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Lady Sings the Blues Oscar Nominations & Wins

Lady Sings the Blues has 5 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 0 wins.

Wins recorded in the archive

No winning records for Lady Sings the Blues are represented in this archive. Its recorded nominations are listed below.

All 5 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.

Lady Sings the Blues: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1972Best Actress
Credited nominee / recipientDiana Ross

Billie Holiday

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryCabaretSally Bowles
Film year1972Art Direction
Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Carl Anderson; Set Decoration: Reg Allen
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryCabaret
Art Direction: Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach; Set Decoration: Herbert Strabel
Film year1972Costume Design
Credited nominee / recipientBob Mackie, Ray Aghayan, Norma Koch
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryTravels with My Aunt
Film year1972Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
Credited nominee / recipientAdaptation Score by Gil Askey
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryCabaret
Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns
Film year1972Original Screenplay
Credited nominee / recipientTerence McCloy, Chris Clark, Suzanne de Passe
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Candidate

Who else was nominated?

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Comparisons are shown only for unambiguous competitive results. Honorary awards, ties and groups with unresolved source notes remain in the award history above.

Best Actress 1972 film year · Ceremony 45
Art Direction 1972 film year · Ceremony 45
  • Cabaret
    Art Direction: Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach; Set Decoration: Herbert Strabel
    ★ Winner
  • Lady Sings the Blues This film
    Art Direction: Carl Anderson; Set Decoration: Reg Allen
    Nominee
  • The Poseidon Adventure
    Art Direction: William Creber; Set Decoration: Raphael Bretton
    Nominee
  • Travels with My Aunt
    Art Direction: John Box, Gil Parrondo, Robert W. Laing
    Nominee
  • Young Winston
    Art Direction: Geoffrey Drake, Don Ashton, John Graysmark, William Hutchinson; Set Decoration: Peter James
    Nominee
Costume Design 1972 film year · Ceremony 45
Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score) 1972 film year · Ceremony 45
  • Cabaret
    Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns
    ★ Winner
  • Lady Sings the Blues This film
    Adaptation Score by Gil Askey
    Nominee
  • Man of La Mancha
    Adaptation Score by Laurence Rosenthal
    Nominee
Original Screenplay 1972 film year · Ceremony 45
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