Oscar Hometowns

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.