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The 20th Academy Awards spread awards around, with no film receiving more than 3 awards, the last time this would happen until the 78th Academy Awards
78th Academy Awards

The 78th Academy Awards honored the 2005 in film and were held on March 5 2006 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by The Daily Show host Jon Stewart....
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The surprise winner for this year was Loretta Young
Loretta Young

Loretta Young was an Academy Award, three time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe-winning American actress....
 for The Farmer's Daughter despite Rosalind Russell
Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell was an American actress of theatre and film, perhaps best known for her role as a fast-talking newspaper reporter in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy His Girl Friday, as well as originating the role of Auntie Mame on Broadway theatre and in film....
 campaigning heavily for her performance in Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra (film)

Mourning Becomes Electra is a 1947 film by Dudley Nichols adapted from the 1931 Eugene O'Neill Mourning Becomes Electra. The film stars Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey, Katina Paxinou, Leo Genn and Kirk Douglas....
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James Baskett
James Baskett

James Baskett was an Academy Award-winning United States actor known for his portrayal of Uncle Remus, singing the song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" in the 1946 The Walt Disney Company feature film Song of the South, for which he was given an Honorary Academy Award, making him the first male performer of African descent to receive an Oscar in the...
 received a special Oscar for portrayal of Uncle Remus in Song of the South
Song of the South

Song of the South is a feature film produced by Walt Disney, released on November 12, 1946, by RKO Pictures and based on the Uncle Remus cycle of stories by Joel Chandler Harris....
, which had the effect of taking him out of the running for a Best Actor nomination.






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The 20th Academy Awards spread awards around, with no film receiving more than 3 awards, the last time this would happen until the 78th Academy Awards
78th Academy Awards

The 78th Academy Awards honored the 2005 in film and were held on March 5 2006 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by The Daily Show host Jon Stewart....
.

The surprise winner for this year was Loretta Young
Loretta Young

Loretta Young was an Academy Award, three time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe-winning American actress....
 for The Farmer's Daughter despite Rosalind Russell
Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell was an American actress of theatre and film, perhaps best known for her role as a fast-talking newspaper reporter in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy His Girl Friday, as well as originating the role of Auntie Mame on Broadway theatre and in film....
 campaigning heavily for her performance in Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra (film)

Mourning Becomes Electra is a 1947 film by Dudley Nichols adapted from the 1931 Eugene O'Neill Mourning Becomes Electra. The film stars Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey, Katina Paxinou, Leo Genn and Kirk Douglas....
.

James Baskett
James Baskett

James Baskett was an Academy Award-winning United States actor known for his portrayal of Uncle Remus, singing the song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" in the 1946 The Walt Disney Company feature film Song of the South, for which he was given an Honorary Academy Award, making him the first male performer of African descent to receive an Oscar in the...
 received a special Oscar for portrayal of Uncle Remus in Song of the South
Song of the South

Song of the South is a feature film produced by Walt Disney, released on November 12, 1946, by RKO Pictures and based on the Uncle Remus cycle of stories by Joel Chandler Harris....
, which had the effect of taking him out of the running for a Best Actor nomination. Nonetheless, civil rights organizations were unhappy at what was believed to be an unflattering portrait of African-Americans.

Awards

Best Picture : Gentleman's Agreement
Gentleman's Agreement

Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 in film drama film about a journalist who goes undercover as a Jew to research antisemitism in New York City and the affluent community of Darien, Connecticut....


Best Director : Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan, September 7 1909 – September 28 2003, was an United States award-winning film director and Theatre direction, film producer and theatrical producer, screenwriter, novelist and co-founder of the influential Actors Studio in New York in 1947....
, Gentleman's Agreement
Gentleman's Agreement

Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 in film drama film about a journalist who goes undercover as a Jew to research antisemitism in New York City and the affluent community of Darien, Connecticut....


Best Actor : Ronald Colman
Ronald Colman

Ronald Colman was an England Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning actor....
, A Double Life
A Double Life

A Double Life is a 1947 in film film noir which tells the story of an actor whose mind becomes affected by the character he portrays. The movie starred Ronald Colman and Signe Hasso....


Best Supporting Actor : Edmund Gwenn
Edmund Gwenn

Edmund Gwenn was an Academy Award-winning England theatre and film actor....
, Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street is a 1947 film written by Valentine Davies, directed by George Seaton, and starring Maureen O'Hara, John Payne , Natalie Wood and Edmund Gwenn....


Best Actress : Loretta Young
Loretta Young

Loretta Young was an Academy Award, three time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe-winning American actress....
, The Farmer's Daughter

Best Supporting Actress : Celeste Holm
Celeste Holm

Celeste Holm is an American stage, film, and television actress, with an Academy Award-winning performance in Gentleman's Agreement , as well as for her Oscar-nominated performance in All About Eve ....
, Gentleman's Agreement
Gentleman's Agreement

Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 in film drama film about a journalist who goes undercover as a Jew to research antisemitism in New York City and the affluent community of Darien, Connecticut....


Best Original Story : Valentine Davies
Valentine Davies

Valentine Davies was an USA film and television writer, producer, and director. He is best known for Miracle on 34th Street and The Benny Goodman Story ....
, Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street is a 1947 film written by Valentine Davies, directed by George Seaton, and starring Maureen O'Hara, John Payne , Natalie Wood and Edmund Gwenn....


Best Original Screenplay : Sidney Sheldon
Sidney Sheldon

Sidney Sheldon was an Academy Award-winning American writer who won awards in three careers-a Broadway theatre playwright, a Hollywood TV and movie screenwriter, and a best-selling novelist....
, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer is a 1947 screwball comedy film starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Shirley Temple. Sidney Sheldon was awarded the 1948 in film Academy Awards for Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay for this film in his first and only Academy Award nomination during his career in Hollywood....


Best Screenplay: George Seaton
George Seaton

George Seaton was an American playwright, film director and Film producer.Born George Stenius in South Bend, Indiana, Seaton began his career as radio actor 'George Stenius' in Detroit, Michigan....
 , Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street is a 1947 film written by Valentine Davies, directed by George Seaton, and starring Maureen O'Hara, John Payne , Natalie Wood and Edmund Gwenn....