Hollywood Stars Who Never Won An Oscar

Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was never nominated / 1946

Martha Holmes—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Van Johnson was never nominated / 1945

Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Dorothy Dandridge was nominated once and became the first African-American to be nominated for a leading role (1955) / 1951

Allan Grant—The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images Peter Sellers was nominated three times / Here with his wife, Britt Ekland, 1964

Yale Joel—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Lena Horne was never nominated, though she was honored with a tribute at the 2011 Academy Awards /1947

Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Tony Curtis was nominated once /1961

Walter Sanders—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Lana Turner was nominated once / Here with John Garfield, 1945

Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Erroll Flynn was never nominated /1941

J. R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Ava Gardner was nominated once / 1948

Gjon Mili—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Richard Burton was nominated seven times / 1963

Allan Grant—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Jayne Mansfield was never nominated / 1957

J. R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Montgomery Clift was nominated four times / 1948

Bob Landry—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Rita Hayworth was never nominated / 1945

John Dominis—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Steve McQueen was nominated once /1963

Paul Schutzer—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Natalie Wood received three nominations /1962

Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Janet Leigh was nominated once /1950

John Florea—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Robert Walker was never nominated / 1943

Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Marlene Dietrich was nominated once /1928

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