Oscars: 21 'Wait, you've never been nominated?!' stars

Richard Pryor

Many comics have stretched with a serious role or two.

Still, Pryor’s portrait of a bitter auto-worker in 1978’sBlue Collarwas as award-worthy as his best stand-up.

‘'), Lorre’s whistling child serial killer in 1931’sMwas both monstrous and pitiable.

The King of Comedy, Jerry Lewis, … | Age: 87 An honorary Oscar in 2009 doesn’t absolve the Academy for its neglect of comic actors, nor of Lewis’ pitch-perfect portrayal of a Johnny

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Richard Gere

We can sorta understand why he wasn’t nominated when hisOfficer and a Gentlemancostars were.

But no love for his surprising, delightful singing and dancing in 2002’sChicago?

Watch as he opines about ‘‘faded, fat, greedy women.’’

Vertigo, Jimmy Stewart, … | Sure, she may lack a Streep-like body of work, but her unvarnished turn as two very different characters in Hitchcock’s classic Vertigo (1958) was essential

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The Adventures of Robin Hood, Errol Flynn | WHY HIM: As the champion of Sherwood Forest, Errol Flynn best embodies the swashbuckling rogue in 1938’s The Adventures of Robin Hood . MOST HEROIC

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Boys Don’t Cry, Hilary Swank, … | A mere flicker from his hooded eyes can imply deadly menace (1999’s Boys Don’t Cry ), guarded suspicion (2003’s Shattered Glass ), or bold curiosity

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How Green Was My Valley, Maureen O’Hara | The fiery redhead shone as a Welsh miner’s daughter in 1941’s How Green Was My Valley and sparkled while sparring with John Wayne in the

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Blue Collar, Harvey Keitel, … | Many comics have stretched with a serious role or two. Still, Pryor’s portrait of a bitter auto-worker in 1978’s Blue Collar was as award-worthy as

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Mia Farrow, The Purple Rose of Cairo | Farrow flourished in Woody Allen-directed films such as The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), but it was her harrowing dance with the devil in Rosemary’s

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Far From Heaven, Dennis Quaid | The beauty of Quaid’s performance as a closeted gay husband in the 2002 drama Far From Heaven lay in his simultaneous depiction of lust, frustration,

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Peter Lorre, M (Movie - 1931) | While he may be best remembered for 1942’s Casablanca (‘‘Reeeek, Reeeek, help me!''), Lorre’s whistling child serial killer in 1931’s M was both monstrous and

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Chicago, Richard Gere | We can sorta understand why he wasn’t nominated when his Officer and a Gentleman costars were. But no love for his surprising, delightful singing and

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Jim Carrey, The Truman Show

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How chilling was he as the debonair ‘‘Merry Widow Murderer’’ in Hitchcock’s Shadow of a Doubt (1943)? Watch as he opines about ‘‘faded, fat, greedy

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Edward G. Robinson, Little Caesar

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The Thin Man, Myrna Loy, … | She was perfection as William Powell’s sly sidekick in 1934’s The Thin Man and touchingly understated in 1946’s The Best Years of Our Lives as

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Klute, Donald Sutherland | From leading man in Oscar-winning films (1971’s Klute , 1980’s Ordinary People ) to scene-stealing supporting player in critical hits (1991’s JFK ), he’s lifted