Jun 15, 2009

The longest acceptance speech at the Oscars

Greer Garson

A very interesting fact-The longest speech ever made while receiving the Oscar.

The longest speech was delivered by Greer Garson in 1942 when she won the Best Actress Award for her performance in the movie "Mrs Miniver".The speech lasted for 5 mins 30 seconds and it is recorded in the Guiness Book of Records.Here full name is Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson and she was an extremely popular actress during the time of Second World war.In the movie, Mrs. Miniver she portrayed a character of a strong British woman,as a wife and a mother.

1 comment:

  1. Actually, it was 5 and a half minutes...not five and a half hours. Check the facts again.

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