1963 Best Actress (feat. Christof)

This week on And the Runner-Up Is, Kevin welcomes Sporcle curator Christof to discuss the 1963 Oscar race for Best Actress, where Patricia Neal won for her performance in “Hud,” beating Leslie Caron in “The L-Shaped Room,” Shirley MacLaine in “Irma la Douce,” Rachel Roberts in “This Sporting Life,” and Natalie Wood in “Love with the Proper Stranger.” We discuss all of these nominated performances and determine who we think was the runner-up to Neal.

0:00 – 13:00 – Introduction

13:01 – 33:31 – Leslie Caron

33:32 – 53:58 – Shirley MacLaine

53:59 – 1:15:25 – Rachel Roberts

1:15:26 – 1:34:42 – Natalie Wood

1:34:43 – 1:51:29 – Patricia Neal

1:51:30 – 2:26:29 – Why Patricia Neal won / Twitter questions

2:26:30 – 2:33:35 – 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