1983 (56th Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview

Shown below is an overview of the 1983 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 1983 Preliminaries

Eligibility Period:
January 1, 1983 to December 31, 1983

Reminder List of Eligible Releases

Text of Voting Rules

The 1983 Ceremony

1983 (56th) Academy Award Ceremony Poster

1983 (56th) Academy Award Ceremony Program

Monday, April 9, 1984
6:00 PM
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion,
Los Angeles County Music Center

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 1983 Winners

	Best Picture: Terms of Endearment James L. Brooks Production; Paramount James L. Brooks, Producer Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background
	Best Actor: Robert Duvall as Mac Sledge in the film Tender Mercies
	Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine as Aurora Greenway in the film Terms of Endearment
	Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson as Garrett Breedlove in the film Terms of Endearment
	Best Supporting Actress: Linda Hunt as Billy Kwan in the film The Year of Living Dangerously
	Best Song: Flashdance . . . What a Feeling from the film Flashdance Music by Giorgio Moroder; lyric by Keith Forsey and Irene Cara Best Song Lyrics