She made a successful transition to adult roles, and by the mid-50s was finding increasing acclaim, being Oscar nominated for four years in a row for Raintree County, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Suddenly Last Summer and Butterfield 8, for which she finally won best actress in 1960.
The 30-year-old told BBC Sport: "I think I've been nominated for five years in a row and finally winning the award is amazing.
When my mom is outraged every year when I don't get nominated or the show doesn't get nominated, I say, "Well mom, I just want to remind you that if I ever do get nominated, it's the same jackasses that didn't nominate for three years".
Midfielder Yaya Toure finally won the award for the first time, having been nominated for five successive years.
He was nominated for three consecutive years for the role.
Despite Murphy's Romance being well-received (it was nominated for two Academy Awards) it would be another five years before Frank and Ravetch wrote another screenplay; hired by Martin Ritt, the couple wrote the screenplay for Stanley & Iris, loosely based on the novel Union Street.
The April 5 , 1965 37thAcademy Awards was the last of four times Cahn was nominated for two songs in the same year, and the second of two times for Van Heusen.
Along with her Best Actress nomination at the 66th Academy Awards, Thompson was also nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category, making her the eighth performer in history to be nominated for two Oscars in the same year.
She has been nominated five times and is one of 11 actors nominated for two Oscars in the same year (in 2003, for "Far From Heaven" and "The Hours").
The year 2002 marked a high point in Moore's career, as she became the ninth performer in history to be nominated for two Academy Awards in the same year.
In 2005 at the Australasian Performing Right Association APRAAwardsrds, which recognise song writing, sales and airplay performance, Higgins was nominated for two awards; 'Song of the Year' (for "Scar" and "Ten Days") and 'Breakthrough Award' (for an emerging songwriter).
