mazurskyfilm]

Sylvia Miles lost because there was a blizzard in New York that year and the votes by mail didn't get counted. She herself maintains this (lol!) and so do I. Hands down, for me the winner.

[jewfish424]

im one helluva gorgous chick

[awhitershadeofpail]

Dyan Cannon should've won. 

[nocountry4oldfreeman]

Thanks for putting these together like this. Nice work.

[gvt2u]

MIles' performance was stunning, hilarious perfection.

[bdwriley]

Catherine Burns monologue is so stunning that it stops the movie cold!

[Musclehustle]

Am glad Goldie won but Catherine Burns is haunting in that film!

[BurnsDillon]

I was 21 in 1969 and I was extremely moved by Catherine Burns' "soliloquy" in LAST SUMMER. She had my vote. Then after another movie, she disappeared!

[jkfromcincty]

Goldie was the least deserving to win in this category in 1969. I think she won for her popularity on tv's "Laugh In" which was a bit hit, at the time. Miles gave the best performance.

[mikhailov1]

Susannah York was really bewildering in a role of mincing actress, but they should have chosen the more appropriate part of her appearance.

[mthivier]

Diane Cannon was great, but she wasn't really playing a "supporting" role in "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice". It was an ensemble piece (and her character's name appears in the title of the film), so she and Natalie Wood were really both co-lead actresses. If she was to be nominated, it should have been as lead actress.

[goback3spaces]

Dyan Cannon is scarier than THE EXORCIST, THE SHINING and TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE put together.

[jferkfjkj]

this was a difficult year

any of the 5 could've won

[toudo52]

1) Burns 2) Cannon 3) York

[Glodean6360]

The story goes like this: Sylvia Miles allegedly said that the reason she didn't win was that there was a mail strike in NY so voters there didn't get counted. In "Inside Oscar" the authors said that some Oscar parties treated GH's win as a joke. Goldie sure is cute but Miles has the showier role and Cannon is so sardonic it hurts.

[GusHammond]

Can't believe Miles was nominated for THAT.

[outinsider]

Goldie Hawn!

[breakfastclub75]

very interesting, thank you!

The films of the late 60s are something else.

[myfilmblog]

well, one can't choose a winner just based on this montage :) though dead on, Miles's performance is kind of too brief. 4 minutes don't feel enough for a win :D

to me, this should've easily been Catherine Burns's Oscar.

[ClassicFlicks]

Do you think that Miles at least deserved the nomination?

[mthivier]

True about Miles' performing being rather brief, but Beatrice Straight won "best supporting actress' a few years later for her role in "Network", in which her character appeared onscreen for about the same amount of time.

[kaejae24]

I would have picked Sylvia Miles - loved her in Midnight Cowboy, with Cathy Burns a close second