15th Academy Awards (1943)
Oscars 1943 Winners & Nominees
The 15th Academy Awards (1943) took place on March 4, 1943. Yankee Doodle Dandy won the most, 3 of its 8 nominations. Winners include James Cagney (Best Actor), Woman of the Year (Best Original Screenplay) and Now, Voyager (Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)). Every winner and nominee in all 16 categories is below.
- categories
- 16
- nominations
- 30
- films nominated
- 8
- winners
- 5
- Held on
Headline winners
Oscars 1943: The Winners
The 15th Academy Awards (1943) winners: James Cagney (Best Actor), Woman of the Year (Best Original Screenplay) and Now, Voyager (Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)), and 2 more categories below.
Scoreboard
Oscars 1943: Which Films Won the Most
Yankee Doodle Dandy won 3 awards from 8 nominations. 3 films won at least once, while Random Harvest went home empty-handed from 7 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.
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Yankee Doodle Dandy 3 / 81942 · Biography, Drama · 3 wins from 8 nominations -
Now, Voyager 1 / 31942 · Drama, Romance · 1 win from 3 nominations -
Woman of the Year 1 / 21942 · Drama, Sport · 1 win from 2 nominations -
Random Harvest 0 / 71942 · Drama, Romance · 0 wins from 7 nominations -
1942 · Drama, Romance · 0 wins from 4 nominations -
Bambi 0 / 31942 · Drama, Animation · 0 wins from 3 nominations -
Road to Morocco 0 / 21942 · Adventure, Comedy · 0 wins from 2 nominations -
Tortilla Flat 0 / 11942 · Drama, Comedy · 0 wins from 1 nomination
Full results
All 16 Oscars 1943 Categories: Winners & Nominees
16 categories and 30 nominations. The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.
16 categories · 30 nominations
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- Outstanding Motion Picture
- Best Director
- Best Actor James Cagney
- Best Actress
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Writing (Original Motion Picture Story)
- Best Original Screenplay Woman of the Year
- Best Writing (Screenplay)
- Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
- Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
- Best Film Editing
- Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) Now, Voyager
- Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) Yankee Doodle Dandy
- Best Music (Song)
- Best Sound Recording Yankee Doodle Dandy
Oscars 1943 Outstanding Motion Picture
No winner is recorded for this category.
Oscars 1943 Best Director
Official name: Directing
No winner is recorded for this category.
Oscars 1943 Best Actor
Official name: Actor
Oscars 1943 Best Actress
Official name: Actress
No winner is recorded for this category.
Oscars 1943 Best Supporting Actor
Official name: Actor in a Supporting Role
No winner is recorded for this category.
Oscars 1943 Best Supporting Actress
Official name: Actress in a Supporting Role
No winner is recorded for this category.
Oscars 1943 Best Writing (Original Motion Picture Story)
Official name: Writing (Original Motion Picture Story)
No winner is recorded for this category.
Oscars 1943 Best Original Screenplay
Official name: Writing (Original Screenplay)
Oscars 1943 Best Writing (Screenplay)
Official name: Writing (Screenplay)
No winner is recorded for this category.
Oscars 1943 Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
Official name: Art Direction (Black-and-White)
No winner is recorded for this category.
Oscars 1943 Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Official name: Cinematography (Black-and-White)
No winner is recorded for this category.
Oscars 1943 Best Film Editing
Official name: Film Editing
No winner is recorded for this category.
Oscars 1943 Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Official name: Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Oscars 1943 Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Official name: Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Oscars 1943 Best Music (Song)
Official name: Music (Song)
No winner is recorded for this category.
Oscars 1943 Best Sound Recording
Official name: Sound Recording
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By genre
The Genres Behind the Oscars 1943 Winners
Drama led with 28 nominations across 7 films and won 5. A film with several genres counts for each one.
- Drama 5 wins · 28 nominations · 18%
- Romance 2 wins · 19 nominations · 11%
- Biography 3 wins · 8 nominations · 38%
- Musical 3 wins · 8 nominations · 38%
- Comedy 1 win · 5 nominations · 20%
- Family 0 wins · 5 nominations · 0%
- Animation 0 wins · 3 nominations · 0%
- Sport 1 win · 2 nominations · 50%
- Adventure 0 wins · 2 nominations · 0%
- Music 0 wins · 2 nominations · 0%
Earlier years
Previous Oscars Ceremonies
The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Oscars page has every year back to 1929.
- 14th Academy Awards (1942)
· 15 categories · 30 nominations
Outstanding Motion Picture: How Green Was My Valley
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- 12th Academy Awards (1940)
· 18 categories · 52 nominations
Outstanding Production: Gone with the Wind
- 11th Academy Awards (1939)
· 1 category · 1 nomination
- 10th Academy Awards (1938)
· 11 categories · 19 nominations
- 9th Academy Awards (1937)
· 8 categories · 11 nominations
Outstanding Production: The Great Ziegfeld
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FAQ
Oscars 1943: Questions & Answers
The winners, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film and the date of the 15th Academy Awards (1943), answered from the results on this page.
Who won at the 15th Academy Awards (1943)?
The winners include James Cagney (Best Actor), Woman of the Year (Best Original Screenplay), Now, Voyager (Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)), Yankee Doodle Dandy (Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)) and Yankee Doodle Dandy (Best Sound Recording).
Which film won the most awards at the 15th Academy Awards (1943)?
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) won the most: 3 awards from 8 nominations.
Which film had the most nominations at the 15th Academy Awards (1943)?
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) led with 8 nominations and won 3 of them.
Who won the acting awards at the 15th Academy Awards (1943)?
Best Actor: James Cagney for Yankee Doodle Dandy.
When was the 15th Academy Awards (1943)?
The 15th Academy Awards (1943) took place on March 4, 1943. The database has 16 categories and 30 nominations for it.