1941 (14th Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1941 Academy Awards, comprised of selected items from the WebMaster’s collection. (All of the items for a given category—for example, all Reminder Lists—can be found in the “Gallery” section.)
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The 1941 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: January 1, 1941 to December 31, 1941 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1941 Ceremony
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Thursday, February 26, 1942 7:45 PM The Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1941 Winners
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Best Picture: How Green Was My Valley 20th Century-Fox Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Gary Cooper as Alvin C. York in the film Sergeant York |
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Best Actress: Joan Fontaine as Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth in the film Suspicion |
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Best Supporting Actor: Donald Crisp as Mr. Gwillym Morgan in the film How Green Was My Valley |
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Best Supporting Actress: Mary Astor as Sandra Kovak in the film The Great Lie |
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Best Song: The Last Time I Saw Paris from the film Lady Be Good Music by Jerome Kern; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Best Song Lyrics |