Horace Oscar Axel Engdahl ( born December 30, 1948 ) is a Swedish literary historian and critic, and has been a member of the Swedish Academy since 1997.

* Polyphemus was featured in the 1955 film Ulysses where he was played by Oscar Andriani, as well as the 1997 TV miniseries The Odyssey where he was played by Reid Asato.

She was the only French cinema actress to receive an Oscar until Juliette Binoche in 1997 ( Supporting Actress ) and Marion Cotillard in 2008 ( Best Actress ), and the first woman to win the award appearing in a foreign film.

Later film roles of note include those of suffragist Olive Chancellor in The Bostonians ( 1984, a fourth Best Actress Academy Award nomination ), transsexual tennis player Renée Richards in Second Serve ( 1986 ); Mrs. Wilcox in Howards End ( 1992, her sixth Academy Award nomination, this time in a supporting role ); crime boss Max in Mission: Impossible ( 1996, when discussing the role of Max, DePalma and Cruise thought it would be fun to cast an actor like Redgrave ; they then decided to go with the real thing ); Oscar Wilde ’ s mother in Wilde ( 1997 ); Clarissa Dalloway in Mrs. Dalloway ( 1997 ); and Dr. Sonia Wick in Girl, Interrupted ( 1999 ).

He is a character in the 1997 Tom Stoppard play The Invention of Love, which deals with the life of A. E. Housman and the Oscar Wilde trials.

Camacho fought for the World Welterweight Championship against Félix Trinidad ( in 1994 ) and Oscar De La Hoya ( in 1997 ), losing both matches by unanimous decision.

Her first leading role, also in 1997, was as Lucinda Leplastrier, in Gillian Armstrong's production of Oscar and Lucinda, opposite Ralph Fiennes.

He received Oscar nominations for his portrayals of evangelical preacher Euliss " Sonny " Dewey in The Apostle ( 1997 ) — a film he also wrote and directed — and lawyer Jerome Facher in A Civil Action ( 1998 ).

She gained a third Oscar nomination for her performance in the domestic comedy-drama Afterglow ( 1997 ).

Spike Lee condemned the second half of the film as propaganda for the state of Israel ; nonetheless the film won an Oscar in 1997 for Best Documentary.

Dudley won the " Best Original Musical or Comedy Score " Oscar for her music ; The Gathering ( 2002 ) a Anthony Horowitz thriller directed by Brian Gilbert and starring Christina Ricci ; The Grotesque ( 1997 ) released in the US as Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets a British film starring Alan Bates, Theresa Russell and Sting ; Hollow Reed ( 1996 ) a drama directed by Angela Pope and set in Bath ; Knight Moves ( 1992 ) American thriller directed by Carl Schenkel and starring Christopher Lambert ; Lucky Break ( 2001 ) a British feelgood comedy starring James Nesbitt and based around a prison escape ; The Miracle Maker ( 2000 ) an animated feature film made for TV by BBC Wales with Russian model makers ; Monkeybone ( 2001 ) an American film combining live-action and stop-motion animation starring Brendan Fraser and Bridget Fonda ; Perfect Creature ( 2007 ) a New Zealand made horror / thriller film starring Leo Gregory ; Pushing Tin ( 1999 ) a comedy-drama film directed by Mike Newell based around air traffic controllers in New York ; The Pope Must Die ( 1991 ) a comedy film starring Robbie Coltrane the score was co-written with Jeff Beck ; Silence Like Glass ( Zwei Frauen ) ( 1989 ) German made but set in a cancer ward at a hospital in America ; Tristan & Isolde ( 2006 ) a Ridley Scott romantic drama based on the medieval romantic legend of Tristan and Iseult and starring James Franco and Sophia Myles ; The Walker ( 2007 ) a drama written and directed by Paul Schrader set in Washington, D. C .; Her TV music includes scores for all episodes of Jeeves and Wooster with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie ; Lynda La Plante's Above Suspicion ; Kavanagh QC with John Thaw and The Tenth Kingdom an American epic fantasy TV miniseries written by Simon Moore.

Anand has won the Chess Oscar 6 times ( 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 ).

In 1997, he became more widely known with his role in the Oscar Wilde bio-pic Wilde.

* 1997 — Jaques Bedel, Luis Benedit, Oscar Bony

* Wag The Dog ( 1997 ) ( Director ) ( 2 Oscar Nominations )

* Oscar Berger ( cartoonist ) ( 1901 – 1997 ), cartoonist

Oscar Berger ( May 12, 1901 – May 15, 1997 ) was a well-known caricaturist and cartoonist.

In any case, after the fall of the Mengistu regime, the new Ethiopian government asked anew for the return of the stele, finding a positive answer from the then president of the Italian republic Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, in April 1997.

Between 1992 and 1997, two black Ford Populars ( 8253 PU and VXL 794 ) were used in Heartbeat as Oscar Blaketon's car, the trim corrodes a bit but still in good repair for its age.

** Edward George William Oscar Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst ( 1957 – 1997 )

* An Ideal Husband ( Oscar Wilde ) 1 May 1996-26 Jan 1997

* Hercules 1997 ( Oscar nominee )

May received her second Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay when she again worked with Nichols on Primary Colors in 1997.

The Orioles experienced their greatest success from 1964 – 1983, as well as 1996-1997, winning eight Division Championships ( 1969 – 1971, 1973 – 1974, 1979, 1983, 1997 ), six pennants ( 1966, 1969 – 1971, 1979, 1983 ), three World Series Championships ( 1966, 1970, 1983 ), one wild card berth ( 1996 ), and five Most Valuable Player awards ( 3B Brooks Robinson 1964, OF Frank Robinson 1966, 1B Boog Powell 1970 and SS Cal Ripken Jr. 1983 & 1991 ).

However, after a 14-year stretch of consecutive losing seasons, the Orioles posted a winning record in 2012 and qualified for the postseason for the first time since 1997.

On September 16 they won their 82nd game, securing the first season with a winning record since 1997.

In the 1997 competition, two new strips were added permanently, with Tim Traveller winning and Crazy for Daisy the runner-up.

Despite the major changes made to the team in the offseason, the team wound up with its first winning season since 1997.

The Marlins have the distinction of winning a World Series championship every year they qualified for the postseason, doing so in 1997 and 2003 — both times as the National League wild card team.

On February 29, the Marlins were recognized on Sports Illustrated's magazine for the 5th time ( 11 / 3 / 1997, Edgar Renteria who had a walk-off hit in Game 7 of the World Series ; 5 / 25 / 1998, Mike Piazza after his trade from the Dodgers ; 11 / 3 / 2003 ; Josh Beckett, after winning World Series MVP and 3 / 12 / 07 Dontrelle Willis, chronicling global warming with Willis in a flooded Sun Life Stadium.

The series was extremely popular through its run, winning a Logie award for Most Outstanding Achievement in Comedy in 1995, and a Logie for Alison Whyte as most outstanding actress in 1997.

In summer 1997, Berisha was defeated in elections, winning just 25 seats out of a total of 156.

After a winning season in 1992, the Twins fell into a years-long stretch of mediocrity, posting a losing record each year for the next eight years: 71 – 91 in 1993, 50 – 63 in 1994, 56 – 88 in 1995, 78 – 84 in 1996, 68 – 94 in 1997, 70 – 92 in 1998, 63 – 97 in 1999 and 69 – 93 in 2000.

On July 1, 1997 the winning design was chosen unanimously by a 15-member panel from 624 submissions.

He became Prime Minister because in 1994 he was elected Labour Party leader and then led the party to victory in the 1997 general election, winning 418 seats compared to 165 for the Conservatives and gaining a majority in the House of Commons.

Jenkins is seen by many as a key influence on " New Labour ", as the Labour Party marketed itself after the election of Tony Blair ( who served as prime minister from winning the first of three successive general elections in 1997 ) in 1994, when the party abandoned many of its long-established policies including nationalisation, nuclear disarmament and unconditional support for the trade unions.

In the 1990s, after playing the lead female role in the short-lived My Life and Times, Hunt starred in the series Mad About You, winning Emmy Awards for her performances in 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.

In June of that year he took over a second division soccer team FK Obilić which he soon turned into a top caliber club, even winning the 1997 / 98 Yugoslav league championship.

The franchise, which came into the league in 1969 as the Sorel Éperviers, moved to Sydney from Granby, Quebec in 1997, just one year after winning the Memorial Cup.

Villeneuve also appeared in a Canadian commercial alongside Olympic gold medal-winning sprinter and countryman Donovan Bailey shortly after winning his 1997 F1 World Driver's title.

Their rivalry began to truly develop after Rafter shocked the tennis world by winning the 1997 US Open, a tournament that many expected Sampras to win, having won in 1995 and 1996.

During this time frame these two teams combined for a total of five Stanley Cup championships in seven years, the Avalanche winning twice ( 1995 – 96 and 2000 – 01 ) and the Red Wings winning three times ( 1996 – 97, 1997 – 98, and 2001 – 02 ).

The 2009 – 10 season saw the Hawks improve further, winning 53 games, their first 50-win season since 1997.

They achieved their first winning record in 14 seasons and clinched their first playoff spot since 1997.

The work received critical acclaim winning the Whitbread Book Of The Year Award 1997 and being adapted to the stage in 1999, starring Sirine Saba as Myrrha.

Australia's achievement of winning a series after losing the first two Tests has, of 1997, not been equalled in Test cricket.