Screen stars who lost out in award stakes
Alfred Hitchcock has topped a poll of directors never to have won an Oscar.
The British legend received six nominations between 1941 and 1961, for films like Psycho and Rear Window but never walked away with an Academy Award.
Second in the list of directors who missed out on the ultimate Hollywood accolade but deserved success is Goodfellas director Martin Scorsese, who has been nominated five times since 1981, and who is being tipped for an Oscar this year with The Aviator.
Stanley Kubrick, the late director who was nominated for films like 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange, is third in the survey voted for by the UK public.
Samuel L Jackson, who received a nomination for Quentin Tarantino’s hit Pulp Fiction, is top of a list of stars who have never received a Best Actor Oscar.
Steve McQueen is second in the survey for the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) TV channel, followed by Welsh-born actor Richard Burton, who received seven nominations for the likes of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf and Equus.
Other actors to make it into the top ten are Tom Cruise, who was nominated for Magnolia, Jerry Maguire and Born on the Fourth of July, Troy hunk Brad Pitt and Bruce Willis.
Willis’s ex-wife Demi Moore, who made a comeback with a cameo role in Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, is top of the actress list, despite never even being nominated for an Academy Award.
Sharon Stone, who was nominated for Casino but walked away empty handed, is second, before When Harry met Sally actress Meg Ryan, and Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe.
A TCM spokesman said: “The poll shows an encouraging amount of support and loyalty from the UK public for many British actors and filmmakers.
“Whilst we wait for the Academy judges to cast their votes, we can only speculate on the success of fellow Brits Mike Leigh, Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake) and Clive Owen (Closer) all never to have won an Oscar.
“Martin Scorsese is the only name in the top three of all the categories to have a film in the running for an Oscar this year. If the UK public had their way, maybe this year, would be his year.”
The poll was conducted by Ipsos, to mark the 77th Academy Awards, whose nominations are being announced on Tuesday.
The results:
Most deserving directors never to have won an Oscar:
1. Alfred Hitchcock
2. Martin Scorsese
3. Stanley Kubrick
4. Ridley Scott
5. Tim Burton
6. Ingmar Bergman
7. Spike Lee
8. Mike Leigh
9. Howard Hawks
10. Roberto Rossellini
Most deserving actor never to have won an Oscar:
1. Samuel L Jackson
2. Steve McQueen
3. Richard Burton
4. Tom Cruise
5. Brad Pitt
6. Bruce Willis
7. John Travolta
8. Cary Grant
9. Hugh Grant
10. Kirk Douglas
Most deserving actress never to have won an Oscar:
1. Demi Moore
2. Sharon Stone
3. Meg Ryan
4. Marilyn Monroe
5. Michelle Pfeiffer
6. Drew Barrymore
7. Lauren Bacall
8. Glenn Close
9. Cate Blanchett
10. Ava Gardner
