Sometimes Oscar is a Tar Heel

Posted Mar 2, 2025
Tar Heels who have graced the silver screen, ahead of Sunday's Academy Awards: Louise Fletcher won best actress as Nurse Ratched in best picture "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest" (1976). Andy Griffith starred in "A Face in the Crowd" (1957) and “No Time for Sergeants” (1958) before becoming better known for "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Matlock." (UNC.edu)

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