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Disney received three more Honorary Academy Awards, one in 1939 [8] and two in 1942. [10] At the 26th Academy Awards (1954), Disney won the Academy Award in all four categories in which he was nominated: Best Short Subject (Cartoon), Best Short Subject (Two-reel), Best Documentary (Feature), and Best Documentary (Short Subject).
Most awards for Best Actor. Daniel Day-Lewis with 3 awards (1989, 2007, 2012) Most awards for Best Supporting Actor. Walter Brennan with 3 awards (1936, 1938, 1940) Most awards for Best Supporting Actress. Shelley Winters (1959, 1965) and Dianne Wiest (1986, 1994) with 2 awards each; Most consecutive Best Actress nominations
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.
The 20th Academy Awards were held on March 20, 1948, to honor the films of 1947. It is notable for being the last Oscars until 2005 in which no film won more than three awards. Rosalind Russell was highly favored—particularly in a poll from the Daily Variety [ 1 ] —to win Best Actress for her performance in Mourning Becomes Electra , [ 2 ...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has given Academy Awards to actors and actresses for their performances in films since its inception. Throughout the history of the Academy Awards, there have been actors and actresses who have received multiple Academy Awards for Best Actor , Best Actress , Best Supporting Actor , or Best ...
This happened again at the 25th and 79th Academy Awards. This year saw the introduction of short film awards, [5] with Best Short Subject, Cartoon winner Flowers and Trees becoming the first color film to win an Oscar. [6] There was a tie for Best Actor, a unique event in Academy history.
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 .
The 41st Academy Awards were presented on April 14, ... Best Actor winner. ... Walt Disney, Best Animated Short Film winner. John Barry, ...