Sidney Franklin Overview:

Director, Sidney Franklin, was born Sidney Arnold Franklin on Mar 21, 1893 in San Francisco, CA. Franklin died at the age of 79 on May 18, 1972 in Santa Monica, CA and was laid to rest in Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, CA.

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Although Franklin was nominated for one Oscar, he never won a competitive Academy Award. However he won one Honorary Oscar Award in 1942 Sidney Franklin .

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1937Best DirectorThe Good Earth (1937)N/ANominated

Academy Awards (Honorary Oscars)

YearAwardDescription
1942IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARDSidney Franklin

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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.

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Sidney Franklin Facts
Directed 5 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Norma Shearer, Merle Oberon and Luise Rainer. Rainer won for her performance in The Good Earth (1937).

In 1937 it was announced that he would direct Bambi (1942), but production delays (it was eventually filmed five years after this announcement, in 1942) moved him away from the production. He eventually got a credit for artistic collaborator.


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