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Mar 9, 2023 · The golden statuette has been called “Oscar” since the 1930s, but the origins of the nickname are a matter of dispute.
- colin.mcevoy@hearst.com
- Senior News Editor, Biography.Com
The Academy Award statuette’s nickname, “Oscar,” has three possible sources. Actress Bette Davis claimed that the name derived from her observation that the backside of the statuette looked like that of her husband Harmon Oscar Nelson.
Why Do We Call it an “Oscar”? Although the Academy Awards and its traditional statuette have been around since 1929, the Oscar name wasn’t officially adopted by the academy until 1939. The exact origin of the nickname, however, is fairly murky.
Feb 19, 2016 · Officially, the statuette is called the Academy Award of Merit, but everyone in Hollywood has known it as Oscar since at least 1934. The Academy itself adopted the nickname in 1939.
Mar 26, 2022 · The popular theory is that the nickname for the Academy Award of Merit (as the statuette is officially known) was coined by Academy Award librarian and future Director of the Academy of Motion...
- Daven Hiskey
Although the statuette remains true to its original design, the size of the base varied until 1945, when the current standard was adopted. Officially named the Academy Award of Merit, the statuette is better known by its nickname, Oscar.
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Mar 10, 2024 · The American actor – and recipient of two Oscars – is believed to have nicknamed the statuette after her first husband, Harmon Oscar Nelson, remarking that its golden rear resembled her...
