Did You Know This

Monday, February 1, 2010

Did you know the only dwarf ever nominated for an Oscar?

The brilliant dwarf actor Michael Dunn
(best known for his recurring role as Dr. Miguelito Loveless on TV's Wild, Wild West)
was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in 1965's The Ship of Fools.

Although some have suggested that Linda Hunt should be included in that list because she
won the 1982 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance as male Indonesian dwarf photographer Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously.
The 4'9" Hunt was diagnosed with hypo pituitary dwarfism (a condition in which the pituitary
gland does not release enough growth hormone) in her teens, but she does not possess the
physical characteristics unique to sufferers of dwarfism.



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