All the couples nominated for Oscars in the same year (original) (raw)

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In 1932, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne made history as the first couple to be nominated for an Oscar in the same year. While both lost, they started a prestigious tradition that very few couples have been able to achieve.

Click through the gallery to see which couples defied the odds and were nominated for Oscars in the same year.

1940: Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh

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Vivien Leigh won the Oscar for Best Actress for her portrayal of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind while her soon-to-be-husband Laurence Olivier was nominated for Best Actor in Wuthering Heights.

1969: Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward

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Married couple Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were both nominated for their film Rachel, Rachel, in which she starred and he produced.

1975: John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands

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Married couple John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands were nominated for their work on A Woman Under the Influence — him for Best Director and her for Best Actress.

1982: Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton

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Warren Beatty won Best Director for his film Reds, while Diane Keaton was nominated for Best Actress in that same film. They were dating at the time of the Oscars but split up shortly after.

1986: Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston

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Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston starred together in Prizzi's Honor, and were dating at the time they were both nominated for Oscars. Huston won for Best Supporting Actress while Nicholson lost Best Actor to William Hurt for Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985).

1996: Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon

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Susan Sarandon won her first Oscar for her role in Dead Man Walking while her partner at the time, Tim Robbins, was nominated, but lost for Best Director for the same film.

1997: Joel Coen and Frances McDormand

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The 1997 awards ceremony was a good night for this married couple, as Fargo earned both writer-director Joel Coen and actress Frances McDormand each their own Oscar.

2006: Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams

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The Brokeback Mountain stars were a couple at the time (they broke up before his death) and both Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams were nominated: he for Best Actor, she for Best Supporting Actress — but neither won.