Actors Who Received Posthumous Academy Award Nominations

01of 08Chadwick BosemanChadwick Boseman inMa Rainey’s Black Bottom.David Lee/NetflixThe actor,who died at age 43 in August of 2020after a private battle with colon cancer, was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar in 2021 for his role as Levee Green inMa Rainey’s Black Bottom.His performance won him Golden Globe, Critics Choice and Screen Actors Guild Awards, which his wife, Simone Ledward Boseman,accepted on his behalf.“I think that his legacy, his body of work, his integrity, is going to influence on generations upon generations to come,“costar Viola Davistold Yahoo Entertainment.

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Chadwick Boseman

Chadwick Boseman inMa Rainey’s Black Bottom.David Lee/Netflix

The actor,who died at age 43 in August of 2020after a private battle with colon cancer, was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar in 2021 for his role as Levee Green inMa Rainey’s Black Bottom.His performance won him Golden Globe, Critics Choice and Screen Actors Guild Awards, which his wife, Simone Ledward Boseman,accepted on his behalf.

“I think that his legacy, his body of work, his integrity, is going to influence on generations upon generations to come,“costar Viola Davistold Yahoo Entertainment.

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Heath Ledger

Ledger died at just 28 years old in 2008, six months before the release of his blockbuster Batman filmThe Dark Knight.At the 2009 Academy Awards, his parents and sister accepted his Best Supporting Actor Oscar on his behalf.

Like Boseman, Ledger swept the awards circuit that year, earning Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards forThe Dark Knight,too. He was previously nominated for the Best Actor Oscar in 2006 forBrokeback Mountain.

03of 08James DeanJohn Kobal Foundation/GettyDean, who was only 24 years old when he died in a car accident in 1955, received two Best Actor nominations after his death, in 1956 forEast of Eden(right) and in 1957 forGiant.He did not win either award.

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James Dean

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Dean, who was only 24 years old when he died in a car accident in 1955, received two Best Actor nominations after his death, in 1956 forEast of Eden(right) and in 1957 forGiant.He did not win either award.

04of 08Spencer TracyColumbia Pictures/GettyTracy died at the age of 67 in 1967, and months later, earned his ninth Best Actor Oscar nomination for his part inGuess Who’s Coming to Dinner(right, with Katharine Hepburn). The actor, who had two Academy Awards to his name, lost to Rod Steiger in a field that also included Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman and Paul Newman.

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Spencer Tracy

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Tracy died at the age of 67 in 1967, and months later, earned his ninth Best Actor Oscar nomination for his part inGuess Who’s Coming to Dinner(right, with Katharine Hepburn). The actor, who had two Academy Awards to his name, lost to Rod Steiger in a field that also included Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman and Paul Newman.

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Peter Finch

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06of 08Massimo TroisiMichael Ochs Archives/GettyTroisi actually received two posthumous Oscar nominations in 1996 for 1994’sIl Postino(right, with Philippe Noiret): one for Best Actor and another for Best Adapted Screenplay. The Italian actor died in June of 1994 at age 41, shortly after filming the movie.

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Massimo Troisi

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Troisi actually received two posthumous Oscar nominations in 1996 for 1994’sIl Postino(right, with Philippe Noiret): one for Best Actor and another for Best Adapted Screenplay. The Italian actor died in June of 1994 at age 41, shortly after filming the movie.

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Ralph Richardson

Richardson died at the age of 80 in 1983, and earned his second Best Supporting Actor nomination more than one year later for his posthumously releasedGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes.

08of 08Jeanne EagelsGlasshouse Images/ShutterstockThe only woman on the list, Eagels was up for Best Actress at the second-ever Oscars in 1930 for her role inThe Letter.She died in 1929 at 39 years old, reportedly from complications related to drug and alcohol addiction.

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Jeanne Eagels

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The only woman on the list, Eagels was up for Best Actress at the second-ever Oscars in 1930 for her role inThe Letter.She died in 1929 at 39 years old, reportedly from complications related to drug and alcohol addiction.

source: people.com