20 Interesting Facts About Acting Oscars and Names14 of 20
There were three instances of three actors of the same first name being nominated the same year, 3 Peters in 1965 (O'Toole, Sellers and Ustinov), 3 Shirleys in 1961 (MacLaine, Jones and Knight) and only once in the same category: 1988 Best Supporting Actresses nominees Anne Archer, Anne Ramsay and Ann Sothern (none of them won).
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