Top 10 People Who Tied Winning Awards
These people all tied for winning awards! Did you know that Cher and Jean Stapleton both won for best actress in a television series musical or comedy at the 1974 Golden Globes? Michael Caine & Dustin Hoffman both won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Joel Coen & Martin Scorsese both took home the award for Best Director at the Film Independent Spirit Awards and at the 1978 Golden Globe Awards Diane Keaton and Marsha Mason both took home the Best Actress award for Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.
#10: Cher & Jean Stapleton
Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy - Golden Globe Awards (1974) The year was 1973 and the race to see who would win Best Actress in a Television Series Musical or Comedy at the 31st Golden Globe Awards was a tight one. Of the five candidates, four had been nominated the year before, with Jean Stapleton ultimately taking home the prize. This year, things wouldn’t be so easy. Up against Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Burnett, Bea Arthur and Cher, Stapleton had her hands full. Her performance as Edith Bunker on the hit CBS sitcom “All in the Family” was good, but was it good enough for a repeat? Yes, yes it was. However, Cher’s performance on “The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour” was equally impressive, so they split the prize!
#9: Michael Caine & Dustin Hoffman BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (1984)
The 37th BAFTA Awards featured a Best Actor category for the ages. Four performances were nominated: Dustin Hoffman for “Tootsie”, Robert De Niro for “The King of Comedy” and Michael Caine for both “The Honorary Consul” and “Educating Rita”. Alas there could only be one winner. Just kidding, this category totally ended in a tie between Caine for his turn as an alcoholic professor in “Educating Rita” and Hoffman for his iconic performance in “Tootsie”. They’d both go on to earn Academy Award nominations, albeit in different years, though neither would take home Hollywood’s top prize.
#8: Tom Cruise & Brad Pitt / Sylvester Stallone & Sharon Stone Worst Screen Couple - Golden Raspberry Awards (1995)
Ah the Razzies, the awards show that celebrates the past year’s worst films and performances. It’s the kind of award that as an actor, you hope you never win. Unfortunately for Cruise, Pitt, Stallone and Stone, that ship sailed when they turned in less than stellar performances in “Interview with the Vampire” and “The Specialist” respectively. The Worst Screen Couple category also included “Any combination of two people in the entire cast” from “Color of Night” and “Kevin Costner and “any of his three wives” from “Wyatt Earp”. It was as eclectic a group of nominees as we’ve ever seen.
#7: Joel Coen & Martin Scorsese Best Director - Film Independent Spirit Awards (1985)
The Film Independent Spirit Awards were founded in 1984 as a way of celebrating the achievements made by independent filmmakers in Hollywood and beyond. And in the very first year there was a tie in the Best Director category: Joel Coen for the neo noir crime flick “Blood Simple” and Martin Scorsese for his black comedy “After Hours”. Coen co-directed the film with his brother Ethan, but at that point in their career Joel always took credit for directing and Ethan for producing. It must have been quite the confidence boost for the young filmmakers to share an award with an Oscar nominated director like Scorsese.
#6: Madonna & Britney Spears Worst Actress - Golden Raspberry Awards (2003)
Madonna is no stranger to the Golden Raspberry Awards as she currently holds the record for most wins in the Worst Actress category. After being honored… err, uh, dishonored… whatever, with wins in 86, 87, 93 and 2000, she must have been pretty happy to not be the only winner when she was nominated yet again in 2002. Madonna’s unforgivable performance in “Swept Away” tied with Britney Spears’ equally sad turn in “Crossroads”. Perhaps the pop-stars-turned-actresses learned from their mistakes, as they’ve yet to be nominated for Razzie since their infamous 2002 tie!
#5: Tom Courtenay & Robert Duvall Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama – Golden Globe Awards (1984) The Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama category at the 41st Golden Globes featured a whopping seven nominees! Eric Roberts, Al Pacino, Albert Finney, Richard Farnsworth, Tom Conti, Robert Duvall and Tom Courtenay battled it out for one of acting’s top prizes. Courtenay and Duvall ended up sharing the award, with the latter going on to win an Oscar as well. Ironically, neither Courtenay’s performance in “The Dresser” or Duvall’s in “Tender Mercies” left much of a cultural legacy. Instead, it was Pacino’s portrayal of drug kingpin Tony Montana in “Scarface” that would cement itself as one of the decade’s most memorable performances.
#4: Daniel Day-Lewis & Jack Nicholson Best Actor - Critics' Choice Awards (2003)
If anyone could find a way to tie the incomparable Daniel Day-Lewis in an acting category, it’s longtime Hollywood heavyweight Jack Nicholson. The two squared off at the 8th Critics’ Choice Awards in the Best Actor category for their performances in “Gangs of New York” and “About Schmidt” respectively. Also nominated was Robin Williams for his performance in “One Hour Photo”. The awards ceremony saw all three nominees sitting on the edge of their seats, as presenter Salma Hayek read one name, allowed that person to give their speech and then read the other. Dramatic tension? You bet! Plus an impromptu comedy routine courtesy of the great Robin Williams!
#3: Ellen Burstyn & Maggie Smith Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical - Golden Globe Awards (1979)
How all five of these performances didn’t end in a tie we will never know! Voters at the 36th Golden Globes had a tall order to fill when they were asked to select a winner in a Best Actress - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical category that included Olivia Newton-John, Jacqueline Bisset, Goldie Hawn, Maggie Smith and Ellen Burstyn. While they ultimately decided on Burstyn for her performance in “Same Time, Next Year” and Smith for hers in “California Suite”, the latter of the two going on to claim the Oscar as well, all five of these women could have easily walked away with the statuette!
#2: Diane Keaton and Marsha Mason Best Actress –Motion Picture Comedy or Musical - Golden Globe Awards (1978)
Just one year prior to Ellen Burstyn and Maggie Smith’s Golden Globes tie, there was another split decision between two Hollywood legends! Now considered two of the defining films of the 1970s, “Annie Hall” and “The Goodbye Girl” earned both Diane Keaton and Marsha Mason a Golden Globe for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. Both actresses delivered career-defining performances, ones that would be associated with them for the rest of their acting days. Both would go on to receive Academy Award nominations, with Keaton ultimately taking home the prestigious Oscar. Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions: Bo Derek & Faye Dunaway Worst Actress - Golden Raspberry Awards (1982) Matt Dillon & Stephen Dorff Best Villain - MTV Movie & TV Awards (1999) Carol Burnett & Julie Sommars Best Actress –Television Series Musical or Comedy – Golden Globe Awards (1970)
#1: Barbra Streisand & Katharine Hepburn Best Actress - Academy Awards (1969)
Arguably one of the most famous moments in awards show history, screen legends Barbra Streisand and Katharine Hepburn tied the Best Actress category at the 41st Academy Awards for their performances in “Funny Girl” and “The Lion in Winter” respectively. It was Streisand’s first Oscar nomination, in stark contrast to Hepburn, who had not only won the award the previous year, but had been nominated an incredible ten times since 1934! To this day it remains the first and only tie in the history of the Best Actress category at the Oscars.
