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1. In 1935, Norman Foster's wife won the Best Actress Award for "It Happened One Night." After his wife won the Best Actress award, it was less than a year before they divorced. Who was the award-winning actress?
2. In 1961 and 1967, the same actress won Best Actress, for "Butterfield 8" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" respectively. She also quickly divorced husbands Eddie Fisher and then Richard Burton after each win. Which actress is this, with many nominations and husbands?
3. Tony Walton, a set and costume designer, divorced the legendary "Mary Poppins" star who won in 1965. Which triple threat and multiple Golden Globe winner was his wife?
4. In 1969 actor Elliott Gould divorced the legendary Best Actress winner, who won for her role in "Funny Girl". Which singer/actress was this?
5. Peter Allen divorced an Oscar winner not for her skills, but more likely to aid in coming out of the closet - but the timing of the divorce was shortly after his wife won the Best Actress Oscar for her role in "Cabaret". Which actress and singer was his wife?
6. Jerry Bick was married to the Best Actress winner of 1976, who won as part of the sweep of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," while playing one of the cruelest villains of all time. Who was the actress who embodied that role?
7. Kenneth Branagh famously divorced his first wife and frequent co-star after she won Best Actress for "Howards End" in 1993. Which prolific British actress was he married to?
8. Eric Benet, a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, divorced the 2002 Best Actress Oscar winner for "Monster's Ball," the first African-American actress to win the award. Who was it?
9. Director Sam Mendes had a long-standing marriage with the actress who won the 2008 Best Actress Oscar for her role in "The Reader". It was far from her first nomination, so they should have been used to it, perhaps? But despite her nominations for "Little Children," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," and "Titanic," their relationship could not survive her win - which actress is this?
10. Jesse James, a television personality, famously cheated on the Best Actress winner from 2010, who won for her role in "The Blind Side," a perennial favorite actress. They divorced soon after - which actress was his wife?
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