Classic Images of Stars Attending the Academy Awards
Classic Images of Stars Attending the Academy Awards
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Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston attend the Academy Awards ceremonies together, Los Angeles, March 29, 1976.
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Oscar winners from left, Nicolas Cage, Mira Sorvino, Kevin Spacey, and Susan Sarandon, pose back stage at the 68th Annual Academy Awards March 25, 1996, in Los Angeles. Cage won for Best Actor, Sorvino for Best Supporting Actress, Spacey for Best Supporting Actor, and Sarandon for Best Actress.
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Singer Bjork, wearing a Marjan Pejoski swan gown, arrives at the 73rd annual Academy Awards Sunday, March 25, 2001, in Los Angeles. Bjork is nominated for best song for "I've Seen it All" from the film "Dancer in the Dark."
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Actress-singer Cher wears a creation by designer Bob Mackie as she poses with actor Don Ameche after presenting him with the Oscar for best supporting actor at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, March 24, 1986.
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Oscar winners Grace Kelly and Marlon Brando pose with their statuettes at the 1954 Academy Awards at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., on March 30, 1955. Kelly won best actress of the year for her portrayal in "The Country Girl." Brando won best actor of the year for his portrayal in "On the Waterfront."
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Oscar winners Grace Kelly and Marlon Brando pose with their statuettes at the 1954 Academy Awards at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., on March 30, 1955. Kelly won best actress of the year for her portrayal in "The Country Girl." Brando won best actor of the year for his portrayal in "On the Waterfront."
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Recipient of the Best Supporting Actress Award, Angelina Jolie, poses backstage at the 72nd Annual Academy Awards March 26, 2000 in Los Angeles.
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Actress Sally Field accepts her Academy Award for best actress in the film "Places in the Heart" at the Oscar ceremonies in Los Angeles March 26, 1985. "I can't deny the fact you like me, " she said in her acceptance speech, "Right now, you like me."
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Actress Sally Field accepts her Academy Award for best actress in the film "Places in the Heart" at the Oscar ceremonies in Los Angeles March 26, 1985. "I can't deny the fact you like me, " she said in her acceptance speech, "Right now, you like me."
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Gwyneth Paltrow cries as she accepts the Oscar for best actress for her role in "Shakespeare in Love," during the 71st Annual Academy Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center Sunday, March 21, 1999.
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Jodie Foster poses backstage with her 'Oscar' award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the film 'The Silence of the Lambs,' March 30, 1992.
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Jon Voight (right) attends the Academy Awards with his son James Haven Voight (left) and daughter Angelina Jolie Voight, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, March 24, 1986.
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Meryl Streep at the 55th Academy Awards ceremony with her Oscar for best actress, awarded for her role in 'Sophie's Choice', directed by Alan J. Pakula, 11th April 1983.
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Best supporting actor Tim Robbins, best actress Charlize Theron, second from left, best supporting actress Renee Zellweger and best actor Sean Penn, right, wait for the door of the freight elevator to close as they make their way to the press rooms backstage after the 76th annual Academy Awards, Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004, in Los Angeles.
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Warren Beatty and actress Natalie Wood at the Oscars award ceremony in Hollywood, 1962.
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Actor Adrien Brody surprises presenter Halle Berry with a kiss after he won the Oscar for best actor for his work in The Pianist at the 75th annual Academy Awards Sunday, March 23, 2003, in Los Angeles.
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Audrey Hepburn is surrounded by reporters as she holds the Best Actress Oscar she won for her role in director William Wyler's film, 'Roman Holiday,' at the Academy Awards, 1954.
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Cher shows off her Oscar for best actress and her Bob Mackie black sequined see-through gown after winning the award for her role in "Moonstruck" at the Academy Awards April 12, 1988, in Los Angeles.
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American singer and actor Eddie Fisher and British actor Elizabeth Taylor attend the Academy Awards, Los Angeles, California, circa 1960.
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Sophia Loren reacts after winning her Best Actress Oscar for the film, 'La Ciociara,' after the Academy Awards, April 1962.
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Julia Roberts and Russell Crowe spend a moment in the spotlight backstage at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles Sunday, March 25, 2001, after winning Oscars for best actor and actress in a leading role during the 73rd Academy Awards.
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James Stewart and Ginger Rogers gaze into each other's eyes at the Academy Awards banquet, Los Angeles, California, Feb. 27, 1941. Stewart won Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in 'The Philadelphia Story' while Rogers won Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in 'Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman.'
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Cuba Gooding Jr. reacts and jumps on the stage at the Oscars in Los Angeles, Monday evening, March 24, 1997. Gooding won best performance by a supporting actor for his role in "Jerry Maguire."
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Matt Damon, left, and Ben Affleck hold up Oscars they won for Best Original Screenplay for "Good Will Hunting,"at the 70th Academy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles Monday, March 23, 1998.
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Actor Jack Palance does a one-handed push-up on stage at the 64th annual Academy Awards March 30, 1992 after winning an Oscar for best actor in a supporting role for his performance in the film "City Slickers."
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Anna Paquin poses with the 1993 Oscar she received for best supporting actress at the 66th annual Academy Awards held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, March 21, 1994. Paquin, 11 at the time, won for her performance in 'The Piano'.
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Vanessa Redgrave stands in front of a red curtain and a large Oscar statue, smiling and holding the Oscar she won for Best Supporting Actress in director Fred Zinnemann's film, 'Julia,' Los Angeles.
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Donna Reed and Frank Sinatra smile and hold their Oscars in 1954 for their performances in director Fred Zinnemann's film 'From Here to Eternity.'
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David Niven isn't quite sure what's happening behind him as a streaker crosses the stage near the end of the 1974 Academy Awards show in Los Angeles. He later identified himself as Robert Opel
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Best Actor winner Tom Hanks gives an emotional speech at the 66th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 21, 1994. Hanks won for his role in the movie "Philadelphia."
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Sammy Davis Jr. poses with Barbra Streisand, holding the Oscar for Best Song, at the Academy Awards ceremony, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, April 10, 1968. Davis accepted the Oscar on behalf of Leslie Bricusse, who received the award for the song 'Talk to The Animals' from the film, 'Doctor Doolittle.'
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Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Joan Crawford and Maximilian Schell stand backstage at the Academy Awards, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, April 8, 1963. Both Peck and Crawford hold Oscar statuettes. Peck won Best Actor for director Robert Mulligan's film 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' Crawford accepted the Best Actress award for Anne Bancroft for director Arthur Penn's film 'The Miracle Worker.' Loren and Schell were winners of the Best Actress and Actor awards the year before.
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In this file photo dated March 30, 1992, Billy Crystal, host of the 64th Annual Academy Awards, sings on stage in Los Angeles.
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Mel Gibson holds his two Oscars for "Braveheart" at the 68th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Monday, March 25, 1996. He won for Best Director and Best Film.
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Jane Wyman and her husband, fellow actor and future American president Ronald Reagan, attend the Academy Awards where Wyman was nominated for Best Actress for her performance in 'The Yearling,' Los Angeles, California, March 13, 1947.
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A woman in Native American Indian dress, who indentified herself as Sashim Littlefeather, tells the audience at the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles March 27, 1973, that Marlon Brando was declining to accept his Oscar as best actor for his role in "The Godfather." Littlefeather said Brando was protesting "the treatment of the American Indian in motion pictures and on televison, and because of the recent events at Wounded Knee."
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Bob Hope jokingly tries to wrestle an Oscar statuette away from American actor Marlon Brando, backstage at the Academy Awards in 1955. Brando won the Best Actor award for his performance in director Elia Kazan's film, 'On the Waterfront,' and Hope was the host of the Awards.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar holds the envelope a little too high for Jackie Chan as they present an award at the 68th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Monday, March 25, 1996.
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Sidney Poitier looks into a mirror and smiles while holding his Best Actor Oscar for director Ralph Nelson's film, 'Lilies of the Field,' backstage at the Academy Awards in 1964.
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Francis Ford Coppola stands with his family, holding three Oscars for his film, 'The Godfather, Part II,' during the 47th Annual Academy Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center, Los Angeles, California. Clockwise, from left, his wife, Eleanor, his parents, Pennito and Carmine, and sons, Roman and Gian Carlo.
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Halle Berry accepts her Oscar for best actress for her role in Monsters Ball during the 74th annual Academy Awards on Sunday, March 24, 2002, in Los Angeles. Berry is the first African-American woman to win an Oscar. The honor left her in tears and unable to speak for nearly a minute. "This moment is so much bigger than me," she said, naming off the names of other black actresses.
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Steven Spielberg holds Oscar he won for Best Director and Best Picture for his film "Schindler's list" at the 66th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles Monday, March 21, 1994.
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James Cameron reacts saying "I'm king of the world" after accepting the Best Director Oscar for "Titanic" at the 70th Academy Awards in Los Angeles Monday, March 23, 1998. "Titanic" also won for Best Picture.
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Billy Bob Thornton poses with his Oscar backstage at the 69th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles Monday, March 24, 1997. Thornton won for Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published for "Sling Blade."
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Geoffrey Rush and Frances McDormand pose with their Oscars backstage together at the 69th Annual Academy Awards Monday night, March 24, 1997, in Los Angeles. Rush won for Best Actor and McDormand won for Best Actress.
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Actress Gwyneth Paltrow and actor Brad Pitt arrive at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, March 25, 1996.
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Actress Jennifer Connelly and actor Paul Bettany became parents for the third time in June. The Oscar-winning actress, 40, gave birth last week to a daughter, Agnes Lark Bettany, at the family's home in New York. It's the couple's first girl, they have two sons.
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Christopher Reeve appears at the 68th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Monday, March 25, 1996. With many wiping away tears, Monday night s Academy Awards audience gave the tuxedo-clad Reeve a standing ovation as he sat before them in his respirator-equipped wheelchair. Paralyzed from the shoulder down in a horse-riding accident last May, the "Superman" actor, urged Hollywood to produce more movies about social issues.
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Kim Basinger and her husband, Alec Baldwin, react backstage after she won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for "L.A. Confidential,"at the 70th Academy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles Monday, March 23, 1998.
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Jack Nicholson, named best actor of 1975 by the Motion Picture Acedemy, holds the Oscar he won for his role in 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest' in Los Angeles March 30, 1975.
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Madonna performs "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" from the film "Dick Tracy" during the 1991 63rd Annual Academy Awards show at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The song won an Oscar for best song.
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Shirley MacLaine accepts her Oscar at the 56th annual Academy Awards show in Los Angeles, Calif., on April 9, 1984. MacLaine won best actress for her performance in the motion picture "Terms of Endearment."
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Whoopi Goldberg holds her Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, won for her role in "Ghost," in Los Angeles in this, March 26, 1991.
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Dorothy Malone and Anthony Quinn hold their Best Supporting Actress and Supporting Actor Oscars, Los Angeles, California. Malone won hers for her role in 'Written on the Wind,' and Quinn for 'Lust for Life.'
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Oscar winners at the Academy Awards, March 1948. L-R: Best Producer Darryl Zanuck ('Gentleman's Agreement'), Best Actress Loretta Young ('Farmer's Daughter'), Best Supporting Actor Edmund Gwenn (Miracle on 34th Street'), Best Supporting Actress Celeste Holm ('Gentleman's Agreement') and Best Actor Ronald Colman ('A Double Life').
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Actor Warren Beatty, right, and his sister, actress Shirley MacLaine, arrive for the Academy Awards in Santa Monica, Calif., April 18, 1966.
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Tatum O'Neal holds her Oscar statuette at the 46th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, on April 2, 1974. The 10-year-old won as best supporting actress for her role in the movie "Paper Moon."
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Jon Voight and Jane Fonda pose with American director Michael Cimino, holding their Oscars on stage at the 51st Annual Academy Awards, Los Angeles, California, April 9, 1979. Voight and Fonda received the Best Actor and Actress Oscars for their performances in the film, 'Coming Home.' Cimino received the Best Director Oscar for his film, 'The Deer Hunter.'
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Gene Hackman, winner of Best Supporting Actor at Academy Awards for his role in 'Unforgiven' in March 1993.
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David Letterman gestures on March 27, 1995 as he hosts the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
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Grace Kelly poses with her Best Actress Oscar for director George Seaton's film, 'The Country Girl,' at the Academy Awards, Los Angeles, 1955.
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Singer-actress Barbra Steisand and Paul Williams hold Oscars they won at the 49th Academy Awards presention in the Los Angeles Music Center March 28, 1977. Miss Steisand won for compsing the music for "Evergreen," for the film "A Star Is Born" while Williams wrote the lyrics for the song which won them awards in the best original song category.
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Actor Dustin Hoffman poses with the Oscar he received for his performance in the motion picture "Kramer vs. Kramer," at the 52nd annual Academy Awards show in Los Angles, Calif., on April 15, 1980.
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Geena Davis shows off her Oscar March 30, 1989 after winning Best Supporting Actress at the 61st Academy Awards for her role in the "Accidental Tourist."
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Barry Fitzgerald (left) holds his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor while Bing Crosby holds his Oscar for Best Actor, both for their roles in 'Going My Way,' Academy Awards, Los Angeles, California, March 15, 1945.
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Anjelica Huston accepts the Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in "Prizzi's Honor" at the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, March 24, 1986.
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Jon Blair, who won the Oscar for the Best Documentary Feature "Anne Frank Remembered,"speaks with Miepge Gies, who found the diary and brought it to the public at the 68th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Monday, March 25, 1996.
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Claudia Schiffer, left, Pierce Brosnan and Naomi Campbell present the Best Costume Award at the 68th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Monday, March 25, 1996.
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Vanessa Williams performs the song "Colors of the Wind" at the 68th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Monday, March 25, 1996. The song was nominated for Best Song from the film "Pocahontas."
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Australia's Paul Hogan puffs on a cigarette backstage at the Academy Awards, Monday night, March 30, 1987, where he took a break from the 59th presentation and his co-hosting duties with Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn.
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Humphrey Bogart sits at a table holding up his Best Actor statue at the Academy Awards, RKO Pantages Theater, Los Angeles, 1952. Bogart won the Oscar for his role in director John Huston's film, 'The African Queen.'