Academy Awards 1950-1959

Ferrer won Best Actor in 1950 for his role as Cyrano de Bergerac in "Cyrano de Bergerac". He was also nominated for Best Actor in 1952 for his role in "Moulin Rouge".

Holliday won Best Actress in 1950 for her role as Emma 'Billie' Dawn in "Born Yesterday"

Sanders Won Best Supporting Actor in 1950 for his role as Addison DeWitt in "All About Eve"

Hull won Best Supporting Actress in 1950 for her role as Veta Louise Simmons in "Harvey"

Bogart won Best Actor in 1951 for his role in "The African Queen" as Charlie Allnut. Bogart was nominated again for Best Actor in 1954 for his role in "The Caine Mutiny".

Leigh won Best Actress in 1951 for her role as Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire"

Malden won Best Supporting Actor in 1951 for his role as Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell in "A Streetcar Named Desire". He was nominated for the same award in 1954 for his role in "On The Waterfront".

Hunter won Best Supporting Actress in 1951 for her role as Stella Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire"

In 1952 Cooper won Best Actor for his role as Marshal Will Kane in "High Noon"

Booth won Best Actress in 1952 for her role as Lola Delaney in "Come Back, Little Sheba"

For his role in "Viva Zapata!", Quinn won Best Supporting Actor In 1952. He received the same award in 1956 in for his role in "Lust for Life". In 1957, Quinn was nominated for Best Actor for his role in "Wild Is the Wind"

The award for Best Supporting Actress went to Gloria Grahame in 1952 for her role in "The Bad and the Beautiful" as Rosemary Bartlow

Holden won Best Actor in 1953 for his role in "Stalag 17". Holden had previously received a Best Actor nomination for his role in "Sunset Boulevard" in 1950.

In 1953 Hepburn recieved the award of Best Actress for her role as Princess Ann in "Roman Holiday"

For his role as Pvt. Angelo Maggio in "From Here to Eternity" Sinatra won the award for Best Supporting Actor in 1953. In 1955, Sinatra was again nominated for the award for his part in "The Man With the Golden Arm".

Reed won the award for Best Supporting Actress in 1953 for her part in "From Here to Eternity" as Alma 'Lorene' Burke

In 1954 Brando finally won Best Supporting Actor following his role in "On The Waterfront" as Terry Malloy. Marlow had previously received nominations for the award for his role in "A Streetcar Named Desire" in 1951; for his part in "Viva Zapata!" in 1952; and for his role in "Julius Caesar" in 1953. He later received another Best Actor nomination for his role in "Sayonara" in 1957.

In 1954 Grace won Best Actress for her role in "The Country Girl". She also was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 1953 for her role in "Mogambo".

For his role in "The Barefoot Contessa", O'Brien received the award for Best Supporting Actor in 1954

Saint won the award for Best Supporting Actress in 1954 for "On The Waterfront". The film won several other awards including Best Picture.

In 1955 Borgnine won best actor for his role in "Marty". The film also won Best Picture.

Magnani won Best Actress in 1955 for her part in "The Rose Tattoo". She was also nominated for the award in 1957 for her role in "Wild is the Wind".

Lemmon won Best Supporting Actor in 1955 for his role in "Mister Roberts". He was later nominated for Best Actor in 1959 for what is arguably his most famous role as Marilyn Monroe's costar in "Some Like It Hot".

She won Best Supporting Actress in 1955 for her role in "East of Eden".

In 1956, Brynner won Best actor for his role in "The King and I"

Bergman won Best Actress in 1956 for her role in "Anastasia".

Malone won Best Supporting Actress in 1956 for her part in "Written on the Wind"

In 1957, Guiness won Best Actor for his role in "The Bridge On The River Kwai". He had preiously been nominated for the award in 1952 for his part in "The Lavender Hill Mob".

For her role in "The Three Faces of Eve", Woodward won the award for Best Actress in 1957.

Red Buttons won the award for Best Supporting Actor in 1957 for his role in "Sayonara".

Umeki won the award for Best Supporting Actress in 1957 for her role in "Sayonara".

In 1958, Niven won the award for Best Actor for his part in "Separate Tables".

Hayward won the Best Actress category in 1958 for her role in "I Want to Live". She had previously been nominated for the award in 1952 for her role in "With a Song in My Heart" and in 1955 for "I'll Cry Tomorrow".

Ives received Best Supporting Actor for his role in "The Big Country" in 1958

Hiller won Best Supporting Actress for her part in "Separate Tables"

In 1959, Heston won the category of Best Actor for his part in the classic film "Ben-Hur"

Simone Signoret won Best Actress for her role in Room at the Top" in 1959

Hugh Griffith won Best Supporting Actor for his role in "Ben-Hur"

Shelley Winters won Best Supporting Actress in 1959 for "The Diary of Anne Frank"

AN HONORARY MENTION
Katharine Hepburn has the second highest number of acting nominations after Meryl Streep. She has been nominated 12 times and has won 4 Oscars. This is the highest number of acting awards won by any actor/actress. During this period she received the following Best Actress nominations:
1951 - "The African Queen"
1955 - "Summertime"
1956 - "The Rainmaker"
1959 - "Suddenly, Last Summer"