Theodora is a form of the name Theodore. The name Theodore derives from the French form of the Greek name Theodoros. It is composed of the elements theos meaning G-d and doron meaning gift.It was a name borne by several saints. The names Feodora, Teodora are all forms of Theodora.Theodora has the diminutives (nicknames) Thea, Theda.he name Theodore derives from the French form of the Greek name Theodoros. It is composed of the elements theos meaning G-d and doron meaning gift. It was a name borne by several saints. The names Feodora, Teodora are all forms of Theodora. Theodora has the diminutives (nicknames) Thea, Theda.
Kubrick won a best effects Oscar for 2001: A Space Odyssey and Welles won a best writing, original screenplay Oscar for Citizen Kane.. Hitchcock was nominated five times for best director and never won an Oscar. He directed Rebecca, which won two Oscars at the 13th Academy Awards, but the outstanding production Oscar was given to Selznick International Pictures and the cinematography (Black-and-White) Oscar went to George Barnes. Hitchcock was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1968.
Nichols, who had won Best Screenplay for The Informer (1935), boycotted the Academy Awards ceremony because of ongoing conflicts between the Academy and the Writer's Guild. For his dramatic portrayal of the World War II general in Patton (1970), George C. Scott won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Scott refused the honor, stating that the awards ceremony was a a two-hour meat parade.. Marlon Brando also refused his award for Best Actor for The Godfather (1972). Brando, who said he refused the award because of the discrimination toward Native Americans by the U.S. and Hollywood, sent a woman supposedly named, Sacheen Littlefeather, to collect his award.