Is one of 5 actresses to have won an Oscar for a movie where they acted out a labor, Rainer's being for Johnny Belinda (1948). The others are Luise Rainer for Ziemia błogosławiona (1937), Mary Astor for Wielkie kłamstwo (1941), Kim Hunter for Tramwaj zwany pożądaniem (1951) and Brenda Fricker for Moja lewa stopa (1989).