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There were two: Laurence Olivier won Best Actor for Hamlet (1948), which he directed; Roberto Benigni won Best Actor for Life Is Beautiful (1998), which he directed.

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Sir Laurence Olivier accomplished the rare feat in "Hamlet" (1948). Fifty years later, Roberto Benigni duplicated it in "Life is Beautiful" (1998).

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