Was Donna Pescow Nominated For an Oscar For Her Performance?
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bryanac625 — 9 years ago(December 14, 2016 08:16 AM)
I mentioned in another post that I liked her much better than Stephanie (at least looks-wise). But I thought Donna Pescow's acting in this movie was INCREDIBLE. She should have gotten an Academy Award on her facial expressions alone.
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bigbadwolf666 — 4 years ago(January 28, 2022 03:53 AM)
Probably the award as well because in a film about so much emotion she stood out from the women. The other broad was just casted and mostly went by her looks while there was a lot of extremely tough and emotional scenes from Donna. They probably gave the award to someone famous that year with a sucky performance.
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ToastedCheese — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 01:36 AM)
Pescow was terrific and gave a believable in the moment performance. She was worthy of a supporting actress nomination.
The snooty Academy typically went for prestige films at the time that are now forgotten because they are boring and not worthy of the accolades.
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