Iron Eyes Cody was born Espera or "Oscar" DeCorti, the son of two first-generation immigrants from Italy. In 1924 he moved to California, changed his name from "DeCorti" to "Corti" to Cody, and started working as an actor, presenting himself as a Native American. He married an Indian woman, Bertha Parker, and together they adopted two Indian sons, Robert and Arthur. Iron Eyes Cody lived and worked as an Indian for all his adult life; he labored for decades to promote Native American causes, and was honored by Hollywood's Native American community in 1995 as a "non-Native" for his contribution to film.
海蒂·麦克丹尼尔斯是奥斯卡历史上第一位黑人获奖演员，在此之前虽然黑人演员众多，但甚至连被提名的都没有。而其貌不扬的哈蒂能够荣膺此艳，不可不说是她演技超群所致。
