1947 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 104 Academy Award records for the 1947 film year, covering 61 films and including 27 wins.
Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.
Best Picture result
- ★ Gentleman's Agreement20th Century-Fox
5 Best Picture award records for this film year. See the full result · Best Picture history
Acting category results
Leading winning films
Ranked by winning records in this film-year selection.
- Gentleman's Agreement
3 wins from 8 award records
- Miracle on 34th Street
3 wins from 4 award records
- Great Expectations
2 wins from 5 award records
- A Double Life
2 wins from 4 award records
- Song of the South
2 wins from 3 award records
- Black Narcissus
2 wins from 2 award records
Category winners
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- ★ A Double Life — Anthony John
- ★ Miracle on 34th Street — Kris Kringle
- ★ The Farmer's Daughter — Katrin Holstrom
- ★ Gentleman's Agreement — Anne
- ★ Song of the South — Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 104 of 104 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ Gentleman's Agreement IMDB — 20th Century-Fox
- The Bishop's Wife IMDB — Samuel Goldwyn Productions
- Crossfire IMDB — RKO Radio
- Great Expectations IMDB — J. Arthur Rank-Cineguild
- Miracle on 34th Street IMDB — 20th Century-Fox
Best Actor
- ★ A Double Life IMDB — Ronald ColmanAnthony John
- Body and Soul IMDB — John GarfieldCharlie Davis
- Gentleman's Agreement IMDB — Gregory PeckPhil Green
- Life with Father IMDB — William PowellClarence Day
- Mourning Becomes Electra IMDB — Michael RedgraveOrin Mannon
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ Miracle on 34th Street IMDB — Edmund GwennKris Kringle
- The Farmer's Daughter IMDB — Charles BickfordClancy
- Ride the Pink Horse IMDB — Thomas GomezPancho
- Crossfire IMDB — Robert RyanMontgomery
- Kiss of Death IMDB — Richard WidmarkTommy Udo
Best Actress
- ★ The Farmer's Daughter IMDB — Loretta YoungKatrin Holstrom
- Possessed IMDB — Joan CrawfordLouise Howell
- Smash-Up--The Story of a Woman IMDB — Susan HaywardAngie
- Gentleman's Agreement IMDB — Dorothy McGuireKathy
- Mourning Becomes Electra IMDB — Rosalind RussellLavinia Mannon
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ Gentleman's Agreement IMDB — Celeste HolmAnne
- The Paradine Case IMDB — Ethel BarrymoreLady Sophie Horfield
- Crossfire IMDB — Gloria GrahameGinny Tremaine
- The Egg and I IMDB — Marjorie MainMa Kettle
- Gentleman's Agreement IMDB — Anne RevereMrs. Green
Art Direction (Black-and-White)
- ★ Great Expectations IMDB — Art Direction: John Bryan; Set Decoration: Wilfred Shingleton
- The Foxes of Harrow IMDB — Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox
Art Direction (Color)
- ★ Black Narcissus IMDB — Art Direction: Alfred Junge; Set Decoration: Alfred Junge
- Life with Father IMDB — Art Direction: Robert M. Haas; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Cinematography (Color)
- ★ Black Narcissus IMDB — Jack Cardiff
- Life with Father IMDB — Peverell Marley, William V. Skall
- Mother Wore Tights IMDB — Harry Jackson
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ Design for Death IMDB — Sid Rogell, Executive Producer; Theron Warth and Richard O. Fleischer, Producers
- Journey into Medicine IMDB — United States Department of State Office of Information and Educational Exchange
- The World Is Rich IMDB — Paul Rotha, Producer
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ First Steps IMDB — United Nations Division of Films and Visual Information
- Passport to Nowhere IMDB — Frederic Ullman, Jr., Producer
- School in the Mailbox IMDB — Australian News & Information Bureau
Film Editing
- ★ Body and Soul IMDB — Francis Lyon, Robert Parrish
- The Bishop's Wife IMDB — Monica Collingwood
- Gentleman's Agreement IMDB — Harmon Jones
- Green Dolphin Street IMDB — George White
- Odd Man Out IMDB — Fergus McDonell
Original Score
Original Song
- ★ Song of the South IMDB — Music by Allie Wrubel; Lyrics by Ray GilbertZip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
- The Time, the Place and the Girl IMDB — Music by Arthur Schwartz; Lyrics by Leo RobinA Gal In Calico
- The Perils of Pauline IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Frank LoesserI Wish I Didn't Love You So
- Good News IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Ralph Blane, Roger Edens and Hugh MartinPass That Peace Pipe
- Mother Wore Tights IMDB — Music by Josef Myrow; Lyrics by Mack GordonYou Do
Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
- ★ Mother Wore Tights IMDB — Alfred Newman
- Fiesta IMDB — Johnny Green
- My Wild Irish Rose IMDB — Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
- Road to Rio IMDB — Robert Emmett Dolan
- Song of the South IMDB — Daniele Amfitheatrof, Paul J. Smith, Charles Wolcott
Animated Short Film
- ★ Tweetie Pie IMDB — Edward Selzer, Producer
- Chip An' Dale IMDB — Walt Disney, Producer
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse IMDB — Frederick Quimby, Producer
- Pluto's Blue Note IMDB — Walt Disney, Producer
- Tubby the Tuba IMDB — George Pal, Producer
Short Subject (One-Reel)
- ★ Good-bye Miss Turlock IMDB — Herbert Moulton, Producer
- Brooklyn, U.S.A. IMDB — Thomas Mead, Producer
- Moon Rockets IMDB — Jerry Fairbanks, Producer
- Now You See It IMDB — Pete Smith, Producer
- So You Want to Be in Pictures IMDB — Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Short Subject (Two-Reel)
- ★ Climbing the Matterhorn IMDB — Irving Allen, Producer
- Champagne for Two IMDB — Harry Grey, Producer
- Fight of the Wild Stallions IMDB — Thomas Mead, Producer
- Give Us the Earth IMDB — Herbert Morgan, Producer
- A Voice Is Born: The Story of Niklos Gafni IMDB — Ben Blake, Producer
Sound Recording
- ★ The Bishop's Wife IMDB — Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
- Green Dolphin Street IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
- T-Men IMDB — Sound Service, Inc., Jack R. Whitney, Sound Director
Special Award
- ★ Song of the South IMDB — James Baskett
Source context
To James Baskett for his able and heart-warming characterization of Uncle Remus, friend and story teller to the children of the world in Walt Disney's Song of the South.
- ★ Bill and Coo IMDB
Source context
To Bill and Coo, in which artistry and patience blended in a novel and entertaining use of the medium of motion pictures.
- ★ Shoe-Shine IMDB
Source context
To Shoe-Shine - the high quality of this motion picture, brought to eloquent life in a country scarred by war, is proof to the world that the creative spirit can triumph over adversity.
Visual Effects
- ★ Green Dolphin Street IMDB — Special Visual Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe; Special Audible Effects by Douglas Shearer, Michael Steinore
- Unconquered IMDB — Special Visual Effects by Farciot Edouart, Devereux Jennings, Gordon Jennings, Wallace Kelley, Paul Lerpae; Special Audible Effects by George Dutton
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ Miracle on 34th Street IMDB — George Seaton
- Boomerang! IMDB — Richard Murphy
- Crossfire IMDB — John Paxton
- Gentleman's Agreement IMDB — Moss Hart
- Great Expectations IMDB — David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame
Original Screenplay
- ★ The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer IMDB — Sidney Sheldon
- Body and Soul IMDB — Abraham Polonsky
- A Double Life IMDB — Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
- Monsieur Verdoux IMDB — Charles Chaplin
- Shoe-Shine IMDB — Sergio Amidei, Adolfo Franci, C. G. Viola, Cesare Zavattini
Writing (Original Story)
- ★ Miracle on 34th Street IMDB — Valentine Davies
- A Cage of Nightingales IMDB — Georges Chaperot, Rene Wheeler
- It Happened on Fifth Avenue IMDB — Herbert Clyde Lewis, Frederick Stephani
- Kiss of Death IMDB — Eleazar Lipsky
- Smash-Up--The Story of a Woman IMDB — Dorothy Parker, Frank Cavett
Nominated films and other recorded entries
61 films represented in the 1947 archive selection.
- A Cage of Nightingales
- A Double Life
- A Voice Is Born: The Story of Niklos Gafni
- Bill and Coo
- Black Narcissus
- Body and Soul
- Boomerang!
- Brooklyn, U.S.A.
- Captain from Castile
- Champagne for Two
- Chip An' Dale
- Climbing the Matterhorn
- Crossfire
- Design for Death
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse
- Fiesta
- Fight of the Wild Stallions
- First Steps
- Forever Amber
- Gentleman's Agreement
- Give Us the Earth
- Good News
- Good-bye Miss Turlock
- Great Expectations
- Green Dolphin Street
- It Happened on Fifth Avenue
- Journey into Medicine
- Kiss of Death
- Life with Father
- Miracle on 34th Street
- Monsieur Verdoux
- Moon Rockets
- Mother Wore Tights
- Mourning Becomes Electra
- My Wild Irish Rose
- Now You See It
- Odd Man Out
- Passport to Nowhere
- Pluto's Blue Note
- Possessed
- Ride the Pink Horse
- Road to Rio
- School in the Mailbox
- Shoe-Shine
- Smash-Up--The Story of a Woman
- So You Want to Be in Pictures
- Song of the South
- T-Men
- The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
- The Bishop's Wife
- The Egg and I
- The Farmer's Daughter
- The Foxes of Harrow
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
- The Paradine Case
- The Perils of Pauline
- The Time, the Place and the Girl
- The World Is Rich
- Tubby the Tuba
- Tweetie Pie
- Unconquered
About these award records
This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.
Each distinct performance, song or award credit remains a separate record, even when it belongs to the same film. Shared credits stay together. A person's page covers the name shown, without combining aliases or shared credits into a complete career total.
Totals can include honorary, special and historical awards alongside competitive nominations. Awards without a linked film are outside these page totals. Source notes and uncertain records are retained; category comparisons omit groups with unresolved notes, ties or conflicting identities.
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