This article was originally published in The Richmond Times-Dispatch in October 2011.
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Academy Award winning actor Robert Duvall (right) and his wife, Luciana Duvall show off the bumper crop of pumpkins at their Fauquier County, VA home.
Academy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall talks with visitors in the living room of his Fauquier County, VA home Friday, Sept 9, 2011.
Academy Award winning actor Robert Duvall talks with visitors in the living room of his Fauquier County home.
Academy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall, right, and his wife, Luciana Pedroza, show off the refurbished barn at their Fauquier County, VA home Friday, Sept 9, 2011.
Academy Award winning actor Robert Duvall talks with visitors in the living room of his Fauquier County, VA home Friday, Sept 9, 2011.
PHOTOS: Virginia-connected Oscar winners
Sissy Spacek: Born in Texas, now living in the Charlottesville area, won the Best Actress Oscar as Loretta Lynn in "Coal Miner's Daughter."
Jessica Lange: The sometime Charlottesville-area resident won Best Actress awards for "Tootsie and "Blue Sky.
Frank McCarthy: Producer of the 1971 Best Picture "Patton" was a Richmond native and VMI graduate. He's shown here with General George C. Marshall (center) and actor Jeffrey Hunter (left).
Sandra Bullock - The Arlington native won the 2010 Best Actress statuette for "The Blind Side."
 George C. Scott - Wise County claims the Oscar-winning actor who won the Oscar for his portrayal of Gen. George S. Patton in the biopic. Scott refused the nomination and the award.
Warren Beatty - Born in Richmond, he won a Best Director Oscar for "Reds."
Robert Duvall - California-born actor living now in Fauquier County won the Best Actor award for "Tender Mercies."
Shirley MacLaine - Born in Richmond (like brother Warren Beatty), she won Best Actress for "Terms of Endearment."
"Lincoln" - Daniel Day-Lewis stars as the title character in the Oscar-winning film which used many locations in Richmond and Petersburg.
"Argo": Rescue thriller about the Iranian hostage crisis featured scenes in actual CIA headquarters in McLean.
"Silence of the Lambs": Actor Anthony Hopkins is shown as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 release which included scenes at the FBI training headquarters in Quantico.
