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Oscar-winning actresses playing real-life women

- — Compiled by Leba Hertz

Match the Academy Award-winning best actress with the woman she portrayed:

(2010). 14. (A) “To Kill a Mockingbir­d.” 15. “M,” from the James Bond films.

16. “The Godfather” and “Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.”

17. Seven. Two for Laura, two for Bruce, and three for Diane.

18. (C) The Newmans have a phenomenal 90 nomination­s: 45 for Alfred, 20 for Randy, 12 for Thomas, 11 for Lionel, and one apiece for David and Emil.

19. (B) Italy’s Lina Wertmüller, for “Seven Beauties” (1977).

20. Jeff Goldblum, for best liveaction short, “Little Surprises” (1995). phie’s Choice” (1982) and “The Iron Lady” (2011). 8. (B) “Toy Story 3.” 9. Six: Paul Thomas Anderson, “Inherent Vice”; Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”; Damien Chazelle, “Whiplash”; Alejandro González Iñárritu, “Birdman”; Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”; and Dan Gilroy, “Nightcrawl­er.”

10. (E) With 49 nods, John Williams is second only to Walt Disney with 59. 11. Rick Baker. 12. 1998, the year James Cameron won for “Titanic.”

13. Christophe­r Plummer was 82 when he won for “Beginners” 1. (C) Viola Davis. 2. (B) Albert Brooks. 3. Rory Kennedy, director of the documentar­y feature “Last Days in Vietnam,” is the niece of President John F. Kennedy and daughter of Robert F. Kennedy.

4. “Slumdog Millionair­e” 2008), 10 nomination­s.

5. (D) “Dr. Strangelov­e or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.”

6. Deakins has been nominated 11 times.

7. Streep’s film debut was “Julia” (1977). She won her Oscars for “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1979, “So--

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