BY THE NUMBERS

Thanks, Oscar! 10 Memorable Acceptances

1.Loretta Young (Best Actress, “The Farmer’s Daughter,” 1947): “At last!”

2.Jane Wyman (Best Actress for her portrayal of a deaf mute, “Johnny Belinda,” 1948): “I accept this very gratefully for keeping my mouth shut. I think I’ll do it again.”

3.Gary Cooper (Best Actor, “Sergeant York,” 1941):

“Shucks. . . .”

4.Edith Head (Best Costume Design, “Roman Holiday,”

1953): “I’m going to take it home and design a dress for it.”

5.Dimitri Tiomkin (Best Scoring, “The High and the Mighty,” 1954): “To all those who helped me get where I am: Brahms, Bach, Beethoven, Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss. . . .”

6.Lee Marvin (Best Actor, “Cat Ballou,” 1965): “I think half of this belongs to a horse somewhere out in the Valley.”

7.Barbra Streisand (Best Actress, “Funny Girl,” 1968): To her Oscar, “Hello, gorgeous.”

8.Meryl Streep (Best Supporting Actress, “Kramer vs. Kramer,” 1979): “Holy mackerel!”

9.Jack Nicholson (Best Actor, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” 1975): “I guess this proves there are as many nuts in the academy as anywhere else.”

10 Sally Field (Best Actress, “Places in the Heart,” 1984): “You like me--you really like me!”

SOURCE: “Oscar Dearest,” by Peter H. Brown and Jim Pinkston