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The first comedy to win the Academy Award for Best Picture was Frank Capra's 1934 film "It Happened One Night," which starred Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. It was the first of three movies to win the top five Oscars on the same night: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and a screenwriting award. The two others that accomplished the feat: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) and "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991).
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What award do you win at the Academy Awards?
You win an Academy Award and are presented with a trophy which is nicknamed Oscar, so sometimes it is said you have won an Oscar at the Academy Awards.
What was the last comedy film to win the Academy Award as best film?
If you include the category "romantic comedy," then it's Shakespeare In Love (1998). In the more traditional "Comedy" category, the answer is Annie Hall (1977). Norm S.www.meetinthelobby.comnorm@meetinthelobby.com
What did Debra winger win an Academy Award for?
To date she has only been nominated, but never won, an academy award.
Which african-american won an Academy Award for Gone With the Wind?
Hattie McDaniel was the first African American to win the Academy Award for best-supporting actress in Gone With The Wind (1939)
Did Smokey and the Bandit win an Academy Award?
Nominated for best film editing did not win
