Now Katharine Hepburn’s Oscars record is in jeopardy
Katharine Hepburn holds the record for most acting Academy Awards, but for how long? Here’s a by-the-numbers look at the actors primed to break her run:
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Number of acting Academy Awards won by Katharine Hepburn (for “Morning Glory,” “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” “The Lion in Winter,” “On Golden Pond”).
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Living performers with three Oscars: Daniel Day-Lewis (“My Left Foot,” “There Will Be Blood,” “Lincoln”), above with Vicky Krieps in “Phantom Thread”; Jack Nicholson (“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Terms of Endearment,” “As Good as It Gets”) and Meryl Streep (“Kramer vs. Kramer,” “Sophie’s Choice,” “The Iron Lady”).
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Day-Lewis and Streep have shots at tying Hepburn, if Day-Lewis is nominated and wins for “Phantom Thread” and if the same happens with Streep and “The Post.”
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Day-Lewis could tie Hepburn in a purer sense because all his Oscars, like hers, would have come for lead performances. Streep’s “Kramer” Oscar was for supporting actress.
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Day-Lewis’ win percentage so far, with three Oscars from five nominations. Hepburn went 4-for-12, or 33.3%.
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Age at which Day-Lewis announced, in 2017, he was through with acting, thus leaving …
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chance he could tie Hepburn after this year if he means it.