Poll: People Who Won Oscars For Their First Movie

Results of 3,782 votes:

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   Orson Welles in Citizen Kane (1941)

    

   Orson Welles - Best Writing, Original Screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941) - (Added hours after the poll went live)
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   Lupita Nyong'o at an event for The Oscars (2014)

    

   Lupita Nyong'o - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in 12 Years a Slave (2013)
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   Sam Mendes

    

   Sam Mendes - Best Director for American Beauty (1999)
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   Best Actress Julie Andrews ("Mary Poppins") with Best Song winners Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman ("Chim Chim Cher-ee" from "Mary Poppins") at the 37th Academy Awards.

    

   Julie Andrews - Best Actress in a Leading Role in Mary Poppins (1964)
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   Holly Hunter, Jane Campion, and Anna Paquin at an event for The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994)

    

   Anna Paquin - Best Actress in a Supporting Role in The Piano (1993)
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   Jennifer Hudson

    

   Jennifer Hudson - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Dreamgirls (2006)
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   Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon (1973)

    

   Tatum O'Neal - Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Paper Moon (1973)
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   Barbra Streisand, John Dennis, Larry Gelman, and Pat McCaffrie in Funny Girl (1968)

    

   Barbra Streisand - Best Actress in a Leading Role in Funny Girl (1968)
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   Haing S. Ngor in The Killing Fields (1984)

    

   Haing S. Ngor - Best Actor in a Supporting Role in The Killing Fields (1984)
10. 10.
    

    Diablo Cody at an event for The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008)

     

    Diablo Cody - Best Writing, Original Screenplay for Juno (2007)
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    "Academy Awards: 53rd Annual, " Mary Tyler Moore, Timothy Hutton (Best Supporting Actor). 1981.

     

    Timothy Hutton - Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Ordinary People (1980)
12. 12.
    

    Michael Arndt at an event for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

     

    Michael Arndt - Best Writing, Original Screenplay for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
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    "Academy Awards: 33rd Annual," Eva Marie Saint and Peter Ustinov.

     

    Eva Marie Saint - Best Actress in a Supporting Role in On the Waterfront (1954)
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    #9

     

    Harold Russell - Best Actor in a Supporting Role in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
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    "Academy Awards: 59th Annual," Marlee Matlin. 1987.

     

    Marlee Matlin - Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Children of a Lesser God (1986)
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    Ingrid Bergman, Gary Cooper, and Katina Paxinou in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)

     

    Katina Paxinou - Best Actress in a Supporting Role in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
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    Mark Boal at an event for The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010)

     

    Mark Boal - Best Writing, Original Screenplay for The Hurt Locker (2008)
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    Shirley Booth and Fredric March

     

    Shirley Booth - Best Actress in a Leading Role in Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
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    "Academy Awards: 28th Annual," Jo Van Fleet, Jack Lemmon, Grace Kelly, Ernest Borgnine, and Marisa Pavan.

     

    Jo Van Fleet - Best Actress in a Supporting Role in East of Eden (1955)
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    Broderick Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge in All the King's Men (1949)

     

    Mercedes McCambridge - Best Actress in a Supporting Role in All the King's Men (1949)
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    Gale Sondergaard 1936 Paramount

     

    Gale Sondergaard - Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Anthony Adverse (1936)
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    Geoffrey Fletcher at an event for The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010)

     

    Geoffrey Fletcher - Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for Precious (2009)