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Oscar Winners 1970-1979

Past Oscar Winners; Oscar Special Report

1970
Picture: "Patton"
Actor: George C. Scott, "Patton"
Actress: Glenda Jackson, "Women in Love"
Supporting Actor: John Mills, "Ryan's Daughter"
Supporting Actress: Helen Hayes, "Airport"
Director: Franklin Schaffner, "Patton"

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1971
Picture: "The French Connection"
Actor: Gene Hackman, "The French Connection"
Actress: Jane Fonda, "Klute"
Supporting Actor: Ben Johnson, "The Last Picture Show"
Supporting Actress: Cloris Leachman, "The Last Picture Show"
Director: William Friedkin, "The French Connection"

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1972
Picture: "The Godfather"
Actor: Marlon Brando, "The Godfather"
Actress: Liza Minnelli, "Cabaret"
Supporting Actor: Joel Grey, "Cabaret"
Supporting Actress: Eileen Heckart, "Butterflies Are Free"
Director: Bob Fosse, "Cabaret"

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1973
Picture: "The Sting"
Actor: Jack Lemmon, "Save the Tiger"
Actress: Glenda Jackson, "A Touch of Class"
Supporting Actor: John Houseman, "The Paper Chase"
Supporting Actress: Tatum O'Neal, "Paper Moon"
Director: George Roy Hill, "The Sting"

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1974
Picture: "The Godfather, Part II"
Actor: Art Carney, "Harry and Tonto"
Actress: Ellen Burstyn, "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
Supporting Actor: Robert DeNiro, "The Godfather, Part II"
Supporting Actress: Ingrid Bergman, "Murder on the Orient Express"
Director: Francis Ford Coppola, "The Godfather, Part II"

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1975
Picture: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
Actor: Jack Nicholson, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
Actress: Louise Fletcher, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
Supporting Actor: George Burns, "The Sunshine Boys"
Supporting Actress: Lee Grant, "Shampoo"
Director: Milos Forman, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

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1976
Picture: "Rocky"
Actor: Peter Finch, "Network"
Actress: Faye Dunaway, "Network"
Supporting Actor: Jason Robards, "All the President's Men"
Supporting Actress: Beatrice Straight, "Network"
Director: John G. Avildsen, "Rocky"

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1977
Picture: "Annie Hall"
Actor: Richard Dreyfuss, "The Goodbye Girl"
Actress: Diane Keaton, "Annie Hall"
Supporting Actor: Jason Robards, "Julia"
Supporting Actress: Vanessa Redgrave, "Julia"
DirectorWoody Allen, "Annie Hall"

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1978
Picture: "The Deer Hunter"
Actor: Jon Voight, "Coming Home"
Actress: Jane Fonda, "Coming Home"
Supporting Actor: Christopher Walken, "The Deer Hunter"
Supporting Actress: Maggie Smith, "California Suite"
Director: Michael Cimino, "The Deer Hunter"

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1979

Picture: "Kramer vs. Kramer"
Actor: Dustin Hoffman, "Kramer vs. Kramer"
Actress: Sally Field, "Norma Rae"
Supporting Actor: Melvyn Douglas, "Being There"
Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep, "Kramer vs. Kramer"
Director: Robert Benton, "Kramer vs. Kramer"

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