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Despite his Oscar-nominated performance, Harold Russell was not a professional actor.
As the Academy Board of Governors considered him a long shot to win, they gave him an honorary award " for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance ".
When Russell won Best Supporting Actor, there was an enthusiastic response.
He is the only actor to have received two Academy Awards for the same performance.
He later sold one of the awards at auction for $ 60, 000, to pay his wife's medical bills.
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