Joan Rivers and Elaine Stritch Left Out of 2015 Oscars In Memoriam Segment—and Twitter Is Outraged

Entertainers not known for film careers but widely beloved were notably missing

By Natalie Finn Feb 23, 2015 4:18 AMTags
Joan Rivers, Elaine StritchGetty Images; D Dipasupil/FilmMagic

The Academy has done it again.

Just about every year, due to timing or...um, synonyms for timing, certain dearly departed talent are left out of the Oscars' sadly jam-packed in memoriam segment—and multi-hyphenate stars Joan Rivers and Elaine Stritch were the ones whom Twitter seized upon immediately after tonight's tribute.

Of course, neither late entertainer was particularly known for a movie career, but both appeared on the big screen and certainly did more than enough in their fans' eyes to merit mentions. (Twitter doesn't get it right every time, however: Many wondered why Harold Ramis wasn't mentioned, but he was duly noted at last year's ceremony.)