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1929/30 film yearAcademy Awards archive
The Divorcee Oscar Nominations & Wins
The Divorcee has 4 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 1 win.
Wins recorded in the archive
All 4 award records
Counts reflect film-linked records in this archive. Historical, special and honorary awards may be included; these are not a verified competitive-award total. Years identify the source film eligibility year.
| Film year | Category / credited nominee | Recorded result |
|---|---|---|
| Film year1929/30 | Best Actress Credited nominee / recipientNorma Shearer Jerry Source contextNOTE: As allowed by the award rules for this year, a single nomination could honor work in one or more films. Though the final awards ballot listed both The Divorcee and Their Own Desire in her nomination, the award was announced for only the The Divorcee performance. It has never been established as to why this was, but it possibly could have been because the original report from the Acting Branch Board of Judges only listed The Divorcee performance in the results of the nominations voting, or it could have been because on some of the final ballots, the voters had indicated the The Divorcee performance over the other. | Win recorded |
| Film year1929/30 | Best Director Credited nominee / recipientRobert Leonard | Nomination recorded |
| Film year1929/30 | Best Picture Credited nominee / recipientMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Nomination recorded |
| Film year1929/30 | Adapted Screenplay Credited nominee / recipient(John Meehan) Source contextNOTE: For the third Academy Awards no certificates of nomination were given out in this category, only the titles of the nominated films and their companies were listed. When the winners were revealed, only the names of the individuals involved with the winning achievements were announced. The name(s) of those credited with this achievement are indicated here in parens. | Award record — see source context |
Who else was nominated?
Compare The Divorcee with the film-linked nominees recorded in the same category and ceremony. Each performance or song keeps its own credit; winners are marked in gold.
Comparisons are shown only for unambiguous competitive results. Honorary awards, ties and groups with unresolved source notes remain in the award history above.
Best Picture 1929/30 film year · Ceremony 3
- All Quiet on the Western Front★ WinnerUniversal
- The Big HouseNomineeCosmopolitan
- DisraeliNomineeWarner Bros.
- The Divorcee This filmNomineeMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- The Love ParadeNomineeParamount Famous Lasky
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