The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Anjelica Huston (born July 8, 1951) is an American actress, director, producer, author, and former fashion model. She...
See Anjelica Huston's other roles →Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. She has received various accolades throughout her ca...
See Annette Bening's other roles →Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayal of complicat...
See Ellen Burstyn's other roles →Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian; May 20, 1946) is an American singer and actress. Commonly referred to as the Goddess o...
See Cher's other roles →William Edward "Billy" Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian and film direct...
See Billy Crystal's other roles →Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (born February 19, 1967) is a Puerto Rican actor and film producer. His aw...
See Benicio del Toro's other roles →Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress, activist, and former fashion model. She is the re...
See Jane Fonda's other roles →An American comedian, actress, singer-songwriter, political activist, and talk show host. Goldberg made her film debu...
See Whoopi Goldberg's other roles →Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic ...
See Tom Hanks's other roles →Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981), also known by her nickname J.Hud, is an American singer, actress, and...
See Jennifer Hudson's other roles →Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer. Known for her comm...
See Liza Minnelli's other roles →Dame Helen Lydia Mirren DBE (née Mironoff; born 26 July 1945) is an English actor. The recipient of numerous accolade...
See Helen Mirren's other roles →Jonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight is an American actor. He has received an Academy Award, out of four nominations, and th...
See Jon Voight's other roles →Jason Reitman (born October 19, 1977) is a Canadian-American actor and filmmaker, best known for directing the films ...
See Jason Reitman's other roles →Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American film director, writer and producer. A major figure of ...
See Steven Spielberg's other roles →Kathleen Kennedy (born June 5, 1953) is an American film producer and current president of Lucasfilm. In 1981, she co...
See Kathleen Kennedy's other roles →Michael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author and liberal political commentator. He is the director and prod...
See Michael Moore's other roles →Janusz Zygmunt Kamiński is a Polish cinematographer and director of film and television. He has established a partner...
See Janusz Kamiński's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Benjamin "Ben" Burtt, Jr. (born July 12, 1948) is an American sound designer ...
See Ben Burtt's other roles →Ve Neill (born Mary Flores) is an American Academy Award-winning makeup artist. She won three Academy Awards for the ...
See Ve Neill's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bruce Vilanch (born November 23, 1948) is an American comedy writer, songwrit...
See Bruce Vilanch's other roles →George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of numerous accolad...
See George Clooney's other roles →Jeffrey Kurland is an American costume designer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Costume D...
See Jeffrey Kurland's other roles →F. Murray Abraham (born Murray Abraham; October 24, 1939) is an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and scre...
See F. Murray Abraham's other roles →Benjamin Géza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor and filmmaker. His accolades include two Academy Aw...
See Ben Affleck's other roles →Dame Julia Elizabeth Andrews, DBE is a British film and stage actress, singer, and author. She is the recipient of Go...
See Julie Andrews's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, Kt, CBE (29 August 1923 – 24...
See Richard Attenborough's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) ...
See Lauren Bacall's other roles →Anne Bancroft (born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano; September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an American actress, director,...
See Anne Bancroft's other roles →Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an American actress and director. She has been the recipient of numerous...
See Kathy Bates's other roles →Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress and former fashion model. She won five Primetime Em...
See Candice Bergen's other roles →Halle Maria Berry (born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress. She began her career as a model a...
See Halle Berry's other roles →Catherine Elise Blanchett (born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actor and producer. Regarded as one of the best actress...
See Cate Blanchett's other roles →Lorraine Bracco (born October 2, 1954) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Karen Hill in Goodfellas...
See Lorraine Bracco's other roles →Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor. Considered one of the most influential actors...
See Marlon Brando's other roles →Adrien Nicholas Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor and producer. He received widespread recognition and...
See Adrien Brody's other roles →James Edmund Caan (/kɑːn/ KAHN; March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022) was an American actor who was nominated for several aw...
See James Caan's other roles →Steven John Carell (born August 16, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. He played Michael Scott in The Office (2...
See Steve Carell's other roles →James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian and American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. Known f...
See Jim Carrey's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Diahann Carroll (born Carol Diahann Johnson; July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019) ...
See Diahann Carroll's other roles →Johnny Carson was born on October 23, 1925 and passed away 19 years ago at the age of 79 on January 23, 2005.
See Johnny Carson's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Carol Elaine Channing (January 31, 1921 – January 15, 2019) was an American ac...
See Carol Channing's other roles →Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and singer of theatre and film, known for her roles as a fem...
See Glenn Close's other roles →Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is widely accla...
See Francis Ford Coppola's other roles →Marion Cotillard (born 30 September 1975) is a French actress, film producer, singer, songwriter, and environmentalis...
See Marion Cotillard's other roles →Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is an actor. He was born in New Zealand, spent ten years of his childhood in Au...
See Russell Crowe's other roles →Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962), known professionally as Tom Cruise, is an American actor and producer....
See Tom Cruise's other roles →Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress. Known for her roles in films of several genres, part...
See Penélope Cruz's other roles →Jonathan Niven Cryer (born April 16, 1965) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and film producer. He is th...
See Jon Cryer's other roles →Tony Curtis (June 3, 1925 – September 29, 2010) was an American film actor whose career spanned six decades, but had ...
See Tony Curtis's other roles →Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He is the recipient...
See Matt Damon's other roles →Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor, producer, director...
See Kirk Douglas's other roles →Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and film producer. He has received numerous accol...
See Michael Douglas's other roles →An American actor best known for starring in a number of film, television, and theater roles since the late 1960s, in...
See Richard Dreyfuss's other roles →Dorothy Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941) is an American actress. She is the recipient of such accolades as an Aca...
See Faye Dunaway's other roles →Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of an Academy Awa...
See Robert Duvall's other roles →Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and former p...
See Clint Eastwood's other roles →Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American actor and comedian. He best known for his ro...
See Peter Falk's other roles →A graduate of the University of Southern California, Will Ferrell became interested in performing while a student at ...
See Will Ferrell's other roles →Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor and producer. He has been critically hailed for...
See Laurence Fishburne's other roles →Legendary Hollywood Icon Harrison Ford was born on July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. His family history includes a ...
See Harrison Ford's other roles →Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient o...
See Jodie Foster's other roles →Michael Andrew Fox OC (born June 9, 1961), known professionally as Michael J. Fox, is a Canadian-American retired act...
See Michael J. Fox's other roles →Teri Ann Garr (born December 11, 1944) is a retired American actress, dancer and singer. She frequently appeared in c...
See Teri Garr's other roles →Richard Tiffany Gere (born August 31, 1949) is an American actor and producer. He began in films in the 1970s, playin...
See Richard Gere's other roles →Louis Gossett Jr. (born May 27, 1936) is an American film and television actor, best known for his role as Gunnery Se...
See Louis Gossett Jr.'s other roles →Elliott Gould (born August 29, 1938) is an American actor. He began acting in Hollywood films during the 1960s, and h...
See Elliott Gould's other roles →Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is an American actress, director, producer, and occasional singer. She s...
See Goldie Hawn's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Justin Henry (born May 25, 1971; Rye, New York) is a former child actor, who ...
See Justin Henry's other roles →Charlton Heston was an American actor of film, theatre and television. Heston is known for heroic roles in films such...
See Charlton Heston's other roles →Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his versatile portrayals...
See Dustin Hoffman's other roles →Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope KBE, KC*SG, KSS (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was an American comedian, actor, and entertai...
See Bob Hope's other roles →Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE (born December 31, 1937) is a Welsh actor, film director, and film producer. He is the...
See Anthony Hopkins's other roles →Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American filmmaker and actor. Howard first came to prominence as a c...
See Ron Howard's other roles →Holly Patricia Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA A...
See Holly Hunter's other roles →Angelina Jolie is an American actress. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three G...
See Angelina Jolie's other roles →Nicole Mary Kidman AC (born 20 June 1967) is an American-Australian actress and producer. Known for her work across v...
See Nicole Kidman's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Diane Ladd (born November 29, 1935) is an American actress, film director, pro...
See Diane Ladd's other roles →Diane Colleen Lane (born January 22, 1965) is an American actress and producer. Born and raised in New York City, Lan...
See Diane Lane's other roles →John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor and musician. He starred in mor...
See Jack Lemmon's other roles →Jerry Lewis (March 16, 1926 - August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, film producer, writer, film director ...
See Jerry Lewis's other roles →Sophia Loren, OMRI (born Sofia Villani Scicolone; 20 September 1934) is an Italian actress. In 1962, Loren won the A...
See Sophia Loren's other roles →George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker and entrepreneur. Lucas is known for creating th...
See George Lucas's other roles →Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, mus...
See Steve Martin's other roles →Mary Eileen McDonnell (born April 28, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She received an Acade...
See Mary McDonnell's other roles →Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, comedian, and film producer. Born in...
See Bette Midler's other roles →Rita Moreno (born Rosa Dolores Alverío Marcano; December 11, 1931) is a Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer. Not...
See Rita Moreno's other roles →He was born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and educated at Saint Patrick's College, Ballymena Technica...
See Liam Neeson's other roles →Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, human...
See Paul Newman's other roles →Nick Nolte is an American actor, film producer, voice artist, comedian, and former model. He won the Golden Globe Awa...
See Nick Nolte's other roles →Peter Seamus O'Toole (2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was a British actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramati...
See Peter O'Toole's other roles →Vanessa Redgrave CBE (born 30 January 1937) is an English actress and political activist. Redgrave rose to prominenc...
See Vanessa Redgrave's other roles →Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds (April 1, 1932 – December 28, 2016) was an American actress, singer, businesswoman, fi...
See Debbie Reynolds's other roles →Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress and producer. She has won three Golden Globe Award...
See Julia Roberts's other roles →Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III (born February 7, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television ...
See Chris Rock's other roles →Atticus Matthew Cowper Ross (born 16 January 1968) is an English musician, composer and producer. Ross, along with Tr...
See Atticus Ross's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer, actress, and record pr...
See Diana Ross's other roles →Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands (born June 19, 1930) is an American actress. A four-time Emmy and two-time Golden Gl...
See Gena Rowlands's other roles →George Segal (February 13, 1934 – March 23, 2021) was an American actor and musician. Segal became popular in the 19...
See George Segal's other roles →Thomas William "Tom" Selleck (born January 29, 1945) is an American actor and film producer, best known for his starr...
See Tom Selleck's other roles →Mary Elizabeth Spacek (born December 25, 1949) is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of numerous ac...
See Sissy Spacek's other roles →Sylvester Stallone (born Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, July 6, 1946) is an American actor and filmmaker. Afte...
See Sylvester Stallone's other roles →Rodney Stephen "Rod" Steiger (April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American actor known for his performances in such...
See Rod Steiger's other roles →Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress. Often described as "the best actress of her g...
See Meryl Streep's other roles →Dame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor, DBE (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-American actress. From h...
See Elizabeth Taylor's other roles →Dame Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress and screenwriter. Regarded as one of the finest actresse...
See Emma Thompson's other roles →An American actor, film producer, dancer, and singer. He first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the tele...
See John Travolta's other roles →Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. is an American actor, screenwriter, director and film producer. He first rose to promine...
See Denzel Washington's other roles →An American actress and beauty icon, the statuesque Raquel Welch (September 5, 1940 – February 15, 2023) was one of t...
See Raquel Welch's other roles →Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and stand-up comedian. Rising to fam...
See Robin Williams's other roles →Kate Elizabeth Winslet (born 5 October 1975) is an English actress. Known for her work in independent films, particul...
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