The family was surrounded by a colorful procession of friends and relatives, for example, Mama""s bullying, overbearing and boisterous older brother Uncle Chris Halverson (Oskar Homolka) - a ranch owner in Ukiah who was partnered with his long-time quiet common-law wife Jessie Brown (Barbara O""Neil), and Marta""s three sisters (all Aunts):Aunt Jenny (Hope Landin), bossyAunt Sigrid (Edith Evanson), whinyTrina (Ellen Corby), a wallflower, timid spinster/fiancee, who had plans o marry undertaker Thorkelson (Edgar Bergen, without a dummy)There was also impoverished boarder Mr.The nuclear armament struck Doomsday (as the alien was held and perfectly positioned o be a target by Superman), just as Batman joined forces on the ground in his BatWing.It received only two Academy Awards nominations (without Oscar wins), both in acting categories: Best Actress (Jennifer Jones with her fourth career nomination and third Best Actress nomination after winning forThe Song of Bernadette (1943)), and Best Supporting Actress (Lillian Gish with hersolecareer Oscar nomination).Cukor had already made four films with Hepburn:A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Hepburn""s first filmLittle Women (1933)Sylvia Scarlett (1936)Holiday (1938)Hepburn""s astute strategy revived her failing popularity and film career in the role of an arrogant heiress (the public""s perception of her at the time) who is humbled, and the film became a major box-office success.