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The 31st Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 6, 1959, to honor the best films of 1958. ... Best Actor winner. Susan Hayward; ...
The 32nd Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 4, 1960, at the RKO Pantages Theatre, to honor the films of 1959. William Wyler's Bible epic Ben-Hur won 11 Oscars, breaking the record of nine set the previous year by Gigi. This total was later tied by Titanic in 1997 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003.
Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor known for his appearances on the stage and screen. He became the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field (1963). He also received a Grammy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and a British Academy Film Award.
Here's a list of the best actor Oscar winners since the very beginning. ... the 96th Academy Awards for best actor is already shaping up to be a historic one. ... 1959 - David Niven, "Separate Tables"
Sidney Poitier (/ ˈ p w ɑː t j eɪ / PWAH-tyay; [1] February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first Black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. [2]
Only actor to win an Oscar for portraying a real Oscar winner Cate Blanchett won Best Supporting Actress for portraying Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator (2004). NOTE: Renée Zellweger won Best Actress for portraying Judy Garland in Judy (2019).
32nd Academy Awards, the 1960 ceremony honoring the best in film for 1959 Index of articles associated with the same name This set index article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names).
The Best Actor award has been presented 97 times, to 86 actors. The first winner was German actor Emil Jannings for his roles in The Last Command (1928) and The Way of All Flesh (1927). [ 1 ] The most recent winner is Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer (2023), who simultaneously became the first Irish-born actor to win this award.