Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1933, i uru atu ia ki te tari pānga motuhake i 20th Century Fox (i muri mai ko 20th Century Studios). I whakatipuhia ia ki te kaiwhakahaere toi, he tūranga i mau ia mo nga tau 35 e whai ake nei. I te tau 1964, ko ia te tangata tuatahi i wikitoria i te Tohu Whakaahua Pai rawa atu i muri i te huringa o te Academy Awards i te ingoa mai i nga Tohu Motuhake. I wikitoria ia i te
36th Academy Awards mō tana mahi ki te kiriata "Cleopatra".