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Amy Adams in "The Master."
But there are a handful of great actors that the Academy has repeatedly nominated and proceeded to repeatedly neglect.
Amy Adams has lost five times at the Oscars for five captivating roles, most recently with her first best actress nomination for 2013's "American Hustle."
But some all-time greats like Glenn Close, Richard Burton, and Peter O'Toole have had it even worse.Here are the 21 actors who have been nominated for at least four Oscars without winning once:
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Michelle Williams — 4 nominations
Best actress nominations: "Blue Valentine" (2010), "My Week with Marilyn" (2011)
Best supporting actress nominations: "Brokeback Mountain" (2005), "Manchester by the Sea" (2016)
Barbara Stanwyck — 4 nominations
Best actress nominations: "Stella Dallas" (1937), "Ball of Fire" (1941), "Double Indemnity" (1944), "Sorry, Wrong Number" (1948)
Stanwyck received the Academy Honorary Award for lifetime achievement in 1981.
Rosalind Russell — 4 nominations
Best actress nominations: "My Sister Eileen" (1942), "Sister Kenny" (1946), "Mourning Becomes Electra" (1947), "Auntie Mame" (1958)
Mickey Rooney — 4 nominations
Best actor nominations: "Babe in Arms" (1939), "The Human Comedy" (1943)
Best supporting actor nominations: "The Bold and the Brave" (1956), "The Black Stallion" (1979)
Rooney received the since-discontinued Academy Juvenile Award in 1938 and the Academy Honorary Award for lifetime achievement in 1982.
Claude Rains — 4 nominations
Best supporting actor nominations: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Casablanca (1942), Mr. Skeffington (1944), Notorious (1946)
Ed Harris — 4 nominations
Best actor nomination: "Pollock" (2000)
Best supporting actor nominations: "Apollo 13" (1995), "The Truman Show" (1998), "The Hours" (2002)
Agnes Moorehead — 4 nominations
Best supporting actress nominations: "The Magnificent Ambersons" (1942), "Mrs. Parkington" (1944), "Johnny Belinda" (1948), "Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (1964)
Marsha Mason — 4 nominations
Best actress nominations: "Cinderella Liberty" (1973), "The Goodbye Girl" (1977), "Chapter Two" (1979), "Only When I Laugh" (1981)
Montgomery Clift — 4 nominations
Best actor nominations: "The Search" (1948), "A Place in the Sun" (1951), "From Here to Eternity" (1953)
Best supporting actor nomination: "Judgment at Nuremberg" (1961)
Charles Boyer — 4 nominations
Best actor nominations: "Conquest" (1937), "Algiers" (1938), "Gaslight" (1944), "Fanny" (1961)
Annette Bening — 4 nominations
Best actress nominations: "American Beauty" (1999), "Being Julia" (2004), "The Kids Are All Right" (2010)
Best supporting actress nomination: "The Grifters" (1990)
Jane Alexander — 4 nominations
Best actress nominations: "The Great White Hope" (1970), "Testament" (1983)
Best supporting actress nominations: "All the President's Men" (1976), "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979)
Arthur Kennedy — 5 nominations
Best actor nomination: "Bright Victory" (1951)
Best supporting actor nominations: "Champion" (1949), "Trial" (1955), "Peyton Place" (1957), "Some Came Running" (1958)
Albert Finney — 5 nominations
Best actor nominations: "Tom Jones" (1963), "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974), "The Dresser" (1983), "Under the Volcano" (1984)
Best supporting actor nomination: "Erin Brockovich" (2000)
Irene Dunne — 5 nominations
Best actress nominations: "Cimarron" (1931), "Theodora Goes Wild" (1936), "The Awful Truth" (1937), "Love Affair" (1939), "I Remember Mama" (1948)
Amy Adams — 5 nominations
Best actress nomination: "American Hustle" (2013)
Best supporting actress nominations: "Junebug" (2005), "Doubt" (2008), "The Fighter" (2010), "The Master" (2012)
Thelma Ritter — 6 nominations
Best supporting actress nominations: "All About Eve" (1950), "The Mating Season" (1951), "With a Song in My Heart" (1952), "Pickup on South Street" (1953), "Pillow Talk" (1959), "Birdman of Alcatraz" (1962)
Deborah Kerr — 6 nominations
Best actress nominations: "Edward, My Son" (1949), "From Here to Eternity" (1953), "The King and I" (1956), "Heaven Knows, Mr Allison" (1957), "Separate Tables" (1958), "The Sundowners" (1960)
Kerr received the Academy Honorary Award for lifetime achievement in 1994.
Glenn Close — 6 nominations
Best actress nominations: "Fatal Attraction" (1987), "Dangerous Liaisons" (1988), "Albert Nobbs" (2011)
Best supporting actress nominations: "The World According to Garp" (1982), "The Big Chill" (1983), "The Natural" (1984)
Richard Burton — 7 nominations
Best actor nominations: "The Robe" (1954), "Becket" (1964), "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" (1965), "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966), "Anne of the Thousand Days" (1969), "Equus" (1977)
Best supporting actor nomination: "My Cousin Rachel" (1952)
Peter O'Toole — 8 nominations
Best actor nominations: "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962), "Becket" (1964), "The Lion in Winter" (1968), "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" (1969), "The Ruling Class "(1972), "The Stunt Man" (1980), "My Favorite Year" (1982), "Venus" (2006)
O'Toole received the Academy Honorary Award for lifetime achievement in 2002.
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