Mourning Becomes Electra Overview:

Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) was a Drama - Black-and-white Film directed by Dudley Nichols and produced by Dudley Nichols and Edward Donahue.

Academy Awards 1947 --- Ceremony Number 20 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best ActorMichael RedgraveNominated
Best ActressRosalind RussellNominated
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Rosalind Russell received an Academy Award nomination for her role in this film. Apparently, she was so sure she was going to win that, when the winner was about to be announced, she had risen from her seat to accept it... only to discover that the winner was Loretta Young for her performance in The Farmer's Daughter.
The original Broadway production of "Mourning Becomes Electra" by Eugene O'Neill opened at the Guild Theater on October 26, 1931, ran for 150 performances and was revived in 1932 and 1972.
Although billed 9th in the credits, actress Sara Allgood appears only in one scene and does not have one single line of dialogue.
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