Category:Harold Russell
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Harold Russell (1914–2002) was a Canadian-American World War II veteran. For his performance in the 1946 film, The Best Years of Our Lives, he became one of only two non-professional actors to win an Academy Award for acting, and the only person to receive two Oscars for the same role.
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Date of birth | 14 January 1914 Sydney Harold John Russell | ||||
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Date of death | 29 January 2002 Needham | ||||
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- 1914 births
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- Deaths from myocardial infarction
- Winners of Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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- World War II people of the United States Army
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- Male actors from Canada born in the 1910s
- Amputees from the United States
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- Male actors from the United States born in the 1910s
- Winners of Academy Honorary Award
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- Disabled veterans of World War II