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True Grit Oscar Nominations & Wins

True Grit has 2 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 1 win.

Wins recorded in the archive

All 2 award records

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True Grit: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1969Best Actor
Credited nominee / recipientJohn Wayne

Rooster Cogburn

Win recorded
Film year1969Original Song
Credited nominee / recipientMusic by Elmer Bernstein; Lyrics by Don Black

True Grit

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryButch Cassidy and the Sundance KidRaindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
Music by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal David

Who else was nominated?

Compare True Grit 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.

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Best Actor 1969 film year · Ceremony 42
Original Song 1969 film year · Ceremony 42
  • The Sterile Cuckoo

    Come Saturday Morning

    Music by Fred Karlin; Lyrics by Dory Previn
    Nominee
  • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

    Jean

    Music and Lyrics by Rod McKuen
    Nominee
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head

    Music by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal David
    ★ Winner
  • True Grit This film

    True Grit

    Music by Elmer Bernstein; Lyrics by Don Black
    Nominee
  • The Happy Ending

    What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?

    Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
    Nominee
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