Oscar nominees who went bust
Mickey Rooney
Nomination
Juvenile Academy Award (1939)
Movie
'Boys Town'
Win or lose?
Won
Credits and creditors
The biggest draw at the box office in the 1930s, the song-and-dance man recorded his breakthrough role as a dramatic actor in 1938 in 'Boys Town.' Rooney received a Juvenile Academy Award for the performance. Rooney's performance off-screen, however, has not always been as exemplary. Married eight times, the longest-working actor in Hollywood fell on hard times after WWII and declared bankruptcy in 1962. In 1996, after being hit with a $1.75M bill by the IRS, the actor forever known as Andy Hardy once again declared personal bankruptcy. Since then, the one-time child star has alleged that he suffered from elder abuse at the hands of family members.
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