The only Oscar to win an Oscar was lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II. The Irish writer and poet Oscar Wilde died in 1900, almost 29 years before the first Oscars were ever handed out.
Oscar Hammerstein II won Academy Awards for Best Original Song for "The Last Time I Saw Paris" from "Lady Be Good" (1941) and "It Might As Well Be Spring" from "State Fair" (1945).
You have to be an amazing, speechless actor/actress, director, editor, ect.. You cant win an Oscar from a TV show...it has to be from a movie(s). Winning an Oscar is one of the hardest things to win....
West Side Story (1961) won 10 Oscars: Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design, Sound and Score. The only nomination it did...