Academy Awards
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Daniel J. Bloomberg, Walter Wanger, Frank Ross, Mervyn LeRoy |
Academy Honorary Award 1947 for Henry V |
Succeeded by William Nicholas Selig, Albert E. Smith, Thomas Armat George K. Spoor |
| Preceded by Ronald Colman for A Double Life |
Academy Award for Best Actor 1948 for Hamlet |
Succeeded by Broderick Crawford for All the King's Men |
| Preceded by Darryl F. Zanuck for Gentleman's Agreement |
Academy Award for Best Picture 1948 for Hamlet |
Succeeded by Robert Rossen for All the King's Men |
| Preceded by Ben Burtt, Margaret Booth |
Academy Honorary Award 1979 |
Succeeded by Hal Elias, Alec Guinness |
During his career as a motion picture actor, Laurence Olivier was nine times nominated for Best Actor (a record he shares with Spencer Tracy) and once nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Below is a complete list of his nominations along with his fellow nominees. He was also once nominated for Best Director and once as a producer winning the Best Picture oscar for Hamlet. Olivier also received two honorary awards in 1947 and 1979.
Read more about this topic: List Of Awards And Nominations Received By Laurence Olivier
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“...I have come to make distinctions between what I call the academy and literature, the moral equivalents of church and God. The academy may lie, but literature tries to tell the truth.”
—Dorothy Allison (b. 1949)