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ACADEMY AWARDS Ne
ACADEMY AWARDS 1927 to 1981
1927-28
Actor: Emil Jannings, Way Of All Flesh
Actress: Janet Gaynor, Seventh Heaven
Picture: Wings
Special Awards: Warner Bros. for The Jazz Singer; Charles Chaplin for The Circus
1928-29
Actor:-Warner Baxter, In Old Arizona Actress: Mary Pickford, Coquette Picture: Broadway Melody
1929-30
Actor: George Arliss, Disraeli
Actress: Norma Shearer, The Divorcee Picture: All Quiet On The Western Front
1930-31
Actor: Lionel Barrymore, A Free Soul Actress: Marie Dressler, Min And Bill Picture: Cimarron
1931-32
Actor: Fredric March, Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, and Wallace Beery, The Champ
Actress: Helen Hayes, The Sin Of Madelon Claudet
Picture: Grand Hotel
Special Award: Walt Disney for the Creation of Mickey Mouse
1932-33
Actor: Charles Laughton, The Private Life of Henry VIII
Actress: Katharine Hepburn, Morning Glory
Picture: Cavalcade
1934
Actor: Clark Gable, It Happened One Night
Actress: Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night
Picture: It Happened One Night
1935
Actor: Victor McLaglen, The Informer Actress: Bette Davis, Dangerous Picture: Mutiny On The Bounty
1936
Actor: Paul Muni, The Story Of Louis Pasteur
Actress: Luise Rainer, The Great Ziegfeld
Picture: The Great Ziegfeld
1937
Actor: Spencer Tracy, Captains Courageous
Actress: Luise Rainer, The Good Earth
Picture: The Life of Emile Zola
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Darryl F. Zanuck
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1938
Actor: Spencer Tracy, Boy’s Town
Actress: Bette Davis, Jezebel
Picture: You Can’t Take It With You
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Hal Wallis
1939
Actor: Robert Donat, Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Actress: Vivien Leigh, Gone With The Wind
Picture: Gone With The Wind
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: David O. Selznick
1940
Actor: James Stewart, The Philadelphia Story
Actress: Ginger Rogers, Kitty Foyle
Picture: Rebecca
1941
Actor: Gary Cooper, Sergeant York
Actress: Joan Fontaine, Suspicion
Picture: How Green Was My Valley
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Walt Disney
1942
Actor: James Cagney, Yankee Doodle Dandy
Actress: Greer Garson, Mrs. Miniver
Picture: Mrs. Miniver
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Sidney Franklin
1943
Actor: Paul Lukas, The Watch On The Rhine
Actress: Jennifer Jones, The Song Of Bernadette
Picture: Casablanca
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Hal B. Wallis
1944
Actor: Bing Crosby, Going My Way
Actress: Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight
Picture: Going My Way
Special Award: Margaret O’Brien as the outstanding child actress of the year
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Darryl F. Zanuck
1945
Actor: Ray Milland, The Lost Weekend Actress: Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce Picture: The Lost Weekend
1946
Actor: Fredric March, The Best Years Of Our Lives
Actress: Olivia de Havilland, To Each His Own
Picture: The Best Years Of Our Lives
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Samuel Goldwyn
1947
Actor: Ronald Colman, A Double Life
Actress: Loretta Young, The Farmer’s Daughter
Picture: Gentleman’s Agreement
1948
Actor: Laurence Olivier, Hamlet
Actress: Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda
Picture: Hamlet
Special Awards: Ivan Jandl for The Search; Sid Grauman, Adolph Zukor, Walter Wanger for Joan Of Arc
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Jerry Wald
1949
Actor: Broderick Crawford, All The King’s Men
Actress: Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress
Picture: All The King’s Men
Special Award: Jean Hersholt for distinguished service to the industry
1950
Actor: Jose Ferrer, Cyrano de Bergerac
Actress: Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday
Picture: All About Eve
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Darryl F. Zanuck
1951
Actor: Humphrey Bogart, The African Queen
Actress: Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire
Picture: An American in Paris
Special Awards: Rashomon; Gene Kelly for Achievement in the Art of Choreography on Film
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Arthur Freed
1952
Actor: Gary Cooper, High Noon
Actress: Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba
Picture: The Greatest Show On Earth
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Cecil De Mille
1953
Actor: William Holden, Stalag 17
Actress: Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday
Picture: From Here to Eternity
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: George Stevens
1954
Actor: Marlon Brando, On The Waterfront
Actress: Grace Kelly, The Country Girl
Picture: On The Waterfront