Meg Tilly Kasdan's award-winning ensemble film "The Big Chill", with Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, Tom Berenger, William Hurt, Jeff Goldblum, JoBeth Williams and Mary Kay Place. Tilly's appearance in "The Big Chill", which was nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Picture, helped her career significantly. In 1985, Tilly landed the acclaimed, title role in Norman Jewison's "Agnes of God", appearing with Jane Fonda and Anne Bancroft. Playing the role of a novitiate nun who confesses her involvement in a virgin conception, Tilly "delivered a magnificent portrayal of a tormented young woman experiencing the ultimate crisis of faith". Tilly's critically praised performance
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film year. This category is notable for giving Walt Disney 12 of his 22 Academy Awards, including a posthumous 1968 award, and also 10 of the first 11 awards awarded in the category. Only American films were nominated for the award until 1952 with NFB's "The Romance of Transportation in Canada". MGM's "Tom and Jerry" are the category's most lauded animated series, winning seven Oscars and being nominated for a total of 13. Among foreign studios, the National Film Board of Canada has the most wins in this category, with six Oscars. The biggest showing from Britain in this category is