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Academy Award

Great Britain · Arts / Cinema. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

35Records
1932–2022Date range
26Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1932

Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel1932

Arts / Cinema

The Music Box which wins an Academy Award for Best Short Subject

1933

Charles Laughton1933

Arts / Cinema

Winner of the Oscar for Best Actor, "The Private Life of Henry VIII" as King Henry VIII

1939

Robert Donat1939

Arts / Cinema

Winner of the Oscar for Best Actor, "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" as Mr. Chips

1940

Vivien Leigh1 March 1940

Arts / Cinema

Wins an Oscar for, "Gone With The Wind"

1946

Ray Milland1946

Arts / Cinema

Wins an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of an alcoholic in Billy Wilders film The Lost Weekend

1958

Alec Guinness1958

Arts / Cinema

Winner of the best male actor for "The Bridge On The River Kwai"

1960

Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor1960

Arts / Cinema

Wins an Academy Award for BUtterfield 8

1961

Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel1961

Arts / Cinema

Laurel is given a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award for his pioneering work in comedy

1965

Julie Andrews1965

Arts / Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Mary Poppins.

1966

John Barry1966

Arts / Cinema

Best Original Song for "Born Free" from Born Free. Best Original Music Score for Born Free

David Paul Scofield1966

Arts / 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

Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor1966

Arts / Cinema

Second Academy Award, also for Best Actress in a Leading Role, was for her performance as Martha in Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1968

John Barry1968

Arts / Cinema

Best Original Music Score for a Motion Picture (not a Musical) for The Lion in Winter

1969

Margaret Natalie "Maggie" Smith Smith1969

Arts / Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Margaret Natalie Smith Cross1969

Arts / Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as an unorthodox Scottish schoolteacher in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

1977

Vanessa Redgrave1977

Arts / Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Julia

1978

Margaret Natalie "Maggie" Smith Smith1978

Arts / Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for California Suite

Margaret Natalie Smith Cross1978

Arts / Cinema

Awarded the 1978 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the brittle actress Diana Barry in California Suite, acting opposite Michael Caine

1983

Richard Attenborough1983

Arts / Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Director for Gandhi, which also receives the Best Picture award.

1985

John Barry1985

Arts / Cinema

Best Original Score for Out of Africa

1986

Michael Caine1986

Arts / Cinema

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Hannah and Her Sisters

1990

John Barry1990

Arts / Cinema

Best Original Score for Dances with Wolves

1992

Emma Thompson1992

Arts / Cinema

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

1995

Emma Thompson1995

Arts / Cinema

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Sense and Sensibility

1999

Michael Caine1999

Arts / Cinema

Winner of an Oscar for The Cider House Rules, best supporting actor

Judi Dench1999

Arts / Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Shakespeare in Love.

2008

Tilda Swinton2008

Arts / Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Michael Clayton.

2009

Kate Winslet2009

Arts / Cinema

Receives the leading-actress Oscar for The Reader, marking her first Academy Award victory.

2011

Christian Bale2011

Arts / Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Fighter.

Colin Firth2011

Arts / Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Actor for The King's Speech.

2015

Eddie Redmayne2015

Arts / Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Theory of Everything.

2018

Gary Oldman2018

Arts / Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour.

2019

Olivia Colman2019

Arts / Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Favourite.

2021

Daniel Kaluuya2021

Arts / Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Judas and the Black Messiah.

2022

Kenneth Branagh2022

Arts / Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Belfast.

Names involved

Alec GuinnessArthur Stanley Jefferson LaurelCharles LaughtonChristian BaleColin FirthDaniel KaluuyaDavid Paul ScofieldEddie RedmayneElizabeth Rosemond TaylorEmma ThompsonGary OldmanJohn BarryJudi DenchJulie AndrewsKate WinsletKenneth BranaghMargaret Natalie "Maggie" Smith SmithMargaret Natalie Smith CrossMichael CaineOlivia ColmanRay MillandRichard AttenboroughRobert DonatTilda SwintonVanessa RedgraveVivien Leigh

Provenance

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