1959 Best Actress (feat. Chris Feil)

This week on the season finale of And the Runner-Up Is, Kevin welcomes This Had Oscar Buzz cohost Chris Feil to discuss the 1959 Oscar race for Best Actress, where Simone Signoret won for her performance in "Room at the Top," beating Doris Day in "Pillow Talk," Audrey Hepburn in "The Nun's Story," and Katharine Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor in "Suddenly, Last Summer." We discuss all of these nominated performances and determine who we think was the runner-up to Signoret. 0:00 - 12:06 - Introduction 12:07 - 31:31 - Doris Day 31:31 - 54:51 - Audrey Hepburn 54:52 - 1:34:24 - Katharine Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor 1:34:25 - 1:55:25 - Simone Signoret 1:55:26 - 2:27:45 - Why Simone Signoret won / Twitter questions 2:27:46 - 2:33:31 - Who was the runner-up? Support And the Runner-Up Is on Patreon at patreon.com/andtherunnerupis! Follow Kevin Jacobsen on Twitter Follow Chris Feil on Twitter Follow And the Runner-Up Is on Twitter and Instagram Theme/End Music: "Diamonds" by Iouri Sazonov Additional Music: "Storming Cinema Ident" by Edward Blakeley Artwork: Brian O'Meara