Peggy Ashcroft winning Best Supporting Actress

to present the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress is a fellow who began to develop his own acting career while still a very young man and a string of credits later he's still developing his skills I don't know it must be something in the water out here because he's still a very young man ladies and gentlemen mr. Ryan O'Neal [Applause] [Music] thank you I was very pleased to be asked to deal with this particular category tonight it was a number of years ago when my own daughter came into the business that I became quite familiar with supporting actresses 1984 showed us once again what a wealth of gifted women filmmakers can call upon while only five are the finalists they represent scores more who enhance any film in which they appear those five are Peggy Ashcroft in a Passage to India Glenn Close in the natural [Applause] lindsay crouse in places in the heart [Applause] Christine Lahti and swing shift [Applause] Geraldine page in the Pope of Greenwich [Applause] and the winner is the winner is Peggy Ashcroft in the passage [Applause] [Music] [Applause] I think you must know how infinitely honored I feel to have the privilege of accepting this Oscar for my dear friend Peggy Ashcroft I know it would have been her dearest wish to be here with you all on this incredibly happy joyous occasion for her but I also know you understand the circumstances which prevented it I personally would just like to say that I think it is so marvelous that after an illustrious career in the theatre for so many years Peggy should at last be visible to all those millions of moviegoers who are have and will continue to enjoy her consummate artistry her delicacy and beauty that we should be able to share that all over the world with her in the movies is an enormous coup for all of us thank you

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Keywords: Oscars, Academy, Awards, 57, Peggy, Ashcroft, Ryan, O'Neal, Jack, Lemmon, Angela, Lansbury, Passage, to, India, Best, Supporting, Actress

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Length: 3min 5sec (185 seconds)

Published: Fri Oct 29 2010