55th Academy Awards
55th Academy Awards | |
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Date | April 11, 1983 |
Site |
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Hosted by | Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor and Walter Matthau |
Produced by | Howard W. Koch |
Directed by | Marty Pasetta |
Highlights | |
Best Picture | Gandhi |
Most awards | Gandhi (8) |
Most nominations | Gandhi (11) |
TV in the United States | |
Network | ABC |
Duration | 3 hours, 15 minutes |
The 55th Academy Awards were presented April 11, 1983, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor, and Walter Matthau. The awards were dominated by the Best Picture winner Gandhi, which won eight awards out of its eleven nominations.
Jessica Lange became the first performer in four decades to receive nominations in both acting categories in the same year, ultimately winning Best Supporting Actress for Tootsie.
Meryl Streep won her first Best Actress award. She had been nominated the year before for The French Lieutenant's Woman and would be nominated for a record seventeen times in the following decades.
Louis Gossett Jr. became the first African-American actor to win Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the tough and principled drill sergeant Emil Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman.
This marked the first of 28 consecutive years where a Barbara Walters interview special aired before the ceremony. Walters had previously aired an interview special in 1981 and, in subsequent years, her special aired prior to the Academy's formal broadcast of celebrities walking the red carpet. It was also the only time George C. Scott attended an Oscars ceremony.
Awards
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (
Honorary Academy Award
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Presenters and performers
The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.
Presenters
Performers
Multiple nominations and awards
These films had multiple nominations:
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The following films received multiple awards.
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See also
References
- ↑ "The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
- "The Official Academy Awards Database". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved September 9, 2009.