Four more followed after Mrs Miniver: one for her portrayal of Marie Curie in the 1943 biopic Madame Curie, one for Tay Garnett’s 1944 drama Mrs Parkington, one for Garnett’s 1945 drama The Valley of Decision, and one for her role as Eleanor Roosevelt in Vincent J Donehue’s 1960 biopic Sunrise at Campobello.
Garson, 38, was accepting the Academy Award for Best Actress for her work inMrs Miniver, a romantic war drama directed by William Wyle.
In 1943, English actor Greer Garson won the Academy Award for Best Actress and spoke for an undefeated four minutes.
While today’s winners are asked to keep to 45 seconds (although they frequently go beyond, at which point a music cue lets them know it’s time to wrap up), Garson spoke for a comparatively generous seven minutes.
Garson never won another Academy Award, although she was nominated for seven, all in the Best Actress category, over the course of her career.
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