Awards & Winners

1951 Academy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1951 Academy Awards. Check awards winners of 24th Academy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

24th Academy Awards

Academy Honorary Award

Gene Kelly

(In appreciation of his versatility as an actor, singer, director and dancer, and specifically for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film)
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel

Walt Disney

Honored for : Nature's Half Acre

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Nominee Nominated Work
Walt Disney Nature's Half Acre
Les Films du Compass Balzac
Tom Mead Danger Under the Sea
Academy Award for Best Actress

Vivien Leigh

Honored for : A Streetcar Named Desire
(Role: Blanche DuBois)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jane Wyman The Blue Veil
Role: Louise Mason
Vivien Leigh A Streetcar Named Desire
Role: Blanche DuBois
Katharine Hepburn The African Queen
Role: Rose Sayer
Eleanor Parker Detective Story
Role: Mary McLeod
Shelley Winters A Place in the Sun
Role: Alice Tripp
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Kim Hunter

Honored for : A Streetcar Named Desire
(Role: Stella Kowalski)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Thelma Ritter The Mating Season
Role: Ellen McNulty
Lee Grant Detective Story
Role: A Shoplifter
Mildred Dunnock Death of a Salesman
Role: Linda Loman
Joan Blondell The Blue Veil
Role: Annie Rawlins
Kim Hunter A Streetcar Named Desire
Role: Stella Kowalski
Academy Award for Best Picture

Arthur Freed

Honored for : An American in Paris

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Nominee Nominated Work
George Stevens A Place in the Sun
Frank McCarthy Decision Before Dawn
Anatole Litvak Decision Before Dawn
Arthur Freed An American in Paris
Charles K. Feldman A Streetcar Named Desire
Sam Zimbalist Quo Vadis
Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Alfred Gilks, John Alton

Honored for : An American in Paris

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Nominee Nominated Work
Alfred Gilks An American in Paris
John Alton An American in Paris
Leon Shamroy David and Bathsheba
Robert L. Surtees Quo Vadis
William V. Skall Quo Vadis
Charles Rosher Show Boat
John F. Seitz When Worlds Collide
W. Howard Greene When Worlds Collide
Academy Award for Best Actor

Humphrey Bogart

Honored for : The African Queen
(Role: Charlie Allnut)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Humphrey Bogart The African Queen
Role: Charlie Allnut
Arthur Kennedy Bright Victory
Role: Larry Levins
Fredric March Death of a Salesman
Role: Willy Loman
Marlon Brando A Streetcar Named Desire
Role: Stanley Kowalski
Montgomery Clift A Place in the Sun
Role: George Eastman
Academy Award for Best Director

George Stevens

Honored for : A Place in the Sun

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Huston The African Queen
Vincente Minnelli An American in Paris
William Wyler Detective Story
Elia Kazan A Streetcar Named Desire
George Stevens A Place in the Sun
Academy Award for Best Film Editing

William Hornbeck

Honored for : A Place in the Sun

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Nominee Nominated Work
Adrienne Fazan An American in Paris
Ralph E. Winters Quo Vadis
William Hornbeck A Place in the Sun
Dorothy Spencer Decision Before Dawn
Chester Schaeffer The Well
Academy Award for Best Story

Paul Dehn, James Bernard

Honored for : Seven Days to Noon

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Riskin Here Comes the Groom
Liam O'Brien Here Comes the Groom
Budd Boetticher The Bullfighter and the Lady
Ray Nazarro The Bullfighter and the Lady
Alfred Hayes Teresa
Stewart Stern Teresa
Oscar Millard The Frogmen
Paul Dehn Seven Days to Noon
James Bernard Seven Days to Noon
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Douglas Shearer

Honored for : The Great Caruso
(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department)

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Nominee Nominated Work
John O. Aalberg Two Tickets to Broadway
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
Gordon E. Sawyer I Want You
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
Nathan Levinson A Streetcar Named Desire
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
Leslie I. Carey Bright Victory
Universal-International Studio Sound Department
Douglas Shearer The Great Caruso
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel

Robert Youngson

Honored for : World of Kids

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Youngson World of Kids
Jack Eaton Ridin' the Rails
Robert G. Leffingwell The Story Of Time
Academy Award for Best Original Song

Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer

Honored for : In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
(Here Comes the Groom)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Eliot Daniel Never
Golden Girl
Lionel Newman Never
Golden Girl
Hoagy Carmichael In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
Here Comes the Groom
Johnny Mercer In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
Here Comes the Groom
Burton Lane Too Late Now
Royal Wedding
Alan Jay Lerner Too Late Now
Royal Wedding
Nicholas Brodzsky Wonder Why
Rich, Young and Pretty
Sammy Cahn Wonder Why
Rich, Young and Pretty
Harry Ruby A Kiss to Build a Dream On
The Strip
Bert Kalmar A Kiss to Build a Dream On
The Strip
Oscar Hammerstein II A Kiss to Build a Dream On
The Strip
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)

Fred Quimby

Honored for : The Two Mouseketeers

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Nominee Nominated Work
Walt Disney Lambert the Sheepish Lion
Stephen Bosustow Rooty Toot Toot
Fred Quimby The Two Mouseketeers
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Karl Malden

Honored for : A Streetcar Named Desire
(Role: Mitch)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gig Young Come Fill the Cup
Kevin McCarthy Death of a Salesman
Peter Ustinov Quo Vadis
Leo Genn Quo Vadis
Karl Malden A Streetcar Named Desire
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

Olle Nordemar

Honored for : Kon-Tiki

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Olle Nordemar Kon-Tiki
Bryan Foy I Was a Communist for the FBI
Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Irene Sharaff, Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett

Honored for : An American in Paris

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Nominee Nominated Work
Walter Plunkett An American in Paris
Irene Sharaff An American in Paris
Orry-Kelly An American in Paris
Edward Stevenson David and Bathsheba
Charles LeMaire David and Bathsheba
Helen Rose The Great Caruso
Gile Steele The Great Caruso
Herschel McCoy Quo Vadis
Hein Heckroth The Tales of Hoffmann
Academy Award for Best Production Design

E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, Cedric Gibbons, F. Keogh Gleason

Honored for : An American in Paris

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
F. Keogh Gleason An American in Paris
E. Preston Ames An American in Paris
Cedric Gibbons An American in Paris
Edwin B. Willis An American in Paris
Hugh Hunt Quo Vadis
Cedric Gibbons Quo Vadis
William A. Horning Quo Vadis
Edward Carfagno Quo Vadis
Joseph C. Wright On the Riviera
Walter M. Scott On the Riviera
Leland Fuller On the Riviera
Thomas Little On the Riviera
Lyle R. Wheeler On the Riviera
Paul S. Fox David and Bathsheba
Thomas Little David and Bathsheba
George Davis David and Bathsheba
Lyle R. Wheeler David and Bathsheba
Hein Heckroth The Tales of Hoffmann
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Paramount Pictures

Honored for : When Worlds Collide
Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White

George James Hopkins, Richard Day

Honored for : A Streetcar Named Desire

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Lyle R. Wheeler Fourteen Hours
Leland Fuller Fourteen Hours
Thomas Little Fourteen Hours
Fred J. Rode Fourteen Hours
Lyle R. Wheeler The House on Telegraph Hill
John DeCuir The House on Telegraph Hill
Thomas Little The House on Telegraph Hill
Paul S. Fox The House on Telegraph Hill
Jean d'Eaubonne La Ronde
Cedric Gibbons Too Young to Kiss
Paul Groesse Too Young to Kiss
Edwin B. Willis Too Young to Kiss
Jack D. Moore Too Young to Kiss
Richard Day A Streetcar Named Desire
George James Hopkins A Streetcar Named Desire
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

William C. Mellor

Honored for : A Place in the Sun

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
William C. Mellor A Place in the Sun
Franz Planer Death of a Salesman
Norbert Brodine The Frogmen
Robert Burks Strangers on a Train
Harry Stradling A Streetcar Named Desire
Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

Edith Head

Honored for : A Place in the Sun

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Edith Head A Place in the Sun
Walter Plunkett Kind Lady
Gile Steele Kind Lady
Charles LeMaire The Model and the Marriage Broker
Renié The Model and the Marriage Broker
Edward Stevenson The Mudlark
Margaret Furse The Mudlark
Lucinda Ballard A Streetcar Named Desire
Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject

Fred Zinnemann

Honored for : Benjy
(With the cooperation of Paramount Pictures Corporation for the Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Fred Zinnemann Benjy
Made by Fred Zinnemann with the cooperation of Paramount Pictures Corporation for the Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital
Gordon Hollingshead The Seeing Eye
Owen Crump One Who Came Back
Film sponsored by the Disabled American Veterans, in cooperation with the United States Department of Defense and the Association of Motion Picture Producers
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

Franz Waxman

Honored for : A Place in the Sun

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Franz Waxman A Place in the Sun
Alfred Newman David and Bathsheba
Alex North Death of a Salesman
Miklós Rózsa Quo Vadis
Alex North A Streetcar Named Desire
Academy Award for Best Original Musical

Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin

Honored for : An American in Paris

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Nominee Nominated Work
Johnny Green An American in Paris
Saul Chaplin An American in Paris
Oliver Wallace Alice in Wonderland
Peter Herman Adler The Great Caruso
Johnny Green The Great Caruso
Alfred Newman On the Riviera
Adolph Deutsch Show Boat
Conrad Salinger Show Boat
Academy Award for Best Screenplay

Michael Wilson, Harry Brown

Honored for : A Place in the Sun

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Wilson A Place in the Sun
Harry Brown A Place in the Sun
James Agee The African Queen
John Huston The African Queen
Philip Yordan Detective Story
Robert Wyler Detective Story
Jacques Natanson La Ronde
Max Ophüls La Ronde
Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire
Academy Award for Best Story and Screenplay

Alan Jay Lerner

Honored for : An American in Paris

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alan Jay Lerner An American in Paris
Philip Dunne David and Bathsheba
Robert Pirosh Go for Broke!
Clarence Greene The Well
Russell Rouse The Well
Academy Honorary Award

Rashomon

Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Fred Ponedel, Ralph Ayres, George Brown

(of Warner Bros. Studio for an air-driven water motor to provide flow, wake and white water for marine sequences in motion pictures)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Glen Robinson, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Construction Department

(for the development of a new music wire and cable cutter)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Jack Gaylord, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Construction Department

(for the development of balsa falling snow)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Carlos Rivas

(for the development of an automatic magnetic film splicer)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Gordon Jennings, S. L. Stancliffe, Paramount Studio Special Photographic Department, Paramount Studio Engineering Department

(For the design, construction and application of a servo-operated recording and repeating device.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Olin L. Dupy

(For the design, construction and application of a motion picture reproducing system.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

RCA

(For pioneering direct positive recording with anticipatory noise reduction.)