> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # 1964 Oscars Red Carpet - URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/1964-oscars-red-carpet/ - Published: 2022-04-13T17:38:29.000Z - Updated: 2022-04-13T05:55:52.000Z - Author: Jessica - Tags: fugs, #wp, #wp-gallery, #slideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 08:18 ## Sidney Poitier Receiving Oscar ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bf/b9/bfb99790-924d-4e41-a7e6-5e3c6e04fe57/content/images/static-gofugyourself-com/uploads/2022/04/gettyimages-515180748-1649824855.jpg) Sidney Poitier admires the Oscar he has just received in Santa Monica, California, on April 13, 1964\. He won Best Performance by an Actor for his role in the 1963 film Lilies of the Field. (Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images) I need to alert you to the fact that I downloaded a lot of pictures of Sidney Poitier and the reason that I did that is because he's VERY HANDSOME. The ceiling of the press room at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium is hideous and not worthy of him! ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-51240037-1649824824.jpg) 13th April 1964, American actor Sidney Poitier holds his Best Actor Oscar for director Ralph Nelson's film 'Lilies of The Field' backstage at the Academy Awards ceremony in Santa Monica, California (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images) I don't recognize the guy eyeballing him there in the background -- probably a director or producer type? -- but he also seems to be thinking, "oooh, it's Sidney Poitier." Poitier had been previously nominated for Best Actor for his work in *The Defiant Ones* in 1958 -- making him the first Black male actor nominated for an Oscar -- and this was his first win, which was also the first time a Black man won Best Actor. He also got an honorary Oscar in 2001, which you probably remember. ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-514698924-1649824847.jpg) Backstage at the 1964 Academy Awards are (left to right) Gregory Peck, who presented Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress, Anabella, who accepted the Oscar for Patricia Neal for her role in the film Hud, Sidney Poitier, Best Actor for his performance in the movie Lilies Of The Field, and actress Anne Bancroft, who presented the Oscar to Poitier. Los Angeles. Informative Caption informs us that we've got "Gregory Peck, who presented Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress, Annabella, who accepted the Oscar for Patricia Neal for her role in the film Hud, Sidney Poitier, Best Actor for his performance in the movie Lilies Of The Field, and actress Anne Bancroft, who presented the Oscar to Poitier." [Who is "Annabella"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annabella%5F%28actress%29?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)? Well, first of all, she is a person who is NOT supposed to be posing with this Oscar like she won it herself! She's a French actress who had a very dramatic affair with Tyrone Power AND one with Roald Dahl (who told his wife that she taught him a lot about sex; WHAT was THAT conversation) and she's allegedly RETIRED here but this is not the body language of a woman who has retired from acting. Everyone else here looks VERY dishy. ## Sidney Poitier and Diahann Carroll ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-533788805-1649824880.jpg) SANTA MONICA,CA - APRIL 13, 1964: Actor Sidney Poitier with actress Diahann Carroll attend The 36th Academy Awards in Santa Monica,CA. (Photo by Earl Leaf/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Speaking of dishy! I covered this back when I wrote [this long piece about Diahann looking gorgeous throughout history](https://www.gofugyourself.com/photos/look-at-all-these-very-glamorous-photos-of-diahann-carroll-please/sidney-poitier?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), but -- to quote myself and Wiki -- "Diahann and Sidney Poitier had -- per Professor Wikipedia -- a rather complicated relationship: 'In 1959, Carroll began a nine-year affair with the married actor Sidney Poitier. In her autobiography, Carroll said Poitier persuaded her to divorce her husband and said he would leave his wife to be with her. While she proceeded with her divorce, Poitier did not keep his part of the bargain. Eventually he divorced his wife. According to Poitier, their relationship ended because he wanted to live with Carroll for six months without her daughter present so he would not be 'jumping from one marriage straight into another.' She refused." He's so handsome, but this relationship sounds exhausting! ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-517262134-1649824863.jpg) (Original Caption) The faces of the 1964 Academy Award nominees for "Best Actor" and "Best Actress" appear to orbit about the coveted statuette. Awards will be made in Santa Monica, California, on April 13th. At left, the actresses name are: (from the top) Rachel Roberts; Leslie Caron; Shirley MacLaine; Patricia Neal; and Natalie Wood. The actors are: (from the top) Rex Harrison; Sidney Poitier; Richard Harris; Paul Newman; and Albert Finney. I am VERY annoyed we don't have graphics like this anymore for our Oscars. (Many of these folks either did not attend or I don't have pics of them. I am sorry to note that Paul Newman's Floating Head is all the Paul you'll get.) ## Connie Stevens and husband James Stacy ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-1951893-1649824761.jpg) American actor Connie Stevens and her husband, actor James Stacy sit at a table during the Academy Award ceremonies, Santa Monica, California, April 13, 1964\. (Photo by Fotos International/Getty Images) Fun fact: Apparently in 1964, the Academy Awards fed people. These two had just gotten married and were also about to get divorced. His [Wiki is a RIDE OF EMOTIONS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%5FStacy?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io): He was in a terrible drunk-driving accident (not his fault) that cost him two limbs and you feel terrible for him, but then you find out he was a convicted child molester who tried to throw himself off a cliff and eventually died of anaphylactic shock from an antibiotics injection. That is a lot! ## Carroll Baker and Jack Garfein ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-3233927-1649824768.jpg) 13th April 1964: EXCLUSIVE American actor Carroll Baker laughs while sitting with her husband, Czechoslovakian-born film director Jack Garfein, at a banquet table during the Academy Awards, Santa Monica, California. An unidentified man sits in the foreground. (Photo by Gene Lester/Getty Images) Behold! "American actor Carroll Baker laughs while sitting with her husband, Czechoslovakian-born film director Jack Garfein, at a banquet table during the Academy Awards, Santa Monica, California. An unidentified man sits in the foreground. " I like Carroll's boa, and [his life story is ASTONISHING](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%5FGarfein?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io); he was sent to Auschwitz at 13 and had a truly harrowing experience during the war, but went on to great artistic success and only recently died. ## Rock Hudson ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-3233937-1649824774.jpg) 13th April 1964: EXCLUSIVE American actor Rock Hudson (1925-1985) smiles in white tie and tails at the Academy Awards, Santa Monica, California. Crowds sit in the bleachers behind him. (Photo by Gene Lester/Getty Images) Here's Rock Hudson looking dreamy. ## Gina Lollobrigida ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-3233940-1649824781.jpg) 13th April 1964: EXCLUSIVE Italian actor Gina Lollobrigida faces a mirror while posing backstage at the Academy Awards, Santa Monica, California, April 13, 1964\. She wears a sequined and beaded top with a silk jacket and matching skirt. (Photo by Gene Lester/Getty Images) Do not ask me why they made various presenters stare dramatically into this mirror, but just know that they did. ## John Huston and Stella Stevens ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-3233942-1649824788.jpg) 13th April 1964: EXCLUSIVE American actor and film director John Huston (1906-1987) smiles with American actor Stella Stevens as a television cameraman films them arriving at the Academy Awards, Santa Monica, California. Huston was nominated as Best Supporting Actor for his role in director Otto Preminger's film, 'The Cardinal.' (Photo by Gene Lester/Getty Images) They are not on each other's Wikis, so this had to have been a romantic blip. ## Patty Duke and Brandon deWilde ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-3233943-1649824794.jpg) 13th April 1964: EXCLUSIVE American actors Patty Duke and Brandon De Wilde (1942 - 1972) smile and pose with an Oscar statuette and an envelope while serving as presenters backstage at the Academy Awards, Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Gene Lester/Getty Images) "American actors Patty Duke and Brandon deWilde smile and pose with an Oscar statuette and an envelope while serving as presenters backstage at the Academy Awards." Patty, whose dress looks great, was outgoing Best Supporting Actress. Brandon deWilde is best known for being the little boy in *Shane* and tragically died in a car accident just a few fews after this, basically because he wasn't wearing a seat belt. Wear your seat belt! ## Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-3233947-1649824801.jpg) 13th April 1964: EXCLUSIVE American actor Sandra Dee smiles with her husband, American pop singer and actor Bobby Darin (1936-1973), as they attend the Academy Awards, Santa Monica, California. Dee has a bouffant hairstyle and wears a jacket with a fur collar. Papparazzi snap photographs behind them. (Photo by Gene Lester/Getty Images) Remember when Kevin Spacey was like OBSESSED with Bobby Darin? I can sort of see the resemblance. That was a weird period of time for everyone. Bobby actually did not have a ton of time left to live at this point, either -- [he had a bad heart because he had rheumatic fever as a kid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby%5FDarin?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), and it eventually got him after a bout of sepsis (because he didn't take antibiotics before he went to the dentist). Jeez, this slideshow is taking a turn! Sandy was fine for a while after this, but [she also had a rather sad end](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra%5FDee?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io#1984%E2%80%932005:%5FLater%5Flife%5Fand%5Fretirement). My god, I did not mean this to be such a bummer. ## Shirley MacLaine and then-husband Steve Parker ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-514694680-1649824839.jpg) Shirley MacLaine and husband Steve Parker arrive for the 1964 Academy Awards. MacLaine was nominated (but did not win) for the Best Actress Award, for her role in Irma La Douce. Shirley MacLaine is thriving!! Even today! I mean, I don't know how she is doing THIS VERY DAY but I assume she's fine! ## Peter Ustinov And Ed Begley ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-493895437-1649824832.jpg) Actor Peter Ustinov holding the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress which he accepted on behalf of Margaret Rutherford. He is with the Ed Begley who presented the award, Los Angeles, California, April 13th 1964\. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Peter Ustinov accepted Best Supporting Actress on behalf of Margaret Rutherford, who didn't attend. (She was oldish at the time and in London.) Ed Begley is of course the father of Ed Begley Jr, a man I once bodily ran into -- accidentally!! -- at a vegan restaurant, a set-up so apt that it reads like a joke. Ed Sr had a heart attack and died at a party, which isn't the worst way to go out; Peter Ustinov had a good run, and for a while, Angela Lansbury was his sister-in-law, which would be a blessing for anyone. ## Tuesday Weld and Roddy McDowall ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-530243187-1649824873.jpg) LOS ANGELES,CA - American actress Tuesday Weld and English actor Roddy McDowall (1928 - 1998) attend the Academy Awards at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in California, USA, 13th April 1964\. Weld presented the award for Best Sound Effects. (Photo by Earl Leaf/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Apparently, Tuesday presented Best Sound Effects, and as a lover of a neck-ruffle, I love this dress. Tuesday is still alive and kicking! [Her Wiki includes details](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuesday%5FWeld?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io#Montauk%5Fhouse) about how she once had real estate problems because she bought a house with a "murder-suicide connection." They were definitely just friends. Fun fact: [He once got raided by the FBI for film piracy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddy%5FMcDowall?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io#Personal%5Flife) because he was a film-storage aficionado. ## Angie Dickinson ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-3249015-1649824809.jpg) 13th April 1964: American actor Angie Dickinson, wearing a fur coat, arrives at the Academy Awards, Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Angie Dickinson looks AMAZING, accessorized with that disembodied hand. [Sidney Poitier Won His First Oscar on This Day in 1964Join me for a Deep Dive into the red carpet.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bf/b9/bfb99790-924d-4e41-a7e6-5e3c6e04fe57/content/images/static-gofugyourself-com/uploads/2022/04/gettyimages-515180748-1649824855.jpg)](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/sidney-poitier-won-his-first-oscar-on-this-day-in-1964-04-2022/)