Who gave the longest acceptance speech in the history of the Oscars?

McGruff

The record for the longest Oscar acceptance speech is held by Greer Garson, accepting the Best Actress award for 'Mrs. Miniver' in 1943. Jun 12 00, 5:12 PM

zbeckabee

Greer Garson is credited with having given the longest acceptance speech in the history of the Academy Awards. The next year, speech length was capped. Legend tell of her oration being as long as twenty minutes, but in actual fact it was only about five and a half minutes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greer_Garson Feb 17 08, 9:28 AM

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