List of all people nominated for an Oscar and a Razzie

1. Steve Shagan

Steve Shagan was born on October 25, 1927 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Save the Tiger (1973), Primal Fear (1996) and The Formula (1980). He died on November 30, 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

1927 - 2015 (aged 88)

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Original Screenplay - Save the Tiger (1973) Best Adapted Screenplay - Voyage of the Damned (1976)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Picture - The Formula (1980) Worst Screenplay - The Formula (1980)

2. John G. Avildsen

Director | Rocky

John G. Avildsen was born on December 21, 1935 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. He was a director and editor, known for Rocky (1976), The Karate Kid Part III (1989) and Rocky V (1990). He was married to Tracy Brooks Swope and Marie Olga Maturevich. He died on June 16, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, ...

1935 - 2017 (aged 81)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Director - Rocky (1976)

Nominations: Best Documentary Short Film - Traveling Hopefully (1982)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Director - The Formula (1980) Worst Director - The Karate Kid Part III (1989) Worst Director - Rocky V (1990)

3. William Friedkin

Director | To Live and Die in L.A.

Friedkin's mother was an operating room nurse. His father was a merchant seaman, semi-pro softball player and ultimately sold clothes in a men's discount chain. Ultimately, his father never earned more than $50/week in his whole life and died indigent. Eventually young Will became infatuated with ...

1935 - 2023 (aged 87)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Director - The French Connection (1971)

Nominations: Best Director - The Exorcist (1973)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Director - Cruising (1980) Worst Screenplay - Cruising (1980)

4. Richard Fleischer

Director | Soylent Green

Richard firmly established his credentials with such epics as The Vikings (1958) , 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) and Barabbas (1961) and also proved to be a master of intimate drama with Compulsion (1959) , which won Cannes Festival awards for the male stars. He won an Academy Award for one ...

1916 - 2006 (aged 89)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Documentary Feature - Design for Death (1947)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Director - The Jazz Singer (1980)

5. Stanley Kubrick

Director | 2001: A Space Odyssey

Stanley Kubrick was born in Manhattan, New York City, to Sadie Gertrude (Perveler) and Jacob Leonard Kubrick, a physician. His family were Jewish immigrants (from Austria, Romania, and Russia). Stanley was considered intelligent, despite poor grades at school. Hoping that a change of scenery would ...

1928 - 1999 (aged 70)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Visual Effects - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Nominations: Best Picture - Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Best Director - Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Best Adapted Screenplay - Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Best Director - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Best Original Screenplay - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Best Picture - A Clockwork Orange (1971) Best Director - A Clockwork Orange (1971) Best Adapted Screenplay - A Clockwork Orange (1971) Best Picture - Barry Lyndon (1975) Best Director - Barry Lyndon (1975) Best Adapted Screenplay - Barry Lyndon (1975) Best Adapted Screenplay - Full Metal Jacket (1987)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Director - The Shining (1980)

6. Michael Caine

Actor | The Dark Knight

Michael Caine was born as Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in London, to Ellen (née Burchell), a cook, and Maurice Micklewhite Sr., a fish-market porter. He had a younger brother, Stanley Caine, and an older maternal half-brother named David Burchell. He left school at age 15 and took a series of ...

1933 -

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Supporting Actor - Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Best Supporting Actor - The Cider House Rules (1999)

Nominations: Best Actor - Alfie (1966) Best Actor - Sleuth (1972) Best Actor - Educating Rita (1983) Best Actor - The Quiet American (2002)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Actor - Dressed to Kill (1980) and The Island (1980) Worst Supporting Actor - Jaws: The Revenge (1987)

7. Kirk Douglas

Actor | The Final Countdown

Cleft-chinned, steely-eyed and virile star of international cinema who rose from being "the ragman's son" (the name of his best-selling 1988 autobiography) to become a bona fide superstar, Kirk Douglas, also known as Issur Danielovitch Demsky, was born on December 9, 1916 in Amsterdam, New York. ...

1916 - 2020 (aged 103)

OSCARS:

Wins: Academy Honorary Award (1995)

Nominations: Best Actor - Champion (1949) Best Actor - The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) Best Actor - Lust for Life (1956)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Actor - Saturn 3 (1980)

8. Richard Dreyfuss

Actor | The Goodbye Girl

Richard Dreyfuss is an American leading man, who has played his fair share of irritating pests and brash, ambitious hustlers.

He was born Richard Stephen Dreyfus in Brooklyn, New York, to Geraldine (Robbins), an activist, and Norman Dreyfus, a restaurateur and attorney. His paternal grandparents ...

1947 -

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Actor - The Goodbye Girl (1977)

Nominations: Best Actor - Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Actor - The Competition (1980)

9. Faye Dunaway

Actress | Bonnie and Clyde

An icy, elegant blonde with a knack for playing complex and strong-willed female leads, enormously popular actress Faye Dunaway starred in several films which defined what many would come to call Hollywood's "second Golden Age." During her tenure at the top of the box office, she was a more than ...

1941 -

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Actress - Network (1976)

Nominations: Best Actress - Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Best Actress - Chinatown (1974)

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Actress - Mommie Dearest (1981) Worst Supporting Actress - The Temp (1993)

Nominations: Worst Actress - The First Deadly Sin (1980) Worst Actress - The Wicked Lady (1983) Worst Actress - Supergirl (1984) Worst Actress of the Decade (1989) Worst Supporting Actress - The Chamber (1996) and Dunston Checks In (1996) Worst Supporting Actress - Albino Alligator (1996)

10. Sondra Locke

Actress | Every Which Way But Loose

Sondra Locke was born May 28, 1944 as Sandra Louise Smith, in Shelbyville, Tennessee, a quiet little town about 60 miles southeast of Nashville. She was the daughter of Raymond Smith, a military man stationed at nearby Tullahoma, and Pauline Bayne. Smith departed the scene before Sondra's birth. In...

1944 - 2018 (aged 74)

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Supporting Actress - The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Actress - Bronco Billy (1980) Worst Actress - Ratboy (1986)

11. Valerie Perrine

Actress | Superman

Valerie Ritchie Perrine is an American actress and model. For her role as Honey Bruce in the 1974 film Lenny, she won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles, the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her ...

1943 -

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Actress - Lenny (1974)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Actress - Can't Stop the Music (1980)

12. Talia Shire

Actress | Rocky

Talia Rose Shire is an American actress who played roles as Connie Corleone in The Godfather films and Adrian Balboa in the Rocky series. For her work in The Godfather Part II and Rocky, Shire was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress, respectively, and for the ...

1946 -

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Supporting Actress - The Godfather Part II (1974) Best Actress - Rocky (1976)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Actress - Windows (1980) Worst Supporting Actress - Rocky IV (1985) Worst Actress - Rocky V (1990)

13. Laurence Olivier

Actor | Sleuth

Laurence Olivier could speak William Shakespeare's lines as naturally as if he were "actually thinking them", said English playwright Charles Bennett, who met Olivier in 1927. Laurence Kerr Olivier was born in Dorking, Surrey, England, to Agnes Louise (Crookenden) and Gerard Kerr Olivier, a High ...

1907 - 1989 (aged 82)

OSCARS:

Wins: Academy Honorary Award - The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (1944) Best Actor - Hamlet (1948) Academy Honorary Award (1978)

Nominations: Best Actor - Wuthering Heights (1939) Best Actor - Rebecca (1940) Best Actor - The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (1944) Best Director - Hamlet (1948) Best Actor - Richard III (1955) Best Actor - The Entertainer (1960) Best Actor - Othello (1965) Best Actor - Sleuth (1972) Best Supporting Actor - Marathon Man (1976) Best Actor - The Boys from Brazil (1978)

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Supporting Actor - The Jazz Singer (1980) Worst Actor - Inchon (1981)

14. Marlon Brando

Actor | Apocalypse Now

Marlon Brando is widely considered the greatest movie actor of all time, rivaled only by the more theatrically oriented Laurence Olivier in terms of esteem. Unlike Olivier, who preferred the stage to the screen, Brando concentrated his talents on movies after bidding the Broadway stage adieu in ...

1924 - 2004 (aged 80)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Actor - On the Waterfront (1954) Best Actor - The Godfather (1972)

Nominations: Best Actor - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Best Actor - Viva Zapata! (1952) Best Actor - Julius Caesar (1953) Best Actor - Sayonara (1957) Best Actor - Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972) Best Supporting Actor - A Dry White Season (1989)

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Supporting Actor - The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)

Nominations: Worst Supporting Actor - The Formula (1980) Worst Supporting Actor - Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) Worst Screen Combo - The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)

15. Erich Segal

Writer | Love Story

Erich Segal was born on June 16, 1937 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Love Story (1970), Yellow Submarine (1968) and A Change of Seasons (1980). He was married to Karen Marianne James. He died on January 17, 2010 in London, England, UK.

1937 - 2010 (aged 72)

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Original Screenplay - Love Story (1970)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Screenplay - A Change of Seasons (1980)

16. George Duning

Composer | From Here to Eternity

George Duning was educated in Cincinnati, Ohio, and during his early 20s played trumpet and piano for the Kay Kyser band, later arranging most of the music for Kyser's popular "Kollege of Musical Knowledge" radio program. It was during the Kyser band's appearance in Carolina Moon (1940) that ...

1908 - 2000 (aged 92)

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Original Score - Jolson Sings Again (1949) Best Original Score - No Sad Songs for Me (1950) Best Original Score - From Here to Eternity (1953) Best Original Score - Picnic (1955) Best Original Score - The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Original Song - The Man with Bogart's Face (1980), "The Man with Bogart's Face"

17. John Farrar

Soundtrack | Grease

John Farrar was born on November 8, 1946 in Melbourne, Australia. He is a composer and actor, known for Grease (1978), Xanadu (1980) and Flight of the Navigator (1986). He has been married to Pat Carroll since January 6, 1970. They have two children.

1946 -

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Original Song - Grease (1978), "Hopelessly Devoted to You"

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Original Song - Xanadu (1980), "Suspended in Time"

18. Henry Mancini

Soundtrack | Breakfast at Tiffany's

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, but brought up in Pennsylvania, where he played the flute in a local band, as a youth, before sending some arrangements to Benny Goodman. Goodman offered him a job and, after serving in WWII, he joined the rearranged Glenn Miller band. In 1952, he was given a two-week ...

1924 - 1994 (aged 70)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Original Score - Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) Best Original Song - Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), "Moon River" Best Original Song - Days of Wine and Roses (1962), "Days of Wine and Roses" Best Original Score - Victor/Victoria (1982)

Nominations: Best Original Score - The Glenn Miller Story (1954) Best Original Song - Bachelor in Paradise (1961), "Bachelor in Paradise" Best Original Song - Charade (1963), "Charade" Best Original Score - The Pink Panther (1963) Best Original Song - Dear Heart (1964), "Dear Heart" Best Original Song - The Great Race (1965), "The Sweetheart Tree" Best Original Score - Darling Lili (1970) Best Original Score - I girasoli (1970) Best Original Song - Darling Lili (1970), "Whistling Away in the Dark" Best Original Song - Sometimes a Great Notion (1971), "All His Children" Best Original Song - The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), "Come to Me" Best Original Score - 10 (1979) Best Original Song - 10 (1979), "It's Easy to Say" Best Original Song - That's Life! (1986), "Life in a Looking Glass"

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Original Song - A Change of Seasons (1980), "Where Do You Catch the Bus for Tomorrow?" Worst Original Song - That's Life! (1986), "Life in a Looking Glass"

19. Alan Bergman

Soundtrack | Tootsie

Prolific songwriter ("Nice 'n' Easy", "Yellow Bird"), composer and author, educated at UCLA and the University of Northern Carolina (BA). During WW II, he wrote and directed Special Services shows, then directed TV shows for CBS in Philadelphia, PA from 1945-1953. He joined ASCAP in 1955 and wrote ...

1925 -

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Original Song - The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), "The Windmills of Your Mind" Best Original Song - The Way We Were (1973), "The Way We Were" Best Original Score - Yentl (1983)

Nominations: Best Original Song - The Happy Ending (1969), "What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life?" Best Original Song - Pieces of Dreams (1970), "Pieces of Dreams" Best Original Song - Sometimes a Great Notion (1971), "All His Children" Best Original Song - The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), "Marmalade, Molasses & Honey" Best Original Song - Same Time, Next Year (1978), "The Last Time I Felt Like This" Best Original Song - The Promise (1979), "I'll Never Say Goodbye" Best Original Song - Best Friends (1982), "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" Best Original Song - Yes, Giorgio (1982), "If I Were in Love" Best Original Song - Tootsie (1982), "It Might Be You" Best Original Song - Yentl (1983), "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" Best Original Song - Yentl (1983), "The Way He Makes Me Feel" Best Original Song - Shirley Valentine (1989), "The Girl Who Used to Be Me" Best Original Song - Sabrina (1995), "Moonlight"

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Original Song - A Change of Seasons (1980), "Where Do You Catch the Bus for Tomorrow?" Worst Original Song - Author! Author! (1982), "Comin' Home to You" Worst Musical Score - Yentl (1983)

20. Marilyn Bergman

Soundtrack | Tootsie

Prolific songwriter ("Nice 'n' Easy", "Yellow Bird"), composer and author Marilyn Bergman wrote several theme songs for television and songs for revues, night clubs, and films. Joining ASCAP in 1953, her chief musical collaborators included her husband Alan Bergman, Lew Spence, Norman Luboff, Paul ...

1928 - 2022 (aged 93)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Original Song - The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), "The Windmills of Your Mind" Best Original Song - The Way We Were (1973), "The Way We Were" Best Original Score - Yentl (1983)

Nominations: Best Original Song - The Happy Ending (1969), "What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life?" Best Original Song - Pieces of Dreams (1970), "Pieces of Dreams" Best Original Song - Sometimes a Great Notion (1971), "All His Children" Best Original Song - The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), "Marmalade, Molasses & Honey" Best Original Song - Same Time, Next Year (1978), "The Last Time I Felt Like This" Best Original Song - The Promise (1979), "I'll Never Say Goodbye" Best Original Song - Best Friends (1982), "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" Best Original Song - Yes, Giorgio (1982), "If I Were in Love" Best Original Song - Tootsie (1982), "It Might Be You" Best Original Song - Yentl (1983), "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" Best Original Song - Yentl (1983), "The Way He Makes Me Feel" Best Original Song - Shirley Valentine (1989), "The Girl Who Used to Be Me" Best Original Song - Sabrina (1995), "Moonlight"

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Original Song - A Change of Seasons (1980), "Where Do You Catch the Bus for Tomorrow?" Worst Original Song - Author! Author! (1982), "Comin' Home to You" Worst Musical Score - Yentl (1983)

21. James Coco

Actor | Murder by Death

Born in New York City of humble means, character player James Coco was the son of Feliche, an Italian shoemaker, and Ida (Detestes) Coco. Shining shoes as a youngster with his father, his interest in acting occurred early on as a child. At age 17 he toured with a children's theatre troupe for three...

1930 - 1987 (aged 56)

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Supporting Actor - Only When I Laugh (1981)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Supporting Actor - Only When I Laugh (1981)

22. Walter Coblenz

Producer | All the President's Men

Walter Coblenz was born on August 15, 1928 in Glogau, Germany. He was a production manager and producer, known for All the President's Men (1976), Money Talks (1997) and The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981). He was married to Rita Bellisle. He died on March 16, 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Picture - All the President's Men (1976)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Picture - The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)

23. Michael Cimino

Director | The Deer Hunter

Michael Cimino studied architecture and dramatic arts; later he filmed advertisements and documentaries and also wrote scripts until the actor, producer and director Clint Eastwood gave him the opportunity to direct the thriller Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974). But his biggest success was The Deer...

1939 - 2016 (aged 77)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Picture - The Deer Hunter (1978) Best Director - The Deer Hunter (1978)

Nominations: Best Original Screenplay - The Deer Hunter (1978)

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Director - Heaven's Gate (1980)

Nominations: Worst Screenplay - Heaven's Gate (1980) Worst Director - Year of the Dragon (1985) Worst Screenplay - Year of the Dragon (1985)

24. Frank Perry

Director | Mommie Dearest

Frank Perry was born on August 21, 1930 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Mommie Dearest (1981), David and Lisa (1962) and Last Summer (1969). He was married to Virginia Brush Ford, Barbara Goldsmith and Eleanor Perry. He died on August 29, 1995 in New York ...

1930 - 1995 (aged 65)

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Director - David and Lisa (1962)

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Screenplay - Mommie Dearest (1981)

Nominations: Worst Director - Mommie Dearest (1981)

25. Franco Zeffirelli

Director | Romeo and Juliet

Franco Zeffirelli is an Italian director and producer of operas, films and television. He was also a senator from 1994 until 2001 for the Italian center-right Forza Italia party. Some of his operatic designs and productions have become worldwide classics.

He was known for several of the movies he ...

1923 - 2019 (aged 96)

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Director - Romeo and Juliet (1968) Best Production Design - La traviata (1982)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Director - Endless Love (1981)

26. Bruce Dern

Actor | Nebraska

Two-time Oscar nominee Bruce Dern's tremendous career is made up of playing both modern day heroes and legendary villains. Through decades of lauded performances, Dern has acquired the reputation of being one of the most talented and prolific actors of his generation.

Dern currently appears opposite...

1936 -

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Supporting Actor - Coming Home (1978) Best Actor - Nebraska (2013)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Actor - Tattoo (1981)

27. Richard Harris

Actor | Unforgiven

Richard St John Harris was born on October 1, 1930 in Limerick, Ireland, to a farming family, one of nine children born to Mildred (Harty) and Ivan Harris. He attended Crescent College, a Jesuit school, and was an excellent rugby player, with a strong passion for literature. Unfortunately, a bout ...

1930 - 2002 (aged 72)

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Actor - This Sporting Life (1963) Best Actor - The Field (1990)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Actor - Tarzan the Ape Man (1981)

28. Linda Blair

Actress | The Exorcist

From the age of five, Linda Blair had to get used to the spotlight, first as a child model and then as an actress, when out of 600 applicants she was picked for the role of Regan, the possessed child, in The Exorcist (1973). Linda quickly rose to international fame, won the Golden Globe, and seemed...

1959 -

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Supporting Actress - The Exorcist (1973)

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Career Achievement Award (1984) Worst Actress - Night Patrol (1984), Savage Island (1985), and Savage Streets (1984)

Nominations: Worst Actress - Hell Night (1981) Worst Actress - Chained Heat (1983)

29. Barbra Streisand

Actress | Yentl

Barbra Streisand is an American singer, actress, director and producer and one of the most successful personalities in show business. She is the only person ever to receive all of the following: Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Grammy, Golden Globe, Cable Ace, National Endowment for the Arts, and Peabody awards,...

1942 -

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Actress - Funny Girl (1968) Best Original Song - A Star Is Born (1976), "Evergreen"

Nominations: Best Actress - The Way We Were (1973) Best Picture - The Prince of Tides (1991) Best Original Song - The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996), "I've Finally Found Someone"

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Actress - All Night Long (1981) Worst Actor - Yentl (1983) Worst Supporting Actress - Little Fockers (2010) Worst Actress - The Guilt Trip (2012)

30. Ernest Borgnine

Actor | Marty

Ernest Borgnine was born Ermes Effron Borgnino on January 24, 1917 in Hamden, Connecticut. His parents were Anna (Boselli), who had emigrated from Carpi (MO), Italy, and Camillo Borgnino, who had emigrated from Ottiglio (AL), Italy. As an only child, Ernest enjoyed most sports, especially boxing, ...

1917 - 2012 (aged 95)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Actor - Marty (1955)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Supporting Actor - Deadly Blessing (1981)

31. Diana Scarwid

Actress | What Lies Beneath

Born in Savannah, Georgia, Scarwid moved to New York at 17 to become an actress. Simultaneously, as an honors student, she graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and Pace University. She landed some small film and TV roles before her subtle performance in Inside Moves (1980) was ...

1955 -

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Supporting Actress - Inside Moves (1980)

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Supporting Actress - Mommie Dearest (1981)

Nominations: Worst Supporting Actress - Strange Invaders (1983) Worst New Star of the Decade (1989)

32. Shirley Knight

Actress | As Good as It Gets

Shirley Knight was an American actress who appeared in more than 180 feature films, television movies, television series, and Broadway productions in her career playing leading and character roles.

She was a member of the Actors Studio. Knight was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best ...

1936 - 2020 (aged 83)

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Supporting Actress - The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960) Best Supporting Actress - Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Supporting Actress - Endless Love (1981)

33. Robert Getchell

Writer | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Not to be confused with the classical singer of the same name, screen-writer Robert Getchell was born in 1936 in Kansas City, Missouri and studied English at the University of Missouri in Columbia, graduating in 1965. After working as a free-lance writer and reviewer,he penned his first screen-play...

1936 - 2017 (aged 80)

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Original Screenplay - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) Best Adapted Screenplay - Bound for Glory (1976)

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Screenplay - Mommie Dearest (1981)

34. David Shire

Music_department | Zodiac

David Shire was born on July 3, 1937 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He is a composer and writer, known for Zodiac (2007), Short Circuit (1986) and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974). He has been married to Didi Conn since February 11, 1984. They have one child. He was previously married to Talia...

1937 -

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Original Song - Norma Rae (1979), "It Goes Like It Goes"

Nominations: Best Original Song - The Promise (1979), "I'll Never Say Goodbye"

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Original Song - Paternity (1981), "Baby Talk"

Nominations: Worst Original Song - Only When I Laugh (1981), "Only When I Laugh"

35. Marvin Hamlisch

Composer | The Spy Who Loved Me

Musical talent ran in Marvin Hamlisch's family - his father was an accordionist, and at seven Hamlisch was the youngest student ever accepted by Manhattan's Julliard School of Music. Hamlich furthered his education by taking night classes at Queens College and working during the day as a rehearsal ...

1944 - 2012 (aged 68)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Original Score - The Sting (1973) Best Original Score - The Way We Were (1973) Best Original Song - The Way We Were (1973), "The Way We Were"

Nominations: Best Original Song - Kotch (1971), "Life Is What You Make It" Best Original Score - The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Best Original Song - The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), "Nobody Does It Better" Best Original Song - Same Time, Next Year (1978), "The Last Time I Felt Like This" Best Original Song - Ice Castles (1978), "Through the Eyes of Love" Best Original Score - Sophie's Choice (1982) Best Original Song - A Chorus Line (1985), "Surprise, Surprise" Best Original Song - Shirley Valentine (1989), "The Girl Who Used to Be Me" Best Original Song - The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996), "I've Finally Found Someone"

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Original Song - The Fan (1981), "Hearts, Not Diamonds"

36. John Barry

Soundtrack | Out of Africa

John Barry was born in York, England in 1933, and was the youngest of three children. His father, Jack, owned several local cinemas and by the age of fourteen, Barry was capable of running the projection box on his own - in particular, The Rialto in York. As he was brought up in a cinematic ...

1933 - 2011 (aged 77)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Original Score - Born Free (1966) Best Original Song - Born Free (1966), "Born Free" Best Original Score - The Lion in Winter (1968) Best Original Score - Out of Africa (1985) Best Original Score - Dances with Wolves (1990)

Nominations: Best Original Score - Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) Best Original Score - Chaplin (1992)

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Musical Score - The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)

Nominations: Worst Original Song - The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981), "The Man in the Mask" Worst Original Song - Indecent Proposal (1993), "In All the Right Places"

37. Dean Pitchford

Soundtrack | Fame

Dean Pitchford was born on July 29, 1951 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. He is a composer and writer, known for Fame (1980), Footloose (1984) and Chances Are (1989).

1951 -

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Original Song - Fame (1980), "Fame"

Nominations: Best Original Song - Footloose (1984), "Footloose" Best Original Song - Footloose (1984), "Let's Hear It for the Boy" Best Original Song - Chances Are (1989), "After All"

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Original Song - The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981), "The Man in the Mask"

38. Joe Renzetti

Composer | Eating Miss Campbell

Joe Renzetti a native of Philadelphia, PA., Interested in film composing, left for Hollywood and landed a gig doing the music for a new rock n' roll biopic, "The Buddy Holly Story."

There he taught the actors portraying Holly the Crickets to sing and play their instruments. They were then filmed ...

1941 -

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Original Score - The Buddy Holly Story (1978)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Musical Score - Under the Rainbow (1981)

39. Ian Fraser

Music_department | Scrooge

Ian Fraser was born on August 23, 1933 in Hove, East Sussex, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Scrooge (1970), The Secret of NIMH (1982) and Zorro: The Gay Blade (1981). He was married to Judee Morton. He died on October 31, 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

1933 - 2014 (aged 81)

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Original Score - Scrooge (1970)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Musical Score - Zorro: The Gay Blade (1981)

40. Blake Edwards

Writer | The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Blake Edwards' stepfather's father J. Gordon Edwards was a silent screen director, and his stepfather Jack McEdward was a stage director and movie production manager. Blake acted in a number films, beginning with Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) and wrote a number of others, beginning with ...

1922 - 2010 (aged 88)

OSCARS:

Wins: Academy Honorary Award (2003)

Nominations: Best Adapted Screenplay - Victor/Victoria (1982)

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Director - Sunset (1988)

Nominations: Worst Director - S.O.B. (1981) Worst Screenplay - S.O.B. (1981)

41. Ray Stark

Producer | Annie

Soon after World War II he started selling Red Ryder radio scripts written by his Shakespeare professor at Rutgers university. He was soon handling literary talent such as Raymond Chandler and Ben Hecht. He later joined Famous Artists Agency representing Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Richard Burton ...

1915 - 2004 (aged 88)

OSCARS:

Wins: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1979)

Nominations: Best Picture - Funny Girl (1968) Best Picture - The Goodbye Girl (1977)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Picture - Annie (1982)

42. Albert S. Ruddy

Producer | Million Dollar Baby

Albert Stotland Ruddy is a Canadian-American film and television producer. He is known for producing The Godfather (1972) and Million Dollar Baby (2004), both of which won him the Academy Award for Best Picture, as well as co-creating the CBS sitcom Hogan's Heroes (1965 - 1971). Albert was born to ...

1930 -

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Picture - The Godfather (1972) Best Picture - Million Dollar Baby (2004)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Picture - Megaforce (1982) Worst Picture - Cannonball Run II (1984) Worst Screenplay - Cannonball Run II (1984)

43. Ken Annakin

Director | The Longest Day

A former salesman and journalist, Ken Annakin got into the film industry making documentary shorts. His feature debut, Holiday Camp (1947), was a comedy about a Cockney family on vacation. It was made for the Rank Organization and was a modest success, spawning three sequels, all of which he ...

1914 - 2009 (aged 94)

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Original Screenplay - Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes (1965)

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Director - The Pirate Movie (1982)

44. John Huston

Director | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

An eccentric rebel of epic proportions, this Hollywood titan reigned supreme as director, screenwriter and character actor in a career that endured over five decades. The ten-time Oscar-nominated legend was born John Marcellus Huston in Nevada, Missouri, on August 5, 1906. His ancestry was English,...

1906 - 1987 (aged 81)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Director - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) Best Adapted Screenplay - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Nominations: Best Original Screenplay - Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940) Best Adapted Screenplay - The Maltese Falcon (1941) Best Director - The Asphalt Jungle (1950) Best Adapted Screenplay - The Asphalt Jungle (1950) Best Director - The African Queen (1951) Best Adapted Screenplay - The African Queen (1951) Best Picture - Moulin Rouge (1952) Best Director - Moulin Rouge (1952) Best Adapted Screenplay - Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) Best Supporting Actor - The Cardinal (1963) Best Adapted Screenplay - The Man Who Would Be King (1975) Best Director - Prizzi's Honor (1985)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Director - Annie (1982)

45. Mary Tyler Moore

Actress | Ordinary People

Mary Tyler Moore was born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, on December 29, 1936. Moore's family relocated to California when she was eight. Her childhood was troubled, due in part to her mother's alcoholism. The eldest of three siblings, she attended a Catholic high school and married upon her graduation, in...

1936 - 2017 (aged 80)

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Actress - Ordinary People (1980)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Actress - Six Weeks (1982)

46. Orson Welles

Actor | Citizen Kane

His father, Richard Head Welles, was a well-to-do inventor, his mother, Beatrice (Ives) Welles, a beautiful concert pianist; Orson Welles was gifted in many arts (magic, piano, painting) as a child. When his mother died in 1924 (when he was nine) he traveled the world with his father. He was ...

1915 - 1985 (aged 70)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Original Screenplay - Citizen Kane (1941) Academy Honorary Award (1970)

Nominations: Best Director - Citizen Kane (1941) Best Actor - Citizen Kane (1941)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Supporting Actor - Butterfly (1981)

47. Dyan Cannon

Actress | Heaven Can Wait

Dyan Cannon is the first woman in the history of the Motion Picture Academy to be nominated for Oscars both in front of and behind the camera. Her diligence and determination have been rewarded by many prestigious honors.

She received her first Academy Award nomination for her memorable role as ...

1937 -

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Supporting Actress - Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) Best Live Action Short Film - Number One (1976) Best Supporting Actress - Heaven Can Wait (1978)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Supporting Actress - Deathtrap (1982)

48. Dave Grusin

Music_department | The Fabulous Baker Boys

Dave Grusin was born on June 26, 1934 in Littleton, Colorado, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), The Firm (1993) and The Graduate (1967). He was previously married to Edith Ruth Price, Sara Jane Tallman and Barbara Jo Davidson.

1934 -

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Original Score - The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)

Nominations: Best Original Score - Heaven Can Wait (1978) Best Original Score - The Champ (1979) Best Original Score - On Golden Pond (1981) Best Original Song - Tootsie (1982), "It Might Be You" Best Original Score - The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) Best Original Score - Havana (1990) Best Original Score - The Firm (1993)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Original Song - Author! Author! (1982), "Comin' Home to You"

49. Ennio Morricone

Composer | The Hateful Eight

A classmate of director Sergio Leone with whom he would form one of the great director/composer partnerships (right up there with Eisenstein & Prokofiev, Hitchcock & Herrmann, Fellini & Rota), Ennio Morricone studied at Rome's Santa Cecilia Conservatory, where he specialized in trumpet. His first ...

1928 - 2020 (aged 91)

OSCARS:

Wins: Academy Honorary Award (2006) Best Original Score - The Hateful Eight (2015)

Nominations: Best Original Score - Days of Heaven (1978) Best Original Score - The Mission (1986) Best Original Score - The Untouchables (1987) Best Original Score - Bugsy (1991) Best Original Score - Malèna (2000)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Original Song - Butterfly (1981), "It's Wrong for Me to Love You" Worst Musical Score - Butterfly (1981) Worst Musical Score - The Thing (1982)

50. Carol Connors

Soundtrack | Rocky

Singer/songwriter Carol Connors was born as Annette Kleinbard on November 13, 1941 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Carol began her singing career while still in high school. She was the lead singer of the pop vocal trio The Teddy Bears, who had a number one hit song in 1958 with the lovely pop ballad...

1941 -

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Original Song - Rocky (1976), "Gonna Fly Now" Best Original Song - The Rescuers (1977), "Someone's Waiting for You"

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Original Song - Butterfly (1981), "It's Wrong for Me to Love You"

51. John Williams

Composer | Jurassic Park

As one of the best known, awarded, and financially successful composers in US history, John Williams is as easy to recall as John Philip Sousa, Aaron Copland or Leonard Bernstein, illustrating why he is "America's composer" time and again. With a massive list of awards that includes over 52 Oscar ...

52. Irwin Allen

Producer | The Towering Inferno

A graduate of New York's Columbia School of Journalism, Irwin Allen was a magazine editor, the producer/director of a radio show and the owner of an advertising agency before entering film production in the 1950s. His documentary, The Sea Around Us (1953), won an Academy Award. A successful TV ...

1916 - 1991 (aged 75)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Documentary Feature - The Sea Around Us (1953)

Nominations: Best Picture - The Towering Inferno (1974)

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Career Achievement Award (1982)

53. Amy Irving

Actress | Traffic

Naturally brunette/blue-eyed beauty Amy Davis Irving was born in Palo Alto, California. She is the youngest of three children, and the daughter of influential theatrical/television director and producer Jules Irving, and actress Priscilla Pointer. Her father was of Russian Jewish descent, and her ...

1953 -

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Supporting Actress - Yentl (1983)

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Supporting Actress - Honeysuckle Rose (1980)

Nominations: Worst Supporting Actress - Yentl (1983)

54. Gordon Willis

Cinematographer | Zelig

Gordon Willis was an American cinematographer. He's best known for his work on Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather films, as well asWoody Allen's Annie Hall (1977) and Manhattan (1979).

His work on the first two Godfather films turned out to be groundbreaking in its use of low-light photography and ...

1931 - 2014 (aged 82)

OSCARS:

Wins: Academy Honorary Award (2009)

Nominations: Best Cinematography - Zelig (1983) Best Cinematography - The Godfather Part III (1990)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Director - Windows (1980)

55. Menahem Golan

Producer | The Apple

Menahem Golan was born Menahem Globus to parents of Polish decent in Tiberias, Israel, in May 1929. In his early years, he was a pilot for the fledgling Israeli Air Force, changing his surname to Golan for patriotic reasons in 1948. A few years later, he took the first step towards his future ...

1929 - 2014 (aged 85)

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best International Feature Film - Mivtsa Yonatan (1977)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Picture - Hercules (1983) Worst Picture - Cobra (1986) Worst Picture - Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)

56. Joe Alves

Production_designer | Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Joe Alves was born on May 21, 1936 in San Leandro, California, USA. He is an art director and production designer, known for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Jaws 3-D (1983) and Escape from New York (1981). He has been married to Jerri Lauridsen since April 29, 1990. They have two ...

1936 -

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Production Design - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Director - Jaws 3-D (1983)

57. John Travolta

Actor | Pulp Fiction

John Joseph Travolta was born in Englewood, New Jersey, one of six children of Helen Travolta (née Helen Cecilia Burke) and Salvatore/Samuel J. Travolta. His father was of Italian descent and his mother was of Irish ancestry. His father owned a tire repair shop called Travolta Tires in Hillsdale, ...

1954 -

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Actor - Saturday Night Fever (1977) Best Actor - Pulp Fiction (1994)

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Picture - Battlefield Earth (2000) Worst Actor - Battlefield Earth (2000) and Lucky Numbers (2000) Worst Screen Combo - Battlefield Earth (2000) Worst Actor - The Fanatic (2019) and Trading Paint (2019)

Nominations: Worst Actor - Staying Alive (1983) and Two of a Kind (1983) Worst Actor - Perfect (1985) Worst Actor of the Decade (1989) Worst Supporting Actor - Shout (1991) Worst Actor - Domestic Disturbance (2001) and Swordfish (2001) Worst Actor - Old Dogs (2009) Worst Actor of the Decade (2009) Worst Actor - Gotti (2018) Worst Screen Combo - Gotti (2018) Worst Picture - The Fanatic (2019) Worst Screen Combo - The Fanatic (2019) and Trading Paint (2019)

58. Louis Gossett Jr.

Actor | An Officer and a Gentleman

Louis Gossett Jr. was one of the most respected and beloved actors on stage, screen and television and was also an accomplished writer, producer and director. Off-screen, he was a social activist, educator, and author dedicated to enriching the lives of others. He was the first African-American to ...

1936 - 2024 (aged 87)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Supporting Actor - An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Supporting Actor - Jaws 3-D (1983)

59. Giorgio Moroder

Soundtrack | Top Gun

Giorgio Moroder was born on April 26, 1940 in Urtijëi, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. He is a composer and actor, known for Top Gun (1986), Flashdance (1983) and Over the Top (1987).

1940 -

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Original Score - Midnight Express (1978) Best Original Song - Flashdance (1983), "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Best Original Song - Top Gun (1986), "Take My Breath Away"

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Musical Score - Superman III (1983) Worst Original Song - Metropolis (1927) (1984 re-release), "Love Kills" Worst Musical Score - Metropolis (1927) (1984 re-release) and Thief of Hearts (1984)

60. Michel Legrand

Composer | The Thomas Crown Affair

Michel Legrand is a three-time Academy Award-winning French composer, conductor and pianist who composed over 200 film and television scores as well as recorded over a hundred albums of jazz, popular and classical music.

He was born on February 24, 1932, in Becon-les-Bruyeres, in the Paris suburbs, ...

1932 - 2019 (aged 86)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Original Song - The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), "The Windmills of Your Mind" Best Original Score - Summer of '42 (1971) Best Original Score - Yentl (1983)

Nominations: Best Original Score - Les parapluies de Cherbourg (1964) Best Original Song - Les parapluies de Cherbourg (1964), "I Will Wait for You" Best Original Score - Les demoiselles de Rochefort (1967) Best Original Score - The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) Best Original Song - The Happy Ending (1969), "What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life?" Best Original Song - Pieces of Dreams (1970), "Pieces of Dreams" Best Original Song - Best Friends (1982), "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" Best Original Song - Yes, Giorgio (1982), "If I Were in Love" Best Original Song - Tootsie (1982), "It Might Be You" Best Original Song - Yentl (1983), "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" Best Original Song - Yentl (1983), "The Way He Makes Me Feel"

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Musical Score - Yentl (1983)

61. Prince

Soundtrack | Under the Cherry Moon

Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Mattie Shaw, a jazz singer and social worker, and John L. Nelson, a lyricist and pianist. His father's stage name was "Prince Rogers". His parents were both from African-American families from Louisiana. They separated during his youth, ...

1958 - 2016 (aged 57)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Original Score - Purple Rain (1984)

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Director - Under the Cherry Moon (1986) Worst Actor - Under the Cherry Moon (1986) Worst Original Song - Under the Cherry Moon (1986), "Love or Money"

Nominations: Worst Original Song - Purple Rain (1984), "Sex Shooter" Worst Actor of the Decade (1989) Worst New Star of the Decade (1989) Worst Director - Graffiti Bridge (1990) Worst Actor - Graffiti Bridge (1990) Worst Screenplay - Graffiti Bridge (1990) Worst Actor of the Century (1999)

62. Kris Kristofferson

Actor | Blade

Kris Kristofferson was born in Brownsville, Texas, to Mary Ann (Ashbrook) and Lars Henry Kristofferson. His paternal grandparents were Swedish, and his father was a United States Air Force general who pushed his son to a military career. Kris was a Golden Gloves boxer and went to Pomona College in ...

1936 -

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Original Score - Songwriter (1984)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Actor - Heaven's Gate (1980) and Rollover (1981)

63. Marvin Worth

Producer | Malcolm X

Marvin Worth was born on June 6, 1925 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Malcolm X (1992), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) and Lenny (1974). He was married to Joan Worth. He died on April 22, 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

1925 - 1998 (aged 72)

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Documentary Feature - Malcolm X (1972) Best Picture - Lenny (1974)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Picture - Rhinestone (1984)

64. Sylvester Stallone

Actor | Rocky

Sylvester Stallone is an athletically built, dark-haired American actor/screenwriter/director/producer, the movie fans worldwide have been flocking to see Stallone's films for over 40 years, making "Sly" one of Hollywood's biggest-ever box office draws.

Sylvester Stallone was born on July 6, 1946, ...

1946 -

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Actor - Rocky (1976) Best Original Screenplay - Rocky (1976) Best Supporting Actor - Creed (2015)

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Actor - Rhinestone (1984) Worst Director - Rocky IV (1985) Worst Actor - Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and Rocky IV (1985) Worst Screenplay - Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) Worst Actor - Rambo III (1988) Worst Actor of the Decade (1989) Worst Actor - Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) Worst Screen Combo - The Specialist (1994) Worst Actor of the Century (1999) Worst Supporting Actor - Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003) Redeemer Award - Creed (2015) Worst Supporting Actor - Expend4bles (2023)

Nominations: Worst Screenplay - Rhinestone (1984) Worst Screenplay - Rocky IV (1985) Worst Actor - Cobra (1986) Worst Screenplay - Cobra (1986) Worst Actor - Over the Top (1987) Worst Screenplay - Rambo III (1988) Worst Actor - Lock Up (1989) and Tango & Cash (1989) Worst Actor - Rocky V (1990) Worst Screenplay - Rocky V (1990) Worst Actor - Oscar (1991) Worst Screenplay - Cliffhanger (1993) Worst Actor - The Specialist (1994) Worst Actor - Assassins (1995) and Judge Dredd (1995) Worst Actor - Daylight (1996) Worst Supporting Actor - An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997) Worst Screen Combo - An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997) Worst Actor - Get Carter (2000) Worst Picture - Driven (2001) Worst Supporting Actor - Driven (2001) Worst Screen Combo - Driven (2001) Worst Screenplay - Driven (2001) Worst Director - The Expendables (2010) Worst Actor - Bullet to the Head (2012), Escape Plan (2013), and Grudge Match (2013) Worst Actor - Rambo: Last Blood (2019) Worst Screen Combo - Rambo: Last Blood (2019) Worst Screenplay - Rambo: Last Blood (2019) Worst Actor - Samaritan (2022)

65. Peter O'Toole

Actor | Lawrence of Arabia

A leading man of prodigious talents, Peter O'Toole was born and raised in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, the son of Constance Jane Eliot (Ferguson), a Scottish nurse, and Patrick Joseph O'Toole, an Irish metal plater, football player and racecourse bookmaker. Upon leaving school, he decided to become a...

1932 - 2013 (aged 81)

OSCARS:

Wins: Academy Honorary Award (2002)

Nominations: Best Actor - Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Best Actor - Becket (1964) Best Actor - The Lion in Winter (1968) Best Actor - Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) Best Actor - The Ruling Class (1972) Best Actor - The Stunt Man (1980) Best Actor - My Favorite Year (1982) Best Actor - Venus (2006)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Actor - Supergirl (1984) Worst Supporting Actor - Club Paradise (1986)

66. Shirley MacLaine

Actress | Terms of Endearment

Shirley MacLaine was born Shirley MacLean Beaty in Richmond, Virginia. Her mother, Kathlyn Corinne (MacLean), was a drama teacher from Nova Scotia, Canada, and her father, Ira Owens Beaty, a professor of psychology and real estate agent, was from Virginia. Her brother, Warren Beatty, was born on ...

1934 -

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Actress - Terms of Endearment (1983)

Nominations: Best Actress - Some Came Running (1958) Best Actress - The Apartment (1960) Best Actress - Irma la Douce (1963) Best Documentary Feature - The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir (1975) Best Actress - The Turning Point (1977)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Actress - Cannonball Run II (1984)

67. George Kennedy

Actor | Cool Hand Luke

George Harris Kennedy, Jr. was born on February 18, 1925 in New York City, to Helen (Kieselbach), a ballet dancer, and George Harris Kennedy, an orchestra leader and musician. Following high school graduation, Kennedy enlisted in the United States Army in 1943 with the hope to become a fighter ...

1925 - 2016 (aged 91)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Supporting Actor - Cool Hand Luke (1967)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Supporting Actor - Bolero (1984)

68. Harvey Miller

Producer | Private Benjamin

Harvey was born as Harvey Skolnik. He grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey. Harvey started his career in New York City as comedian Sandy Baron's manager. Harvey furthered his career by working with his close longtime friends: Garry Marshall, Penny Marshall, Albert Brooks, James L. Brooks and Jerry ...

1935 - 1999 (aged 63)

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Original Screenplay - Private Benjamin (1980)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Screenplay - Cannonball Run II (1984)

69. David Newman

Writer | Bonnie and Clyde

David Newman was born on February 4, 1937 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Superman (1978) and What's Up, Doc? (1972). He was married to Leslie Newman. He died on June 27, 2003 in New York City, New York, USA.

1937 - 2003 (aged 66)

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Original Screenplay - Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Screenplay - Sheena (1984)

70. Dolly Parton

Soundtrack | The Porter Wagoner Show

Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946 in Pittman Center, Tennessee and raised in Sevierville, Tennessee to Avie Lee Parton, a housewife & Robert Lee Parton, a tobacco farmer. At 12, she was appearing on Knoxville TV and at 13, she was already recording on a small label and appearing at ...

1946 -

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Original Song - Nine to Five (1980), "9 to 5" Best Original Song - Transamerica (2005), "Travelin' Thru"

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Original Song - Rhinestone (1984), "Drinkenstein"

Nominations: Worst Original Song - Rhinestone (1984), "Sweet Lovin' Friends" Worst Musical Score - Rhinestone (1984)

71. Michael Sembello

Soundtrack | Flashdance

Michael Sembello was born on April 17, 1954 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Flashdance (1983), Virtuosity (1995) and Independence Day (1996).

1954 -

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Original Song - Flashdance (1983), "Maniac"

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Original Song - Body Rock (1984), "Smooth Talker"

72. Elmer Bernstein

Composer | Far from Heaven

Elmer Bernstein was educated at the Walden School and New York University. He served in the US Army Air Corps in World War II, writing scores for the service radio unit. He also wrote and arranged musical numbers for Glenn Miller's Army Air Force Band. A prolific and respected film music composer, ...

1922 - 2004 (aged 82)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Original Score - Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)

Nominations: Best Original Score - The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) Best Original Score - The Magnificent Seven (1960) Best Original Score - Summer and Smoke (1961) Best Original Score - To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Best Original Song - Walk on the Wild Side (1962), "Walk on the Wild Side" Best Original Score - Hawaii (1966) Best Original Score - Return of the Seven (1966) Best Original Song - Hawaii (1966), "My Wishing Doll" Best Original Song - True Grit (1969), "True Grit" Best Original Song - Gold (1974), "Wherever Love Takes Me" Best Original Score - Trading Places (1983) Best Original Score - The Age of Innocence (1993) Best Original Score - Far from Heaven (2002)

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Musical Score - Bolero (1984)

73. Irwin Winkler

Producer | Life as a House

Irwin Winkler's career as a producer, director and writer encompasses popular and influential movies that have impacted contemporary culture. With a passion for big, bold, meaningful stories, his films include an array of true screen classics, garnering among them 12 Academy Awards and 52 Oscar ...

1931 -

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Picture - Rocky (1976)

Nominations: Best Picture - Raging Bull (1980) Best Picture - The Right Stuff (1983) Best Picture - Goodfellas (1990)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Picture - Revolution (1985) Worst Picture - Rocky IV (1985) Worst Picture - Rocky V (1990)

74. Robert Chartoff

Producer | Creed

Robert Chartoff was born on August 26, 1933 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for Creed (2015), Rocky (1976) and Raging Bull (1980). He was married to Jenny Weyman-Cockle, Vanessa Howard and Phyllis Raphael. He died on June 10, 2015 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

1933 - 2015 (aged 81)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Picture - Rocky (1976)

Nominations: Best Picture - Raging Bull (1980) Best Picture - The Right Stuff (1983)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Picture - Rocky IV (1985) Worst Picture - Rocky V (1990)

75. Dino De Laurentiis

Producer | Le notti di Cabiria

Dino De Laurentiis left home at age 17 to enrol in film school, supporting himself as an actor, extra, propman, or any other job he could get in the film industry. His persistence paid off, and by the time he reached his 20th birthday he already had one produced film under his belt. After serving ...

1919 - 2010 (aged 91)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best International Feature Film - La strada (1954) Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (2000)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Picture - Year of the Dragon (1985) Worst Picture - Body of Evidence (1992) Worst Remake, Rip-off or Sequel - Hannibal Rising (2007)

76. Richard Brooks

Writer | In Cold Blood

Richard Brooks was an Academy Award-winning film writer who also earned six Oscar nominations and achieved success as a film director and producer.

He was born Reuben Sax on May 18, 1912, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents were Russian-Jewish immigrants. He graduated from West Philadelphia ...

1912 - 1992 (aged 79)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Adapted Screenplay - Elmer Gantry (1960)

Nominations: Best Adapted Screenplay - Blackboard Jungle (1955) Best Director - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) Best Adapted Screenplay - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) Best Director - The Professionals (1966) Best Adapted Screenplay - The Professionals (1966) Best Director - In Cold Blood (1967) Best Adapted Screenplay - In Cold Blood (1967)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Director - Fever Pitch (1985) Worst Screenplay - Fever Pitch (1985)

77. Hugh Hudson

Director | Chariots of Fire

The old Etonian, after National Service in the British Army, wanted to get into films but found the doors were closed to him, so he worked on commercials for about 20 years. David Putnam gave him a chance to direct Chariots of Fire which was a hit, and he never looked back.

He met his second wife, ...

1936 -

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Director - Chariots of Fire (1981)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Director - Revolution (1985)

78. Al Pacino

Actor | Serpico

Alfredo James "Al" 'Pacino established himself as a film actor during one of cinema's most vibrant decades, the 1970s, and has become an enduring and iconic figure in the world of American movies.

He was born April 25, 1940 in Manhattan, New York City, to Italian-American parents, Rose (nee Gerardi)...

1940 -

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Actor - Scent of a Woman (1992)

Nominations: Best Supporting Actor - The Godfather (1972) Best Actor - Serpico (1973) Best Actor - The Godfather Part II (1974) Best Actor - Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Best Actor - ...And Justice for All (1979) Best Supporting Actor - Dick Tracy (1990) Best Supporting Actor - Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) Best Supporting Actor - The Irishman (2019)

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Supporting Actor - Jack and Jill (2011) Worst Screen Combo - Jack and Jill (2011)

Nominations: Worst Actor - Revolution (1985) Worst Supporting Actor - Gigli (2003) Worst Actor - 88 Minutes (2007) and Righteous Kill (2008)

79. Burt Young

Actor | Rocky

Burly, talented character actor who remained consistently busy playing "rough edged" or scary characters, often on the wrong side of the law. Young was born on April 30, 1940, in New York City, the son of a high school shop teacher. He is of Italian descent. Young received his dramatic arts ...

1940 - 2023 (aged 83)

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Supporting Actor - Rocky (1976)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Supporting Actor - Rocky IV (1985) Worst Supporting Actor - Rocky V (1990)

80. James Bridges

Writer | The China Syndrome

James Bridges was born on February 3, 1936 in Paris, Arkansas, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The China Syndrome (1979), Perfect (1985) and The Paper Chase (1973). He died on June 6, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

1936 - 1993 (aged 57)

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Adapted Screenplay - The Paper Chase (1973) Best Original Screenplay - The China Syndrome (1979)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Screenplay - Perfect (1985)

81. Oliver Stone

Director | JFK

Oliver Stone has become known as a master of controversial subjects and a legendary film maker. His films are filled with a variety of film angles and styles, he pushes his actors to give Oscar-worthy performances, and despite his failures, has always returned to success.

William Oliver Stone was ...

1946 -

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Adapted Screenplay - Midnight Express (1978) Best Director - Platoon (1986) Best Director - Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

Nominations: Best Original Screenplay - Platoon (1986) Best Original Screenplay - Salvador (1986) Best Picture - Born on the Fourth of July (1989) Best Adapted Screenplay - Born on the Fourth of July (1989) Best Picture - JFK (1991) Best Director - JFK (1991) Best Adapted Screenplay - JFK (1991) Best Original Screenplay - Nixon (1995)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Screenplay - Year of the Dragon (1985) Worst Director - U Turn (1997) Worst Director - Alexander (2004) Worst Screenplay - Alexander (2004)

82. Jerry Goldsmith

Composer | L.A. Confidential

Born on February 10, 1929, Jerry Goldsmith studied piano with Jakob Gimpel and composition, theory, and counterpoint with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. He also attended classes in film composition given by Miklós Rózsa at the Univeristy of Southern California. In 1950, he was employed as a clerk ...

1929 - 2004 (aged 75)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Original Score - The Omen (1976)

Nominations: Best Original Score - Freud (1962) Best Original Score - A Patch of Blue (1965) Best Original Score - The Sand Pebbles (1966) Best Original Score - Planet of the Apes (1968) Best Original Score - Patton (1970) Best Original Score - Papillon (1973) Best Original Score - Chinatown (1974) Best Original Score - The Wind and the Lion (1975) Best Original Song - The Omen (1976), "Ave Satani" Best Original Score - The Boys from Brazil (1978) Best Original Score - Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) Best Original Score - Poltergeist (1982) Best Original Score - Under Fire (1983) Best Original Score - Hoosiers (1986) Best Original Score - Basic Instinct (1992) Best Original Score - L.A. Confidential (1997) Best Original Score - Mulan (1998)

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Original Song - Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), "Peace in Our Life"

Nominations: Worst Musical Score - King Solomon's Mines (1985) Worst Original Song - Congo (1995), "Spirit of Africa"

83. John Corigliano

Composer | Le violon rouge

John Corigliano was born on February 16, 1938 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a composer, known for The Red Violin (1998), Altered States (1980) and Revolution (1985).

1938 -

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Original Score - Le violon rouge (1998)

Nominations: Best Original Score - Altered States (1980)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Musical Score - Revolution (1985)

84. Hesper Anderson

Writer | Children of a Lesser God

Hesper Anderson was born on August 2, 1934 in New York City, New York, USA. Hesper was a writer, known for Children of a Lesser God (1986), Touched by Love (1980) and The Deliberate Stranger (1986). Hesper was married to Earle H Levenstein. Hesper died on October 17, 2018 in Sherman Oaks, ...

1934 - 2018 (aged 84)

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Adapted Screenplay - Children of a Lesser God (1986)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Screenplay - Touched by Love (1980)

85. Gloria Katz

Writer | Howard the Duck

Gloria Katz was born on October 25, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for Howard the Duck (1986), American Graffiti (1973) and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). She was married to Willard Huyck. She died on November 25, 2018 in Los Angeles, ...

1942 - 2018 (aged 76)

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Original Screenplay - American Graffiti (1973)

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Picture - Howard the Duck (1986) Worst Screenplay - Howard the Duck (1986)

86. John Kohn

Writer | The Collector

John Kohn was born on November 7, 1925 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Collector (1965), Shanghai Surprise (1986) and Theater of Blood (1973). He died on May 4, 2002 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.

1925 - 2002 (aged 76)

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Adapted Screenplay - The Collector (1965)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Picture - Shanghai Surprise (1986) Worst Screenplay - Shanghai Surprise (1986)

87. Willard Huyck

Writer | Howard the Duck

Willard Huyck was born on September 8, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Howard the Duck (1986), American Graffiti (1973) and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). He was previously married to Gloria Katz.

1945 -

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Original Screenplay - American Graffiti (1973)

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Screenplay - Howard the Duck (1986)

Nominations: Worst Director - Howard the Duck (1986)

88. Louise Fletcher

Actress | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Born in Birmingham, Alabama, to Episcopal minister Robert Fletcher and his wife Estelle, both of whom were deaf, Louise Fletcher was introduced to performing at a young age by the aunt who taught her to speak. After graduating from the University of North Carolina, she took a trip out west with her...

1934 - 2022 (aged 88)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Actress - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Supporting Actress - Invaders from Mars (1986)

89. Beatrice Straight

Actress | Network

In her long career, Beatrice Straight did quite a bit of work in the movies, despite plying her trade mostly onstage. When she did grace the silver screen, she did it with great skill. Her first love was theater, having debuted on Broadway in the 1935 "Bitter Oleander". Her work garnered her much ...

1914 - 2001 (aged 86)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Supporting Actress - Network (1976)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Supporting Actress - Power (1986)

90. Sarah Kernochan

Writer | Nine 1/2 Weeks

Sarah Kernochan was born in New York City. Educated at Rosemary Hall and Sarah Lawrence, she achieved early success by winning the Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary, at age 27, for her film "Marjoe." Her next move was to record two RCA albums as a singer-songwriter. Two years later her ...

1947 -

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Documentary Feature - Marjoe (1972) Best Documentary Short Film - Thoth (2002)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Screenplay - Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986)

91. Leslie Bricusse

Soundtrack | Doctor Dolittle

Leslie Bricusse was born on January 29, 1931 in Southfields, London, England, UK. He was a writer and composer, known for Doctor Dolittle (1967), Scrooge (1970) and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). He was married to Yvonne Romain. He died on October 19, 2021 in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, ...

1931 - 2021 (aged 90)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Original Song - Doctor Dolittle (1967), "Talk to the Animals" Best Original Score - Victor/Victoria (1982)

Nominations: Best Original Score - Doctor Dolittle (1967) Best Original Score - Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) Best Original Score - Scrooge (1970) Best Original Song - Scrooge (1970), "Thank You Very Much" Best Original Score - Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) Best Original Song - That's Life! (1986), "Life in a Looking Glass" Best Original Song - Hook (1991), "When You're Alone"

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Original Song - That's Life! (1986), "Life in a Looking Glass"

92. George Harrison

Actor | A Hard Day's Night

A master musician, a film producer and actor, best known as the lead guitarist and occasionally lead vocalist of The Beatles, George Harrison was born February 25, 1943, in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. He was also the youngest of four children, born to Harold Harrison and Louise Harrison.

Like ...

1943 - 2001 (aged 58)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Original Score - Let It Be (1970)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Original Song - Shanghai Surprise (1986), "Shanghai Surprise"

93. John Dykstra

Visual_effects | Spider-Man 2

John Dykstra was born on June 3, 1947 in Long Beach, California, USA. He is a producer, known for Spider-Man 2 (2004), Spider-Man (2002) and Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977).

1947 -

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Visual Effects - Star Wars (1977) Best Visual Effects - Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Nominations: Best Visual Effects - Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) Best Visual Effects - Stuart Little (1999) Best Visual Effects - Spider-Man (2002)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Visual Effects - Invaders from Mars (1986)

94. Stan Winston

Make_up_department | Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Stan Winston was born on April 7, 1946 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He is known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Jurassic Park (1993) and Aliens (1986). He was married to Karen Winston. He died on June 15, 2008 in Malibu, California, USA.

1946 - 2008 (aged 62)

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Visual Effects - Aliens (1986) Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Best Visual Effects - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Best Visual Effects - Jurassic Park (1993)

Nominations: Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Heartbeeps (1981) Best Visual Effects - Predator (1987) Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Edward Scissorhands (1990) Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Batman Returns (1992) Best Visual Effects - The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) Best Visual Effects - A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Visual Effects - Invaders from Mars (1986)

95. Carlo Rambaldi

Special_effects | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Carlo Rambaldi was born on September 15, 1925 in Vigarano Mainarda, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He is known for E.T. (1982), King Kong (1976) and Alien (1979). He was married to Bruna Basso. He died on August 10, 2012 in Lamezia Terme, Calabria, Italy.

1925 - 2012 (aged 86)

OSCARS:

Wins: Special Achievement Academy Award - King Kong (1976) Best Visual Effects - Alien (1979) Best Visual Effects - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Visual Effects - King Kong Lives (1986)

96. Warren Beatty

Actor | Reds

Since starring in his first film, Splendor in the Grass (1961), Warren Beatty has been said to have demonstrated a greater longevity in movies than any actor of his generation. Few people have taken so many responsibilities for all phases of the production of films as producer, director, writer, ...

1937 -

OSCARS:

Wins: Best Director - Reds (1981) Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1999)

Nominations: Best Picture - Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Best Actor - Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Best Original Screenplay - Shampoo (1975) Best Picture - Heaven Can Wait (1978) Best Director - Heaven Can Wait (1978) Best Actor - Heaven Can Wait (1978) Best Adapted Screenplay - Heaven Can Wait (1978) Best Picture - Reds (1981) Best Actor - Reds (1981) Best Original Screenplay - Reds (1981) Best Picture - Bugsy (1991) Best Actor - Bugsy (1991) Best Original Screenplay - Bulworth (1998)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Picture - Ishtar (1987) Worst Remake, Rip-off or Sequel - Love Affair (1994) Worst Director - Town & Country (2001)

97. Elaine May

Actress | Small Time Crooks

Elaine May (born under the name Elaine Iva Berlin) is an American actress, comedian, film director, playwright, and screenwriter from Philadelphia. Her professional career started in the 1950s and is still ongoing. She has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. She ...

1932 -

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Adapted Screenplay - Heaven Can Wait (1978) Best Adapted Screenplay - Primary Colors (1998)

RAZZIES:

Wins: Worst Director - Ishtar (1987)

Nominations: Worst Screenplay - Ishtar (1987)

98. Ryan O'Neal

Actor | Love Story

Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal was an American actor and former boxer. He trained as an amateur boxer before beginning his career in acting in 1960. In 1964, he landed the role of Rodney Harrington on the ABC nighttime soap opera Peyton Place. It was an instant hit and boosted O'Neal's career. He ...

1941 - 2023 (aged 82)

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Actor - Love Story (1970)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Actor - Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987) Worst Actor of the Decade (1989) Worst Actor - An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997) Worst Razzie Loser of Our First 25 Years (2004)

99. Mariel Hemingway

Actress | Manhattan

Mariel Hemingway was born on November 22, 1961 in Mill Valley, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Manhattan (1979), Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) and The Sex Monster (1999). She was previously married to Stephen Crisman.

1961 -

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Supporting Actress - Manhattan (1979)

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Supporting Actress - Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) Worst Supporting Actress - Sunset (1988)

100. Barry Mann

Music_department | An American Tail

Barry Mann was born on February 9, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is a composer and producer, known for An American Tail (1986), Muppet Treasure Island (1996) and Top Gun (1986). He was previously married to Cynthia Weil.

1939 -

OSCARS:

Nominations: Best Original Song - An American Tail (1986), "Somewhere Out There"

RAZZIES:

Nominations: Worst Original Song - Million Dollar Mystery (1987), "Million Dollar Mystery"