Goldie Hawn was always passed over for Academy Award nominations.
One biography of Bette Davis, who was a president of the Academy in 1941, claims she named the award after her first husband, band leader Harmon Oscar Nelson
=== Disqualifications ===Six films have had nominations revoked before the official award ceremony:The Circus (1928)  The film was voluntarily removed by the Academy from competitive categories, to award Charlie Chaplin a special award

