Academy Awards Winners - 1927 to present

ACADEMY AWARDS® WINNERS
(1927/8 - present)


Academy Awards Summaries
(continued)

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Most Actor-Actress Nominations
(includes both Leading and Supporting Categories)
in descending order in number of nominations

(Oscar® Wins are Designated by CAPITAL Letters
S = Supporting Category)

VANESSA REDGRAVE
6 Nominations, 1 OSCAR®

Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966)
Isadora (1968)
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
JULIA (1977) S
The Bostonians (1984)
Howards End (1992) S

 

NORMA SHEARER
6 Nominations, 1 OSCAR®

THE DIVORCEE (1929/30)
Their Own Desire (1929/30)
A Free Soul (1930/31)
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
Romeo and Juliet (1936)
Marie Antoinette (1938)

 

SISSY SPACEK
6 Nominations, 1 OSCAR®

Carrie (1976)
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER (1980)
Missing (1982)
The River (1984)
Crimes of the Heart (1986)
In the Bedroom (2001)

 

ELLEN BURSTYN
6 Nominations, 1 OSCAR®

The Last Picture Show (1971) S
The Exorcist (1973)
ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (1974)
Same Time, Next Year (1978)
Resurrection (1980)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)

 

DEBORAH KERR
6 Nominations, 0 OSCARS®

Edward, My Son (1949)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
The King and I (1956)

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
Separate Tables (1958)
The Sundowners (1960)

 

THELMA RITTER
6 Nominations, 0 OSCARS®

All About Eve (1950) S
The Mating Season (1951) S
With A Song In My Heart (1952) S
Pickup on South Street (1953) S
Pillow Talk (1959) S
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) S

 

GARY COOPER
5 Nominations, 2 OSCARS®

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
SERGEANT YORK (1941)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
HIGH NOON (1952)



ELIZABETH TAYLOR
5 Nominations, 2 OSCARS®

Raintree County (1957)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

BUTTERFIELD 8 (1960)
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966)

 

OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND
5 Nominations, 2 OSCARS®

Gone With The Wind (1939) S
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
TO EACH HIS OWN (1946)
The Snake Pit (1948)
THE HEIRESS (1949)

 

GENE HACKMAN
5 Nominations, 2 OSCARS®

Bonnie And Clyde (1967) S
I Never Sang For My Father (1970) S
THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
UNFORGIVEN (1992) S

 

FREDRIC MARCH
5 Nominations, 2 OSCARS®

The Royal Family of Broadway (1930/31)
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1931/32)
A Star is Born (1937)
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
Death of a Salesman (1951)

 

DENZEL WASHINGTON
5 Nominations, 2 OSCARS®

Cry Freedom (1987) S
GLORY (1989) S
Malcolm X (1992)
The Hurricane (1999)
TRAINING DAY (2001)

 

TOM HANKS
5 Nominations, 2 OSCARS®

Big (1988)
PHILADELPHIA (1993)
FORREST GUMP (1994)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Cast Away (2000)



Awards History (By Decade):
Introduction, 1927/8-39, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
Academy Awards Summaries



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