Why Judy Holliday won the Oscar over Bette Davis and Gloria Swanson

The Best Actress line-up of 1950 is one of the most hotly debated races of all time, with Gloria Swanson in “Sunset Boulevard”, Bette Davis and Anne Baxter in “All about Eve”, Eleanor Parker in “Caged” and the winner Judy Holliday in “Born Yesterday”. In this video, I discuss how the race was seen at the time, if Judy Holliday’s win was really a big upset and why she won the Oscar in the end. Please note: This video is an excerpt from my video on Judy Holliday’s career: https://youtu.be/JjHk0Hjg0_o You can find the playlist of all 1950 videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1dnxp43H86hJStk7Z0jv2dsPmt0aSLdL My video on Bette Davis in “All about Eve” and Gloria Swanson in “Sunset Boulevard”: https://youtu.be/jFPF7LZNens My video on Anne Baxter in “All about Eve”: https://youtu.be/Hqa2r19jScU My video on Eleanor Parker in “Caged”: https://youtu.be/ooaHyPaQbg4 My personal ranking of the 5 nominees: https://youtu.be/JjHk0Hjg0_o Chapters 0:00 The Oscar Race of 1950 - Was Judy Holliday’s win an upset? 06:46 The Oscar Race of 1950 - Vote Splitting? 09:25 The Oscar Race of 1950 - Bette Davis and Gloria Swanson 17:58 The Oscar Race of 1950 - Why did Judy Holliday win? Ressources: “Judy Holliday. An Intimate Life Story” by Gary Carey "The Lonely Life" by Bette Davis "This'n That" by Bette Davis “Me. Stories of my Life” by Katharine Hepburn “Judy Holliday” by William Holtzman "Gloria Swanson" by Richard M. Hudson and Raymond Lee “George Cukor Interviews” by Robert Emmet Long "George Cukor. A Double Life" by Patrick McGilligan "Dark Victory. The Life of Bette Davis" by Ed Sikow "Swanson on Swanson" by Gloria Swanson "Gloria Swanson. Ready for her Close-up" by Tricia Welsch Music Hanging Out - Bruno E. #academyawards #bestactress #oscars #allabouteve #annebaxter #bettedavis #eleanorparker #gloriaswanson #sunsetboulevard #judyholliday #bornyesterday #katharinehepburn