1950 (23rd Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1950 Academy Awards, comprised of selected items from the WebMaster’s collection. (All of the items for a given category—for example, all Reminder Lists—can be found in the “Gallery” section.)
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The 1950 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: January 1, 1950 to December 31, 1950 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1950 Ceremony
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Thursday, March 29, 1951 8:00 PM RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood Ceremony Program Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1950 Winners
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Best Picture: All About Eve 20th Century-Fox Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Jose Ferrer as Cyrano de Bergerac in the film Cyrano de Bergerac |
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Best Actress: Judy Holliday as Emma ‘Billie’ Dawn in the film Born Yesterday |
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Best Supporting Actor: George Sanders as Addison DeWitt in the film All About Eve |
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Best Supporting Actress: Josephine Hull as Veta Louise Simmons in the film Harvey |
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Best Song: Mona Lisa from the film Captain Carey, U.S.A. Music and lyrics by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston Best Song Lyrics |