1947 (20th Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1947 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 1947 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: January 1, 1947 to December 31, 1947 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1947 Ceremony
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Saturday, March 20, 1948 8:15 PM Shrine Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles Ceremony Program Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1947 Winners
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Best Picture: Gentleman’s Agreement 20th Century-Fox Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Ronald Colman as Anthony John in the film A Double Life |
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Best Actress: Loretta Young as Katrin Holstrom in the film The Farmer’s Daughter |
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Best Supporting Actor: Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle in the film Miracle on 34th Street |
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Best Supporting Actress: Celeste Holm as Anne Dettrey in the film Gentleman’s Agreement |
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Best Song: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah from the film Song of the South Music by Allie Wrubel; lyrics by Ray Gilbert Best Song Lyrics |