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The 19th Academy Awards - 1946

By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com Guide

The nineteenth Academy Awards ceremony was held on Thursday, March 13, 1947 at the Shrine Civic Auditorium. Jack Benny hosted the ceremony. [p

The 1946 Academy Award Winners

Picture: The Best Years of Our Lives
Actor: Fredric March (The Best Years of Our Lives)
Actress: Olivia de Havilland (To Each His Own)
Supporting Actor: Harold Russell (The Best Years of Our Lives)
Supporting Actress: Anne Baxter (The Razor's Edge)
Director: William Wyler (The Best Years of Our Lives)
Adapted Screenplay: Robert E. Sherwood (The Best Years of Our Lives)
Original Screenplay: Muriel and Sydney Box (The Seventh Veil) / Clemence Dane (Vacation From Marriage)
Song: "On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe" (The Harvey Girls)
Score: The Best Years of Our Lives / The Jolson Story
Cinematography: Anna and the King of Siam (Black and White) / The Yearling (Color)
Interior Decoration: Anna and the King of Siam (Black and White) / The Yearling (Color)
Film Editing: The Best Years of Our Lives
Sound: The Jolson Story
Special Effects: Blithe Spirit
Short Films: The Cat Concerto (Cartoons) / Facing Your Danger (One-Reel) / A Boy and His Dog (Two-Reel)
Documentaries: Seeds of Destiny (Short)

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