1945 (18th Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1945 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 1945 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: January 1, 1945 to December 31, 1945 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1945 Ceremony
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Thursday, March 7, 1946 8:00 PM Grauman’s Chinese 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 1945 Winners
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Best Picture: The Lost Weekend Paramount Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Ray Milland as Don Birnam in the film The Lost Weekend |
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Best Actress: Joan Crawford as Mildred Pierce in the film Mildred Pierce |
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Best Supporting Actor: James Dunn as Johnny Nolan in the film A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
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Best Supporting Actress: Anne Revere as Mrs. Brown in the film National Velvet |
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Best Song: It Might as Well Be Spring from the film State Fair Music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Best Song Lyrics |