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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).
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 Supporting Actress. [1] The only restriction is that actors cannot receive multiple nominations for the same performance. [2]
Walt Disney won four awards, a record to this day for most Oscars won by a single person in the same year (the record was tied by Bong Joon Ho at the 92nd Academy Awards [1] [a]). William Holden 's acceptance speech for Best Actor for Stalag 17 was simply "Thank You", making it one of the shortest speeches on record, as it was cut short by the ...
Note: Walt Disney is the highest-earning individual with wins and nominations in any category in the Academy Awards, with fifty-nine nominations and twenty-two Oscar wins (as well as four Honorary Awards), including a record four in one year.
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
It has been awarded since the 1st Academy Awards to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Actress winner. However, in recent years, it has shifted towards being presented by previous years’ Best Actor winners instead.
First persons to win multiple Academy Awards in a single year; Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney were the first individuals to win multiple Academy Awards in a single year; they wrote the script based on their own story, leading to wins for both Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Story (The Story of Louis Pasteur) at the 9th Academy Awards, honoring the films of 1936.
The 74th Academy Awards, held in 2002, presented the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. [12] Since 1973, all Academy Awards ceremonies, except for 2021, have ended with the Academy Award for Best Picture. Traditionally, the previous year's winners for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor present the awards for Best Actress and Best ...