Past Winners

1979 Oscar Winners

Best Picture

Kramer vs. Kramer
All That Jazz
Apocalypse Now
Breaking Away
Norma Rae

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs. Kramer
Al Pacino, And Justice for All
Roy Scheider, All That Jazz
Peter Sellers, Being There
Jack Lemmon, The China Syndrome

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Sally Field, Norma Rae
Marsha Mason, Chapter Two
Jane Fonda, The China Syndrome
Bette Midler, The Rose
Jill Clayburgh, Starting Over

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Melvyn Douglas, Being There
Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now
Mickey Rooney, The Black Stallion
Justin Henry, Kramer vs. Kramer
Frederic Forrest, The Rose

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Meryl Streep, Kramer vs. Kramer
Barbara Barrie, Breaking Away
Jane Alexander, Kramer vs. Kramer
Mariel Hemingway, Manhattan
Candice Bergen, Starting Over

Best Director

Robert Benton, Kramer vs. Kramer
Bob Fosse, All That Jazz
Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now
Peter Yates, Breaking Away
Edouard Molinaro, La Cage aux folles

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