Academy Awards archive

Sunset Blvd. Oscar Nominations & Wins

Sunset Blvd. has 11 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 3 wins.

Wins recorded in the archive

All 11 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.

Sunset Blvd.: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1950Best Actor
Credited nominee / recipientWilliam Holden

Joe Gillis

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryCyrano de BergeracCyrano de Bergerac
José Ferrer
Film year1950Best Supporting Actor
Credited nominee / recipientErich von Stroheim

Max Von Mayerling

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryAll about EveAddison De Witt
George Sanders
Film year1950Best Actress
Credited nominee / recipientGloria Swanson

Norma Desmond

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryBorn YesterdayBillie Dawn
Judy Holliday
Film year1950Best Supporting Actress
Credited nominee / recipientNancy Olson

Betty Schaefer

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryHarveyVeta Louise Simmons
Josephine Hull
Film year1950Art Direction (Black-and-White)
Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Hans Dreier, John Meehan; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
Win recorded
Film year1950Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Credited nominee / recipientJohn F. Seitz
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Third Man
Robert Krasker
Film year1950Best Director
Credited nominee / recipientBilly Wilder
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryAll about Eve
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Film year1950Film Editing
Credited nominee / recipientArthur Schmidt, Doane Harrison
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryKing Solomon's Mines
Ralph E. Winters, Conrad A. Nervig
Film year1950Original Score
Credited nominee / recipientFranz Waxman
Win recorded
Film year1950Best Picture
Credited nominee / recipientParamount
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryAll about Eve
20th Century-Fox
Film year1950Original Screenplay
Credited nominee / recipientCharles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D. M. Marshman, Jr.
Win recorded

Who else was nominated?

Compare Sunset Blvd. 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 1950 film year · Ceremony 23
Best Actor winner historyAll 1950 film-year results
Best Supporting Actor 1950 film year · Ceremony 23
Best Supporting Actor winner historyAll 1950 film-year results
Best Actress 1950 film year · Ceremony 23
Best Actress winner historyAll 1950 film-year results
Best Supporting Actress 1950 film year · Ceremony 23
Best Supporting Actress winner historyAll 1950 film-year results
Art Direction (Black-and-White) 1950 film year · Ceremony 23
  • All about Eve
    Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott
    Nominee
  • The Red Danube
    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt
    Nominee
  • Sunset Blvd. This film
    Art Direction: Hans Dreier, John Meehan; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
    ★ Winner
Art Direction (Black-and-White) winner historyAll 1950 film-year results
Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1950 film year · Ceremony 23
Cinematography (Black-and-White) winner historyAll 1950 film-year results
Best Director 1950 film year · Ceremony 23
Best Director winner historyAll 1950 film-year results
Film Editing 1950 film year · Ceremony 23
Film Editing winner historyAll 1950 film-year results
Original Score 1950 film year · Ceremony 23
Original Score winner historyAll 1950 film-year results
Best Picture 1950 film year · Ceremony 23
Best Picture winner historyAll 1950 film-year results
Original Screenplay 1950 film year · Ceremony 23
  • Adam's Rib
    Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
    Nominee
  • Caged
    Virginia Kellogg, Bernard C. Schoenfeld
    Nominee
  • The Men
    Carl Foreman
    Nominee
  • No Way Out
    Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Lesser Samuels
    Nominee
  • Sunset Blvd. This film
    Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D. M. Marshman, Jr.
    ★ Winner
Original Screenplay winner historyAll 1950 film-year results
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