OUTSTANDING ACTORS AND ACTRESSES FOR 1941—
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF…..LEFT TO RIGHT, GARY COOPER, JOAN FONTAINE, MARY ASTOR AND DONALD CRISP, PHOTOGRAPHED AFTER THEY HAD BEEN AWARDED GOLD STATUETTES (WHICH THEY ARE HOLDING) FOR GIVING THE BEST PERFORMANCES ON THE SCREEN DURING 1941. COOPER AND MISS FONTAINE WERE SELECTED AS THE BEST ACTOR AND ACTRESS WHILE CRISP AND MISS ASTOR WERE SELECTED AS HAVING GIVEN THE BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCES FOR THE YEAR.
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1942 Best Actor: Gary Cooper Best Actress: Joan Fontaine Best Supporting Actress: Mary Astor Best Supporting Actor: Donald Crisp
Gary Cooper, from the Montana plains, had to adjust himself to drawing-rooms
The 14th Academy Awards honouring the film achievements of 1941 was held in the Biltmore Bowl at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles on February 26, 1942
- Joan Fontaine won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Suspicion
- Gary Cooper won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in Sergeant York
- Mary Astor won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Great Lie
- Donald Crisp won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in How Green Was My Valley
1942 Academy Awards - Gary, Joan Fontaine, Mary Astor, and Donald Crisp
Coop, Joan Fontaine, Mary Astor, Donald Crisp at the 1942 Oscars
I think there’s a reason I haven’t seen this photo before… Coop is in the middle of saying something, and Joanie is blinking…
