State Rep. Gail Lavielle, R-Wilton, holds the Oscar statuette of the late actor and Connecticut resident Art Carney. Her Republican colleague Devin Carney is the grandson of the 1974 Best Actor for the movie “Harry and Tonto.” Contributed photo.
Here, you can filibuster and the orchestra won’t cut you off.
It was indeed the best of both worlds this week for a handful of Connecticut lawmakers, who got their hands on Oscar without having to eat a raw bison liver like Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Revenant.”
Several members of the General Assembly posted photos on social media holding the iconic statuette of the late Connecticut resident Art Carney, who won the Academy Award for best actor in 1974 for his performance in “Harry and Tonto.”
Carney’s grandson, Devin Carney , is a House Republican freshman from Old Saybrook and one popular guy this week at the Capitol.
“Never have I felt so close to Ed Norton….” Lavielle wrote on her Facebook page, referring to Carney’s eccentric sewer worker character on “The Honeymooners.” “What an actor. Rep. Carney’s pretty good onstage too!”
With Jackie Gleason playing the excitable bus driver and Brooklyn neighbor Ralph Kramden, Carney formed the quirky half of the comedic duo on “The Honeymooners.”
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Connecticut’s claim to Oscar fame — the show airs at 7 p.m. Sunday on ABC — in filled with Hollywood royalty.
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On Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, the U.S. Postal Service will begin selling stamps of legendary actor and longtime Westport resident Paul Newman. The Oscar-winning superstar who personified cool as the anti-hero of such films as “Hud,” “Cool Hand Luke” and “The Color of Money” had a second act as an activist, race car driver and popcorn impresario.
Photo by Steve Schapiro / U.S. Postal Service
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Ernest Borgnine standing behind Betsy Blair in a scene from the 1955 film "Marty." Oscar winner for:
Best actor in a leading role (1965): "Marty"
Best Actor
Born in Hamden
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The late actress Katharine Hepburn
Oscar winner for:
Best actress in a leading role (1934): "Morning Glory"
Best actress in a leading role (1968): "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
Best actress in a leading role (1969): "The Lion in Winter"
Best actress in a leading role (1982): "On Golden Pond
Late resident of Old Saybrook
contributed photo/Friedman-Abele
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Ron Howard poses in his Greenwich office in 2002 with a series of color doodles. Oscar winner for:
(Director) Best picture (2002): "A Beautiful Mind"
Best director (2002): "A Beautiful Mind"
Former Greenwich resident
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Meryl Streep
2015 Oscar nominee for best actress in a supporting role: "Into the Woods"
Oscar winner for:
Best actress in a supporting role (1980): "Kramer vs. Kramer"
Best actress in a leading role (1983): "Sophie's Choice"
Best actress in a leading role (2012): "The Iron Lady"
Attended Yale School of Drama
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Stage and screen star Christopher Walken looks out from the stage during a tour of the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford on Sunday, February 17, 2013. Walken later gave a talk to benefit the Stratford Arts Commission and the Stratford Center for the Arts. Oscar winner for:
Best actor in a supporting role (1979): "The Deer Hunter"
Longtime Wilton resident
Brian A. Pounds / Brian A. Pounds
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Bette Davis
Best actress in a leading role (1936): "Dangerous"
Best actress in a leading role (1939): "Jezebel"
Late resident of Weston
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Jodie Foster
Oscar winner for:
Best actress in a leading role (1989): "The Accused"
Best actress in a leading role (1992): "The Silence of the Lambs"
Attended Yale University
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Daniel Day-Lewis backstage at the 85th annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles, California, Sunday, February 24, 2013. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
Oscar winner for:
Best actor in a leading role (1990): "My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown"
Best actor in a leading role (2008): "There Will Be Blood"
Best actor in a leading role (2013): "Lincoln"
Roxbury resident
Lawrence K. Ho / McClatchy-Tribune News Service
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Actor Dustin Hoffman on the set of "Boychoir," that was filming at the Greenwich Civic Center in Old Greenwich, Conn.,Tuesday afternoon, March 11, 2014.
Best Actor in 1980 (for Kramer vs. Kramer) and 1989 (for Rain Man).
Roxbury resident
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SPECTRUM/Film director Milos Forman will be among those honored Feb. 19 at Washington Montessori School. Courtesy of Washington Montessori School.
Oscar winner for:
Best director (1976): "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
Best director (1985): "Amadeus"
Warren resident
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FILE - In this March 2, 2014 file photo, Lupita Nyong'o accepts the award for best actress in a supporting role for "12 Years a Slave" during the Oscars in Los Angeles.
Attended Yale School of Drama
John Shearer / Associated Press
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Frances McDormand poses with her Oscar backstage at the 69th Annual Academy Awards Monday night, March 24, 1997, in Los Angeles. McDormand won for Best Actress for 'Fargo.' (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
Oscar winner for:
Best actress in a leading role (1997): "Fargo"
Attended Yale School of Drama
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PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 20: Actor Christopher Plummer speaks onstage during the ' Great Performances/"Barrymore" ' panel discussion at the PBS portion of the 2014 Winter Television Critics Association tour at Langham Hotel on January 20, 2014 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
Oscar winner for:
Best actor in a supporting role (2012): Beginners
Weston resident
Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images
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FILE - This March 4, 1982 file photo shows a Lauren Bacall and Jason Robards, right, at a rally to save the Morosco and Helen Hayes Theatres in New York.
Oscar winner for:
Best actor in a supporting role (1977): "All the President's Men"
Best actor in a supporting role (1978): "Julia"
Late resident of Fairfield
Marty Lederhandler / Associated Press
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In a Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010 file photo, Stephen Sondheim listens to Nathan Lane before the lighting of the marquee of the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on West 43rd St. in Times Square, in New York. Sondheim and Paul Simon made a joint stage appearance Tuesday night, Dec. 3, 2013, at a small auditorium in downtown Manhattan. Their one-hour conversation was sponsored by the MacDowell artist colony. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams. File)
est Song: "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" from Dick Tracy (1990)
Roxbury resident
Henny Ray Abrams / Associated Press
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LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 14: Harvey Weinstein attends the official After Party Dinner for the EE British Academy Film Awards at The Grosvenor House Hotel on February 14, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images)
Oscar winner for:
(Producer) Best picture (1999): "Shakespeare in Love"
Westport resident
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Edward Norton, right, congratulates Alejandro G. Inarritu after he won the award for the best original screenplay for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)
2015 Oscar nominee for best actor in a supporting role: "Birdman"
Attended Yale University
John Shearer / Associated Press
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