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Jimmy Stewart and Ginger Rogers, winners of Best Actor and Actress of 1941, will be performing “Philadelphia Story” and “Kitty Foyle” awards.
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“Going My Way” was a big winner in 1945, winning both Barry Fitzgerald’s (left) Best Supporting Actor and Bing Crosby’s (right).
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Ingrid Bergman presents Ray Milan with an Oscar for Best Actor in 1946’s Lost Weekend.
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A year later, Ray Milan awarded Olivia de Havilland’s best actress for “each of whom she is.”
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Jane Wyman, who later married future President Ronald Reagan, navigating behind the scenes at Oscar in 1949, said he was able to make Oscars on “Johnny Belinda” for the best actress in “Johnny Belinda” It’s carrying it.
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr. accepts Oscar’s best actor in 1949 for Loretta Young’s friend Laurence Olivier (for “Hamlet”).
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Best Actor winners Olivia de Havilland (“Heir”) and Broderick Crawford (“All King’s Man”) pose with Oscar in 1950.
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Humphrey Bogart receives a kiss from Claire Trevor, posing behind the scenes with Best Actor Oscar, who won the role in “The Queen of Africa” in 1952.
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Bob Hope smooched his Honorary Oscar at the 1953 Academy Awards.
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Marlon Brando was the winner of the Best Actor Behind the Scenes at the first Oscar for “Waterfront” in 1955.
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Grace Kelly (for “Country Girl”), the winner of Best Actress on Stage alongside Oscar host Bob Hope in 1955.
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Grace Kelly lifts Oscars for “country girl” in 1955, along with presenter William Holden.
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On the left, Marlon Brando celebrated the victory of hosts Bob Hope and Oscar in 1955.
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Donna Reed signed the sign in 1954, clutching her best support actress Oscar for “From Here to Here.”
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Anthony Quinn showed off his Oscars in 1957 for the best supporting actors in “Lust for Life.”
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Joanne Woodward will hold a celebratory orchid corsage sent to her by Elizabeth Taylor at the 1958 Oscars. Sitting with her husband Paul Newman, Woodward won the best actress in “The Three Faces of Eve” and played the three characters.
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Simone Siniolett, who won the “Top Room,” compares Charlton Heston and Oscar, who won the “Ben Her” in 1960.
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Sofia Lauren responds after winning the best actress in “Laciociala” (“Two Women”) in 1962.
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Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood made a flashy arrival in 1962.
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Gregory Peck and his wife Veronik were filmed at the Oscars in 1962.
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Rita Moreno and George Chakiris hold Oscars for their performance in 1962’s “West Side Story.” Moreno was wearing the dress again in 2018 to attend the Oscars.
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In 1964, actor winner Sidney Poitier (“Lily of the Field”) and presenter Anne Bancroft chatted behind the scenes.
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Julie Andrews, the best actress of “Mary Poppins,” and Rex Harrison, the best actor of “My Fair Lady,” showcased behind the scenes at the Oscar in 1965.
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The crowd gathers outside the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel in Hollywood for the Academy Awards ceremony on April 17, 1964.
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Julie Andrews arrives at the Academy Awards ceremony in 1965.
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Anne Bancroft accepted the best actress on behalf of “Who is afraid of Virginia Woolf?” Star Elizabeth Taylor was backstaged by presenter Lee Marvin at the 1967 awards. Taylor skipped the ceremony as she believed her husband, Richard Burton, would lose.
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Rex Harrison holds his best actor Oscar for “My Fair Lady” in 1965, posing with co-star Audrey Hepburn.
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brothers Shirley McClain and Warren Beatty at the annual Academy Awards reception in 1966.
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Candidates Faye Dunaway and Jerry Schatsberg arrived at the 40th Academy Awards ceremony in 1968.
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Dearhan Carroll and Bart Lancaster on stage at Oscar in 1969.
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his wives Barbra Streisand and Elliott Gould at the Oscars in 1969.
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Barbra Streisand won the best actress in 1969 for “Funny Girl.”
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John Wayne stands next to Barbra Streisand along with Oscar, who was awarded “True Grit” in 1970.
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Desi Arnaz Jr. (second from left), Jack Nicholson and Liza Minnelli at Governor Ball’s board meeting in 1972.
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Behind the scenes, best actor Jean Hackman (“French Connection”) and best actress Jane Fonda (“Crute”) posed.
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Raquel Welch (from left), Gene Hackman and Cloris Leachman (holding the best supporting actress Oscars in “The Last Picture Show”) at the Academy Awards in 1972.
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Presenters Raquel Welch and Gene Hackman congratulate Liza Minnelli on winning the best actress in “Cabaret” in 1973.
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The Oscar winners trio celebrate behind the scenes in 1973: producer Albert S. Rady (from left) Best Picture (“Godfather”), Lizaminelli (“Cabaret”), Joel Gray for Best Support ( “Cabaret”) Actor.
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Jack Nicholson wore his shades and rolled up his best actor Oscar (for “Flying Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”) in 1976.
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Faye Dunaway holds an Oscar high above her head excitedly in 1977 after winning the best actress for her role in “Network.”
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