Past Winners

1972 Oscar Winners

Best Picture

The Godfather
Cabaret
Deliverance
Sounder
The Emigrants

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Marlon Brando, The Godfather
Peter O'Toole, The Ruling Class
Michael Caine, Sleuth
Laurence Olivier, Sleuth
Paul Winfield, Sounder

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Liza Minnelli, Cabaret
Diana Ross, Lady Sings the Blues
Cicely Tyson, Sounder
Maggie Smith, Travels with My Aunt
Liv Ullmann, The Emigrants

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Joel Grey, Cabaret
James Caan, The Godfather
Robert Duvall, The Godfather
Al Pacino, The Godfather
Eddie Albert, The Heartbreak Kid

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Eileen Heckart, Butterflies Are Free
Susan Tyrrell, Fat City
Jeannie Berlin, The Heartbreak Kid
Geraldine Page, Pete ‘n’ Tillie
Shelley Winters, The Poseidon Adventure

Best Director

Bob Fosse, Cabaret
John Boorman, Deliverance
Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Sleuth
Jan Troell, The Emigrants

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