Not All Hearts of Gold Trivia Quiz

Answer: Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes (October 10, 1900 - March 17, 1993) was called the "First Lady of the American Theatre". Helen Hayes won two Oscars, two Grammies, two Tony Awards and one Emmy during her career. Her lifelong support of conservative political causes moved Ronald Reagan to award her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1986.

"Madelon" was her first major success in films having spent her previous career on the stage. She also picked up a Supporting Actress Oscar in 1970 for "Airport".

Answer: Donna Reed and Frank Sinatra

It was in this film that Frank Sinatra made his transition from light-weight musicals to serious actor, winning Best Supporting Actor, and Donna Reed emerged into the Hollywood limelight with her Supporting Actress Oscar. Lancaster and Clift were both nominated for Best Lead Actor but since it was for the same film, they cancelled each other out, leaving the award to William Holden for "Stalag 17" (1974).

The beach scene with Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster has become an iconic film episode. Reed's role is is still that of a prostitute but greatly sanitized from the novel.

Answer: Susan Hayward

Hayward's Academy Award came after four previous nominations for "Smash Up" (1947), "My Foolish Heart" (1949), "Song in My Heart" (1952), and "I'll Cry Tomorrow" (1955). Police and trial records do not substantiate the 'victim' treatment of Barbara Graham in the film but Hayward's performance is a haunting one.

Answer: BUtterfield Eight

"BUtterfield Eight" told the story of a call girl's romance with a socialite played by Laurence Harvey. In 1966 she earned a second for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". Taylor has so often been the subject of the gossip columns and the tabloid press. However, in 1992 she received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her leadership in AIDS.

Answer: Shirley Jones

Jones was primarily a star in musicals such as "Oklahoma!" (1955), "Carousel" (1956), and "The Music Man" (1962). Her turn in "Elmer Gantry" was the dramatic transition in her career. Later, she was to play the widowed mother of "The Partridge Family" on television from 1970-1974. This was the same year that Elizabeth Taylor won her Leading Actress award.

Answer: Jane Fonda

Donald Sutherland is his usual stoic self but Fonda dominates the screen with her break-through performance as Bree. Although sometimes thought of as an ingenue, she had accumulated a number of Golden Globe nominations and also an Oscar nomination in 1969 for "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?". Her political and social activism made her a controversial person.

Answer: Mira Sorvino

"Mighty Aphrodite" is a twisted tale of love and romance abetted by a faux Greek Chorus. Mira Sorvino is the daughter of Paul Sorvino, the actor. "Aphrodite" brought her recognition but her break-through role was in the 1994 "Barcelona" about the love-lives of young people in Spain.

Answer: Kim Basinger

Kim Basinger scored as the Veronica Lake look-alike call-girl. In addition to the down-under stars, Kevin Spacey, James Cromwell, and Danny DeVito all helped to make this film a gritty cinema experience. Basinger started as a model, making ads promoting shampoo that brought her recognition.

In the 1991 film "The Commitments", an older trumpet player is trying to instruct a younger sax player on how to put more 'soul' into his music. "Imagine your sax is a beautiful woman." "Kim Basinger!" is the immediate reply.

Answer: First African to win Best Lead Actress Award

Charlize Theron grew up on a farm outside Benoni, South Africa. She gained 30 pounds to play Aileen Wuormos. She returned to great celebrations in her native South Africa, and was praised by former South African President Nelson Mandela for putting South Africa on the artistic map. She was either nominated for or won over twenty awards for her performance.

Answer: Shelley Winters for "A Patch of Blue" (1965)

All were nominated for their performances but only Winters won the esteemed award. Shelley Winters played the prostitute mother of a blind daughter with Sidney Poitier as the young girl's advocate.