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The Oscars in numbers
Continue reading the main storyTo celebrate this year's Oscars, we look at the films and stars who've made the biggest impact on the awards over the last eight decades.
Best actors and supporting actors
Most nominations
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Jack Nicholson
12 nominationsEight for best actor and four for best supporting actor
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Meryl Streep
17 nominations14 for best actress and three for best supporting actress
- Sound engineer Mark Berger holds the record for the most nominations that all resulted in wins (four Oscars for best sound).
- Walt Disney holds the record for the most awards at 26, which includes both competitive and non-competitive awards.
Most wins
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Katharine Hepburn
Four for best actress Oscar winsFour for best actress (1934, 1968, 1969 and 1982)
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Jack Nicholson
Two for best actor Oscar winsTwo for best actor (1976 and 1998) and one for best supporting actor (1984)
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Walter Brennan
Three for best supporting actorThree for best supporting actor (1937, 1939 and 1941)
Films
Most nominations
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Titanic
14 nominations14 nominations in 1998
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All about Eve
14 nominations14 nominations (won six) in 1951
Most wins
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The Return of the King
11 Oscars in 2004
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Titanic
11 Oscars in 1998
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Ben Hur
11 Oscars in 1960
Oldest, youngest, longest and shortest
Oldest winner
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Christopher Plummer
82 years, 75 daysBest supporting actor for Beginners in 2012
Youngest winner
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Tatum O'Neal
10 years, 148 daysBest supporting actress for Paper Moon in 1974
Longest speech?*
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Greer Garson
5 minutes, 30 secondsOn winning best actress for Mrs Miniver in 1942
Shortest speech?*
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Joe Pesci
3 secondsOn winning best supporting actor for Goodfellas in 1991
*There are no official records. But these are two contenders.
All data supplied by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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Produced by: Salim Qurashi, Rebecca Thomas, Tom Housden and Sophia Domfeh.
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