Awards & Winners

1946 Academy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1946 Academy Awards. Check awards winners of 19th Academy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

19th Academy Awards

Academy Award for Best Story

Clemence Dane

Honored for : Perfect Strangers

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Vladimir Solomonovich Pozner The Dark Mirror
John Patrick The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Charles Brackett To Each His Own
Victor Trivas The Stranger
Clemence Dane Perfect Strangers
Academy Award for Best Picture

Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Honored for : The Best Years of Our Lives

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Nominee Nominated Work
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Yearling
20th Century Fox The Razor's Edge
Liberty Films It's a Wonderful Life
Two Cities Films Henry V
Samuel Goldwyn Productions The Best Years of Our Lives
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Anne Baxter

Honored for : The Razor's Edge
(Role: Sophie MacDonald)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gale Sondergaard Anna and the King of Siam
Role: Lady Thiang
Flora Robson Saratoga Trunk
Role: Angelique Buiton
Lillian Gish Duel in the Sun
Role: Belle McCanles
Ethel Barrymore The Spiral Staircase
Role: Mrs. Warren
Anne Baxter The Razor's Edge
Role: Sophie MacDonald
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Harold Russell

Honored for : The Best Years of Our Lives
(Role: Homer Parrish)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Clifton Webb The Razor's Edge
Role: Elliott Templeton
Harold Russell The Best Years of Our Lives
Role: Homer Parrish
Charles Coburn The Green Years
Role: Alexander Gow
William Demarest The Jolson Story
Role: Steve Martin
Claude Rains Notorious
Role: Alexander Sebastian
Academy Award for Best Actor

Fredric March

Honored for : The Best Years of Our Lives
(Role: Al Stephenson)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Henry V
Role: Henry V
Larry Parks The Jolson Story
Role: Al Jolson
Gregory Peck The Yearling
Role: Pa Baxter
Fredric March The Best Years of Our Lives
Role: Al Stephenson
James Stewart It's a Wonderful Life
Role: George Bailey
Academy Award for Best Actress

Olivia de Havilland

Honored for : To Each His Own
(Role: Jody Norris)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Celia Johnson Brief Encounter
Role: Laura Jesson
Jennifer Jones Duel in the Sun
Role: Pearl Chavez
Rosalind Russell Sister Kenny
Role: Elizabeth Kenny
Jane Wyman The Yearling
Role: Ma Baxter
Olivia de Havilland To Each His Own
Role: Jody Norris
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

Sydney Box, Muriel Box

Honored for : The Seventh Veil

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Nominee Nominated Work
Melvin Frank Road to Utopia
Norman Panama Road to Utopia
Ben Hecht Notorious
Jacques Prévert Children of Paradise
Raymond Chandler The Blue Dahlia
Sydney Box The Seventh Veil
Muriel Box The Seventh Veil
Academy Award for Best Director

William Wyler

Honored for : The Best Years of Our Lives

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Lean Brief Encounter
Frank Capra It's a Wonderful Life
Robert Siodmak The Killers
Clarence Brown The Yearling
William Wyler The Best Years of Our Lives
Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith, Arthur E. Arling

Honored for : The Yearling

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Nominee Nominated Work
Charles Rosher The Yearling
Leonard Smith The Yearling
Arthur E. Arling The Yearling
Joseph Walker The Jolson Story
Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White

William S. Darling, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes, Lyle R. Wheeler

Honored for : Anna and the King of Siam

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Nominee Nominated Work
Thomas Little The Razor's Edge
Paul S. Fox The Razor's Edge
Richard Day The Razor's Edge
Nathan H. Juran The Razor's Edge
William S. Darling Anna and the King of Siam
Lyle R. Wheeler Anna and the King of Siam
Frank E. Hughes Anna and the King of Siam
Thomas Little Anna and the King of Siam
Walter H. Tyler Kitty
Ray Moyer Kitty
Samuel M. Comer Kitty
Hans Dreier Kitty
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

John P. Livadary

Honored for : The Jolson Story
(Columbia Studio Sound Department)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gordon E. Sawyer The Best Years of Our Lives
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
John P. Livadary The Jolson Story
Columbia Studio Sound Department
John O. Aalberg It's a Wonderful Life
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Daniel Mandell

Honored for : The Best Years of Our Lives

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Nominee Nominated Work
Harold F. Kress The Yearling
William Hornbeck It's a Wonderful Life
William Lyon The Jolson Story
Daniel Mandell The Best Years of Our Lives
Arthur Hilton The Killers
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Tom Howard

Honored for : Blithe Spirit

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tom Howard Blithe Spirit
William C. McGann A Stolen Life
Nathan Levinson A Stolen Life
Academy Award for Best Original Song

Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer

Honored for : On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
(The Harvey Girls)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Johnny Mercer On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
The Harvey Girls
Harry Warren On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
The Harvey Girls
Oscar Hammerstein II All Through The Day
Centennial Summer
Jerome Kern All Through The Day
Centennial Summer
James Vincent Monaco I Can't Begin to Tell You
The Dolly Sisters
Mack Gordon I Can't Begin to Tell You
The Dolly Sisters
Irving Berlin You Keep Coming Back Like a Song
Blue Skies
Jack Brooks Ole Buttermilk Sky
Canyon Passage
Hoagy Carmichael Ole Buttermilk Sky
Canyon Passage
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel

Gordon Hollingshead

Honored for : A Boy and His Dog

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gordon Hollingshead A Boy and His Dog
Jerry Bresler A Crime Does Not Pay Subject: The Luckiest Guy in the World
George Templeton College Queen
Jules White Hiss and Yell
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel

Gordon Hollingshead

Honored for : Facing Your Danger

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Nominee Nominated Work
Edmund Reek Golden Horses
Pete Smith Sure Cures
Jack Eaton Dive-Hi Champs
Gordon Hollingshead Smart as a Fox
Gordon Hollingshead Facing Your Danger
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)

Fred Quimby

Honored for : The Cat Concerto

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Eddie Selzer Walky Talky Hawky
Walt Disney Squatter's Rights
Fred Quimby The Cat Concerto
George Pal John Henry and the Inky-Poo
Walter Lantz Musical Moments from Chopin
Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject

United States Department of War

Honored for : Seeds of Destiny

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
20th Century Fox Atomic Power
The March of Time Atomic Power
Paramount Pictures Paramount News Issue #37
Artkino Pictures Life at the Zoo
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Traffic with the Devil
Herbert Morgan Traffic with the Devil
United States Department of War Seeds of Destiny
Academy Award for Best Production Design

Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis

Honored for : The Yearling

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Nominee Nominated Work
Paul Groesse The Yearling
Cedric Gibbons The Yearling
Edwin B. Willis The Yearling
John Bryan Caesar and Cleopatra
Paul Sheriff Henry V
Carmen Dillon Henry V
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Arthur Charles Miller

Honored for : Anna and the King of Siam

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Arthur Charles Miller Anna and the King of Siam
George J. Folsey The Green Years
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

Hugo Friedhofer

Honored for : The Best Years of Our Lives

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hugo Friedhofer The Best Years of Our Lives
Bernard Herrmann Anna and the King of Siam
William Walton Henry V
Franz Waxman Humoresque
Miklós Rózsa The Killers
Academy Award for Best Original Musical

Morris Stoloff

Honored for : The Jolson Story

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Morris Stoloff The Jolson Story
Robert E. Dolan Blue Skies
Alfred Newman Centennial Summer
Lennie Hayton The Harvey Girls
Ray Heindorf Night and Day
Max Steiner Night and Day
Academy Award for Best Screenplay

Robert E. Sherwood

Honored for : The Best Years of Our Lives

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Robert E. Sherwood The Best Years of Our Lives
Sally Benson Anna and the King of Siam
Talbot Jennings Anna and the King of Siam
Anthony Havelock-Allan Brief Encounter
David Lean Brief Encounter
Ronald Neame Brief Encounter
Anthony Veiller The Killers
Sergio Amidei Rome, Open City
Federico Fellini Rome, Open City
Academy Honorary Award

Harold Russell

Honored for : The Best Years of Our Lives
(for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance in The Best Years of Our Lives)
Academy Honorary Award

Laurence Olivier

Honored for : Henry V
(for his outstanding achievement as actor, producer and director in bringing Henry V to the screen)
Academy Honorary Award

Ernst Lubitsch

(for his distinguished contributions to the art of the motion picture)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Harlan L. Baumbach, Paramount West Coast Laboratory

(for an improved method for the quantitative determination of hydroquinone and metol in photographic developing baths.)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Herbert E. Britt

(for the development and application of formulas and equipment for producing cloud and smoke effects)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Burton F. Miller, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Warner Bros. Studio Electrical Department

(R BROS. STUDIO SOUND and ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENTS for the design and construction of a motion picture arc lighting generator filter)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Carlton W. Faulkner

(for the reversed bias method, including a double bias method for light valve and galvonometer density recording)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Mole-Richardson

(for the Type 450 super high intensity carbon arc lamp)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Arthur F. Blinn, Robert O. Cook, Sam Slyfield, Walt Disney Studio Sound Department

(for the design and development of an audio finder and track viewer for checking and locating noise in sound tracks)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Burton F. Miller, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department

(for the design and application of an equalizer to eliminate relative spectral energy distortion in electronic compressors)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Marty Martin, Hal Adkins

(for the design and construction of equipment providing visual bullet effects)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Harold Nye, Warner Bros. Studio Electrical Department

(for the development of the electronically controlled fire and gaslight effect)
Academy Juvenile Award

Claude Jarman, Jr.

(Outstanding child actor of 1946.)