1966 (39th Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1966 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 1966 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: January 1, 1966 to December 31, 1966 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1966 Ceremony
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Monday, April 10, 1967 7:00 PM Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica Ceremony Poster Ceremony Program Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1966 Winners
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Best Picture: A Man for All Seasons Highland Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia (United Kingdom) Fred Zinnemann, Producer Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Paul Scofield as Sir Thomas More in the film A Man for All Seasons |
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Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor as Martha in the film Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
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Best Supporting Actor: Walter Matthau as Willie Gingrich in the film The Fortune Cookie |
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Best Supporting Actress: Sandy Dennis as Honey in the film Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
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Best Song: Born Free from the film Born Free Music by John Barry; lyrics by Don Black Best Song Lyrics |
Other 1966 Nominees
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Best Actor Nominees |
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Best Actress Nominees |