53rd Academy Awards

53rd Academy Awards
03/31/1981 AD won

Best Picture

• Ordinary People – Ronald L. Schwary, producer
• Coal Miner's Daughter – Bernard Schwartz, producer
• The Elephant Man – Jonathan Sanger, producer
• Raging Bull – Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler, producers
• Tess – Claude Berri, producer; Timothy Burrill, co-producer

Best Director

• Robert Redford – Ordinary People
• David Lynch – The Elephant Man
• Martin Scorsese – Raging Bull
• Richard Rush – The Stunt Man
• Roman Polanski – Tess

Best Actor

• Robert De Niro – Raging Bull as Jake LaMotta
• Robert Duvall – The Great Santini as Lt. Col. Wilbur "Bull" Meechum
• John Hurt – The Elephant Man as Joseph Merrick
• Jack Lemmon – Tribute as Scottie Templeton
• Peter O'Toole – The Stunt Man as Eli Cross

Best Actress

• Sissy Spacek – Coal Miner's Daughter as Loretta Lynn
• Ellen Burstyn – Resurrection as Edna Mae McCauley
• Goldie Hawn – Private Benjamin as Judy Benjamin
• Mary Tyler Moore – Ordinary People as Beth Jarrett
• Gena Rowlands – Gloria as Gloria Swenson

Best Supporting Actor

• Timothy Hutton – Ordinary People as Conrad Jarrett
• Judd Hirsch – Ordinary People as Dr. Tyrone C. Berger
• Michael O'Keefe – The Great Santini as Ben
• Joe Pesci – Raging Bull as Joey LaMotta
• Jason Robards – Melvin and Howard as Howard Hughes

Best Supporting Actress

• Mary Steenburgen – Melvin and Howard as Lynda West Dummar
• Eileen Brennan – Private Benjamin as Doreen Lewis
• Eva Le Gallienne – Resurrection as Pearl
• Cathy Moriarty – Raging Bull as Vikki Thailer Lamotta
• Diana Scarwid – Inside Moves as Lou

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