Complex sentence: She had a major part in the MGM 1959 film, "The Mating Game" as Paul Douglas's wife and Debbie Reynolds's mother, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in "Summer and Smoke" (1961).
Split into simpler sentences: She had a major part in the MGM 1959 film, "The Mating Game" as Paul Douglas's wife and Debbie Reynolds's mother. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in "Summer and Smoke" (1961).