Yeah Benigni doesn't belong in that list

He was brilliant in Life is Beautiful

Thank you! Came to make the same comment. Roberto Benigni wasn't even on Hollywood's radar before Life Is Beautiful despite the fact he'd been acting, producing and writing scripts in Italy and in Europe for two decades. After the triumph of La Vita E Bella, though he continued acting and producing, he was once again largely ignored by US audiences, ergo, for them, he disappeared. Nonsense.

​@@jennifermcgee8621he was no where as good as Jim Carrey in Truman Show.

It means his Hollywood career is over 😅 not his overall tho

Weinstein ruined a number of actresses’ careers. I can think of at least three actresses that were clearly becoming A listers and then just inexplicably sputtered out. He’s hardly the only powerful person to do that to actors either. So many talented people have had their careers ruined by predators.

Great call‼️👌

PERHAPS but I think it had more to do with starring in bomb after bomb which, naturally, will make producers less interested in you. Also....I don't know...I just never thought she was that great. Good, but nowhere near the echelon of Meryl Streep or Glenn Close or any "real" actress. She's a model more than anything. I honestly feel like she won her Oscar because she was the most famous and glamorous out of the bunch, not because she gave the best performance. It's like when Grace Kelly just completely stole Judy Garland's Oscar in '55. I think '98 should've gone to Moore or Stuart.

Perhaps, but the fact remains that hers was an undeserved Oscar. She was fine in L.A. Confidential, but nothing special.

She has a reputation for being a big pain to deal with.

​@stanedwards309 I try to take it with a grain of salt when an actress has a reputation for being difficult, since we've seen a few actresses over the years reveal that the reputation was given to them as a result of them merely advocating for themselves and not being divas. Though I also don't know enough about Kim to know if this was the case there as well.

@@mitsukai7192 Kim Basinger was allegedly a huge diva and nightmare to deal with on the set of The Marrying Man with Alec Baldwin. She also allegedly had the script for Ralph Bakshi's Cool World watered down (it was originally intended to be an R-rated horror movie) because she wanted the film to be something that she could show to sick children in hospitals. And then there's the whole mess over her being sued for breaking her contract from the film Boxing Helena.

And yet you have to do the same scene every night. I once saw Elizabeth Franz on Broadway as Linda Loman in Death of a Salesman and wondered where she found the strength to suffer and cry so much day after day. Respect!

Maybe the death of Marilyn Monroe around that time made an impression and she thought it might be better for her personal happiness to concentrate her attention on her family rather than doggedly pursuing a career that might work out or not and potentially end up like Monroe. A sex symbol has a short shelf life, but a character actress can work forever. Sounds like she made a command decision.

Piper Laurie got a third Oscar nomination for "Children of a Lesser God"

Piper also worked with Mel Gibson back in the day.

​@@richardevans9003Piper's performance in Children of a Lesser God is criminally underrated.

​@@craigslaunwhite579 In Tim, yes. I was a fan of that movie.

I think she also taught acting at an extremely high level.

exactly

My grandmother told us kids that Rainer beat it to shack up with Greta Garbo....

L.B. Mayer, MGM head, is allegedly quoted as telling the rather difficult Rainer: "We made yah, and we can break yah!" Apparently he did? At least Joan Crawford got tossed, over the hill, to Warner's.

She was incredible in The Door on the Floor.

Even if they weren't amazing (won't get into that), the fact that she was making films with Eminem, Jeff Bridges, Russell CRowe, Charlize Theron, Ryan Gosling hints that she did not..."disappear". Criteria for this list is atrocious.

I know it's kind of a dumb film, but I loved cellular!!

@@SomethingSomethingg Me too!

@@mr29 Exactly!

Good choices

There was a great article in The Hollywood Reporter in 2020 about Catherine Burns. She didn't like her film performances (she was only in a few movies after Last Summer), worked off-Broadway and in repertory theater in the 70's and 80's, then became a writer of plays and children's books. In 1989, she and her husband (who was also a writer) left New York and ... disappeared. For years when people who were fans of Last Summer tried to track her down, they found nothing. Finally, in 2019 she was traced to a tiny community in the state of Washington. She and her husband had lived there for many years until her death in early 2019.

I saw the play when it performed in Orlando earlier this year!

Interesting. I'm sure there could be a part 2 to this installment.

@@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719 I actually completed a video on this but postponed it until Oscar season next year..🙂

@@oscarman42 😀 can't wait to see it

Variety of reasons

What about Kevin Costner, Marisa Tomei, Sally Field, Shirley MacLean, Sir Ian McCillen, Jack Nicholson, Jared Leto and Robin Williams in the several years before his death? They all had good careers since.

Totally this. I took French in high school in the late 90s/early 00s and found out about "Amelie" way before it was cool. I then became a huge Audrey Tautou fan from there. In college we had a dollar theater in the area that would get indie/art/foreign films and my best friend and I would hit it up every time a new Audrey Tautou movie dropped. I remember being so confused when we saw "A Very Long Engagement" because I was like "What's Jodie Foster doing in this?" because I didn't know she was fluent in French. I was actually so excited when Tautou was cast in "The DaVinci Code" because I thought it was going to be her big American crossover. She was on the cover of US Allure (I still have it somewhere) and it said "France's next big little thing." Of course it wasn't her big crossover but she's still doing movies in France. The last one I paid attention to was "Delicacy." Just looked and I have some catching up to do on her.

I understand why Dujardin was less mentioned after 2014, he was supposed to be the next George Clooney, but he doesn't want The American life because he has to be part of Hollywood. And pressure matters since he got divorced just weeks after his Oscar win. Jean Dujardin should have been cast while the leading man.

Topol was in For Your Eyes Only and Flash Gordon in the '80's, but that was about it. Jeannie Berlin popped up in the Kenneth Lonergan film Margaret and she was wonderful!

Topol was a stage actor wasn't he? So it makes sense to me that he would instead be recognized for his work in theatre rather than becoming a movie star.

@@ashlybuck5706 Topol eventually made his life's career playing Tevye in productions of FOTR around the world.

Hartman made very few movies, but most are today classics. So i think she doesn't deserve to be here. Mary MacNamara story thats similar is even worse than Hartman. After 3 coins in a fountain she had a lead in a forgotten film and the an stupid cameo in Otto Preminger The Cardinal. At least Hartman had better movies, and was also common that actors take their big time off between films from the late 60s to the early 80s.

I think it's too soon to say that, she has been in Presencias (which she is really good) and Great Seduction... 5 years gap only 🤔

It’s not a huge part but was fantastic in Los Espookys. Totally niche but so cool!

Totally agree, Brian is such a professional ❤

She quit after she got married and had five kids and returned after they've grown

Her interviews on making 'Mildred Pierce' are also on KZfaq and they are wonderful!

Her late husband was Hollywood ob/gyn Dr. McNulty. (The brother of Jack Benny Show, Irish tenor, Denis Day.) He delivered many celebrity kids including Elizabeth Taylor's children.

Yes, I remember her great performance.

But she is currently on FBI: MOST WANTED

She was in game of thrones as 1 of the sand snakes.

What probably hurt her career big time was the fact that she got pregnant while only 16 years old. I mean, you couldn't really put her in mainstream family friendly projects after that without expecting any sort of blowback from conservative moral guardians.

Tom Hulce is probably a better example. His nomination did him no favors. I read a while back that Abraham was very happy with his career. The Oscar gave him the opportunity to work consistently but he was still able to ride the subway without being recognized.

She was also in Hostages with Luise Rainer.

She was the matriarch in Rocco and his brothers. At least she had another even more famous movie

She was in one of my favorite movies "The Miracle". Everyone makes fun of it, but I love it.

A better example than several on this list.

The worst part of it was that she was only on the hunting trip because of husband, actor Richard Quine. He stayed with her for a few years and then walked out. And not long after that she committed suicide. He later became a fairly successful director. Why this wasn't a career-destroying scandal is beyond me.

@@topogigio2879 Yes, but karma eventually played a hand. Quine, who often made movies with Jack Lemmon, eventually found himself out of favor and unable to get much work in Hollywood directing his specialty (light comedy) and eventually...committed suicide.

Not only that, the movies she did ultimately appear in were either famously flops or had some controversy behind them: On the flop side The Exorcist II: The Heretic; Full Moon Junction; Invaders from Mars. On the controversy side, Flowers in the Attic and Brainstorm, with the Natalie Wood death in real life overshadowing everything about that film. I think Flowers in the Attic was the only one of those to make a profit.

Fletcher was an almost virtual unknown, at least to the public, before OFOTCN and her subsequent Oscar win. Though her name has the asterisk of distinction as an Oscar winner, her early career up until Cukoo's Nest was largely episodic guest stints on television while her post-Cukoo career was primarily supporting roles in B movies, (and she made lots of them). Fletcher had achieved name recognition but was never a star and didn't become one merely because she won an Oscar. And that's the case with a lot of obscure Oscar winners. F. Murray Abraham was basically a theater actor and occasional movie actor in bit and supporting parts, largely unknown to the general public until he took the Oscar for Amadeus. He has certainly worked steadily in film and television - mostly supporting roles - since that win, but again, Abraham was never a big star and getting an Oscar obviously did not confer instant stardom. What the Oscar did give both Fletcher and Abraham was name recognition, an open door at the big casting agencies and steady, continuous work as character actors. And yet they could still walk down public streets in major cities and not get harassed by tabloid photographers or fans. That's ... not a bad deal. Not at all. And it's worth reminding readers here that though the majority of Oscars have gone to true, bonafide movie stars, it's really about actors - and probably more so now than ever before.

She is great in Big Eden from 2000 and great in it. The movie had very little exposure and her role is a supporting one, but she plays very maternal figure, the opposite of her Oscar character.

RIP

He try to make a Glenda Jackson without luck😢

Dujardin still acts regularly in French roles. He was never that interested in English language roles and just happened to find a major role that didn’t require him to speak English.

My first thought seeing the title was Mo'Nique as well. This video has some great examples put together. Unfortunately there are enough others to do at least another 10.

Helen hunt got another nomination for the sessions

Timothy Hutton was on american crime, received an emmy nomination

Monique isn't getting gigs cause her husband who is her manager is toxic and encouraging her to beef abd pick fights with powerful people in the industry. I know the industry is hard for black women but everytime Monique is in the news, she's fighting someone. Oprah, Lee Daniels and Tyler Perry did her dirty but she needs to let it go and move on

He was a wonderful man - I met him when The Killing Fields came out, as well as Dith Pran. Ngor's death is still mysterious and Pran's death just unfortunate for all that he endured.

Following up Cuckoo's Nest with Exorcist II: The Heretic didn't help.😐

She worked all her life. She was nominated for TV Awards. And had the lead in several big or middle budget films. Just all flopped at box office and/or by critics. Her career was more or less like Diane Wiest. DW had a better career but still there are similars

After her nomination, she dropped out of view for nearly a decade to raise a child with Neil Young as her son was stricken with cerebral palsy. When she returned to work by 1978, it was mainly in character parts across film and television, and continued working until her death in 2004.

I think she continúe working in tv and films. Wasn't she on the fury?

Her performance in Twin Peaks was so soap opera'ey that it was hilarious in a good way lol

@chrisjfox8715 absolutely. She knew what the deal was I've no doubt. When she snaps at Pete to " get your boots off of my bed and go to your room! " lol...

@@alisdairmckenzie that and the triple slap were the best parts 😂 even that shenanigans line was drenched in soap opera delivery

Mira has been acting or reviving her career somewhat. She was derailed by Weinstein.

Flicker is like the Greta Garbo of the factory women. At least she made 2 great movies after it.

Fricker also had a small role in the 1994 Disney film "Angels in the Outfield."

He made a somewhat similar movie called "The Tiger and the Snow" but it must have bombed and wasn't real received despite being good (but not as great).

Life Is Beautiful was offensive junk. Not a single Jewish person thinks otherwise.

She was a foreign unknown actress (even in her country). And after that she had an interesante indie career for the next 7 years. Then she made TV and had a cameo in the twiglight franchise. She was foreign and innexperience to become a leading Lady after her debut.

It didn't help herself. Getting into fights with everyone,

@@quentingray643but she wasn’t wrong, as Taraji P. Henson recently proved.

Mira Sorvino was blacklisted because of Harvey Weinstein. It unfortunate because she has a very captivating voice for film.

@@Cjrocket89 she was hilarious as a guest star in an episode of Will&Grace

I never understood the hype around Mira Sorvino. I totally don't get her Oscar win, and she's not remotely funny on W&G.

I’d forgotten about Haing S Ngor being a nominee, but his performance was remarkable. Does anyone know what happened to him subsequently?

@@somecontrol268 Yes, he was killed in 1996 in a shooting outside his home in what first appeared to be a robbery gone wrong. Later, evidence emerged that have led authorities to believe something more calculated - perhaps Khmer Rouge-related - was the cause.

@@martinsorenson1055 thank you for reply. So sad to hear that

Glenda Jackson was an important actress of the late 1960s-early 1970s. She certainly can't be compared to 'one hit wonders' like Maggie McNamara.

Jean dujardin continues making films in france and Haley joel osment continues acting with her voice in Animations

Ron Howard too has avoided the worst but he went full into directing which he became interested in very early in his acting career.

More recently, Ryan Gosling. He was an actor in this teens in the U.S. and his native Canada and is still a big star!

That's an intelligent assessment. I recently saw a PBS show on Foster's life, and I greatly admire her.

I think its wrong for you to imply that going to college would have kept Taylor, Rooney, and Garland from ruining their careers and/or private lives. You can correct me if it turns out I am putting words in your mouth. Some people cope with becoming famous by using drugs or are unable to cope so it impacts their romantic relationships (as it did with Rooney and Elizabeth Taylor). Judy Garland was forced to take drugs by her Mother and the studio execs so that she could work long hours and became dependent on them into adulthood to function on set because no one told her no ( thats the abridged version of a very complex story that I don't want to get into here). My point is....Jodie Foster isn't better than all of these other child stars you mentioned as examples. Its important for us to take into account the circumstances surrounding them and try to have empathy for them so as to not pass judgement. No one is perfect, not even you @orpheus9037.

@@ashlybuck5706 You already supply a part of my response as you're likely aware, given you mention the abuses Garland underwent, that Rooney, Taylor and Garland were all groomed and trained as the progeny of the old studio system, which I took for granted most people reading posts on a movie channel like this would be familiar with. I'm certainly not making the claim that because Rooney, Taylor and Garland didn't go to college they somehow ruined their lives - I mean, come on; rather, they never really had a choice: they were too busy filling studio coffers while working exceptionally demanding schedules and likely supporting their parents. Much the same with the control the studios took over their private lives, which were basically the property of the studios as well. Foster, of course, was born of a later generation and though she worked steadily in commercials, TV and movies throughout her youth, she clearly had more autonomy regarding determining both her direction and goals in life. In short, the distinction I make between Foster and Taylor, Rooney and Garland is largely a generational one. Simply, Foster was raised with more - and better - choices in controlling her life than Taylor, Rooney and Garland ever had. I mean, sorry, but nobody sets out in life with the hope of getting married and divorced eight times (a figure both Taylor and Rooney share; Garland, meanwhile, had five) or only being able to function in a pill-and-alcohol induced stupor (all three of them). I think we can agree there's a pattern here.

Guy Pearce is one of the best working actors who has never been nominated.

No some people realized before the "big reveal." I was in a theater when it first came out and I remember the gasps. I didn't see it coming but my sister sitting next to me had already figured it out and was very calm. I just thought Davidson was a masculine looking woman. At the time, it was a very novel thing to have a transgender character on screen in a major role. So it came as a surprise to most, especially as the film had a lot of distracting storylines, diverting the audience's attention to the IRA thriller storyline. I thought that was going to be the main story when in fact, it was more the backdrop and a device to bring the characters of Fergus and Dill together, in a way where he is clueless about the truth, and which makes the ending make sense (why Dill would kill someone, and why Fergus ends up in prison).

@@SY-ok2dq Great observation and analogy!

@@RobertPagano226 Actually I think a lot of the gasps from some people in the audience was because they didn't expect to actually see a naked male part right in that scene (even if they'd already guessed the "surprise"). It wasn't all that common yet in films of the early 90s that got a mainstream release (and not like say, niche art films like those of say, director Peter Greenaway). I was personally surprised that they'd shown it, rather than using some other way to make it known.

I, a guy, had no clue back in the day when I saw it in the theater, although I did sense there was something about Dill I couldn't quite put my finger on. The woman friend I saw the movie with knew straight away.

@@meropale I'm female but I was young, and rather clueless so I didn't guess before the reveal. I think what made my sister realize early on was everything about Davidson as Dil - voice, face, body shape, and I think she spotted the Adam's apple at some point. I've always found Jamie Lee Curtis to be rather masculine looking in the face, and she's also tall. So I just thought Davidson was like her. Also, I'd previously seen Neil Jordan's earlier film success, "Mona Lisa", which has elements similar to "Crying Game" (tall, slim black lead actress as the object of a white man's interest, thwarted love, crime etc.). No transgender surprise in that, but there is a kind of similar LGBTQ surprise: the woman, who is a high class escort, turns out to be a lesbian, in love with another hooker (the audience and the guy are led to believe that the escort is looking for a close friend). The same year as CG, there was this 3 part British TV series called "Mr. Wakefield's Crusade" (based on a novel) which I also saw back then. There is a similar "twist" involving a cross dressing male, but it was obvious almost right away even to me, because the same actor was first introduced to the audience as this male character. And so when he appears dressed as a "she", you could clearly see it was him. His face has more masculine features and dark hair making his jawline shadow hard to disguise. Might have worked better with someone very blond. Coincidentally, Miranda Richardson appeared in "Mr. Wakefield's Crusade" as well as "Crying Game." The following year, the film adaptation of the play M.Butterfly came out, with a similar premise. However even in makeup, actor John Lone would be recognized as a man in drag by most people.

I was thinking of O'Neal as well, and though her film career left the spotlight relatively early on, her shambolic "career" as a tabloid media fixture only grew as she got older. With her reality TV shows, tell all biographies, talk show appearances, etc, she never really left the spotlight. Indeed, the O'Neal family's reputation as a trainwreck-with-a-spotlight-on-it is now well-entrenched in the annals of Hollywood Babylon, and they seem to leave no avenue untouched to cash in on it. They have become Hollywood's most notorious white trash celebrity family.

Berenice Bejo was a french starlet before the Artist. And after it, she become an European and Latinoamerican star. She worked wirh important directors and actors despite not all her films were succesful at box office. But she was nominated for Cesar and European Awards after the Artist (I guess she won a couple of this Awards) so her career is more than OK. The same goes to Fernanda Montenegro who made only one movie in the states. But still in her mid 90s is one of the highest paid actresses in Brazil. Norma Aleandro Same (she worked a little more in US, 2 times with Anthony Hopkins) None wants to play the cleaning Lady for cents, when she could portray the abolongue rich matriarch for lot of money in their own country TV and Cinema

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That was Jane Fonda who announced Parasite's Best Picture win, not Jamie Lee Curtis...