What movie, actor and actress won the Oscar the year you were born?
We review the winners of two of the most outstanding categories, awards in which Katharine Hepburn stands out with 4 Oscars and Daniel Day-Lewis with 3.
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The annual Academy Awards will take place on March 12. This year marks the 95th edition of the ceremony hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture, Art, and Sciences.
The first Oscars were held in May 1929 at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles to celebrate the achievements of Hollywood in 1927 and 1928. During that first ceremony, the awards for Best Actor categories and Best Actress went to Emil Jannings for ‘The Last Command’ and Janet Gaynor for her roles in ‘Seventh Heaven’, ‘The Fallen Angel,’ and ‘Breaking Dawn.’
Since those early days, many in Hollywood have attended the show, dreaming of holding up one of those golden statues. The actor with the most Oscars is Daniel Day-Lewis, who has three in the Best Actor category from six nominations. In the Best Actress category, Frances McDormand has earned four, surpassing Katherine Hepburn, with a fourth win two years ago.
All the winners in the categories of best leading actress and best leading actor
1929 – Janet Gaynor for ‘Seventh Heaven’, ‘The Street Angel’ and ‘Dawn,’ and Emil Jannings for ‘The last command.’
1930 – Mary Picford for ‘Coquette’ and Warner Baxter for ‘In Old Arizona.’
1931 – Norma Shearer for ‘The Divorcee’ and George Arliss for ‘Disraeli.’
1932 – Marie Dressler for ‘Min & Bill’ and Lionel Barrymore for ‘Free Soul.’
1933 – Helen Hayes for ‘The Sin of Madelon Claudet’ and Fredric March for ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ and Wallace Beery for ‘The Champ.’
1934 – Katharine Hepburn for ‘A Day’s Glory’ and Charles Laughton for ‘The Private Life of Henry VIII.’
1935 – Claudette Colbert for 'It Happened One Night' and Clark Gable for 'It Happened One Night.'
1936 – Bette Davis for ‘Dangerous’ and Victor McLaglen for ‘The Informer.’
1937 – Luise Rainer for ‘The Great Ziegfeld” and Paul Muni for “The Story of Louis Pasteur.”
1938 – Luise Rainer for ‘The Good Earth’ and Spencer Tracy for ‘Captains Courageous.’
1939 – Bette Davis for ‘Jezebel’ and Spencer Tracy for ‘Forge of Men.’
1940 – Vivien Leigh for ‘Gone with the Wind’ and Robert Donat for ‘Goodbye Mr. Chips.’
1941 – Ginger Rogers for ‘Kitty Foyle’ and James Stewart for ‘The Philadelphia Story.’
1942 – Joan Fontaine for ‘The Suspicion’ and Gary Cooper for ‘Sergeant York.’
1943 – Greer Garson for ‘Mrs. Miniver’ and James Cagney for ‘Yankee Dandy.’
1944 – Jennifer Jones for ‘Bernadette’s Song’ and Paul Lukas for ‘Alarm on the Rhine.’
1945 – Ingrid Bergman for ‘Gaslight’ and Bring Cosby for ‘Going My Way.’
1946 – Joan Crawford for ‘Mildred Pierce’ and Ray Milland for ‘Days Without a Trace’.
1947 – Olivia de Havilland for ‘The Intimate Life of Julia Norris’ and Fredric March for ‘The Best Years of Our Lives.’
1948 – Loretta Young for ‘A Woman’s Destiny’ and Ronald Colman for ‘Double Life’.
1949 – Jane Wyman for ‘Belinda’ and Laurence Olivier for ‘Hamlet.’
1950 – Olivia de Havilland for ‘The Heiress’ and Broderick Crawford for ‘All the King’s Men.’
1951 – Judy Holiday for ‘Born Yesterday’ and José Ferrer for ‘Cyrano de Bergerack.’
1952 – Vivien Leigh for ‘A Streetcar Named Desire”’ and Humphrey Bogart for ‘The African Queen.’
1953 – Shirley Booth for ‘Come Back, Little Sheba’ and Gary Cooper for ‘Alone in Danger.’
1954 – Audrey Hepburn for ‘Roman Holiday’ and William Holden for ‘Traitor in Hell.’
1955 – Grace Kelly for ‘The Anguish of Living’ and Marlon Brando for ‘The Law of Silence.’
1956 – Anna Magnani for ‘The Rose Tattoo’ and Ernest Borgnine for ‘Marty.’
1957 – Ingrid Bergman for ‘Anastasia’ and Yul Brynner for ‘The King and I.’
1958 – Joanne Woodwar for ‘The Three Faces of Eve’ and Alec Guinness for ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai.’
1959 – Susan Hayward for 'I Want to Live!' and David Niven for 'Separate Tables.'
1960 – Simone Signoret for ‘A Place on the Hill’ and Charlton Heston for ‘Ben-Hur.’
1961 – Elizabeth Taylor for ‘Butterfield 8′ and Burt Lancaster for ‘Elmer Gantry.’
1962 – Sophia Loren for ‘Two Women’ and Maximilian Schell for ‘Winners or Losers?’.
1963 – Anne Bancroft for ‘The Miracle of Anne Sullivan’ and Gregory Peck for ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’
1964 – Patricia Neal for “Hud” and Sidney Poitier for “Lilies of the Valley.”
1965 – Julie Andrews for ‘Mary Poppins’ and Rex Harrison for ‘My Fair Lady’.
1966 – Julie Christie for ‘Darling’ and Lee Marvin for ‘The Explosive Naive.’
1967 – Elizabeth Taylor for ‘Who’s Afraid of Virgina Woolf?’ and Paul Scofield for ‘A Man for All Time.’
1968 – Katharine Hepburn for ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Tonight’ and Rod Steiger for ‘In the Heat of the Night.’
1969 – Katharine Hepburn for ‘The Lion in Winter’ and Barbra Streisand for ‘A Funny Girl,’ and Cliff Robertson for ‘Charly’.
1970 – Maggie Smith for ‘Miss Brodie’s Finest Years’ and John Wayne for ‘Metal Grit.’
1971 – Glenda Jackson for ‘Women in Love’ and George C. Scott for ‘Patton.’
1972 – Jane Fonda for ‘Klute’ and Gene Hackman for ‘Against the Drug Empire.’
1973 – Liza Minnelli for ‘Cabaret’ and Marlon Brando for ‘The Godfather.’
1974 – Glenda Jackson for 'A Touch of Class' and Jack Lemmon for 'Save the Tiger.'
1975 – Ellen Burstyn for ‘Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore’ and Art Carney for ‘Harry and Tonto.’
1976 – Louise Fletcher for ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ and Jack Nicholson for ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.’
1977 – Faye Dunaway for “An Unforgiving World” and Peter Finch for “An Unforgiving World.”
1978 – Diane Keaton for ‘Annie Hall’ and Richard Dreyfuss for ‘The Goodbye Girl.’
1979 – Jane Fonda for ‘The Return’ and Jon Voight for ‘The Return.’
1980 – Sally Field for ‘Norma Rae’ and Dustin Hoffman for ‘Kramer vs. Kramer.’
1981 – Sissy Spacek for ‘I Wanna Be Free’ and Robert de Niro for ‘Raging Bull.’
1982 – Katharine Hepburn for ‘At the Golden Pool’ and Henry Fonda for ‘At the Golden Pool.’
1983 – Meryl Streep for ‘Sophie’s Choice’ and Ben Kingsley for ‘Gandhi.
1984 – Shirley MacLaine for ‘The Power of Endearment’ and Robert Duvall for ‘Thank You’.
1985 – Sally Field for ‘In a Place of the Heart’ and F. Murray Abraham for ‘Amadeus.’
1986 – Geraldine Page for ‘Return to Bountiful’ and William Hurt for ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman.
1987 – Marlee Matlin for ‘Children of a Lesser God’ and Paul Newman for ‘The Color of Money.’
1988 – Cher for “Moonstruck” and Michael Douglas for “Wall Street.”
1989 – Jodie Foster for 'The Accused' and Dustin Hoffman for 'Rain Man.'
1990 – Jessica Tandy for ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ and Daniel Day-Lewis for ‘My Left Foot.’
1991 – Kathy Bates for 'Misery' and Jeremy Irons for 'The Von Bülow Mystery.'
1992 – Jodie Foster for “The Silence of the Lambs” and Anthony Hopkins for “The Silence of the Lambs.”
1993 – Emma Thompson for 'Return to Howards End' and Al Pacino for 'Scent of a Woman.'
1994 – Holly Hunter for ‘The Piano’ and Tom Hanks for ‘Philadelphia.’
1995 – Jessica Lange for ‘Blue Sky’ and Tom Hanks for ‘Forrest Gump.’
1996 – Susan Sarandon for ‘Death Penaltu’ and Nicolas Cage for ‘Leaving Las Vegas.’
1997 – Frances McDormand for ‘Fargo’ and Geoffrey Rush for ‘The Shining of a Genius.’
1998 – Helen Hunt for 'As Better... It Gets' and Jack Nicholson for 'As Better... It Gets'.
1999 – Gwyneth Paltrow for ‘Shakespeare in Love’ and Roberto Benigni for ‘Life is Beautiful.’
2000 – Hilary Swank for 'Boys Don't Cry' and Kevin Spacey for 'American Beauty.'
2001 – Julia Roberts for ‘Erin Brockovich’ and Russell Crowe for ‘Gladiator.’
2002 – Halle Berry for ‘Monster’s Ball’ and Denzel Washington for ‘Training Day.
2003 – Nicole Kidman for ‘The Hours’ and Adrien Brody for ‘The Pianist.’
2004 – Charlize Theron for ‘Monster’ and Sean Penn for ‘Mystic River.’
2005 – Hilary Swank for ‘Million Dollar Baby’ and Jamie Foxx for ‘Ray.’
2006 – Reese Witherspoon for ‘Walk the Line’ and Philip Seymour Hoffman for ‘Capote.’
2007 – Helen Mirren for ‘The Queen’ and Forest Whitaker for ‘The Last King of Scotland.’
2008 – Marion Cotillard for ‘La Vie en Rose’ and Daniel Day-Lewis for ‘There Will Be Blood.’
2009 – Kate Winslet for ‘The Reader’ and Sean Penn for ‘My Name Is Harvey Milk.’
2010 – Sandra Bullock for ‘A Possible Dream’ and Jeff Bridges for ‘Crazy Heart.
2011 – Natalie Portman for ‘Black Swan’ and Colin Firth for ‘The King’s Speech.’
2012 – Meryl Streep for ‘The Iron Lady’ and Jean Dujardin for ‘The Artist.’
2013 – Jennifer Lawrence for ‘The Bright Side of Things’ and Daniel Day-Lewis for ‘Lincoln.’
2014 – Cate Blanchett for ‘Blue Jasmine’ and Matthew McConaughey for ‘Dallas Buyers Club.’
2015 – Julian Moore for ‘Always Alice’ and Eddie Redmayne for ‘The Theory of Everything.’
2016 – Brie Larson for Room’ and Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant.’
2017 – Emma Stone for ‘La La Land’ and Casey Affleck for ‘Manchester by the Sea.’
2018 – Frances McDormand for ‘Three Billboards Outside’ and Gary Oldman for ‘Darkest Hour.’
2019 – Olivia Colman for ‘The Favourite’ and Rami Malek for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody.’
2020 – Renée Zellweger for ‘Judy’ and Joaquin Phoenix for ‘Joker.’
2021 – Frances McDormand for 'Nomadland' and Anthony Hopkins for 'The Father.'
2022 – Jessica Chastain for ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ and Will Smith for ‘The Williams Method.’
All the winners in the categories of best film
1929 – ‘Wings’: Winner of 2 Oscars.
1930 – ‘The Broadway Melody’: Winner of 1 Oscar.
1931 – ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’: Winner of 2 Oscars
1932 – ‘Cimarrón’: Winner of 3 Oscars
1933 – ‘Grand Hotel’: Winner of 1 Oscar
1934 – ‘Cavalcade’: Winner of 3 Oscars
1935 – ’It Happened One Night’: Winner of 5 Oscars
1936 – ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’: Winner of 1 Oscar
1937 – ‘The Great Ziegfeld’: Winner of 3 Oscars
1938 – ‘The Life of Emile Zola’: Winner of 3 Oscars
1939 – ‘You Can’t Take It With You’: Winner of 2 Oscars
1940 – ‘Gone with the Wind’: Winner of 9 Oscars
1941 – ‘Rebecca’: Winner of 2 Oscars
1942 – ‘How Green Was My Valley’: Winner of 5 Oscars
1943 – ‘Mrs. Miniver’: Winner of 6 Oscars
1944 – ‘Casablanca’: Winner of 3 Oscars
1945 – ‘Going My Way’: Winner of 7 Oscars
1946 – ’The Lost Weekend’: Winner of 4 Oscars
1947 – ‘The Best Years of Our Lives’: Winner of 7 Oscars
1948 – ‘Gentleman’s Agreement’): Winner of 3 Oscars
1949 – ‘Hamlet’: Winner of 4 Oscars
1950 – ‘All the King’s Men’: Winner of 3 Oscars
1951 – ‘All About Eve’: Winner of 6 Oscars
1952 – ‘An American in Paris’: Winner of 6 Oscars
1953 – ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’: Winner of 2 Oscars
1954 – ‘From Here to Eternity’: Winner of 8 Oscars
1955 – ‘On the Waterfront’: Winner of 8 Oscars
1956 – ‘Marty’: Winner of 4 Oscars
1957 – ‘Around the World in Eighty Days’: Winner of 5 Oscars
1958 – ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’: Winner of 7 Oscars
1959 – ‘Gigi’: Winner of 9 Oscars
1960 – ‘Ben-Hur’: Winner of 11 Oscars
1961 – ’The Apartment’: Winner of 5 Oscars
1962 – ‘West Side Story’: Winner of 10 Oscars
1963 – ‘Lawrence of Arabia’: Winner of 7 Oscars
1964 – ‘Tom Jones’: Winner of 4 Oscars
1965 – ‘My Fair Lady’: Winner of 8 Oscars
1966 – ‘The Sound of Music’: Winner of 5 Oscars
1967 – ‘A Man for All Seasons’: Winner of 6 Oscars
1968 – ‘In the heat of the night’: Winner of 5 Oscars
1969 – ‘Oliver!’: Winner of 5 Oscars
1970 – ‘Midnight Cowboy’: Winner of 3 Oscars
1971 – ‘Patton’: Winner of 7 Oscars
1972 – ‘The French Connection’: Winner of 5 Oscars
1973 – ‘The Godfather’: Winner of 3 Oscars
1974 – ‘The Sting’: Winner of 7 Oscars
1975 – ‘The Godfather: Part II’: Winner of 6 Oscars
1976 – ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’: Winner of 5 Oscars
1977 – ‘Rocky’: Winner of 3 Oscars
1978 – ‘Annie Hall’: Winner of 4 Oscars
1979 – ‘The Deer Hunter’: Winner of 5 Oscars
1980 – ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’: Winner of 5 Oscars
1981 – ‘Ordinary People’: Winner of 4 Oscars
1982 – ‘Chariots of Fire’: Winner of 4 Oscars
1983 – ‘Gandhi’: Winner of 8 Oscars
1984 – ’Terms of endearment’: Winner of 5 Oscars
1985 – ‘Amadeus’: Winner of 8 Oscars
1986 – ‘Out of Africa’: Winner of 7 Oscars
1987 – ‘Platoon’: Winner of 4 Oscars
1988 – ‘The Last Emperor’: Winner of 9 Oscars
1989 – ‘Rain Man’: Winner of 4 Oscars
1990 – ‘Driving Miss Daisy’: Winner of 4 Oscars
1991 – ‘Dances with Wolves’: Winner of 7 Oscars
1992 – ‘The Silence of the Lambs’: Winner of 5 Oscars
1993 – ‘Unforgiven’: Winner of 4 Oscars
1994 – ‘Schindler’s list’: Winner of 7 Oscars
1995 – ‘Forrest Gump’: Winner of 6 Oscars
1996 – ‘Braveheart’: Winner of 5 Oscars
1997 – ‘The English Patient’: Winner of 9 Oscars
1998 – ‘Titanic’: Winner of 11 Oscars
1999 – ‘Shakespeare in Love’: Winner of 7 Oscars
2000 – ‘American Beauty’: Winner of 5 Oscars
2001 – ‘Gladiator’: Winner of 5 Oscars
2002 – ‘A Beautiful Mind’: Winner of 4 Oscars
2003 – ‘Chicago’: Winner of 6 Oscars
2004 – ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’: Winner of 11 Oscars
2005 – ‘Million Dollar Baby’: Winner of 4 Oscars
2006 – ‘Crash’: Winner of 3 Oscars
2007 – ‘The Departed’: Winner of 4 Oscars
2008 – ‘’No Country for Old Men’: Winner of 4 Oscars
2009 – ‘Slumdog Millionaire’: Winner of 8 Oscars
2010 – ‘‘The Hurt Locker’: Winner of 6 Oscars
2011 – ‘The King’s Speech’: Winner of 4 Oscars
2012 – ‘The Artist’: Winner of 5 Oscars
2013 – ‘Argo’: Winner of 3 Oscars
2014 – ‘12 Years a Slave’: Winner of 3 Oscars
2015 – ‘Birdman’: Winner of 4 Oscars
2016 – ‘Spotlight’: Winner of 2 Oscars
2017 – ‘Moonlight’: Winner of 3 Oscars:
2018 – ‘The Shape of Water’: Winner of 4 Oscars
2019 – ‘Green Book’: Winner of 3 Oscars
2020 – ‘Parasites’: Winner of 4 Oscars
2021 – ‘Nomadland’: Winner of 3 Oscars
2022 – ‘CODA’: Winner of 3 Oscars