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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-06 · 17 entries checked · 8 flagged · 16 issues confirmed · 0 corrected · 16 still open
Joan Fontaine — The claim that Fontaine is the only actress to have won an Academy Award for a performance directed by Alfred Hitchcock is incorrect; Ingrid Bergman won Best Actress for Hitchcock's 'Gaslight' (1944).
John Barrymore — The 'DID YOU KNOW' section claims Midnight (1939) is in the National Film Registry, but it is not.
Lionel Barrymore — Lionel Barrymore did not make 'over 60 silent films' with D. W. Griffith; the number is likely around 40-50.
Lionel Barrymore — Lionel Barrymore was not the first director to move a microphone on a sound stage; this is a common myth with no definitive evidence.
Maria Ouspenskaya — Ouspenskaya was not the first Russian actress nominated for an Oscar; Alla Nazimova was nominated for Best Actress in 1921 (though the category was not officially named until later, Nazimova's nomination predates Ouspenskaya's).
Maria Ouspenskaya — The claim that Marge Champion was a pupil at the Maria Ouspenskaya School of Dance on Vine Street is incorrect; Marge Champion studied dance with other teachers and was not a pupil of Ouspenskaya's school.
Maude Adams — The entry states Adams's last Broadway play was in 1916 with Barrie's *A Kiss for Cinderella*, but she actually returned to Broadway in 1931 for *The Merchant of Venice* and again in 1934 for *Twelfth Night* and *Romeo and Juliet*.
Maureen Stapleton — The entry states Stapleton earned Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Lonelyhearts (1958), but she only received an Academy Award nomination for that film, not a Golden Globe nomination.
Maureen Stapleton — The entry says she received multiple Emmy nominations including for 'Queen of th', which is an incomplete and thus inaccurate presentation of the title.
Michael Hordern — Hordern actually served in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) and reached the rank of lieutenant, not lieutenant-commander.
Michael Hordern — The British Academy Television Award for Best Actor was not awarded until 1958 (for the 1957 season), and Hordern won it in 1958 for The Dock Brief, not 1957.
Ralph Bellamy — Bellamy received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for *The Awful Truth* (1937) — he was not nominated for that film; his only Oscar nomination for acting was for *The Awful Truth*? Actually, he was not nominated for *The Awful Truth*; he r
Ralph Bellamy — Bellamy made his film debut in 1931 and appeared in 22 movies by the end of 1933, including *Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm* — *Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm* (1932) starred Marian Nixon, not Bellamy; he is not in that film.
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