@@intothewoods_dave The reason that Eileen Heckart did not win best supporting for the Bad Seed was that the votes were split between she and and the movie's mega child star Patty McCormack (age 10 at the time) - The same can be said for why Patty McCormack didn't win for The Bad Seed. We'll never know who had more votes, but word is that Patty was the one who beat the split. This is why having two nominees from the same film can mess up the actor's chances.
@@jacquelinerussell8530 Patty is still a great actress and she is still working. I know because i have worked with her a few years as the producer and writer in 13 episodes of the TV Show "Have You Met Miss Jones" - and she was great - BTW - in real life, she has perfect penmanship.
If you loved her in BAF, check out her performances in the unfortunately all-too-short-lived "The Five Mrs. Buchanans" TV series. Absolutely delicious!
I can tell you that Shelley certainly took it as an insult. She was pissed. Duvall claimed James Caan was making faces at him and he hadn't realized what he'd said. He apologized to Shelley who accepted. But remained pissed. That was Shelley!
EILEEN HECKART was a great actress and a classy lady. Her performance in BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE was perfect. Also enjoyed the late EDWARD ALBERT who played her blind son. So sad that he died too young. RIP to both of them.
This was one of the most deserved Oscars in history. In the film, her sarcastic deadpan readings were hilarious. Two best quotes: when Goldie Hawn says she's an actress, the mother says" might I have seen you in something besides your underwear?" And when Goldie Hawn says that no one could call her a prude, the way the mother says" I'd like to see them try" is brilliant.
Eileen Heckart was a major talent, she deserved more recognition. And this speech was pure class, not the bellicose claptrap that many winners impose upon viewers.
She is absolutely a class act and deserves much more recognition. Agree 100%. The bad seed is a haunting example of the incredible talent inside of this actor. And that's just to name one role in particular.
Oh my goodness I'm just seeing this for the first time. Butterflies Are Free came out a month before I was born, yet it's one of my favorite movies of all time. I just watched it again today. Ms. Heckart's range in this movie is phenomenal. And, what she didn't act with words, she acted with her eyes. A true movie legend. So glad she was recognized here, and she showed so much class.
I read he wasn't laughing at Shelley Winters. He was laughing because James Caan was making goofy of himself while Bob Duvall was presenting. I also read Shelley was pissed.
Eileen Heckart was terrific in this role which she won this Oscar. Her performance flowed perfectly from overbearing to down right touching. Beautiful performance. She deserved it, a classy actress who always delivered the goods. Overlooked and underrated for a large part of her career, I think because she never gave a bad performance people just took her for granted.
affectivity Absolutely ! That was a riveting performance she did in the The Bad Seed....the grief stricken intoxicated mother ....well deserved Oscar material...
What a terrific actress. Eileen Heckart actually deserved to win years earlier for The Bad Seed in which she not only did one (make that two) of the greatest drunk scenes of all time, but somehow managed to draw a few laughs, while playing the mother of a murdered child, without appearing tasteless. Not many can pull that off. I wanted Susan Tyrell of Fat City to win (guess I like drunks), but Heckart was also memorable in Butterflies Are Free, better than anything else in the movie, frankly.
I would have give the Oscar to Dunnock or McCambridge OR (just maybe) Heckart that year in 1956 (presented in 1957) and Mrs. Heckart deserved this one as Mrs. Baker. She was amazing, `terrific´ and funny! Mrs. Tyrrel was terrific and great too in Fat City, but just not as good as good as Heckarts role, imo. Tyrell was even the second best of the nominees, though, imo! :)
Oh boy! She tore my heart out in that movie. She held that scene in the palm of her hand. It was magical and so sad at the same time. Thank,you for reminding me of that movie. I haven't seen it for a long while.
It is pure luck that Eileen Heckart received her Oscar from Cloris Leachman. They were both costars for a short little bit working on the wonderful Mary Tyler Moore show. Cloris as Mary's landlady Phyllis Lindstrom and Eileen Heckart as Mary's Aunt Flo.
Your mother looks absolutely beautiful here. I have enjoyed her acting in every performance I've seen her in. A truly great personality and actress, greatly missed!
@lukebyankee Shelley was the favorite that year as TPA was the big hit during Oscar season. People were already comparing her to Walter Brennan. Eileen's win was a deserved surprise, 16 years after her first nom. One of the true greats. She could read a phonebook and keep your interest. Met her many times. Last time I saw her I took my daughter backstage to see her after THE WAVERLY GALLERY. What a Class Act! A shame they never did a film with her. Her performance was beyond words.
I had no idea that Eileen Heckart won an Oscar. I always remember her as the devastated mother whose child is murdered by little Rhoda in "The Bad Seed".
I watched "Butterflies are Free," and Eileen as Ms. Baker was outstanding! Her performance was so moving that I shed a few tears. I especially loved how much she cared for her son, Don. She was the mother I've always wanted - caring, loving, and supportive. It wasn't just her emotional moments that caught my attention, though. Her humor and interactions with Edward were my favorite parts of the movie. Every time she appeared on screen, I couldn't help but smile.
I remember seeing the scene for the first time and being truly sad and disturbed afterwards. She was so real and sad, so may things, but that was her gift, an actress capable of so many levels, all at the same time. I really do mean it when when I say she was one of the great actresses of our time.
torres songs I thought that too. Hands down I totally agree with her. Eileen Heckart deserved to win. An incredible performance that sold me. And now Butterflies Are Free is one of my all time favourite films.
@@elizabethwhite2151 I feel like he was laughing because of the film title 'Fat City' which is immature. I suppose this moment never was discussed since?
Later that night, Duvall explained to the press that he was not laughing at Winters but because James Caan, his co-star in "The Godfather," had been making funny faces
I've come to the conclusion after over 50 years of viewing motion pictures that with possibly the exception of Geraldine Page in Interiors, I will never see a performance as exquisite and essential as Eileen Heckart in Butterflies Are Free.
I wish Shelley Winters had won for her role as Belle Rosen. I always found it to be such a memorable role of hers and well-deserved for an award. I believe if Winters had won this award, she would have been the first performer to have won three Oscars. I'll never forget her lines in The Poseidon Adventure, "I love you. Not many people have had that", "If any of us are saved, I hope it's those two children. They still have their whole lives in front of them", and "Give this to Manny. Tell him he has to give it to our grandson...from both of us."
Walter Brennan won 3 oscars during the late '30s. But to be fair, he was a member of an "in crowd" sort of thing. The film extras had the edge in numbers of voting members, and he came from that section of voters.
"Later that night, Duvall explained to the press that he was not laughing at Winters but because James Caan, his co-star in "The Godfather," had been making funny faces"
Such a classy lady of great professionalism and composure!! I've always loved her work. She graciously accepted the award with such concise appreciative respect where due. No unnecessary yakking on and on. However, just gotta say that she and Patty McCormack were both cheated out of a well-deserved award for their INCREDIBLE and unquestionably dynamic performances in The Bad Seed. An exception should have been made and BOTH of them given the award that year!! It's obvious to anyone who has seen their performances. And NO REMAKES even come close to matching the range and depth of what Eileen and Patty accomplished in those original roles. Totally indisputable!! :)
The fact that she beat Shelley Winters shows that she was a phenomenal actress. Just watched her in the hiding place and man what a powerful movie. Hope you are resting peacefully Eileen 💕
This clip should be used to teach the actors of today some humility. She thanks three people and then gets off the stage! 30 seconds in total. They could shorten the show to 1 hour.
@@zigfried64 I remember seeing Shelley on the Tonight Show (to plug "The Poseiden Adventure", I guess, which was in theaters at the time) and she came out in full scuba gear! Maybe it's posted on YT.
The moment: Robert Duvall and Cloris Leachman were onstage to read the nominees in the best supporting actress category. Leachman announced the nomination of "Susan Tyrrell in 'Fat City,' " and then Duvall said, "Shelley Winters . . ." and got an attack of the giggles that made it difficult for him to get out the words "in 'The Poseidon Adventure.' " Thus, in addition to the stress of waiting to hear whether she won the award -- she didn't -- Winters had to endure the horror of seeing the very fact of her nomination scorned before an audience of millions. That her name was read after the title "Fat City" only made matters worse, turning a moment of possible triumph into a fat joke. Later that night, Duvall explained to the press that he was not laughing at Winters but because James Caan, his co-star in "The Godfather," had been making funny faces. If this was small comfort, at least Winters could find solace after Duvall, also nominated in the supporting category, also went home a loser.
George Uriarte : Wow ! Just , wow ! I remember Shelly as a sexy , grab'em by the tail , type of movie star. I could never imagine her, feeling insecure. Thanks for clearing up the why(?) of Duvall giggling. I was at a loss as to his behavior.
Duvall and his acting never interests me much but Shelley Winters and her greatness. An outstanding actress and how wonderful that she gave her Anne Frank-Oscar to this wonderful Foundation/Museum. Duvall 's character-weakness to that time has seen die whole world.
@lukebyankee When I was but a child, I learned what true acting really was by watching your mother in THE BAD SEED - she broke my heart. In '95, I saw her in a hotel lobby in NYC & wanted so badly to tell her this. But she looked busy & I lost my nerve, didn't want to bother her. I regret missing my chance now. God bless her!
Hi Luke. Your mom was such a delight to watch in all her performances, this award well deserved. She looked quite lovely this evening. The dress was great. I'm wondering if you happen to know who the designer was. It looks like it could have been Halston or Geoffrey Beene.
Shelley Winters should've won. She did a terrific job as Belle Rosen in "Poseidon Adventure", especially when it came to the quiet moments with Jack Albertson as her husband.
+darthstarkiller1912 That movie stunk to the heavens even if Winters was the best thing in it. She didn't deserve her first two Oscars. Why give her a third? Heckart, Berlin, and especially Tyrell were all better.
SAW THE MOVIE IN '73 AND TOLD MY BOYFRIEND THAT NIGHT THE MOM WILL WIN SUPPORTING ACTRESS - I JUST KNEW IT! LATER, I PREDICTED MARISA TOMEI TO WIN MY COUSIN VINNEY.
Eileen was wonderful and such a credit to her craft! Among so many of her acting credits, I greatly recall her in "Bus Stop" (1956) along-side Marilyn. (Yes, THAT Marilyn!) LOL - and cheers to all.
I SO agree, WARDMAN3!!!! I just saw that movie yesterday for the first time and I was astounded with her performance!! It is what made me come looking for more info on her. Just saw her tonight in Zandy's Bride from 1973. I've seen her over the years in a lot of things but I'm most impressed with her in The Bad Seed. Feel like I want to see all her movies now!!
My father smiled and said, "in homes all accross America people are saying 'who the hell is Howard Otway...'" A well deserved and lovely moment, so wonderful to see "Hecky" again and Jack. Lorcan Otway
I could watch Jeannie Berlin in Hunters and She has changed her look a lot. Furthermore, I can't believe she's the only one from the fantastic group of nominees who is still living.
This is an impressive lineup but I think that Berlin probably should have come out on top here. But Heckart was admittedly solid (as usual) in her role.
Excellent performance 👏 now Miss winters had won twice before, but one time she said she had thought they called her name and got up but she wasn't the winner I wonder which year that was?
EVERYONE who watches this MUST See the movie " The Hiding Place" about Corrie ten Boom's Life and how her family hid Jews from the Nazi's in The Netherlands!!! BRILLIANT Acting by Eileen!!!!
It was her second, haha. But Heckart is a marvelous actress, and deserved a few more than just 2. In 1956 alone, she co-starred opposite Marilyn Monroe in Bus Stop and Paul Newman in Somebody Up There Likes Me, in addition to her Golden Globe-winning/Oscar-nominated turn in The Bad Seed, where she made her mark first. Not only that, but I believe she's one of several people to have won an Oscar for recreating their Tony-winning role, for Butterflies Are Free. Love her!
I think Gloria Swanson created the role on Broadway. She says so in her autobiography and when she did an interview with Dick Cavett in 1970 while she was on your with the show
@@javiervalverde3399 I've always wondered why Swanson wasn't used in the movie version. My guess has been that the studio heads didn't consider her "box office".
Your Mom was a great actress and I believe this was her fifth or perhaps sixth Oscar nomination. She was wonderful and the critics were pretty much tied between Ms.Heckart and Jeannie Berlin, imo these were the two best. Geraldine Page is one of my favorite actresses but she should've won in '62 for "Sweet Bird of Youth" and of course won a dozen or so year's after your lovely Mom did for "Trip to Bountiful"'85. I hope your Mom got some other good parts after this&was happy,seems very nice!!
I figured he was laughing because the movie title before he announced Shelley’s name was “Fat City.” In either case, unwarranted...and I don’t for a minute believe that lame story about James Caan making faces.
I bet a lot of people at the time were shocked when he laughed like that. Not realizing what actually happened at the time. Looked like the other nominees were in shock when he started laughing. I'm sure people at home were wondering why would he do that.
You apparently know something that not too many others were in on. If you want to share your your private information sometime, that would be generous. Or were you just having a time of it? Shelley Winters looked sour about having lost. Too bad. She already won twice before.
+daniel stanwyck Really. Don't be a hog, Shelley. Give somebody else a chance. Especially since you didn't particularly deserve the first two. But everybody's right about Duvall. I've never seen such rudeness during a presentation.
I was stunned by that, too, and feel bad for Duvall having that happen live on air. Silly Caan, but boys will be boys. Poor Winters probably mistook it as a guffaw against her being nominated in a disaster flick. Nevertheless, back to your mother, who is a tremendous talent. The first time I saw her was in The First Wives' Club, and she endeared me right then and there, as a pre-teen. Suffice it to say, I was overjoyed once I began reading about Oscar history and learned she won!
And she didn't look too please, either. And neither did her associates. I'm wondering if he were referring to her weight when her other nominee was nominated for the film, "Fat City".
Why did Robert Duvall announce Shelley Winters and "The Posideon Adventure" like that? What a jerk, messing with her moment like that! Did he think her nomination was a joke? She'd already won two Oscars by this point.
+Kpp Kramatjati I read years ago that his laughter had nothing to do with Shelley Winters. He said that James Caan had been making funny faces at him from the audience the whole time and he just happen to break at that moment. Anyway, glad Eileen Heckart won this, Shelley already had 2 oscars under her belt at this point.
torres songs, I think he was just saving face when he said that. It's a lame excuse. Anyone can see that he started to laugh when Winters' name immediately followed FAT CITY.
Great actress! Her scene in the bad seed is one of the greatest acting moments in movies! Just loved her!!
Paddy818 ABSOLUTELY! I’ll never forget her performance in The Bad Seed. The drunk grieving mother, she deserved an Oscar for that too.
Totally agree. I've watched "the bad seed at least 50 times" on DVD. They just dont act like this anymore 😔
@@intothewoods_dave The reason that Eileen Heckart did not win best supporting for the Bad Seed was that the votes were split between she and and the movie's mega child star Patty McCormack (age 10 at the time) - The same can be said for why Patty McCormack didn't win for The Bad Seed. We'll never know who had more votes, but word is that Patty was the one who beat the split. This is why having two nominees from the same film can mess up the actor's chances.
@@jacquelinerussell8530 Patty is still a great actress and she is still working. I know because i have worked with her a few years as the producer and writer in 13 episodes of the TV Show "Have You Met Miss Jones" - and she was great - BTW - in real life, she has perfect penmanship.
😂😂🤣
Heckart was so hilarious as the sarcastic, overbearing mother in BAF. She absolutely deserved the Oscar for her performance.
If you loved her in BAF, check out her performances in the unfortunately all-too-short-lived "The Five Mrs. Buchanans" TV series. Absolutely delicious!
I can tell you that Shelley certainly took it as an insult. She was pissed. Duvall claimed James Caan was making faces at him and he hadn't realized what he'd said. He apologized to Shelley who accepted. But remained pissed. That was Shelley!
Glad Rileen did not kiss him
EILEEN HECKART was a great actress and a classy lady. Her performance in BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE was perfect. Also enjoyed the late EDWARD ALBERT who played her blind son. So sad that he died too young. RIP to both of them.
The look on Shelley Winters face said: "Duvall, I am gonna rip your heart out, you piece of shit" :D
I loved her performance in The Bad Seed and I so glad she won an Oscar.
This was one of the most deserved Oscars in history. In the film, her sarcastic deadpan readings were hilarious. Two best quotes: when Goldie Hawn says she's an actress, the mother says" might I have seen you in something besides your underwear?" And when Goldie Hawn says that no one could call her a prude, the way the mother says" I'd like to see them try" is brilliant.
My favorite: Goldie: I was married for six days.
Eileen: And on the seventh day, you rested?😂😂😂😂
I agree!! Her funniness line imo is after Goldie said she played Yum Yum and Eileen said “Yes, I’m sure you did”, while lol😂
Eileen Heckart was a classy lady and really quite talented. She deserved this award for an outstanding performance!!!
Loved Eileen in "The Bad Seed" and "Burnt Offerings". She was such a terrific actress!
Eileen Heckart was a major talent, she deserved more recognition. And this speech was pure class, not the bellicose claptrap that many winners impose upon viewers.
She is absolutely a class act and deserves much more recognition. Agree 100%. The bad seed is a haunting example of the incredible talent inside of this actor. And that's just to name one role in particular.
Yes I totally agree
She was an experienced stage actress of the theatre. She deserved this!!
She was outstanding as the victim's mom in THE BAD SEED
Totally agree. I thought she should have won supporting for The Bad Seed. She was wonderful
Oh my goodness I'm just seeing this for the first time. Butterflies Are Free came out a month before I was born, yet it's one of my favorite movies of all time. I just watched it again today. Ms. Heckart's range in this movie is phenomenal. And, what she didn't act with words, she acted with her eyes. A true movie legend. So glad she was recognized here, and she showed so much class.
Outrageous behavior! I always thought so highly of his talent and still do. But that floors me.
What a huge disgrace when Robert Duvall started laughing when he mentioned Shelley Winters for the Poseidon Adventure.
I read he wasn't laughing at Shelley Winters. He was laughing because James Caan was making goofy of himself while Bob Duvall was presenting. I also read Shelley was pissed.
@@dobazajr I suspect he was laughing because of Fat City preceding Shelley Winters.
@@paulvoorhies8821 based on what I read Bob Duvall was laughing because of James Caan.
@@dobazajr I hope you’re right.
No respect for Robert Duvall for laughing.
Shelley Winters was amazing in A Place in the Sun.
One of the greatest performances of all time - and such a classy lady!!!! We adore you, Ms. Heckart. Thanks for so many wonderful memories!!!!
Eileen Heckart was terrific in this role which she won this Oscar. Her performance flowed perfectly from overbearing to down right touching. Beautiful performance. She deserved it, a classy actress who always delivered the goods. Overlooked and underrated for a large part of her career, I think because she never gave a bad performance people just took her for granted.
I think she should have, hands down won for THE BAD SEED
I loved Heckart in The Bad Seed. Heartbreaking performance.
affectivity Absolutely ! That was a riveting performance she did in the The Bad Seed....the grief stricken intoxicated mother ....well deserved Oscar material...
What a terrific actress. Eileen Heckart actually deserved to win years earlier for The Bad Seed in which she not only did one (make that two) of the greatest drunk scenes of all time, but somehow managed to draw a few laughs, while playing the mother of a murdered child, without appearing tasteless. Not many can pull that off. I wanted Susan Tyrell of Fat City to win (guess I like drunks), but Heckart was also memorable in Butterflies Are Free, better than anything else in the movie, frankly.
Like her very much as Sister Veronica in "The Fugitive", especially, her story about Hozoni, a poor Indian boy.
I would have give the Oscar to Dunnock or McCambridge OR (just maybe) Heckart that year in 1956 (presented in 1957) and Mrs. Heckart deserved this one as Mrs. Baker. She was amazing, `terrific´ and funny! Mrs. Tyrrel was terrific and great too in Fat City, but just not as good as good as Heckarts role, imo. Tyrell was even the second best of the nominees, though, imo! :)
Oh boy! She tore my heart out in that movie. She held that scene in the palm of her hand. It was magical and so sad at the same time. Thank,you for reminding me of that movie. I haven't seen it for a long while.
TheChannel.TV Well I think Goldie & Edward Albert were both good & he did win most promising newcomer Golden Globe award
@@jeffreysuggs2799 I agree. I remember thinking Hawn was great in Butterflies Are Free.
She was so wonderful in that movie.
And Chloris Leachman looks stunning
It is pure luck that Eileen Heckart received her Oscar from Cloris Leachman. They were both costars for a short little bit working on the wonderful Mary Tyler Moore show. Cloris as Mary's landlady Phyllis Lindstrom and Eileen Heckart as Mary's Aunt Flo.
Your mother looks absolutely beautiful here. I have enjoyed her acting in every performance I've seen her in. A truly great personality and actress, greatly missed!
Ms. Heckart was a class act and one of the best actresses of all time.
@lukebyankee Shelley was the favorite that year as TPA was the big hit during Oscar season. People were already comparing her to Walter Brennan. Eileen's win was a deserved surprise, 16 years after her first nom. One of the true greats. She could read a phonebook and keep your interest. Met her many times. Last time I saw her I took my daughter backstage to see her after THE WAVERLY GALLERY. What a Class Act! A shame they never did a film with her. Her performance was beyond words.
Your mom was an awesome actress!!! She also had such a distinctive, fabulous voice.
i loved Butterflies are free. Great film.
Saw this film for the first time the other day. So powerful. Ms. Heckart was great in it. They all were.
I remember her from the Bad Seed. Loved that movie
Heckart also played the role on stage in the theatre. She was awesome.
We're Mr. And Mrs. Daigle. You didn't have to let us in.
I had no idea that Eileen Heckart won an Oscar. I always remember her as the devastated mother whose child is murdered by little Rhoda in "The Bad Seed".
She made me so sad with her monologue.
She was nominated for that role as well
I watched "Butterflies are Free," and Eileen as Ms. Baker was outstanding! Her performance was so moving that I shed a few tears. I especially loved how much she cared for her son, Don. She was the mother I've always wanted - caring, loving, and supportive. It wasn't just her emotional moments that caught my attention, though. Her humor and interactions with Edward were my favorite parts of the movie. Every time she appeared on screen, I couldn't help but smile.
I remember seeing the scene for the first time and being truly sad and disturbed afterwards. She was so real and sad, so may things, but that was her gift, an actress capable of so many levels, all at the same time. I really do mean it when when I say she was one of the great actresses of our time.
She should've won for "The Bad Seed," too. Spot on, memorable performance.
Shelley seems to say, "I knew it" when Eileen's name is announced.
torres songs I thought that too. Hands down I totally agree with her. Eileen Heckart deserved to win. An incredible performance that sold me. And now Butterflies Are Free is one of my all time favourite films.
Yes, I remember watching the awards that night on TV and noticed Shelley saying that.
Shelley had 2 Oscars Already😍😍😍
@@dylanpsinakis7930 that is true. What is your point?
The point is obvious.
Cloris Leachman looks so nice!
Wow...that was weird to laugh like that. Still LOVE Hechart in this role!
one of the greatest actresses ever!!!!!!!
and he laughs whilst announcing a nominee. how unprofessional.
RUDE !!!very sarcastic when he mentioned Shelley Winters
Completely inappropriate and I don’t buy the “James Caan was making faces at him” plea. A great actor, but clearly a bit of a jerk.
@@elizabethwhite2151
I feel like he was laughing because of the film title 'Fat City' which is immature. I suppose this moment never was discussed since?
Should have won for "The Bad Seed" -- heartbreaking performance, standing out among a very stellar cast.
Later that night, Duvall explained to the press that he was not laughing at Winters but because James Caan, his co-star in "The Godfather," had been making funny faces
I hope Shelley knew that,..she looked a bit irritated.
I've come to the conclusion after over 50 years of viewing motion pictures that with possibly the exception of Geraldine Page in Interiors, I will never see a performance as exquisite and essential as Eileen Heckart in Butterflies Are Free.
I wish Shelley Winters had won for her role as Belle Rosen. I always found it to be such a memorable role of hers and well-deserved for an award. I believe if Winters had won this award, she would have been the first performer to have won three Oscars. I'll never forget her lines in The Poseidon Adventure, "I love you. Not many people have had that", "If any of us are saved, I hope it's those two children. They still have their whole lives in front of them", and "Give this to Manny. Tell him he has to give it to our grandson...from both of us."
Walter Brennan won 3 oscars during the late '30s. But to be fair, he was a member of an "in crowd" sort of thing. The film extras had the edge in numbers of voting members, and he came from that section of voters.
By 1973, Kathrine Hepburn had 3 Best Actress and Walter Brennan had 3 Best Supporting Actor "Oscars".
"Later that night, Duvall explained to the press that he was not laughing at Winters but because James Caan, his co-star in "The Godfather," had been making funny faces"
At Shelly?
I’m not buying his excuse.
Such a classy lady of great professionalism and composure!! I've always loved her work. She graciously accepted the award with such concise appreciative respect where due. No unnecessary yakking on and on. However, just gotta say that she and Patty McCormack were both cheated out of a well-deserved award for their INCREDIBLE and unquestionably dynamic performances in The Bad Seed. An exception should have been made and BOTH of them given the award that year!! It's obvious to anyone who has seen their performances. And NO REMAKES even come close to matching the range and depth of what Eileen and Patty accomplished in those original roles. Totally indisputable!! :)
The fact that she beat Shelley Winters shows that she was a phenomenal actress. Just watched her in the hiding place and man what a powerful movie. Hope you are resting peacefully Eileen 💕
This clip should be used to teach the actors of today some humility. She thanks three people and then gets off the stage! 30 seconds in total. They could shorten the show to 1 hour.
As others here have stayed. She should have won for "The Bad Seed".. Her portrayal there was so spot on and hearbreaking...
Classy and genuine speech.
Robert Duvall laughing at Shelley Winters? WTF was that about?
He was probably looking at something funny that the cameras couldn't catch.
Lol
He was laughing because he had to announce Shelly Winters' name after the actress whose movie was Fat City.
He's lucky she didn't win because she probably would have belted him.
@@zigfried64 I remember seeing Shelley on the Tonight Show (to plug "The Poseiden Adventure", I guess, which was in theaters at the time) and she came out in full scuba gear! Maybe it's posted on YT.
The moment: Robert Duvall and Cloris Leachman were onstage to read the nominees in the best supporting actress category. Leachman announced the nomination of "Susan Tyrrell in 'Fat City,' " and then Duvall said, "Shelley Winters . . ." and got an attack of the giggles that made it difficult for him to get out the words "in 'The Poseidon Adventure.' " Thus, in addition to the stress of waiting to hear whether she won the award -- she didn't -- Winters had to endure the horror of seeing the very fact of her nomination scorned before an audience of millions. That her name was read after the title "Fat City" only made matters worse, turning a moment of possible triumph into a fat joke.
Later that night, Duvall explained to the press that he was not laughing at Winters but because James Caan, his co-star in "The Godfather," had been making funny faces. If this was small comfort, at least Winters could find solace after Duvall, also nominated in the supporting category, also went home a loser.
George Uriarte : Wow ! Just , wow ! I remember Shelly as a sexy , grab'em by the tail , type of movie star. I could never imagine her, feeling insecure. Thanks for clearing up the why(?) of Duvall giggling. I was at a loss as to his behavior.
it sounded more like he was trying to do a Shelly Winters impersonation from the film- Poseidon Adventure- she was not amused!
Duvall and his acting never interests me much but Shelley Winters and her greatness. An outstanding actress and how wonderful that she gave her Anne Frank-Oscar to this wonderful Foundation/Museum. Duvall 's character-weakness to that time has seen die whole world.
@lukebyankee When I was but a child, I learned what true acting really was by watching your mother in THE BAD SEED - she broke my heart. In '95, I saw her in a hotel lobby in NYC & wanted so badly to tell her this. But she looked busy & I lost my nerve, didn't want to bother her. I regret missing my chance now. God bless her!
Hi Luke. Your mom was such a delight to watch in all her performances, this award well deserved. She looked quite lovely this evening. The dress was great. I'm wondering if you happen to know who the designer was. It looks like it could have been Halston or Geoffrey Beene.
Shelley Winters should've won. She did a terrific job as Belle Rosen in "Poseidon Adventure", especially when it came to the quiet moments with Jack Albertson as her husband.
+darthstarkiller1912 That movie stunk to the heavens even if Winters was the best thing in it. She didn't deserve her first two Oscars. Why give her a third? Heckart, Berlin, and especially Tyrell were all better.
@@TheChannelTV-bt8emI haven't seen The Diary of Anne Frank, but she was definitely brilliant in A Patch of Blue and I'm glad she won for that.
She was also great in The Bad Seed...
EVERYBODY was great in The Bad Seed. Nancy Kelly. Eileen Heckart. Patty McCormack and many others.
Shelley did not seem too happy about Robert Duvall breaking out in laughter when he announced her name!
What a rude SOB DUVALL was when he announced Shelly Winters !
Eileen Heckart and Cloris Leachman we’re both on The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Eileen was a frequent guest star on “Dragnet,” always playing a different character. That’s how good she was.
SAW THE MOVIE IN '73 AND TOLD MY BOYFRIEND THAT NIGHT THE MOM WILL WIN SUPPORTING ACTRESS - I JUST KNEW IT! LATER, I PREDICTED MARISA TOMEI TO WIN MY COUSIN VINNEY.
Eileen was wonderful and such a credit to her craft! Among so many of her acting credits, I greatly recall her in "Bus Stop" (1956) along-side Marilyn. (Yes, THAT Marilyn!) LOL - and cheers to all.
I SO agree, WARDMAN3!!!! I just saw that movie yesterday for the first time and I was astounded with her performance!! It is what made me come looking for more info on her. Just saw her tonight in Zandy's Bride from 1973. I've seen her over the years in a lot of things but I'm most impressed with her in The Bad Seed. Feel like I want to see all her movies now!!
My father smiled and said, "in homes all accross America people are saying 'who the hell is Howard Otway...'" A well deserved and lovely moment, so wonderful to see "Hecky" again and Jack. Lorcan Otway
Not me - Howard O., founder of Theater 80 St Marks, where I spent many happy evenings during my early years in NYC in the early 80s ...
I think that at least Robert would have apologized!!!!
I could watch Jeannie Berlin in Hunters and She has changed her look a lot. Furthermore, I can't believe she's the only one from the fantastic group of nominees who is still living.
Shelly made the most of her character and deserved to win but Eileen I think won for her body of work and Shelly had already won twice.
A brilliant actress.
Shelley Winters SOOOO should have won! I swear, I hate it when the Academy gets it wrong!
Eileen was so good in The Burning and The Hiding Place.
La actuaciòn de Shelley Winters en Poseidòn fue extraordinaria, con esfuerzos fìsicos incluidos..debiò ganar...
Eileen also starred in THE HIDING PLACE, and her character was Katje, a prisoner that befriended Corrie Ten Boom....in the1975 motion picture.
This is an impressive lineup but I think that Berlin probably should have come out on top here. But Heckart was admittedly solid (as usual) in her role.
She deserved it!
1 of her finest performance!
I love Eileen's gown. Very sleek and modern. Anyone know who the designer was?
I LOVE her!
Excellent performance 👏 now Miss winters had won twice before, but one time she said she had thought they called her name and got up but she wasn't the winner I wonder which year that was?
EVERYONE who watches this MUST See the movie " The Hiding Place" about Corrie ten Boom's Life and how her family hid Jews from the Nazi's in The Netherlands!!! BRILLIANT Acting by Eileen!!!!
May absolute FAVORITE character actress. READ her BOOK: "Just Outside the Spotlight" .
So great in the bad seed
Classy lady
Anyone else remember her from The Five Mrs. Buchanans?
They should have a rule that all nominees should sit at the ends of each row. Poor Eileen had to climb over all those people to get her Oscar.
iconic !!!
It was her second, haha. But Heckart is a marvelous actress, and deserved a few more than just 2. In 1956 alone, she co-starred opposite Marilyn Monroe in Bus Stop and Paul Newman in Somebody Up There Likes Me, in addition to her Golden Globe-winning/Oscar-nominated turn in The Bad Seed, where she made her mark first. Not only that, but I believe she's one of several people to have won an Oscar for recreating their Tony-winning role, for Butterflies Are Free. Love her!
I think Gloria Swanson created the role on Broadway. She says so in her autobiography and when she did an interview with Dick Cavett in 1970 while she was on your with the show
@@javiervalverde3399 I've always wondered why Swanson wasn't used in the movie version. My guess has been that the studio heads didn't consider her "box office".
Lol love it when they let the grammar school kids comment !
the look on her face. the intensity directed toward him should have caused Duvall to drop dead on the spot.
So elegant!
what did robert duvall eat at the moment???
Your Mom was a great actress and I believe this was her fifth or perhaps sixth Oscar nomination. She was wonderful and the critics were pretty much tied between Ms.Heckart and Jeannie Berlin, imo these were the two best. Geraldine Page is one of my favorite actresses but she should've won in '62 for "Sweet Bird of Youth" and of course won a dozen or so year's after your lovely Mom did for "Trip to Bountiful"'85. I hope your Mom got some other good parts after this&was happy,seems very nice!!
The original Poseidon Adventure was hardly a bad movie! Now the remake was absolutely dreadful.
I figured he was laughing because the movie title before he announced Shelley’s name was “Fat City.” In either case, unwarranted...and I don’t for a minute believe that lame story about James Caan making faces.
Why did Duvall bust out laughing when announcing Shelley Winters name?
James Caan was making faces at Robert Duvall in the audience! This was the
year of The Godfather winning Best Picture.
@@femgoo But where did you hear this?
@lukebyankee She will always be Roz in Burnt Offerings and Mrs Dagle in The Bad Seed. I love her.
Had no idea Susan Tyrrell had been nominated for an oscar
I bet a lot of people at the time were shocked when he laughed like that. Not realizing what actually happened at the time. Looked like the other nominees were in shock when he started laughing. I'm sure people at home were wondering why would he do that.
You apparently know something that not too many others were in on. If you want to share your your private information sometime, that would be generous. Or were you just having a time of it? Shelley Winters looked sour about having lost. Too bad. She already won twice before.
+daniel stanwyck
Really. Don't be a hog, Shelley. Give somebody else a chance. Especially since you didn't particularly deserve the first two. But everybody's right about Duvall. I've never seen such rudeness during a presentation.
@@TheChannelTV-bt8em Lol!! I can't believe what a sick bastard Robert Duvall is.
I LOVE her distinctive voice! Too bad she had to smoke to get it...
I was stunned by that, too, and feel bad for Duvall having that happen live on air. Silly Caan, but boys will be boys. Poor Winters probably mistook it as a guffaw against her being nominated in a disaster flick. Nevertheless, back to your mother, who is a tremendous talent. The first time I saw her was in The First Wives' Club, and she endeared me right then and there, as a pre-teen. Suffice it to say, I was overjoyed once I began reading about Oscar history and learned she won!
I think it was because Cloris mentioned "Fat City" right before Shelley.
Oh please, Shelley. Oh please
What was that freaky laugh about??? I felt sorry for Shelley Winters. It sounded like Duvall was laughing at her. Very unprofessional.
And she didn't look too please, either. And neither did her associates. I'm wondering if he were referring to her weight when her other nominee was nominated for the film, "Fat City".
He laughed cuz an actor gave him the finger from the audience
@Corno di Bassetto Interesting because her weight and her being sensitive about it was her character and part of dialogue in "The Poseidon Adventure."
If he'd done that today people would be WRECKING him on Twitter.
@@bookerjones8123 they would have “canceled” him.
Shelley Winters deserved to win the Oscar .
Umm no
@lukebyankee great post - thanks for sharing.
Why did Robert Duvall announce Shelley Winters and "The Posideon Adventure" like that? What a jerk, messing with her moment like that! Did he think her nomination was a joke? She'd already won two Oscars by this point.
Rumor has it Cloris tickled Robert Duvall which caused him to laugh
why robert duvall laught very loud when he call shelly einters name????that's sounds really weird!!!LOL
+Kpp Kramatjati
I read years ago that his laughter had nothing to do with Shelley Winters. He said that James Caan had been making funny faces at him from the audience the whole time and he just happen to break at that moment. Anyway, glad Eileen Heckart won this, Shelley already had 2 oscars under her belt at this point.
+torres songs NO EXCUSE, IT WAS A DISGRACEFUL TREATMENT OF SHELLEY WINTERS
I agree.
I guess he is kidding ;D LMAO
torres songs, I think he was just saving face when he said that. It's a lame excuse. Anyone can see that he started to laugh when Winters' name immediately followed FAT CITY.
Robert Duvall debochando de O Destino do Poseidon não tem preço
i liked eileen heckart in BURNT OFFERINGS.
Great Actress...should have won the bad seed. Love her work. Rip
Cloris looked stunning in that sequined pantsuit...