1946 (19th Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1946 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 1946 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: January 1, 1946 to December 31, 1946 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1946 Ceremony
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Thursday, March 13, 1947 8:45 PM Shrine Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles Ceremony Program Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1946 Winners
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Best Picture: The Best Years of Our Lives Samuel Goldwyn Productions; RKO Radio Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Fredric March as Al Stephenson in the film The Best Years of Our Lives |
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Best Actress: Olivia de Havilland as Miss Josephine ‘Jody’ Norris in the film To Each His Own |
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Best Supporting Actor: Harold Russell as Homer Parrish in the film The Best Years of Our Lives |
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Best Supporting Actress: Anne Baxter as Sophie MacDonald in the film The Razor’s Edge |
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Best Song: On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe from the film The Harvey Girls Music by Harry Warren; lyrics by Johnny Mercer Best Song Lyrics |