The nominees were ...
- Ethel Barrymore in Pinky
- Celeste Holm in Come to the Stable
- Elsa Lanchester in Come to the Stable
- Mercedes McCambridge in All the King's Men
- Ethel Waters in Pinky
... when they should have been ...
- Miriam Hopkins in The Heiress
- Mercedes McCambridge in All the King's Men
- Elizabeth Patterson in Intruder in the Dust
- Ann Sothern in A Letter to Three Wives
- Margaret Wycherly in White Heat
And the Oscar went to ...
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| McCambridge accepts her Oscar |
McCambridge began her acting career on radio in 1938, and made several appearances on Broadway before her screen debut as Willie Stark's campaign girl Friday in All the King's Men. The Oscar gave her no great career boost, however, and a few roles in minor films and on television followed. Her most memorable role during these years was as the over-the-top villain in Johnny Guitar (1954), Nicholas Ray's eccentric Western starring Joan Crawford; the movie was a flop, but has since, in large part thanks to McCambridge and Crawford, become a cult classic. She received a second Oscar nomination for her role in Giant, but much of her later career was spent in television guest appearances, with frequent appearances on Westerns like Rawhide, Bonanza and Gunsmoke. She returned to Broadway in 1962 to play Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, replacing Uta Hagen. Her most famous role, however, was unseen: She initially received no billing for her work as the voice of the demon in The Exorcist, but sued Warner Bros. to obtain the screen credit.
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| McCambridge, John Ireland, and Broderick Crawford in All the King's Men |
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