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