Oscar Hometowns

While Colin Firth and Natalie Portman bask in the bounty of their wins, The Daily Beast examines which hometowns have produced the most Oscar winners.

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galleries/2011/02/27/oscar-hometowns/oscar-cities---new-york_mleigt — Number of Oscars: 55
Number of Winners: 49

Hometown Heroes: Marisa Tomei, Mira Sorvino, Whoopi Goldberg, Al Pacino, Barbra Streisand, Denzel Washington, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Humphrey Bogart, Jane Fonda

Notable win: Adrien Brody, The Pianist, 2002
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galleries/2011/02/27/oscar-hometowns/oscar-cities---los-angeles_npc0ha — Number of Oscars: 33
Number of Winners: 28

Hometown Heroes: Dustin Hoffman, Diane Keaton, Elizabeth Taylor, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jodie Foster, Sally Field, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Gregory Peck, Nicolas Cage

Notable win: Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted, 1999
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galleries/2011/02/27/oscar-hometowns/oscar-cities---london_sjj6a9 — Number of Oscars: 23
Number of Winners: 19

Hometown Heroes: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Jessica Tandy, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton, Vivien Leigh, Vanessa Redgrave

Notable win: Helen Mirren, The Queen, 2006
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galleries/2011/02/27/oscar-hometowns/oscar-cities---chicago_rd7use — Number of Oscars: 8
Number of Winners: 7

Hometown Heroes: Frances McDormand, Jason Robards, Karl Malden, Marlee Matlin, Dorothy Malone, Mercedes McCambridge

Notable win: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls, 2006
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galleries/2011/02/27/oscar-hometowns/oscar-cities---philadelphia_bjyqq7 — Number of Oscars: 5
Number of Winners: 5

Hometown Heroes: Broderick Crawford, Janet Gaynor, Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore

Notable win: Grace Kelly (beating Judy Garland), The Country Girl, 1954
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galleries/2011/02/27/oscar-hometowns/oscar-cities---boston_e4hxql — Number of Oscars: 7
Number of Winners: 6

Hometown Heroes: Estelle Parsons, Jack Lemmon, Ruth Gordon, Olympia Dukakis

Notable win: Bette Davis, Jezebel, 1938
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galleries/2011/02/27/oscar-hometowns/oscar-cities---kansas-city_robf5x — Number of Oscars: 5
Number of Winners: 4

Hometown Heroes: Wallace Beery, Ginger Rogers, Dianne Wiest, Chris Cooper

Notable win: Dianne Wiest, Hannah and Her Sisters, 1986
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galleries/2011/02/27/oscar-hometowns/oscar-cities---vienna_vqbggw — Number of Oscars: 5
Number of Winners: 4

Hometown Heroes: Christoph Waltz, Maximilian Schell, Luise Rainer, Joseph Schildkraut

Notable win: Maximilian Schell, Judgment at Nuremberg, 1961
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galleries/2011/02/27/oscar-hometowns/oscar-cities---hayes_fla9br — Number of Oscars: 5
Number of Winners: 4

Hometown Heroes: Gig Young, Helen Hayes, Goldie Hawn, William Hurt

Notable win: Goldie Hawn, Cactus Flower, 1969
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galleries/2011/02/27/oscar-hometowns/oscar-cities---cleveland_o9gbjt — Number of Oscars: 3
Number of Winners: 3

Hometown Heroes: Joel Grey, Halle Berry, Paul Newman

Notable win: Halle Berry, Monster’s Ball, 2001
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galleries/2011/02/27/oscar-hometowns/oscar-cities---paris_dmpqdo — Number of Oscars: 3
Number of Winners: 3

Hometown Heroes: Marion Cotillard, Juliette Binoche, Simone Signoret

Notable win: Juliette Binoche, The English Patient, 1996
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galleries/2011/02/27/oscar-hometowns/oscar-cities---tokyo_nu7mle — Number of Oscars: 3
Number of Winners: 2

Hometown Heroes: Olivia de Havilland , Joan Fontaine (sisters)

Notable win: Olivia de Havilland, To Each His Own, 1946
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galleries/2011/02/27/oscar-hometowns/oscar-cities---toronto_utltao — Number of Oscars: 3
Number of Winners: 3

Hometown Heroes: Walter Huston, Marie Dressier, Mary Pickford

Notable win: Mary Pickford, Coquette, 1929
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galleries/2011/02/27/oscar-hometowns/oscar-cities---atlanta_mtgyrf — Number of Oscars: 2
Number of Winners: 2

Hometown Heroes: Holly Hunter, Julia Roberts

Notable win: Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich, 2000
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galleries/2011/02/27/oscar-hometowns/oscar-cities---hartford_siohbg — Number of Oscars: 5
Number of Winners: 2

Hometown Heroes: Katherine Hepburn, Ed Begley

Notable win: Katherine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter, 1968
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galleries/2011/02/27/oscar-hometowns/oscar-cities---detroit_kdmacx — Number of Oscars: 3
Number of Winners: 3

Hometown Heroes: Kim Hunter, Ellen Burstyn, Robin Williams

Notable win: Robin Williams, Good Will Hunting, 1997
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galleries/2011/02/27/oscar-hometowns/oscar-cities---milwaukee_vr9utm — Number of Oscars: 3
Number of Winners: 2

Hometown Heroes: Don Ameche, Spencer Tracy

Notable win: Spencer Tracy, Captains Courageous, 1937
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