The Apotheosis of A Wilder Man



Top birthday honors go to a Wilder man

Who's taken seven Oscars home to stand ...

Upon his mantel, with all his other awards

Including twice as many nominations scored 



Most for writing and / or - directing his movies

A veritable cornucopia of virtuosity now proven

For his subject matter runs the gamut ... from

Farces, to stories so engrossing, you're numbed

 

- Tristram



© Christopher W. Thomas

10:10pm June 22nd, 1999



Billy Wilder's Oscar Nominations and Awards:



1939 - Ninotchka (for writing the screenplay)

1941 - Hold Back the Dawn (screenplay)

1941 - Ball of Fire (writing the original story)

1944 - Double Indemnity (screenplay & directing)

1945 - The Lost Weekend (screenplay & directing)

		won the Oscars in both categories

1948 - A Foreign Affair (screenplay)

1950 - Sunset Boulevard (writing and directing)

		won the Oscars in both writing categories

1953 - Stalag 17 (directing)

1954 - Sabrina (screenplay & directing)

1957 - Witness for the Prosecution (directing)

1959 - Some Like It Hot (screenplay & directing)

1960 - The Apartment (writing, directing, producing)

		won the Oscars in all categories

1966 - The Fortune Cookie (writing)



1987 - Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

		(for lifetime achievement)



Birthdays:



Billy Wilder's 93rd

Anne Morrow Lindbergh's 93rd

Bill Blass's 77th

Ralph Waite's 71st

Roy Drusky's 69th

Dianne Feinstein's 66th

Kris Kristofferson's 63rd

Ed Bradley's 58th

Michael Lerner's 58th

Brit Hume's 56th

Peter Asher's 55th

Klaus Maria Brandauer's 55th

Andrew Rubin's 53rd

Howard Kaylan's 52nd

David L. Lander's 52nd

Todd Rundgren's 51st

Meryl Streep's 50th

Alan Osmond's 50th

Lindsay Wagner's 50th

Graham Greene's 47th

Chris Lemmon's 45th

Garry Beers' 42nd

Bruce Campbell's 41st

Alan Anton's 40th

Tracy Pollan's 39th

Amy Brenneman's 35th

Mike Edwards' 35th

Paula Irvine's 31st

Steven Page's 29th