35th Academy Awards
Although there were bets made on Omar Sharif, and Angela Lansbury receiving awards in the supporting categories, their wins failed to materialize.The Best Actress Oscar occasioned the last act of the long-running feud between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis.Davis was nominated for her role as the title character, a faded child star who humiliates the wheelchair-using sister who eclipsed her fame in adulthood, while Crawford was not.Davis did not object as her rival had often done this, but, on the night of the ceremony, she was livid when Crawford took the stage, wearing what was described as a "radiant smile",[1] to cheerfully accept the award on behalf of Anne Bancroft, who had a Broadway commitment.Davis believed that Crawford had told other Oscar voters to vote for The Miracle Worker star in order to upstage her.