Fans are not pleased with David Lynch's short Oscars tribute and the omission of Michelle Trachtenberg, Tony Todd, Olivia Hussey and several other actors and filmmakers from the In Memoriam section at Sunday's 97th Academy Awards.
While Gene Hackman and Quincy Jones received stand-alone memorial tributes, number of notables did not appear in the Oscars' "in memoriam" segment.
Mitzi Gaynor, Olivia Hussey, Bernard Hill, Silvia Pinal and Alain Delon were also among the big names missing from the somber section.
The Oscars In Memoriam for 2025 included Gene Hackman and David Lynch, but left off others like Michelle Trachtenberg and Tony Todd.
The late actresses Michelle Trachtenberg, Shannen Doherty, and Olivia Hussey were left out of the “In Memoriam” segment of this year's Oscars, which honors the industry's departed
Eagle-eyed viewers on social media immediately noticed a few big names not mentioned on the broadcast, including Michelle Trachtenberg, Olivia Hussey and Tony Todd. While all three are honored on the Oscar's dedicated "In Memoriam" page online, they were not shown in the montage during the show on ABC. Their fans were, understandably, not happy.
shared photos of Trachtenberg's film career on X, adding, "No love for Michelle Trachtenberg during the #Oscars in memoriam is wild." The recency of Trachtenberg's death might have explained her ...
"NO michelle trachtenberg??? NO shannen Doherty ??? NO Tony Todd???? i'm SICK," user @horrorsthetics wrote in a post on X. "Wait, so the In Memoriam segment missed Alain Delon, Olivia Hussey, Tony Todd, Michelle Trachtenberg, and Shannon Doherty too?