31 Academy Award Record Holders That Made Oscars History

Hattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress for Gone with the Wind.Gone with the Wind(1939)

McDaniel famouslyaccepted her awardShe accepted at the segregated, whites-only Ambassador Hotel after producer David O. Selznick called for special permission for her to attend.

Jessica Tandy, age 80Driving Miss Daisy(1989)

Katharine Hepburn earned 4 wins; she won Best Actress for Morning Glory.Morning Glory(1933)Guess Who's Coming To Dinner(1967)The Lion in Winter(1968)On Golden Pond(1981)

Shirley Temple, age 6; she won the Academy Juvenile Award (a retired award from 1934).

Anthony Hopkins, age 83; he won Best Actor for The Father.The Father(2020)

Walt Disney won 22 wins in Best Short Subject and Best Documentary.

(Disney also holds the most nominations with 59.)

Meryl Streep has 21 nominations (3 wins).

Jack Nicholson has 12 nominations (3 wins).

Gone with the Wind(1939), 224 minutes

Patty Duketwo words: “Thank you”; Best Supporting Actress forThe Miracle Worker(1962)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003), 11 nominations/11 wins

Beauty and the Beast(1991)

(No animated film has ever won Best Picture.)

Edith Head won 8 wins in Best Costume Design.

(Head is also the most nominated woman, with 35 nominations.)

Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Tatum O'Neal, age 10; she won Best Supporting Actress for Network.Paper Moon(1973)

Tie:Ben-Hur(1959)Titanic(1997)The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003); 11 wins

Tie: Geraldine Page, Al Pacino; they won on the 8th nomination.

Daniel Day-Lewis has 3 wins.My Left Foot(1989)There Will Be Blood(2007)Lincon(2012)

John Ford has 4 wins.The Informer(1935)The Grapes of Wrath(1940)How Green Was My Valley(1941)The Quiet Man(1952)

Marlee Matlin, age 21Children of a Lesser God(1986)

Eva Marie Saint, born July 4, 1924; she won Best Supporting Actress for On the Waterfront.On the Waterfront(1954)

Greer Garson, about 6:00; she won Best Actress for Mrs. Miniver.Mrs. Miniver(1942)

Garson wasreportedly responsibleShe was reportedly responsible for the Academy's 45-second cut-off time for acceptance speeches.

Tie:The Turning Point(1977)The Color Purple(1985); 11 nominations

Wall Street(1987); Michael Douglas won the Academy Award for Best Actor, Daryl Hannah won the Golden Raspberry “Razzie” for Worst Supporting Actress

Adrien Brody, age 29The Pianist(2002)

Beatrice Straight, 5:02; she won Best Supporting Actress for Network.Network(1976)

Sinners(2025); 16 nominations

James Ivory, age 89; he won Best Adapted Screenplay for Call Me By Your Name.Call Me By Your Name(2017)

Greg P. Russell has 17 nominations* in Best Sound and Sound Mixing.

*Russell's 17th nomination for13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghaziwasstripped awayHe was stripped away the day before the ceremony after the discovery that he had called Academy members about his work, violating a rule against telephone lobbying.

CODA(2021), $1.9 million box office

Sean Baker won for Best Picture, Original Screenplay, Director, and Editing for Anora.Anora

Walt Disney also won four Oscars at the 26th Academy Awards.the 26th Academy Awards, but he won for four different films and shorts that he produced.