William Wyle News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

With surprising wins and horrific mistakes, the Academy Awards are always a show to remember. The Oscars have graced the silver screen for decades,

Don't show me this message again✕ Greer Garson in November 1936 (Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) O n 4 March 1943, Greer Garson stepped behind a lectern at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub inside the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Garson, 38, was accepting the Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in Mrs Miniver, a romantic war drama directed by William Wyle. She was only the 15th actor in the history of Hollywood to take home the trophy. That was an achievement in itself, but Garson made history in another, more unexpected way that night. Her acceptance speech remains, to this day,...