And the Winner for Best Actor is ....

February 4, 2020 | SuzyQ

This weekend, the Oscar for Best Actor will be presented to one of the following nominees: Antonio Banderas, Leonardo Di Caprio, Adam Driver, Joaquin Phoenix, or Jonathan Pryce. Read about some of the past winners with these biographies from the Library's collection.

 

Paul Newman : a life by Shawn Levy

The Color of Money, 1986.

Spencer Tracy : a biography by 1953- James Curtis

Captains Courageous, 1937.

Boys Town, 1938.

Al Pacino : in conversation with Lawrence Grobel by 1940- Al Pacino

Scent of a Woman, 1992.

Burt Lancaster : an American life by Kate Buford

Elmer Gantry, 1960.

My name escapes me : the diary of a retiring actor by 1914-1990 Alec Guinness

The Bridge on the River Kwai, 1957.

Bogart : a life in Hollywood by Jeffrey Meyers

The African Queen, 1951.

Nicholson : a biography by Marc Eliot

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975.

The man who saw a ghost : the life and work of Henry Fonda by Devin McKinney

On Golden Pond, 1981.

Brando : songs my mother taught me by Marlon Brando

On the Waterfront, 1954.

The Godfather, 1972.

Gregory Peck : a charmed life by Lynn Haney

To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962.

Niv : the authorized biography of David Niven by 1943- Graham Lord

Separate Tables, 1958.

Lee Marvin : point blank by 1960- Dwayne Epstein

Cat Ballou, 1965.

The measure of a man : a spiritual autobiography by Sidney Poitier

Lilies of the Field, 1963.

Jimmy Stewart : a biography by Marc Eliot

The Philadelphia Story, 1940.

De Niro : a life by Shawn Levy

Raging Bull, 1980.

Cagney by 1920- John McCabe

Yankee Doodle Dandy, 1942.

Gary Cooper : an American hero by Jeffrey Meyers

Sergeant York, 1941.

High Noon, 1952.

Olivier by 1931- Terry Coleman

Hamlet, 1948.

Bing Crosby : swinging on a star - the war years, 1940-1946 by Gary Giddins

Going My Way, 1944.

John Wayne : the life and legend by 1951- Scott Eyman

True Grit, 1969.

Clark Gable : a biography by Warren G Harris

It Happened One Night, 1934.

Ernie : the autobiography by 1917-2012 Ernest Borgnine

Marty, 1955.