2007-02-25 13:41:32 · 6 answers · asked by no_bsht 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
It looked like an actual person named Oscar.
There are two popular stories that claim to be truth. The first is in the show's first years, Margaret Herrick, an academy librarian and a future executive director, said the little golden man resembled her Uncle Oscar, and the name stuck. The other is film actress Bette Davis won the award for her role in the 1935 thriller, "Dangerous," and named it after her husband, Harmon Oscar Nelson. Whichever it may be, the first time the name was publicly used was in an article by Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky when addressing Katharine Hepburn's first Best Actress victory in 1934. By 1939, it was common slang and the academy officially adopted it.
2007-02-25 13:44:55 · answer #1 · answered by pater47 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The root of the name "Oscar" is contested. One biography of Bette Davis claims that she named the Oscar after her first husband, bandleader Harmon Oscar Nelson.[6] Another claimed origin is that of the Academy’s Executive Secretary, Margaret Herrick, who first saw the award in 1931 and made reference of the statuette reminding her of her Uncle Oscar (Levy 2003). Columnist Sidney Skolsky was present during Herrick’s naming and seized the name in his byline, "Employees have affectionately dubbed their famous statuette 'Oscar'" (Levy 2003).
2007-02-25 21:45:36 · answer #2 · answered by Sharpie211 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bette Davis called it oscar and it stuck
2007-02-25 21:50:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was Bette Davis that called the statue that, after she'd won one and named it after her husband Oscar...I think thats how the story goes...
2007-02-25 21:45:27 · answer #4 · answered by Chrys 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Long story short. A girl names the awards after her husband.
2007-02-25 22:03:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well I dont know so its an interesting question.
2007-02-25 21:45:59 · answer #6 · answered by molly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋