Muriel Teresa Wright was an American actress. She was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress: in 1941 for her debut work in The Little Foxes, and in 1942 for Mrs. Miniver, winning for the latter. That same year, she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Pride of the Yankees, opposite Gary Cooper. She is also known for her performances in Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).
Wright in 1953
Wright, Walter Pidgeon and Greer Garson in Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Publicity photo for The Best Years of Our Lives (1946); Hoagy Carmichael seated at piano and (standing from left) Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, and Wright
Wright and Lew Ayres in The Capture (1950)
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 9th Academy Awards to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Supporting Actor winner. In lieu of the traditional Oscar statuette, supporting acting recipients were given plaques up until the 16th Academy Awards, when statuettes were awarded to each category instead.
The 2023 recipient: Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Gale Sondergaard was the inaugural winner, for Anthony Adverse (1936).
Alice Brady won for In Old Chicago (1938).
Fay Bainter won for Jezebel (1938); also the first person nominated in both supporting and lead in the same year.
