By Murray Schumach, Special to The New York Times. anta Monica, Calif. -- "West Side Story" overwhelmed all opposition tonight to become the best picture of 1961 and win nine other Oscars at the thirty-fourth annual presentation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Who won Best Actress for 1961?

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What movies won the Academy Awards in 1960?

What movie won the Best Picture Oscar in 1960?

What films were nominated for Best Picture in 1960?

Peter Falk’s Hilarious Acceptance Speech for COLUMBO | Emmys Archive (1972)

What movies were nominated for Best Picture in 1962?

The five Best Picture nominees that year were Lawrence of Arabia (the eventual winner), The Longest Day, The Music Man, Mutiny on the Bounty and To Kill A Mockingbird.

What movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1969?

"Gone with the Wind" (1939) was the pioneer for color films, while "Midnight Cowboy" (1969) is the only X-rated film to ever win best picture. Few sequels are nominated for best picture, and only two have won: "The Godfather Part II" (1974) and "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" (2003).

Who is the only African American woman to win a Best Actress Oscar?

On March 24, 2002, Halle Berry becomes the first Black woman to win the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of a struggling widow who falls in love with her husband's death row executioner in Monster's Ball.

Who is the only black woman to have won an Oscar for Best Actress?

Best Actress. the first Black woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress. Goldberg.

Who is the first and only black actress to win an Oscar for Leading Lady?

Halle Berry was the first, and so far only, Black Best Actress thanks to “Monster's Ball” (2001). The acting category with the most Black winners is Best Supporting Actress, with 10 including recent champ Da'Vine Joy Randolph for “The Holdovers” (2023).

What was the first movie to win Best Picture Academy Award?

1920s and 1930s

1927: Wings (Sunrise won for best unique and artistic picture, but that category was eliminated the following year, and Wings was retrospectively named the official winner of the first Academy Award for best picture.)

Who won the Best Picture every year?

Who is the youngest Oscar winner?

Who won Best Actress in 1963?

(1963)

What movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1965?

'Sound of Music' Wins Oscar as the Best Film of 1965; Julie Christie, Lee Marvin and Robert Wise Acclaimed - The New York Times.

What movie won Best Picture 1939?

What movie won Best Picture in 1957?

Who won Best Picture in 1958?

Who won Best actor in 1962?

What movie was nominated for Best Picture but not best director?

Only six films have been awarded Best Picture without receiving a Best Director nomination: Wings directed by William A. Wellman (1927/28), Grand Hotel directed by Edmund Goulding (1931/32), Driving Miss Daisy directed by Bruce Beresford (1989), Argo directed by Ben Affleck (2012), Green Book directed by Peter Farrelly ...