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Jan 15, 2019 · Here are 12 facts you didn't know about the famed golden statuette, including why the statue is holding a sword, who Oscar was, and whether or not you're allowed to sell one.
- Leah Silverman
- Contributor
Mar 10, 2023 · Shaped like a male body, the statue is said to be modeled after a Mexican man — and no, his name is not Oscar.
Mar 7, 2023 · The origins of the nickname are uncertain, but the most popular story is that when Margaret Herrick – an Academy librarian who went on to become the Executive Director – first saw the golden statuettes in 1931, she said they reminded her of her Uncle Oscar.
- The Most Prevalent Oscar Theory Floating Around
- Did Sidney Skolsky Come Up with The Name "Oscar"?
- A Recent Legend of Oscar and His Name
- One More "Longshot" Oscar Theory
The most widely accepted theory that began getting bandied about in Tinseltown about how Oscar was dubbed started in the 1930s and is attributed to the Academy's very first librarian named Margaret Herrick. As the story goes, Herrick was looking at one of the first versions of the statue and randomly proclaimed, "He reminds me of my Uncle Oscar." T...
When the Oscars really started to take off in the mid-30s, people started coming out of the woodwork with the claim that they came up with the name. This included a well-known Tinseltown columnist named Sidney Skolsky who eagerly put his name in the hat as the man who coined the name, "Oscar." Whether we believe him is another story. Nonetheless, S...
As recent as 2004, evidence was being brought to the table that Oscar received his name from yet another source. Bruce Davis, the former Academy Executive Director, claimed that while researching for his book The Academy and the Award, he had come across credible evidence that the term originated with Eleanore Lilleberg. Like Margaret Herrick, Lill...
One final myth that has made the rounds over the years is that "Oscar" was in fact named after a Mexican movie star and director by the name ofEmilio Fernández, who also went by the name, “El Indio." This legend posits Fernandez was captured during the Mexican Revolution and was later released, coming to America sometime during the 1920s. This is w...
- Christopher Nolan
- Senior Author
- Cillian Murphy
Mar 9, 2023 · Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky, pictured here with model and socialite Vikki Dougan in 1955, claims he invented the Oscar nickname while writing about the Academy Awards.
- colin.mcevoy@hearst.com
- Senior News Editor, Biography.Com
Feb 8, 2020 · Tim Boyle/Getty Images North America/Getty Images. Oscar’s real name is “the Academy Award of Merit,” but that’s 17 letters longer and thus, excessive. For a few years, Oscars weren’t gold....
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Feb 19, 2016 · Emil Jannings, a German actor who would go on to make propaganda films for the Nazis in the 1930s, was the first recipient of the legendary Oscar. Had there been a mistake? Well, yes.
