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    The 1968 Academy Awards gave the Best Actress Award to Barbra Streisand for 'Funny Girl' and Katharine Hepburn for 'The Lion in Winter.' Has there ever been any other ties in the Academy's history and why was a tie allowed here?

    Question #82139. Asked by billythebrit. (Jun 18 07 4:52 AM)


    zbeckabee

    		There was only one "tie" in the history of this category, and it wasn't really a tie. In 1932, Fredric March beat Wallace Beery by one vote; but Academy rules of the day treated such close margins as ties, so both received the award. Today, dual awards are only given for exact ties; that has never happened for Best Actor, though it did happen for Best Actress in 1968.

    Other ties in Academy Awards history include Best Documentary 1949 (A Chance to Live & So Much for So Little), Best Documentary 1986 (Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got & Down and Out in America), and Best Live Action Short Film 1994 (Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life & Trevor).


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_awards

    Jun 18 07, 5:09 AM

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