AWARDS SEASON 1990

At the Awards ceremonies in early 1991, celebrating the cinematic performances of 1990, the big winner was Whoopi Goldberg, who took all three Best Supporting Actress awards for "Ghost". Jeremy Irons and Kathy Bates both took home the OSCAR and Golden Globe for "Reversal of Fortune" and "Misery" respectively.
The two leads of "Cinema Paradiso" (Philippe Noiret and Salvatore Cascio) took the male acting awards at the BAFTA's, while the other notable gongs went to Julia Roberts for "Pretty Woman" at the Globes, and Joe Pesci's supporting "Goodfellas" gangster at the OSCARS.

In total, 42 actors and actresses were nominated in 1990.

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Whoopi Goldberg “GHOST”
Best Supporting Actress WINNER (OSCARS, Golden Globes, BAFTA’s)

Jeremy Irons “REVERSAL OF FORTUNE”
Best Actor WINNER (OSCARS, Golden Globes)

Kathy Bates “MISERY”
Best Actress WINNER (OSCARS, Golden Globes)

Jessica Tandy “DRIVING MISS DAISY”
Best Actress WINNER (BAFTA’s)

Anjelica Huston “THE GRIFTERS”
Best Actress Nominee (OSCARS, Golden Globes),
“CRIMES & MISDEMEANORS”
Best Supporting Actress Nominee (BAFTA’s)

Al Pacino “DICK TRACY”
Best Supporting Actor Nominee (OSCARS, Golden Globes, BAFTA’s),
“THE GODFATHER PART III”
Best Actor Nominee (Golden Globes)

Gerard Depardieu "GREEN CARD"
Best Actor Musical & Comedy WINNER (Golden Globes),
"CYRANO DE BERGERAC"
Best Actor Nominee (OSCARS)

Joe Pesci “GOODFELLAS”
Best Supporting Actor WINNER (OSCARS), Nominee (Golden Globes)

Kevin Costner “DANCES WITH WOLVES”
Best Actor Nominee (OSCARS, Golden Globes)

Richard Harris “THE FIELD”
Best Actor Nominee (OSCARS, Golden Globes)

Bruce Davison “LONGTIME COMPANION”
Best Supporting Actor WINNER (Golden Globes), Nominee (OSCARS)

Philippe Noiret "CINEMA PARADISO"
Best Actor WINNER (BAFTA's)

Salvatore Cascio “CINEMA PARADISO”
Best Supporting Actor WINNER (BAFTA’s)

Julia Roberts “PRETTY WOMAN”
Best Actress Musical & Comedy WINNER (Golden Globes), Nominee (OSCARS, BAFTA’s)

Robert De Niro “AWAKENINGS”
Best Actor Nominee (OSCARS), “GOODFELLAS” Best Actor Nominee (BAFTA’s)

Shirley MacLaine “POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE”
Best Actress Nominee (BAFTA’s), Best Supporting Actress Nominee (Golden Globes),
“STEEL MAGNOLIAS”
Best Supporting Actress Nominee (BAFTA’s)

Joanne Woodward “MR. & MRS. BRIDGE”
Best Actress Nominee (OSCARS, Golden Globes)

Meryl Streep “POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE”
Best Actress Nominee (OSCARS), Best Actress Musical & Comedy Nominee (Golden Globes)

Andy Garcia “THE GODFATHER PART III”
Best Supporting Actor Nominee (OSCARS, Golden Globes)

Lorraine Bracco “GOODFELLAS”
Best Supporting Actress Nominee (OSCARS, Golden Globes)

Mary McDonnell “DANCES WITH WOLVES”
Best Supporting Actress Nominee (OSCARS, Golden Globes)

Diane Ladd “WILD AT HEART”
Best Supporting Actress Nominee (OSCARS, Golden Globes)

Michelle Pfeiffer “THE RUSSIA HOUSE”
Best Actress Nominee (Golden Globes),
“THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS”
Best Actress Nominee (BAFTA’s)

Robin Williams “AWAKENINGS”
Best Actor Nominee (Golden Globes)

Susan Sarandon “WHITE PALACE”
Best Actress Nominee (Golden Globes)

Johnny Depp “EDWARD SCISSORHANDS”
Best Actor Musical & Comedy Nominee (Golden Globes)

Patrick Swayze “GHOST” Best Actor Musical & Comedy Nominee (Golden Globes)

Richard Gere “PRETTY WOMAN” Best Actor Musical & Comedy Nominee (Golden Globes)

Macaulay Culkin “HOME ALONE” Best Actor Musical & Comedy Nominee (Golden Globes)

Demi Moore “GHOST” Best Actress Musical & Comedy Nominee (Golden Globes)

Andie Macdowell “GREEN CARD” Best Actress Musical & Comedy Nominee (Golden Globes)

Mia Farrow “ALICE” Best Actress Musical & Comedy Nominee (Golden Globes)

Tom Cruise “BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY” Best Actor Nominee (BAFTA’s)

Sean Connery “THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER” Best Actor Nominee (BAFTA’s)

Graham Greene “DANCES WITH WOLVES” Best Supporting Actor Nominee (OSCARS)

Annette Bening “THE GRIFTERS” Best Supporting Actress Nominee (OSCARS)

Hector Elizondo “PRETTY WOMAN” Best Supporting Actor Nominee (Golden Globes)

Armand Assante “Q & A” Best Supporting Actor Nominee (Golden Globes)

Winona Ryder “MERMAIDS” Best Supporting Actress Nominee (Golden Globes)

Alan Alda “CRIMES & MISDEMEANORS” Best Supporting Actor Nominee (BAFTA’s)

John Hurt “THE FIELD” Best Supporting Actor Nominee (BAFTA’s)

Billie Whitelaw “THE KRAYS” Best Supporting Actress Nominee (BAFTA’s)

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The OSCARS, Golden Globes, and BAFTA's all have a Best Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress category. However, the Globes also have additional Best Actor & Actress categories for roles in Musical & Comedy films. Therefore an entire "awards season" for the three major ceremonies involves fourteen different awards on offer.
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AWARDS SEASON 1989

At the Awards ceremonies in early 1990, celebrating the cinematic performances of 1989, the big winners were Daniel Day-Lewis and Jessica Tandy for their respective roles in "My Left Foot" and "Driving Miss Daisy". But Tandy had to wait until the following year to collect her BAFTA for the same role, while Day-Lewis lost out to Tom Cruise in "Born On The Fourth of July" at the Golden Globes. Michelle Pfeiffer picked up two awards for "The Fabulous Baker Boys" and "Dangerous Liaisons", while Denzel Washington's turn in "Glory" won two of the three Supporting Actor statues up for grabs. It was closer in the Supporting Actress category where Brenda Fricker ("My Left Foot") and Julia Roberts ("Steel Magnolias") took the OSCAR and Golden Globe respectively.

In total, 44 actors and actresses were nominated in 1989.

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Daniel Day-Lewis “MY LEFT FOOT”
Best Actor WINNER (OSCARS, BAFTA’s), Nominee (Golden Globes)

Michelle Pfeiffer “THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS”
Best Actress WINNER (Golden Globes), Nominee (OSCARS),
“DANGEROUS LIAISONS” Best Supporting Actress WINNER (BAFTA’s)

Jessica Tandy “DRIVING MISS DAISY”
Best Actress WINNER (OSCARS), Best Actress Musical & Comedy WINNER (Golden Globes)

Denzel Washington “GLORY”
Best Supporting Actor WINNER (OSCARS, Golden Globes)

Pauline Collins “SHIRLEY VALENTINE”
Best Actress WINNER (BAFTA’s), Nominee (OSCARS, Golden Globes)

Tom Cruise “BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY”
Best Actor WINNER (Golden Globes), Nominee (OSCARS)

Morgan Freeman “DRIVING MISS DAISY”
Best Actor Musical & Comedy WINNER (Golden Globes), Best Actor Nominee (OSCARS)

Julia Roberts “STEEL MAGNOLIAS”
Best Supporting Actress WINNER (Golden Globes), Nominee (OSCARS)

Robin Williams “DEAD POETS SOCIETY”
Best Actor Nominee (OSCARS, Golden Globes, BAFTA’s)

Marlon Brando “A DRY WHITE SEASON”
Best Supporting Actor Nominee (OSCARS, Golden Globes, BAFTA’s)

Brenda Fricker “MY LEFT FOOT”
Best Supporting Actress WINNER (OSCARS), Nominee (Golden Globes)

Kenneth Branagh “HENRY V”
Best Actor Nominee (OSCARS, BAFTA’s)

Jessica Lange “MUSIC BOX”
Best Actress Nominee (OSCARS, Golden Globes)

Jack Nicholson “BATMAN”
Best Actor Musical & Comedy Nominee (Golden Globes), Best Supporting Actor Nominee (BAFTA’s)

Danny Aiello “DO THE RIGHT THING”
Best Supporting Actor Nominee (OSCARS, Golden Globes)

Dianne Wiest “PARENTHOOD”
Best Supporting Actress Nominee (OSCARS, Golden Globes)

Sean Connery “INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE”
Best Supporting Actor Nominee (Golden Globes, BAFTA’s)

Laura San Giacomo “SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE”
Best Supporting Actress Nominee (Golden Globes, BAFTA’s)

Ray McAnally “MY LEFT FOOT”
Best Supporting Actor WINNER (BAFTA’s)

Isabelle Adjani “CAMILLE CLAUDEL”
Best Actress Nominee (OSCARS)

Jack Lemmon “DAD”
Best Actor Nominee (Golden Globes)

Al Pacino “SEA OF LOVE”
Best Actor Nominee (Golden Globes)

Sally Field “STEEL MAGNOLIAS”
Best Actress Nominee (Golden Globes)

Andie Macdowell “SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE”
Best Actress Nominee (Golden Globes)

Liv Ullmann “THE ROSEGARDEN”
Best Actress Nominee (Golden Globes)

Dustin Hoffman “RAIN MAN”
Best Actor Nominee (BAFTA’s)

Jodie Foster “THE ACCUSED”
Best Actress Nominee (BAFTA’s)

Melanie Griffith “WORKING GIRL”
Best Actress Nominee (BAFTA’s)

Billy Crystal “WHEN HARRY MET SALLY ...”
Best Actor Musical & Comedy Nominee (Golden Globes)

Steve Martin “PARENTHOOD”
Best Actor Musical & Comedy Nominee (Golden Globes)

Michael Douglas “THE WAR OF THE ROSES”
Best Actor Musical & Comedy Nominee (Golden Globes)

Meg Ryan “WHEN HARRY MET SALLY ...”
Best Actress Musical & Comedy Nominee (Golden Globes)

Kathleen Turner “THE WAR OF THE ROSES”
Best Actress Musical & Comedy Nominee (Golden Globes)

Meryl Streep “SHE-DEVIL”
Best Actress Musical & Comedy Nominee (Golden Globes)

Glenn Close “DANGEROUS LIAISONS”
Best Actress Nominee (BAFTA’s)

Dan Aykroyd “DRIVING MISS DAISY”
Best Supporting Actor Nominee (OSCARS)

Martin Landau “CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS”
Best Supporting Actor Nominee (OSCARS)

Anjelica Huston “ENEMIES, A LOVE STORY”
Best Supporting Actress Nominee (OSCARS)

Lena Olin “ENEMIES, A LOVE STORY”
Best Supporting Actress Nominee (OSCARS)

Ed Harris “JACKNIFE”
Best Supporting Actor Nominee (Golden Globes)

Bruce Willis “IN COUNTRY”
Best Supporting Actor Nominee (Golden Globes)

Bridget Fonda “SCANDAL”
Best Supporting Actress Nominee (Golden Globes)

Sigourney Weaver “WORKING GIRL”
Best Supporting Actress Nominee (BAFTA’s)

Peggy Ashcroft “MADAME SOUSATZKA”
Best Supporting Actress Nominee (BAFTA’s)

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The OSCARS, Golden Globes, and BAFTA's all have a Best Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress category. However, the Globes also have additional Best Actor & Actress categories for roles in Musical & Comedy films. Therefore an entire "awards season" for the three major ceremonies involves fourteen different awards on offer.
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