Oscar-winning Actresses cast against type!
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Can you think of other actresses who won an Oscar after being cast against type?
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@oscarman42
As always a great list of brilliance in these viewings.
Monique is one of the best performances in the Supp Actress category that was awarded to anyone, top 5 IMO, she was magnificent in a dramatic role which many of us didn't expect from a comedienne.
Taylor, Reed, Theron & Jones showed us how one can transform for a role, although known for their beauty went to the dark side for a character that was startling and unexpected!
All examples shown here is why we go to the movies, to witness a transformation that we wouldn't expect, but glad we did.
Totally agree about Mo'Nique. Her last scene is devastating in its raw power, watching her slowly realize who she really is and what she has done. Thanks for being a part of this channel!
You highlighted two of my favorites Catherine Zeta -Jones and Charlize Theron.
I would add
Cloris Leachman. She was always playing different characters but most probably knew her from her sitcom character by the time she won the Oscar.
Sally Field was an ingenue from fluffy films and a fluffier sitcom to play in grittier projects like Norma Rae
Halle Berry and Brie Larson both took on roles people weren’t sure they could but they fooled them.
Great mentions! Leachman really surprised us with that great dramatic performance, which she later continued in various TV movies.
@@oscarman42 There isn't anything she didn't do it seems .
Great point about Cloris Leachman, she was definitely known for her comedy work prior to The Last Picture Show where she gives one of the most memorable dramatic performances on film!
I think Sally Field's first major 'against type' role was in the TV film 'Sybil' for which she won an Emmy. Depictions of Dissociative Identity Disorder (multiple personalities) don't generally hold up very well in terms of advancing understanding of psychological conditions, but her commitment is very impressive in the role and I think it makes it worth the watch.
She was the character actress, I often watch the older anthology shows and she's all over them .She could play victim,villian ,normal mother.
Glenda Jackson and Maggie Smith won for comedic roles in A TOUCH OF CLASS and CALIFORNIA SUITE, respectively.
Oh good choices. I think Glenda Jackson is so underrated in that win.
Jackson surprised me with that comedic performance - wish she had sone more lighter roles.
@@oscarman42 she had that Katharine Hepburn flair but maybe in a less fussy way.
I hated Glenda Jackson in A Touch of Class. She was awful and not funny. Totally undeserving winner. Also Glenda Jackson did not deserve her first Oscar three years earlier for Women in Love in 1970.
@@michaelverbakel7632 Who would have gotten your vote in 1970?
Elizabeth Taylor in Virginia Woolf 1000% the most astounding realization of unexpected potential!
Even though she was cast (along with Burton) for box office appeal, she proved she could tackle this kind of role with full throttle. Director Mike Nichols did a great job on his first film!
@@oscarman42 Yes, indeed. I think it was the best work of everyone involved, from Nichols to the actors to Lehman, Wexler and North. I would highlight Alex North here. What a remarkable film score! I bought the album right after I saw the film. How it highlights the film, remains hidden, as a score should, and yet dazzles when you listen to it separately.
Ironically elizabeth taylors greatest performance, by one of the most
beautiful actresses in the world was in a movie where she looked her least glamorous.
@@patburke5740 Indeed.
@@patburke5740 Which is why she's a part of this week's video 😄
Elizabeth Taylor as Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf was the performance of a lifetime. She needed time to recuperate after filming as she really stepped out of herself for this role. It affected her marriage to Richard Burton as well. Everyone must see it.
It's a shame that turned out to be her last great performance. She made a lot of dreck after Woolf.
@@oscarman42Very true. Reflections in a Golden Eye was a strange, if at least interesting film but I can't think of a single decent one after that.
@@gregmcfarnon1140 Unfortunately, the quality ended with her role as Martha.
I had no knowledge of Mo'Nique before seeing Precious so I couldn't say if she was playing against type, as undoubtedly great as she was. The one who played furthest against type is definitely Theron.
Same here. Irrespective of her prior work in sitcoms, I was still blown away by her performance in Precious.
Fantastic episode! I loved Shirley Jones so much in that role but my choice that year would've been Janet Leigh.
Thank you! Ya know, I've always been torn that year. Leigh was excellent, but Jones has one scene (with Lancaster) where she runs an entire gamut of emotions, which I think sealed the win for her.
Shirley Jones did not do a good job in that role. The Director Richard Brooks wanted Piper Laurie. Piper Laurie would have smashed that role. Sure, I’ve heard the story that Richard Brooks saw the rushes and was pleased with what Shirley Jones had given as a performance. But I never believed Jones in that role. Jones had the depth of stepping off a curb.
And Piper Laurie should’ve really played the lead that Jean Simmons had, Sister Sarah Falconer.
I believe Shirley Jones’ acting never approached her beautiful soprano vocal talent. She will always be my favorite film musical leading lady. No, not Barbara Cook. No, not Julie Andrews. Not even Liza Minnelli. (I won’t mention Judy Garland because Judy Garland is the greatest of them all.)
@@oscarman42…. I beg to differ. The scene where Janet Leigh is driving and the cameras on her face and it gets dark and then the rain starts and Marion listens to the imagined conversation when the money is discovered missing. Talk about running the gamut! Janet Leigh nailed it, from her entrance to her unfortunate demise. Janet Leigh deserve that Oscar.
Shirley Jones performance is predictable and just can’t stand up to what Janet Leigh gave us in psycho.
@@Jasper7182009 Leigh did a lot with a small part, no question.
Please do one of these for actors.
Definitely something for me to research! Any performances that come to mind?
@@oscarman42 Here are some who come to mind for me:
- Art Carney
- Brendan Fraser
- Heath Ledger
- Jamie Foxx
- Matthew McConaughey
- Red Buttons
- Robin Williams
@@Margann1987 A great list!
@@oscarman42 Thank you! 😁
Though she didn’t win, Piper Laurie in Carrie.
Elizabeth Taylor as Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf was extraordinary and brilliant and that last scene is absolutely heartbreaking and Mo'Nique in Precious is terrifying and heartbreaking and brilliant and unforgettable and I have only seen the film once but I have never forgot her performance in it
Agreed! It's hard to walk away with a film given the 4 outstanding performances from the ensemble, but Taylor does it. And Mo'Nique is everything you mentioned - I've watched her last scene repeatedly, and it remains haunting.
Grace Kelly in THE COUNTRY GIRL (A controversial choice I know)
Even though she was relatively new to films, she did have a glamorous image from her modeling days, so this role was certainly different from her "type".
@@oscarman42oh no…. Kelly took off her makeup and stole the Oscar from Judy Garland. And today Grace Kelly’s performance does not hold up. It’s boring, predictable and you have to wonder what those Oscar voters were thinking.
Now imagine grace Kelly’s performance as she sleep walks through the country girl. And now watch Judy Garland sing the man that got away from a star is born.
Charlize Theron’s transformation was eerie, haunting and outstanding! She completely embodied that person. I would say she is one of the best-ever winners across all acting categories - and probably THE best of all those who won for playing a real-life character. So glad the studio did not “beautify” her in this role. Her performance is unforgettable.
Yes . I was knocked sideways by her transformation and her performance.
Agree 100%! She gave one of the best performances in Oscar history.
Probably my top best lead actress win . I have a number of favorite but Charlize may be number one.
@@kellie-nd1yp She's in my Top 5 (I did a video about that last year).
@@oscarman42She's also in my top 5 Best Actress winners of all time. That year she steamrolled the competition.
Mo'Nique was probably one of the strongest performances in a drama that I've seen due to the subject matter and she managed to make me feel sorry for her and hate her at the same time. I will say this about the "older" entries is that movies didn't have as much leeway to present provocative subject matter and that's what made Elizabeth Taylor stand out in "Who's Afraid Of Viginia Woolf".
Both great points! Mo'Nique conveyed both the tragedy of her actions as well as her reasons for doing them, rendering her quiet pathetic at film's end. And the limitations put on filmmakers in earlier years left audiences to "read between the lines," which diluted the intent of the author's work.
Anyone who'd seen Zeta-Jones in Traffic knew she could act the hell out of any role.
Audrey Hepburn in The Nun's Story, 1959. After yrs o playing sweet innocent ingenues in romcoms, she finally prove her dramatic chops in The Nun's Story, san makeup n pretty Givenchy frocks!
I didn't see the film, but many here have praised her performance, stating it was one of her best.
@@oscarman42 Yes, u shld! She wins the NYFCC n Bafta n shld've totally gotten her 2nd Oscar for this performance!
@@claranism Many here agree with you!
The other one I can think of is Mary Tyler Moore as Beth in "Ordinary People". Of the ones in the video, the most incredible performance was Mo'Nique in Precious followed by Elizabeth.
Mary Tyler Moore did not win, though; she was only nominated.
@@Margann1987 Correct - if she had, she definitely would have been included in the video.
While she didn't win, MTM's performance is possibly my favourite 'against type' performance. To so convincingly play a character like that who exhibits many of MTM's known friendly qualities outwardly yet is deeply narcissistic in her motivations and is more aware of how she's perceived than of her own behaviour... it was such a balancing act and it comes across as so natural, like we know that person. It must have been quite a shock for those who'd watched her every week on television for many years.
Anne Baxter in "The Razor's Edge."
Monique gave a groundbreaking performance in precious
Absolutely. It was disturbing and very powerful.
Mo'Nique was hands-down one of the best performances on screen by any recent actress in a long time...Theron, IMO, has yet to top herself since Monster...Seems she's more about vanity roles vs. substance..I could be wrong..I think Susan Sarandon was def. against type in Dead Man Walking and showed what a great and deep actress she is.
Sarandon is a worthy mention. Agree 100% about Mo'Nique.
Taylor as Martha the shrew. Damn, what a performance. It takes my breath away every time I see it.
Another one, who didn't win, was Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People. The performance was of the same caliber as Taylor's and should have won Moore the Best Actress Oscar.
You’re forgetting that Anne Hathaway was first cast against type in her Oscar-nominated role in Rachel Getting Married where she played a young woman who had a history of drug addictions. In that role, Hathaway showed that she has a dark side so I don’t think her being cast in Les Mis was a cast against type at the time since she already had an Oscar nom on her resume with her dramatic performance in Rachel Getting Married. Come to think of it, I believe she had done a film called Havoc (which I didn’t see) and I believe her role in that was dark and racy, but it was a film a lot of people didn’t see so a lot of people didn’t know she had a dark side to her talent until she did Rachel Getting Married. Charlize Theron’s performance in Monster was so scary (and well-deserved of all the accolades she received), I didn’t get any shut-eye that night. 😱
I think the combination of her vocal ability, coupled with the dark tone of the role, came as a surprise to many who saw her performance.
@@oscarman42Yeah, but everyone heard her singing chops when she sang with Jackman (whom recommended her for her role in Les Mis) that time he hosted the Oscars, they heard her sing when she sang “On My Own” when she and Franco hosted the Oscars and they heard her sing in those other films you mentioned in your vid and they saw her dark side in Rachel Getting Married. So everyone knew she could sing and play lachrymosely dramatic roles so the amalgamation of the two really shouldn’t be a surprise since she just had to belt it out while playing a dark and tragic role.
@@Robert-zx2ir No right or wrong on this channel. Thanks for watching!
Same year (1953), same movie ("From here to eternity"): Deborah Kerr as Karen Holmes. Story has it that Joan Crawford was set for the part; for whatever reason, the deal fell through. Kerr's agent pitched her name to Harry Cohn, who - no doubt in his own brand of colorful language - dismissed the idea. Later that day, Cohn told director Fred Zinneman of that absurd idea. Zinneman sensed the value of that surprising bit of casting and overruled Cohn's objection. The result? A still-talked about beach scene and a second "Best actress" nomination for Deborah Kerr (losing out to Audrey Hepburn in "Roman holiday").
I read that Crawford didn't like her wardrobe and quit the film. Can you imagine her with Lancaster on that beach?
@@oscarman42 A Columbia executive commented that audiences would indeed me surprised to see Deborah Kerr as the officer's wife having an affair with an enlisted man whereby with Crawford in the role "you'd expect see the GIs lined up at the back door." (The wardrobe question - while partly true - may have been just a face-saving gesture. I've also read that she was expecting the full MGM glamor treatment, including the script being beefed up to give Karen more screen time.)
"I feel naked without my tiara!" Supposed said by Ms. Kerr when shooting started on FROM HERE TO ETERITY.
Ms, Crawford supposedly wanted extensive wardrobe tests for the nightgown she was to wear in FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
@@willyboy3581 I absolutely agree that Crawford likely wanted more screen time. In any case, Kerr came off fragile and vulnerable - not Crawford's cinematic strong suits.
Janet Leigh was also cast against type in 'Psycho,' but didn't win. Although I understand that 'Elmer Gantry' was more acceptable to Academy voters than film like 'Psycho.'
Leigh gave one of her best performances in Psycho. Not sure who I would have voted for that year.
According to Shirley Jones, her agent asked if she had put aside any money. She told her agent that she and her husband Jack Cassidy were saving to build a house. Her agent said to take the money and use it to campaign for the Oscar. Jones and Cassidy reluctantly agreed. Luckily for them, it worked out.
The 1960 race for Best Supporting Actress was an interesting one. Leigh was the best known, had a number of credits on film and had taken a supporting role, albeit with special credit ("and Janet Leigh as Marion Crane"). Jones was best known for her work in movie musicals. Shirley Knight (THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS) was a up-and-coming actress as was British actress Mary Ure (SONS AND LOVERS). I would have voted for Glynnis Johns for THE SUNDOWNERS
@@ConanTheLibrarian-n5q You mean take the money for doing Elmer Gantry?
Thank you.
I knew Charlize would be on the list. I didn't realize that was Charlize for years. I still can't believe it.
FYI: Charlize's mother shot and killed Charlize's father as he was abusing both of them. Her mother faced no criminal charges. 😢
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That is going to be a difficult performance for her to top. It's one of my 5 top wins in the category.
I'm glad Elizabeth Taylor redeemed herself with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? She may be the epitome of winning a second Oscar for a role much much better than the first recognized one. Maybe that concept could one day be a very interesting video. 🤔 Actors who won a very deserving Oscar after an underwhelming one.
Monique was a powerhouse in Precious. I wasn't aware she had been a victim of incest. Could that have played a role in her not wanting to campaign?
Charlize Theron in Monster has to be one of the Top 5 Best Best Actress wins of all Time. Where do you go after such a winning role? I think of Meryl Streep after Sophie's Choice. It took her so long to win another Oscar. Could that be Charlize Theron's fate?
Wonderful video, like always.
Thank you, friend! I'll have to do some research on your proposed topic...it's an interesting one. Mo'Nique had a falling out with Lee Daniels, which negatively impacted her career. Theron has been nominated twice since Monster, so she's done pretty well - though I agree, it might be difficult to top that Oscar-deserving performance!
Jennifer Jones for "Duel in the sun" (1946), for which she received a "Best actress" Oscar nomination (losing to Olivia de Haviland for "To each his own"). Jones' performance as the sultry Pearl Chavez was an eye-opener --- and even more so to audiences with her Oscar-winning performance three years before in "The song of Bernadette" still in their minds.
I hadn't thought about that one ("Lust in the Dust," as it was nicknamed back then).
The biggest shocker was Charlize Theron as Aileen Wuornos - a usually beautiful lady made up to look unrecognisable as a serial killer. Thoroughly deserved her Oscar 👏
One of the greatest Best Actress wins in Oscar history.
Could Nicole Kidman be included, since she de-glammed for “The Hours”?
Certainly - that role was certainly uncharacteristic for her.
Never saw Precious, wasn't impressed with Shirley Jones, Liz, while a star, I always thought gave thin performances, but she was great in Virginia Woolfe. Pretty much agree with the rest.
You should check out Precious when you have a chance.
@oscarman42 I know it's really dark and I need to be in the mood for something like that.
@@joeburinskas8672 Very dark and disturbing.
You listed 2 of my favorites, Taylor and Theron. Both movies they were amazing and Theron's transformation was incredible. Oscars both deserved!
Both are iconic performances, and the highlights of these actresses careers!
I don't understand the title or the purpose of this video
@Andre_edge...can you please help her out?
@@oscarman42 please and thank you