Oscar History: Academy Award Winning Movies and Actors of 1942A look at Oscar winners and nominees, behind the scenes on the decisions for best picture, actor, etc for 1942, Mrs. Miniver gets top honors.1942
Best Picture
NOMINEES: The Invaders, Mrs. Miniver, Kings Row, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Pied Piper, Pride of the Yankees, Random Harvest, Talk of the Town, Wake Island, Yankee Doodle Dandy
THE WINNER: Mrs. Miniver (MGM)
DIRECTOR: William Wyler
PLAYERS: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon
Best Actor
NOMINEES: Ronald Colman (Random Harvest); Gary Cooper (Pride of the Yankees); James Cagney (Yankee Doodle Dandy); Walter Pidgeon (Mrs. Miniver); Monty Woolley (The Pied Piper)
THE WINNER: James Cagney
Best Actress
NOMINEES: Bette Davis (Now, Voyager); Greer Garson (Mrs. Miniver); Katharine Hepburn (Woman of the Year); Rosalind Russell (My Sister Eileen); Teresa Wright (Pride of the Yankees)
THE WINNER: Greer Garson
Behind the Oscar
Wartime austerity. The gold-plated bronze Oscar was made of plaster this year. Winning for Mrs. Miniver, best actress Greer Garson started her acceptance speech--and couldn't stop. She rambled on for an hour, the longest speech in Academy history.
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