Best Supporting Actress 1976

This is a montage I made a while back for Stinkylulu's Supporting Actress Smackdown.
It contains the best moments from the performances nominated that year:
Jane Alexander, for All the President's Men
Jodie Foster, for Taxi Driver
Lee Grant, for Voyage of the Damned
Piper Laurie, for Carrie
and
Beatrice Straight, for Network, who was the surprise winner.

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[Glodean6360]

Piper Laurie so deserved this Oscar that it was a turning point for me in believing that the Oscars were anything more than a variety show. Straight, it turns out, was related to "Network"'s director or the Vanderbilts or both so that probably counted. Piper's performance remains a BSA high mark.

[GusHammond]

Piper, robbed. Losing to a cameo which wasn't even the best supporting female performance in that film...

[ajb1776]

I love Beatrice Straight's performance. However, I applaud Piper Laurie. Let us not forget Piper was in Twin Peaks by David Lynch. Also, she had three Oscar nominations total. She deserved more parts.

[TonyMaximMuscles]

Awesome montage. Regardless of all this poointelss banter about if Straight should have won or not, 1976 was a year with allot of great movies and allot of great actors.

[tammyd963]

WHY CANT YOU SEE THE OSCARS!

[ggfanjase]

My problem with Beatrice Straight's win, and it's evident in this video, is that even in her one big showcasing moment, the camera doesn't even focus on her throughout her speech. It's on William Holden or she's turned around or Holden's stealing the scene or SOMETHING. It loses the impact, for me, of what people wanna call a 'quality over quantity' performance.

They missed the boat, IMO, of honoring a hilariously dark operatic performance in Piper Laurie. That woman was scaling Everest!

[TheKer56]

Piper Laurie - CARRIE



[PianoMan1191]

screw Laurie and Straight. JODIE FOSTER SHOULD'VE WON!

[metr0stylin]

Wow, it's a close call between Straight and Laurie. I think, at the time, Straight's performance would have stood out because people can relate to it more. Even today I think the vote would have gone the same way. Carrie and Network are two of my favorite movies to watch just for the acting though.

[Tigerlily21]

Piper Laurie has the best scene in this montage. Who should have won? Come on Beatrice Straight deserved hers. It's just that Jodie Foster and Piper Laurie would have been deserving winners too. Doesn't mean Beatrice Straight wasn't great in her own way. These are all different great performances. Stop the competition and cattiness.

[cyberlucy]

All of the actress nominated for this award people with the exception of Straight were people that everyone in Hollywood thought had more screen time and awards ahead of them. Straight was in her 60s, mostly a stage actress, and had been turned down for roles and awards before, but was greatly admired by people in the biz. I think people in Hollywood thought this was her last shot. She really just getting this for her performance but for a body of work.

[jkfromcincty]

Straight is effective, but her role is more of a bit part than a supporting one. This clip is nearly the length of her performance. Handily, I think Piper Laurie should have won. Her performance is hammy, but terrific. Also, it's undertones are demonically funny. She absolutely nailed playing a psychotic, fundamentalist Christian mother of a telekinetic teenager. Also, watch her superlative work as Paul Newman's troubled girlfriend in "The Hustler".