Best Supporting Actress 1959

[defundthewar]

It's my theory that Winters, a former glamour girl, won by looking plain, dowdy. This often works... that, or speaking with an accent.

[ChevelleSSGuy]

Juanita Moore should have won this year. Susan Kohner should have been next to receive it. Shelly Winters shouldn't have won it and Immitation of Life should have won the best picture of 1959. What in the hell were the people who were involved in the voting process thinking?

[zzzzz87]

I haven't seen Anne Frank, so it would have been nice to see more of Shelley Winters before I could make a decision. Both IOL ladies were stellar though the film was a bit maudlin compared to Diary of Anne Frank, I'm sure.

[cb46nep10]

juanita moore should have won for best supporting actress. susan kohner should have been nominated for best actress instead of doris day for "pillow talk" and won that award instead of susan hayward for "i want to live". my opinion has nothing to do with how hot i think susan kohner was but rather strictly for her awesome performance as an actress. also, "immitation of life" should have won best picture instead of "ben hur", which sounds like a trans-gender movie. "been her, now him". get it?

[cb46nep10]

@cb46nep10 i made a mistake. susan hayward won best actress the year before-1958. simone signoret won best actress in 1959 for "room at the top". kohner's performance was better. shelley winters should have won best supporting actress in 1972 for " the poseidon adventure". also, no way "anatomy of a murder" should have been nominated for best picture ahead of "immitation of life". what were they thinking?

[nilsdrew]

all great performances,, if i had to vote it would of been hard, i would of gone for juanita moore, however i have never seen the film with hermione . mind you, the best performance was mihalia jackson singing trouble of the world, beautiful

[sirkaliber]

Juanita Moore so deserved this. It's really a crime that she lost and hers has held up the best of the 5.

[TheLizzie12]

I love Juanita in IOL but having seen dear Thelma Ritter in Pillow Talk in this brilliant tribute, I kind of would have liked her to win (it was her fifth of six nominations...and she never won. Shelley deserved two Oscars but they should have been for A Patch of Blue and The Poseidon Adventure).

[GayGeisha]

It's ALL about Hermione Baddeley

[gingerbreadcorpses]

@GayGeisha Congratulations, with that five word comment, you have now completely lived up to your username

[TheLanard]

Oh GOD!! Tearing up.

[daviddarkmaster]

Many people don't know but Hermione Baddeley for Room at the Top had under 3 minutes of screen time.

It's the record for the shortest screen role ever to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

[alfonsocremata]

I think it was a very good year in the supporting actress category. Although I'd say Miss Moore could have been nominated in the category of leading lady, the competition between her, Miss Kohner and Thelma Ritter was so big it ended with the Oscar going to Miss Winters... who was a great actress nonetheless!

[jkfromcincty]

This was a weak category in 1959. Winters by default.

[etrax2000]

I love all shelley winters films but this should have gone to Moore. maybe the studio traded Moore for votes for Lana.

[gina10ful]

juanita moore hands down best actress

[jferkfjkj]

the original imitation of life from 1934 is so much better than the remake

go see it for yourself

[ooks]

juanita moore, just amazing

[johnyzero2000]

Thelma Ritter, no contest!

[MAOCPAC]

I agree on the IMITATION split vote. I have always loved Kohner and Moore in IOL.

[Juliaflo]

Outstanding performances by both of them, but Miss Moore OWNED her part.

[michthemike]

Both Moore and Kohner gave unbelievably incredible performances. I still believe that either one of them should have been awarded the Oscar. I still get chills every time I see Imitation of Life.

[shmarkus]

Excellent montage.  I would have voted for Juanita Moore. Baddeley's nomination just baffles me.

[myfilmblog]

same here. I think there was a split vote between the Imitation ladies and some weird desire to reward Shelley Winters (who had given constantly good performances).

I thought the same about Baddeley before watching the film again. Though brief, she's effective.

[vk92007]

@myfilmblog I liked Susan Kohner because I had a school boy crush on her eversince I saw the film 'By Love Possessed'. I never forgave the actor opposite to her, what's his name?

[Pedropaulocastilho]

@shmarkus Hermione just shouted...