Yes. It was the British star's first of two Best Actress Oscars for playing notorious Southern belles. Besides the 1939 Academy Award she won for her performance as Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind," Leigh also won the 1951 Best Actress award for her portrayal of Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire."
Sotheby's Auctions in New York auctioned her Oscar won for playing Scarlett O'Hara to a private collector in 1993 for a total of $563,000 USD.
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Gone with the Wind. However, while this film was released in 1939, it won the 1940 Oscar for Best Picture.
Vivien Leigh and Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar for their roles in Gone with the Wind (1939).
In 1999, the King of Pop was the top bidder at a Sotheby auction for the ownership of producer David O. Selznick's 1939 Best Picture Oscar for "Gone With the Wind." The purchase price: $1.54 million.
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 1967 went to "In the Heat of the Night." The Best Picture winner for 1990 was "Dances With Wolves."
Vivien Leigh won the 1939 Oscar for Best Actress for her portrayal of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind.
1939's Gone with the Wind was the first color film to win the Oscar for Best Picture, but the 1937 short, Give Me Liberty, was the first color movie to receive an Oscar at all.
Gone with the Wind. However, while this film was released in 1939, it won the 1940 Oscar for Best Picture.
Vivien Leigh and Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar for their roles in Gone with the Wind (1939).
Gone with the Wind won the Oscar for Cinematography in 1939.
Gone with the Wind won the Oscar for Directing in 1939.
Gone with the Wind won the Oscar for Writing in 1939.
No, but he purchased one at an auction, it was David O. Selznick's 1939 Best Picture Oscar for "Gone With the Wind".
Gone with the Wind won the Oscar for Art Direction in 1939.
Gone with the Wind won the Oscar for Film Editing in 1939.
"Gone With the Wind" (1939).
In 1999, the King of Pop was the top bidder at a Sotheby auction for the ownership of producer David O. Selznick's 1939 Best Picture Oscar for "Gone With the Wind." The purchase price: $1.54 million.
On February 29, 1940, "Gone With the Wind" was named Best Picture of 1939.