Academy Award Winners, 1970-19791970 Best Picture Winner: Patton Nominees: Airport, Five Easy Pieces, Love Story, M*A*S*H Best Actor Winner: George C. Scott in Patton Nominees: Melvyn Douglas in I Never Sang For My Father, James Earl Jones in The Great White Hope, Jack Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces, Ryan O'Neal in Love Story Best Actress Winner: Glenda Jackson in Women in Love Nominees:Jane Alexander in The Great White Hope, Ali MacGraw in Love Story, Sarah Miles in Ryan's Daughter, Carrie Snodgrass in Diary of a Mad Housewife Best Supporting Actor Winner: John Mills in Ryan's Daughter Nominees: Richard Castellano in Lovers and Other Strangers, Chief Dan George in Little Big Man, Gene Hackman in I Never Sang For My Father, John Marley in Love Story Best Supporting Actress Winner: Helen Hayes in Airport Nominees: Karen Black in Five Easy Pieces, Lee Grant in The Landlord, Sally Kellerman in M*A*S*H, Maureen Stapleton in Airport Best Director Winner: Franklin Schaffner for Patton Nominees: Robert Altman for M*A*S*H, Federico Fellini for Fellini Satyricon, Arthur Hiller for Love Story, Ken Russell for Women in Love 1971 Best Picture Winner: The French Connection Nominees: A Clockwork Orange, Fiddler on the Roof, The Last Best PictureShow, Nicholas and Alexandra Best Actor Winner: Gene Hackman in The French Connection Nominees: Peter Finch in Sunday, Bloody Sunday, Walter Matthau in Kotch, George C. Scott in The Hospital, Topol in Fiddler on the Roof Best Actress Winner: Jane Fonda in Klute Nominees: Julie Christie in McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Glenda Jackson in Sunday, Bloody Sunday, Vanessa Redgrave in Mary, Queen of Scots, Janet Suzman in Nicholas and Alexandra Best Supporting Actor Winner: Ben Johnson in The Last Picture Show Nominees: Jeff Bridges in The Last Best Show, Leonard Frey in Fiddler on the Roof, Richard Jaeckel in Sometimes a Great Notion, Roy Scheider in The French Connection Best Supporting Actress Winner: Cloris Leachman in The Last Picture Show Nominees: Ann-Margret in Carnal Knowledge, Ellen Burstyn in The Last Picture Show, Barbara Harris in Who is Harry Kellerman, and Why is He Saying These Terrible Things About Me?, Margaret Leighton in The Go-Between Best Director Winner: William Friedkin For The French Connection Nominees: Peter Bogdanovich for The Last Picture Show, Norman Jewison for Fiddler on the Roof, Stanley Kubrick for A Clockwork Orange, John Schlesinger for Sunday, Bloody Sunday 1972 Best Picture Winner: The Godfather Nominees: Cabaret, Deliverance, The Emigrants, Sounder Best Actor Winner: Marlon Brando in The Godfather Nominees: Michael Caine in Sleuth, Laurence Olivier in Sleuth, Peter O'Toole in The Ruling Class, Paul Winfield in Sounder Best Actress Winner: Liza Minnelli in Cabaret Nominees: Diana Ross in Lady Sings The Blues, Maggie Smith in Travels With My Aunt, Cicely Tyson in Sounder, Liv Ullmann in The Emigrants Best Supporting Actor Winner: Joel Grey in Cabaret Nominees: Eddie Albert in The Heartbreak Kid, James Caan in The Godfather, Robert Duvall in The Godfather, Al Pacino in The Godfather Best Supporting Actress Winner: Eileen Heckart in Butterflies Are Free, Jeannie Berlin in The Heartbreak Kid, Geraldine Page in Pete 'n' Tillie, Susan Tyrrell in Fat City, Shelley Winters in The Poseidon Adventure Best Director Winner: Bob Fosse for Cabaret Nominees: John Boorman for Deliverance, Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather, Joseph L. Mankiewicz for Sleuth, Jan Troell for The Emigrants 1973 Best Picture Winner: The Sting Nominees: American Graffiti, Cries and Whispers, The Exorcist, A Touch of Class Best Actor Winner: Jack Lemmon in Save the Tiger Nominees: Marlon Brando in Last Tango in Paris, Jack Nicholson in The Last Detail, Al Pacino in Serpico, Robert Redford in The Sting Best Actress Winner: Glenda Jackson in A Touch of Class Nominees: Ellen Burstyn in The Exorcist, Marsha Mason in Cinderella Liberty, Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were, Joanne Woodward in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams Best Supporting Actor Winner: John Houseman in The Paper Chase Nominees: Vincent Gardenia in Bang the Drum Slowly, Jack Gilford in Save the Tiger, Jason Miller in The Exorcist, Randy Quaid in The Last Detail Best Supporting Actress Winner: Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon Nominees: Linda Blair in The Exorcist, Candy Clark in American Graffiti, Madeline Kahn in Paper Moon, Sylvia Sidney in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams Best Director Winner: George Roy Hill for The Sting Nominees: Ingmar Bergman for Cries and Whispers, Bernardo Bertolucci for Last Tango in Paris, William Friedkin for The Exorcist, George Lucas for American Graffiti 1974 Best Picture Winner: The Godfather, Part II Nominees: Chinatown, The Conversation, Lenny, The Towering Inferno Best Actor Winner: Art Carney in Harry and Tonto Nominees: Albert Finney in Murder on the Orient Express, Dustin Hoffman in Lenny, Jack Nicholson in Chinatown, Al Pacino in The Godfather, Part II Best Actress Winner: Ellen Burstyn in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Nominees: Diahann Carroll in Claudine, Faye Dunaway in Chinatown, Valerie Perrine in Lenny, Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under the Influence Best Supporting Actor Winner: Robert De Niro in The Godfather, Part II Nominees: Fred Astaire in The Towering Inferno, Jeff Bridges in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Michael V. Gazzo in The Godfather, Part II, Lee Strasberg in The Godfather, Part II Best Supporting Actress Winner: Ingrid Bergman in Murder on the Orient Express, Valentina Cortese in Day for Night, Madeline Kahn in Blazing Saddles, Diane Ladd in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Talia Shire in The Godfather, Part II Best Director Winner: Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather, Part II Nominees: John Cassavetes for A Woman Under the Influence, Bob Fosse for Lenny, Roman Polanski for Chinatown, Francois Truffaut for Day for Night 1975 Best Picture Winner: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Nominees: Barry Lyndon, Dog Day Afternoon, Jaws, Nashville Best Actor Winner: Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Nominees: Walter Matthau in The Sunshine Boys, Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon, Maximilian Schell in The Man in the Glass Booth, James Whitmore in Give 'Em Hell, Harry! Best Actress Winner: Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Nominees: Isabelle Adjani in The Story of Adele H., Ann-Margret in Tommy, Glenda Jackson in Hedda, Carol Kane in Hester Street Best Supporting Actor Winner: George Burns in The Sunshine Boys Nominees: Brad Dourif in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Burgess Meredith in The Day of the Locust, Chris Sarandon in Dog Day Afternoon, Jack Warden in Shampoo Best Supporting Actress Winner: Lee Grant in Shampoo Nominees: Ronee Blakley in Nashville, Sylvia Miles in Farewell, My Lovely, Lily Tomlin in Nashville, Brenda Vaccaro in Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough Best Director Winner: Milos Forman for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Nominees: Robert Altman for Nashville, Federico Fellini for Amarcord, Stanley Kubrick for Barry Lyndon, Sidney Lumet for Dog Day Afternoon 1976 Best Picture Winner: Rocky Nominees: All the President's Men, Bound for Glory, Network, Taxi Driver Best Actor Winner: Peter Finch in Network, Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver, Giancarlo Giannini in Seven Beauties, William Holden in Network, Sylvester Stallone in Rocky Best Actress Winner: Faye Dunaway in Network, Marie-Christine Barrault in Cousin, Cousine, Talia Shire in Rocky, Sissy Spacek in Carrie, Liv Ullmann in Face to Face Best Supporting Actor Winner: Jason Robards in All the President's Men Nominees: Ned Beatty in Network, Burgess Meredith in Rocky, Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man, Burt Young in Rocky Best Supporting Actress Winner: Beatrice Straight in Network Nominees: Jane Alexander in All the President's Men, Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver, Lee Grant in Voyage of the Damned, Piper Laurie in Carrie Best Director Winner: John G. Avildsen for Rocky Nominees: Ingmar Bergman for Face to Face, Sidney Lumet for Network, Alan J. Pakula for All the President's Men, Lina Wertmuller for Seven Beauties 1977 Best Picture Winner: Annie Hall Nominees: The Goodbye Girl, Julia, Star Wars, The Turning Point Best Actor Winner: Richard Dreyfuss in The Goodbye Girl Nominees: Woody Allen in Annie Hall, Richard Burton in Equus, Marcello Mastroianni in A Special Day, John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever Best Actress Winner: Diane Keaton in Annie Hall Nominees: Anne Bancroft in The Turning Point, Jane Fonda in Julia, Shirley MacLaine in The Turning Point, Marsha Mason in The Goodbye Girl Best Supporting Actor Winner: Jason Robards in Julia Nominees: Mikhail Baryshnikov in The Turning Point, Peter Firth in Equus, Alec Guinness in Star Wars, Maximilian Schell in Julia Best Supporting Actress Winner: Vanessa Redgrave in Julia Nominees: Leslie Browne in The Turning Point, Quinn Cummings in The Goodbye Girl, Melinda Dillon in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Tuesday Weld in Looking for Mr. Goodbar Best Director Winner: Woody Allen for Annie Hall Nominees: George Lucas for Star Wars, Herbert Ross for The Turning Point, Steven Spielberg for Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Fred Zinnemann for Julia 1978 Best Picture Winner: The Deer Hunter Nominees: Coming Home, Heaven Can Wait, Midnight Express, An Unmarried Woman Best Actor Winner: Jon Voight in Coming Home Nominees: Warren Beatty in Heaven Can Wait, Gary Busey in The Buddy Holly Story, Robert De Niro in The Deer Hunter, Laurence Olivier in The Boys From Brazil Best Actress Winner: Jane Fonda in Coming Home Nominees: Ingrid Bergman in Autumn Sonata, Ellen Burstyn in Same Time, Next Year, Jill Clayburgh in An Unmarried Woman, Geraldine Page in Interiors Best Supporting Actor Winner: Christopher Walken in The Deer Hunter Nominees: Bruce Dern in Coming Home, Richard Farnsworth in Comes a Horseman, John Hurt in Midnight Express, Jack Warden in Heaven Can Wait Best Supporting Actress Winner: Maggie Smith in California Suite Nominees: Dyan Cannon in Heaven Can Wait, Penelope Milford in Coming Home, Maureen Stapleton in Interiors, Meryl Streep in The Deer Hunter Best Director Winner: Michael Cimino for The Deer Hunter Nominees: Woody Allen for Interiors, Hal Ashby for Coming Home, Warren Beatty and Buck Henry for Heaven Can Wait, Alan Parker for Midnight Express 1979 Best Picture Winner: Kramer vs. Kramer Nominees: All That Jazz, Apocalypse Now, Breaking Away, Norma Rae Best Actor Winner: Dustin Hoffman in Kramer vs. Kramer Nominees: Jack Lemmon in The China Syndrome, Al Pacino in ...And Justice For All, Roy Scheider in All That Jazz, Peter Sellers in Being There Best Actress Winner: Sally Field in Norma Rae Nominees: Jill Clayburgh in Starting Over, Jane Fonda in The China Syndrome, Marsha Mason in Chapter Two, Bette Midler in The Rose Best Supporting Actor Winner: Melvyn Douglas in Being There Nominees: Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now, Frederic Forrest in The Rose, Justin Henry in Kramer vs. Kramer, Mickey Rooney in The Black Stallion Best Supporting Actress Winner: Meryl Streep in Kramer vs. Kramer Nominees: Jane Alexander in Kramer vs. Kramer, Barbarie Barrie in Breaking Away, Candice Bergen in Starting Over, Mariel Hemingway in Manhattan Best Director Winner: Robert Benton for Kramer vs. Kramer Nominees: Francis Ford Coppola for Apocalypse Now, Bob Fosse for All That Jazz, Edouard Molinaro for La Cage Aux Folles, Peter Yates for Breaking Away Return from Oscar Winners 1970-1979 to Oscar Winners Main Page
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