1958 Best Actress (feat. Baby Clyde)

This week on And the Runner-Up Is, Kevin welcomes Oscars obsessive Baby Clyde to discuss the 1958 Oscar race for Best Actress, where Susan Hayward won for her performance in “I Want to Live!,” beating Deborah Kerr in “Separate Tables,” Shirley MacLaine in “Some Came Running,” Rosalind Russell in “Auntie Mame,” and Elizabeth Taylor in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” We discuss all of these nominated performances and determine who we think was the runner-up to Hayward.

0:00 – 13:14 – Introduction

13:15 – 31:15 – Deborah Kerr

31:16 – 51:11 – Shirley MacLaine

51:12 – 1:12:08 – Rosalind Russell

1:12:09 – 1:34:32 – Elizabeth Taylor

1:34:33 – 1:51:11 – Susan Hayward

1:51:12 – 2:26:32 – Why Susan Hayward won / Twitter questions

2:26:33 – 2:33:01 – Who was the runner-up?

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Theme/End Music: “Diamonds” by Iouri Sazonov

Additional Music: “Storming Cinema Ident” by Edward Blakeley

Artwork: Brian O’Meara