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No film received more than three awards at the 20th Academy Awards. This would not recur until the 78th Academy Awards.
Rosalind Russell was highly favored to win Best Actress her performance in Mourning Becomes Electra,[1] but Loretta Young won instead for The Farmer's Daughter.
James Baskett received a special Oscar for his portrayal of Uncle Remus in Song of the South, which made him the first African-American and the first Walt Disney star to win an Academy Award for acting.[1] Nonetheless, civil rights organizations were unhappy at what was believed to be an unflattering portrait of African-Americans.
At age 71, George Burns would become the oldest Oscar-winner, at age 80.
These films had multiple nominations:
The following films received multiple awards.
Elia Kazan, New York City, Antisemitism, Darryl F. Zanuck, Dorothy McGuire
Oprah Winfrey, Barbra Streisand, Rosie O'Donnell, Frank Sinatra, Phil Donahue
Edward Dmytryk, New York City, Richard Brooks, Robert Young (actor), Robert Ryan
French language, Spanish language, France, English language, Italy
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Federico Fellini, Academy Honorary Award, Cinema of Italy, Vittorio De Sica
Going My Way, Wilson (film), Since You Went Away, Double Indemnity (film), Gaslight (1944 film)
Bonnie and Clyde (film), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Doctor Dolittle (film), In the Heat of the Night (film), Academy Awards
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, Africa Movie Academy Awards, Canadian Screen Awards