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#41952. shady shaker
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Who was the first person to win three Academy Awards in a single night?
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mibmob
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marvin hamlisch
Dec 04 03, 10:22 AM
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mibmob
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Hamlisch made movie history in 1974 when he became the first individual ever to win three Academy Awards in one night (for his scoring and writing songs for "The Way We Were," and for adapting Scott Joplin's ragtime music for "The Sting").  http://www.shef.ac.uk/~cm1jwb/hamlisch.htm
1974 Academy Awards - Winner, Best Original Dramatic Score - The Way We Were
1974 Academy Awards - Winner, Best Original Song - "The Way We Were" from The Way We Were
1974 Academy Awards - Winner, Best Original Song Score and/or Adaptation - The Sti
Dec 05 03, 3:11 AM
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shady shaker
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Billy Wilder won three academy awards - as director, producer and writer - for "The Apartment in 1960.
(SBS Australian Almanac 2003 - Billy Wilder obituary, p39)
Dec 05 03, 6:50 AM
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