It blows my mind that Mary Tyler Moore didn't win the Oscar because the role of Beth Jarrett is so iconic, her scenes are still referenced to this day. The problem was that she was competing against Sissy Spacek for COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER and there was no way Spacek was ever gonna lose. She was locked.

MTM would have easily won the Oscar had she competed as supporting. I mean, Mary Steenburgen won that year for MELVIN AND HOWARD. MTM would have beat her with ease. Nobody even remembers that movie.

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ohpifflesir t1_jaeh8eu wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:16 PM

lotsa people remember that movie—haven't watched it in forever but I bet it holds pretty well, what with all that's happening rn

Lili_Danube OP t1_jaehrbc wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:19 PM

I barely think of Tim Hutton, who won for Supporting (weird since he's pretty much the main lead), but Mary Tyler Moore was astounding. She and Donald Sutherland who was unfairly snubbed.

Small_Government2244 t1_jaem675 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:48 PM

What? You’re telling me that the people who gave: Al Pacino an award for Scent of a Woman; Gary Oldman for Darkest Hour; Renee Zellweger for Cold Mountain; Bing Crosby for Going My Way; Sandra Bullock for the Blind Side and on and on actually got something wrong? That’s literally mind blowing.

lucia-pacciola t1_jaenbz7 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:55 PM

I would care more if the Oscars actually used consistently meaningful criteria.