75 years after the movie was largely snubbed on Oscar night, Sunset Boulevard star Nancy Olson reflects on the film’s enduring legacy. Gloria Swanson and William Holden portrayed the bizarre co-dependent twosome at the center of Billy Wilder’s Hollywood gothic-noir, with Olson cast in the supporting role of a good-girl script reader who becomes the doomed Holden’s wholesome love interest. Nominated for 11 Oscars, including Best Picture, the film walked away with just three trophies, none for any of its nominated actors.
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Dan Zinski
“Sunset Boulevard Has Outlasted Them All”: Sunset Boulevard Star Reflects On The Movie Losing 8 Of 11 Oscar Noms, And Reveals She Knew She’d Lost The Moment She Sat Down
David Lynch was a big admirer.
