Nixon also significantly brought Best Actor nominations to two actors who played him on screen.
A: Anthony Hopkins was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for 1995s Nixon.
Frank Langella was nominated in the same category for 2008s Frost/Nixon.
Langella had previously won a Tony Award for the play on which that movie was based.
Only one actor has ever won a Best Actor Oscar for playing a real life U.S. President.
Daniel Day Lewis took his third Lead Actor Academy Award in 2012s Lincoln.
Vera Miles and Robert Young, on ‘Marcus Welby, M.D.’ in 1970
Raymond Massey was also previously nominated as Lincoln for Best Actor in 1940s Abe Lincoln In Illinois.
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Who are the couple?
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JULY 19
QUESTION 1:What is the first Basic Cable series to win the Emmy for Outstanding Drama?
ANSWER:Mad Menwhich premiered on AMC on this day, July 19, 2007.
QUESTION 2:What teen comedy inspired by Jane Austens Emma marked Paul Rudds film debut?
ANSWER:Clueless, which opened on this day, July 19, 1995.
The movie, written and directed by Amy Heckerling, went on to earn $88 million worldwide.
Alicia Silverstone starred and Rudd got his first film role.
