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Shortest Oscar-nominated performances

Length

1. Spencer Tracy (San Francisco) - 14:58

2. Trevor Howard (Sons and Lovers) - 20:14

3. Walter Huston (The Devil and Daniel Webster) - 20:41
4. Fredric March (The Royal Family of Broadway) - 21:45

5. David Niven (Separate Tables) - 23:39

6. Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs) - 24:52

7. Marlon Brando (Julius Caesar) - 26:10

8. Clifton Webb (Sitting Pretty) - 27:26

9. Paul Muni (The Valiant) - 28:07

10. Humphrey Bogart (The Caine Mutiny) - 28:22

Percentage

1. Spencer Tracy (San Francisco) - 12.99%

2. Walter Huston (The Devil and Daniel Webster) - 19.50%

3. Trevor Howard (Sons and Lovers) - 19.71%

4. Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs) - 21.00%

5. Marlon Brando (Julius Caesar) - 21.60%

6. James Dean (Giant) - 21.92%

7. Maximilian Schell (Judgment at Nuremberg) - 21.95%

8. Humphrey Bogart (The Caine Mutiny) - 22.79%

9. Marlon Brando (The Godfather) - 22.91%

10. David Niven (Separate Tables) - 23.67%

Leading Actor

Leading Actress

Length

1. Eleanor Parker (Detective Story) - 20:10

2. Geraldine Page (Interiors) - 20:30

3. Deborah Kerr (From Here to Eternity) - 20:32
4. Louise Dresser (A Ship Comes In) - 21:46

5. Patricia Neal (Hud) - 21:51

6. Greer Garson (Goodbye, Mr. Chips) - 21:54

7. Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) - 22:37

8. Nicole Kidman (The Hours) - 23:30

9. Julie Christie (McCabe and Mrs. Miller) - 25:02

10. Frances McDormand (Fargo) - 26:29

Percentage

1. Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) - 16.96%

2. Deborah Kerr (From Here to Eternity) - 17.42%

3. Simone Signoret (Ship of Fools) - 18.12%

4. Greer Garson (Goodbye, Mr. Chips) - 19.20%

5. Luise Rainer (The Great Ziegfeld) - 19.27%

6. Eleanor Parker (Detective Story) - 19.53%

7. Patricia Neal (Hud) - 19.58%

8. Nicole Kidman (The Hours) - 20.49%

9. Julie Christie (McCabe and Mrs. Miller) - 20.71%

10. Geraldine Page (Interiors) - 22.34%

Length

1. Ned Beatty (Network) - 6:00

2. John Marley (Love Story) - 6:03

3. Basil Rathbone (Romeo and Juliet) - 6:16
4. John Lithgow (Terms of Endearment) - 6:28

5. Maximilian Schell (Julia) - 6:49

6. Charles Durning (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas) - 7:26

7. Judd Hirsch (The Fabelmans) - 8:03

8. John Gielgud (Becket) - 8:07

9. William Hurt (A History of Violence) - 8:22

10. Alan Arkin (Argo) - 8:39

Percentage

1. John Lithgow (Terms of Endearment) - 4.91%

2. Ned Beatty (Network) - 4.95%

3. Basil Rathbone (Romeo and Juliet) - 5.04%

4. Judd Hirsch (The Fabelmans) - 5.34%

5. John Gielgud (Becket) - 5.48%

6. Maximilian Schell (Julia) - 5.81%

7. John Marley (Love Story) - 6.04%

8. Mark Wahlberg (The Departed) - 6.19%

9. Lee Strasberg (The Godfather Part II) - 6.39%

10. Alan Alda (The Aviator) - 6.40%

Supporting Actor

Length

1. Hermione Baddeley (Room at the Top) - 2:19

2. Ethel Barrymore (The Paradine Case) - 3:52

3. Claire Trevor (Dead End) - 4:22
4. Maria Ouspenskaya (Dodsworth) - 4:57

5. Beatrice Straight (Network) - 5:02

6. Jane Alexander (All the President's Men) - 5:09

7. Sylvia Miles (Midnight Cowboy) - 5:19

8. Judi Dench (Shakespeare in Love) - 5:52

9. Carolyn Jones (The Bachelor Party) - 6:01

10. Geraldine Page (The Pope of Greenwich Village) - 6:06

Percentage

1. Hermione Baddeley (Room at the Top) - 1.98%

2. Ethel Barrymore (The Paradine Case) - 3.38%

3. Jane Alexander (All the President's Men) - 3.73%

4. Ruby Dee (American Gangster) - 3.93%

5. Beatrice Straight (Network) - 4.15%

6. Sylvia Miles (Midnight Cowboy) - 4.70%

7. Maureen Stapleton (Reds) - 4.74%

8. Judi Dench (Shakespeare in Love) - 4.75%

9. Claire Trevor (Dead End) - 4.76%

10. Holly Hunter (The Firm) - 4.79%

Supporting Actress

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