Academy Awards archive

The Philadelphia Story Oscar Nominations & Wins

The Philadelphia Story has 6 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 2 wins.

Wins recorded in the archive

All 6 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.

The Philadelphia Story: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1940Best Actor
Credited nominee / recipientJames Stewart

Mike Connor

Win recorded
Film year1940Best Actress
Credited nominee / recipientKatharine Hepburn

Tracy Lord

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryKitty FoyleKitty Foyle
Ginger Rogers
Film year1940Best Supporting Actress
Credited nominee / recipientRuth Hussey

Liz Imbrie

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Grapes of WrathMa Joad
Jane Darwell
Film year1940Best Director
Credited nominee / recipientGeorge Cukor
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Grapes of Wrath
John Ford
Film year1940Best Picture
Credited nominee / recipientMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryRebecca
Selznick International Pictures
Film year1940Adapted Screenplay
Credited nominee / recipientDonald Ogden Stewart
Win recorded

Who else was nominated?

Compare The Philadelphia Story 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 Actor 1940 film year · Ceremony 13
Best Actor winner historyAll 1940 film-year results
Best Actress 1940 film year · Ceremony 13
Best Actress winner historyAll 1940 film-year results
Best Supporting Actress 1940 film year · Ceremony 13
Best Supporting Actress winner historyAll 1940 film-year results
Best Director 1940 film year · Ceremony 13
Best Director winner historyAll 1940 film-year results
Best Picture 1940 film year · Ceremony 13
Best Picture winner historyAll 1940 film-year results
Adapted Screenplay 1940 film year · Ceremony 13
Adapted Screenplay winner historyAll 1940 film-year results
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