Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty will probably never live down Sunday’s epic Oscars flub. At least they can console themselvesย in knowing they’re not the first to make such an error at the Academy Awards.
In 1964, Sammy Davis Jr. endured a similarly awkward moment after he was handed the wrong envelope when presenting the Oscar for Best Music Score. Instead of announcing the winner as Andre Previn for “Irma la Douce,” Davis Jr. read his card, which mistakenly listedย theย winner as John Addison for “Tom Jones.” Addison, however, wasn’t even up for the award, soย the mistake was immediately fixed when Davis Jr.