1956 (29th Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1956 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 1956 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: January 1, 1956 to December 31, 1956 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1956 Ceremony
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Wednesday, March 27, 1957 7:30 PM RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood and NBC Century Theatre, New York City Ceremony Program Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1956 Winners
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Best Picture: Around the World in 80 Days The Michael Todd Co., Inc.; United Artists Michael Todd, Producer Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Yul Brynner as King Mongkut of Siam in the film The King and I |
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Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman as Anna Koreff in the film Anastasia |
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Best Supporting Actor: Anthony Quinn as Paul Gauguin in the film Lust for Life |
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Best Supporting Actress: Dorothy Malone as Marylee Hadley in the film Written on the Wind |
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Best Song: Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) from the film The Man Who Knew Too Much Music and lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans Best Song Lyrics |
Other 1956 Nominees
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Best Actor/Best Actress Nominees |