1953 (26th Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1953 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 1953 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: January 1, 1953 to December 31, 1953 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1953 Ceremony
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Thursday, March 25, 1954 8:00 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 1953 Winners
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Best Picture: From Here to Eternity Columbia Buddy Adler, Producer Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: William Holden as Sgt. J. J. Sefton in the film Stalag 17 |
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Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn as Princess Ann in the film Roman Holiday |
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Best Supporting Actor: Frank Sinatra as Private Angelo Maggio in the film From Here to Eternity |
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Best Supporting Actress: Donna Reed as Alma ‘Lorene’ Burke in the film From Here to Eternity |
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Best Song: Secret Love from the film Calamity Jane Music by Sammy Fain; lyrics by Paul Francis Webster Best Song Lyrics |
Other 1953 Nominees
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Best Actor/Best Actress Nominees |