1943 (16th Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1943 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 1943 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: January 1, 1943 to December 31, 1943 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1943 Ceremony
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Thursday, March 2, 1944 8:00 PM Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, Hollywood Ceremony Program Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1943 Winners
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Best Picture: Casablanca Warner Bros. Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Paul Lukas as Kurt Muller in the film Watch on the Rhine |
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Best Actress: Jennifer Jones as Bernadette Soubirous in the film The Song of Bernadette |
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Best Supporting Actor: Charles Coburn as Benjamin Dingle in the film The More the Merrier |
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Best Supporting Actress: Katina Paxinou as Pilar in the film For Whom the Bell Tolls |
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Best Song: You’ll Never Know from the film Hello, Frisco, Hello Music by Harry Warren; lyrics by Mack Gordon Best Song Lyrics |