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Live Poll: The Oscars, Irish Movie Characters' Pot of Gold?
Irish and Irish-Americans have been extremely fortunate when it comes to striking Oscar gold. While the Oscars doesn't keep records on movie character ethnicity; an informal study estimates about 16-24% of Oscar nominees and winners played movie characters of Irish descent, a percentage consistent with the American general population.Which Oscar-winning movie character of Irish descent* is your all-time favorite? * character ethnicity determined by historical fact, story line, character back story or surname assumptionSee the partial IMAGE list of the Oscar-winning Irish heritage movie characters here: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls040813775/ Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/EsWiur6iCDA/ORIGINAL CHARACTER-BASED POLL:https://www.imdb.com/poll/ApC2AtDNoqA/ and WAYBACK SNAPSHOT: https://web.archive.org/web/20171122235858/https://www.imdb.com/poll/ApC2AtDNoqA/results
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HONORABLE MENTION OSCAR-WINNING IRISH MOVIE CHARACTERS Ed Begley Sweet Bird of Youth Tom "Boss" Finley, 1963 Best Supporting Actor Jane Wyman Johnny Belinda Belinda McDonald, 1949 Best Actress John Mills Ryan's Daughter Michael, 1971 Best Supporting Actor Melissa Leo The Fighter Alice Eckland-Ward, 2011 Best Supporting Actress Edmond O'Brien The Barefoot Contessa Oscar Muldoon, 1955 Best Supporting Actor Alice Brady In Old Chicago Molly O'Leary, 1938 Best Supporting Actress Red Buttons Sayonara Joe Kelly, 1958 Best Supporting Actor Anne Baxter The Razor's Edge Sophie Nelson-MacDonald, 1946 Best Supporting Actress Shelley Winters, A Patch of Blue Rose-ann D'Arcey, 1965 Best Supporting Actress James Dunn A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Johnny Nolan, 1945 Best Supporting Actor Melvyn Douglas Hud Homer Bannon, 1963 Best Supporting Actor Victor McLaglen The Informer Gypo Nolan, 1935 Best Actor
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St. Patrick's Day is Sunday, March 17 in 2019.
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'Great poll! I'm finding it very difficult to choose: there are so many characters that I like. May I suggest two small edits to the title and intro: (below in bold; a colon instead of a comma and a comma instead of a semi-colon)The Oscars: Irish Movie Characters' Pot of Gold?Irish and Irish-Americans have been extremely fortunate when it comes to striking Oscar gold. While the Oscars doesn't keep records on movie character ethnicity, an informal study estimates about 16-24% of Oscar nominees and winners played movie characters of Irish descent, a percentage consistent with the American general population.
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Live Recast Pollhttps://www.imdb.com/poll/EsWiur6iCDA/
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Congratulations urbanemovies on your 289th live poll! As of 20-Mar-2019 8:35 PM Pacific your polls have 436,462 or more votes, for an average of 1,510 votes per poll.The Oscars: Irish Movie Characters' Pot of Gold?7527th Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/EsWiur6iCDA/This is the 2,415th Image poll. Such polls have a total of 4,235,605 votes for an average of 1,754 votes per poll.Total Number of Votes 17,020,472 Projected Date of 20 Million Votes 2-Jun-2020 Days Until 20 Million Votes 438 This is the list of urbanemovies' polls as of 14-Mar-2019:Sorted Alphabetically http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2014/05/imdb-polls-alphabetical-by-author.html#urbanemoviesIn Decreasing Order of Votes http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2015/03/imdb-polls-descending-order-of-votes-by.html#urbanemoviesAlphabetical List of Polls http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2014/03/imdb-polls-alphabetical.htmlTop IMDb Polls http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2015/07/top-imdb-polls.htmlIMDb Polls - Descending Order of Votes http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2013/12/imdb-polls-descending-order-of-votes.htmlSummary Statistics http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2016/05/summary-statistics.htmlKey Threads - IMDb Poll FAQs Index https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/faq-key-threads-imdb-poll-faqs-indexHow to Improve the Chance of Having your Poll on the Home Page https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/faq-how-to-improve-the-chance-of-having-your-poll-on-the-hom...
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Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin's characters in The Piano are Scottish, not Irish.
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2020 Oscar NomineeCharlize Theron as Megyn Kelly in Bombshell (2019)
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2022 Oscar Irish Character Nominees
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2023 Oscar Irish Character Nominees
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Don't know so much about Irish movies but some English movies are my so favorite like "dead poet society" and some other like Calculadora de Porcentagem..... I want to try Irish movies, any one suggest me which movie I must watch.....
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nice! calculadora de porcentagem
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