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BAFTA Awards History

British Academy recognition across film careers and productions. This page combines historical context with 44 matching records drawn directly from the World History Database cinema archive.

44 matching archive records 1952โ€“2017 record span Open full 2,036-record archive

Historical context

BAFTA Awards History: overview and significance

What happened?

BAFTA-related records connect British and international performers, directors and films with awards and nominations from the British Academy.

Why was it important?

BAFTA provides an important institutional record of British film culture and international cinema recognition, particularly across the post-war period.

World History Database records

BAFTA Awards History timeline

The records below are selected from the 2,036-record Cinema History archive and rendered as static HTML in chronological order.

1952
1952

BAFTA

Vivien Leigh ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Winner of a BAFTA for best actress for her part in A Streetcar Named Desire

1952

BAFTA

Ralph David Richardson ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins the BAFTA Award for Best British Actor for The Sound Barrier

1953
1953

BAFTA

Audrey Hepburn ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Winner of a BAFTA for best actress for her part in Roman Holiday

1955
1955

BAFTA

Katie Johnson ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Katie Johnson wins the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her part in The Ladykillers

1955

BAFTA

Yvonne Mitchell ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Winner of a BAFTA for best actress for her part in The Divided Heart

1955

BAFTA

William Rose ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Writes the screenplay for The Ladykillers, for which he is nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay and wins the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay

1955

The Ladykillers

William Rose ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Writes the screenplay for The Ladykillers, for which he is nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay and wins the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay

1956
1956

BAFTA

Virginia McKenna ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Winner of a BAFTA for best actress for her part in A Town Like Alice

1957
1957

BAFTA

Heather Sears ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Winner of a BAFTA for best actress for her part in The Story of Esther Costello

1958
1958

BAFTA

John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Stars in "Some Like It Hot", wins BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor

1958

BAFTA

Irene Worth ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Winner of a BAFTA for best actress for her part in Orders To Kill

1959
1959

BAFTA

John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Stars in "The Apartment", wins the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor

1960
1960

BAFTA Best British Actor - I'm All Right Jack

Actor Peter Sellers ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Sellers wins the BAFTA for Best British Actor for his performance in I'm All Right Jack.

1963
1963

BAFTA Nomination - Only Two Can Play

Actor Peter Sellers ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Sellers receives a BAFTA British Actor nomination for Only Two Can Play.

1965
1965

BAFTA Nomination - Dr. Strangelove and The Pink Panther

Actor Peter Sellers ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

BAFTA nominates Sellers for British Actor for Dr. Strangelove and The Pink Panther.

1966
1966

A Man for All Seasons

David Paul Scofield ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Scofield receives an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for his performance as Sir Thomas More in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons

1966

Academy Award

David Paul Scofield ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Scofield receives an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for his performance as Sir Thomas More in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons

1966

BAFTA

David Paul Scofield ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Scofield receives an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for his performance as Sir Thomas More in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons

1968
1968

BAFTA

Mike Nichols ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

BAFTA Award for Best Director The Graduate

1974
1974

BAFTA

Alfredo James "Al" Pacino ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

1983
1983 20th March

BAFTA

Member of Pink Floyd Roger Waters ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Roger Waters receives a BAFTA award for "Another Brick In The Wall Part II"

1983 20th March

Film

Member of Pink Floyd Roger Waters ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Roger Waters receives a BAFTA award for "Another Brick In The Wall Part II"

1983

BAFTA

Michael Caine ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Winner of the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Educating Rita

1984
1984

BAFTA

Margaret Natalie "Maggie" Smith Smith ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Winner of Best Actress BAFTA Award for her role as Joyce Chilvers in A Private Function

1984

BAFTA

Margaret Natalie Smith Cross ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, A Private Function

1985
1985

BAFTA

Woody Allen ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins best best screenplay for "Broadway Danny Rose"

1985

BAFTA

Margaret Natalie Smith Cross ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, A Room with a View

1986
1986

BAFTA

Woody Allen ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins best screenplay for "The Purple Rose of Cairo ". Wins best best film for "The Purple Rose of Cairo "

1987
1987

BAFTA

Woody Allen ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins best screenplay for "Hannah and Her Sisters". Wins best Dirrector for "Hannah and Her Sisters"

1987

BAFTA

Margaret Natalie Smith Cross ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

1992
1992

Academy Award

Emma Thompson ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins Academy and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress, for her strong performance in the British drama Howards End

1992

BAFTA

Emma Thompson ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins Academy and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress, for her strong performance in the British drama Howards End

1992

Howards End

Emma Thompson ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins Academy and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress, for her strong performance in the British drama Howards End

1993
1993

BAFTA

Woody Allen ยท United States of America ยท Cinema

Wins best screenplay for " Husbands and Wives"

1995
1995

BAFTA

Emma Thompson ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Sense and Sensibility

1996
1996

BAFTA

David Paul Scofield ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Stars in, "The Crucible", BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

1996

The Crucible

David Paul Scofield ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Stars in, "The Crucible", BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

1999
1999

BAFTA

Michael Caine ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Winner of a BAFTA for The Cider House Rules, best supporting role

2002
2002

BAFTA

John Mills ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Recieves a Fellowship of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), the highest award given by the Academy

2005
2005

BAFTA

John Barry ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Fellowship Award

2010
2010

BAFTA Award

Actress Carey Mulligan ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins the BAFTA Award for Leading Actress for her performance in An Education.

2011
2011

BAFTA

Christopher Frank Carandini Lee ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Awarded a BAFTA Fellowship

2011

BAFTA Fellowship

Christopher Frank Carandini Lee ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Awarded a BAFTA Fellowship

2017
2017

BAFTA Award

Actor Dev Patel ยท Great Britain ยท Cinema

Wins the BAFTA Award for Supporting Actor for his performance in Lion.

Editorial provenance

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Historical context is editorial material; the chronology is generated from World History Database cinema records.

Last reviewed: September 2026.

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