Academy Awards archive

Children of a Lesser God Oscar Nominations & Wins

Children of a Lesser God has 5 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 1 win.

Wins recorded in the archive

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.

Children of a Lesser God: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1986Best Actor
Credited nominee / recipientWilliam Hurt

James

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Color of MoneyEddie Felson
Paul Newman
Film year1986Best Actress
Credited nominee / recipientMarlee Matlin

Sarah

Win recorded
Film year1986Best Supporting Actress
Credited nominee / recipientPiper Laurie

Mrs. Norman

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryHannah and Her SistersHolly
Dianne Wiest
Film year1986Best Picture
Credited nominee / recipientBurt Sugarman and Patrick Palmer, Producers
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryPlatoon
Arnold Kopelson, Producer
Film year1986Adapted Screenplay
Credited nominee / recipientHesper Anderson, Mark Medoff
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryA Room with a View
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Who else was nominated?

Compare Children of a Lesser God 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 1986 film year · Ceremony 59
Best Actor winner historyAll 1986 film-year results
Best Actress 1986 film year · Ceremony 59
Best Actress winner historyAll 1986 film-year results
Best Supporting Actress 1986 film year · Ceremony 59
Best Supporting Actress winner historyAll 1986 film-year results
Best Picture 1986 film year · Ceremony 59
  • Children of a Lesser God This film
    Burt Sugarman and Patrick Palmer, Producers
    Nominee
  • Hannah and Her Sisters
    Robert Greenhut, Producer
    Nominee
  • The Mission
    Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam, Producers
    Nominee
  • Platoon
    Arnold Kopelson, Producer
    ★ Winner
  • A Room with a View
    Ismail Merchant, Producer
    Nominee
Best Picture winner historyAll 1986 film-year results
Adapted Screenplay 1986 film year · Ceremony 59
Adapted Screenplay winner historyAll 1986 film-year results
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