This Day in Oscar History: May 3 (2023)

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

Born


	1888: Beulah Bondi (92 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress
	1899: Aline MacMahon (92 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress
	1901: Hugo Friedhofer (80 at death) {9 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score, Scoring Oscar Win: Drama/Comedy Score
	1902: Seton I. Miller (72 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Adaptation, Screenplay
	1904: William L. Hendricks (87 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Documentary Short Oscar Win: Special/Honorary
	1906: Mary Astor (81 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress
	1910: Norman Corwin (101 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay
	1913: William Inge (60 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay Oscar Win: Original Screenplay
	1915: Betty Comden (91 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Story and Screenplay
	1951: Christopher Cross (72) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Original Song Oscar Win: Original Song
	1979: Emily V. Gordon (44) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay

Died

	1969: Karl Freund (Freund) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) Oscar Wins: Cinematography, Sci-Tech Award – Type III (Certificate)
	1978: A. Arnold Gillespie (Gillespie) {12 Noms, 4 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Special Effects Oscar Wins: Special Effects, Sci-Tech Award – Type III (Certificate)
	1992: George Murphy (Murphy) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary
	2011: Jackie Cooper (Cooper) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actor

Released

	1930: The Big Pond (93) {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 1929/30 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Actor (Maurice Chevalier)
	1940: Irene (83) {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 1940 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Scoring
	1944: Going My Way (79) {10 Noms, 7 Wins @ 1944 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing (Leo McCarey), Actor (Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald), Supporting Actor (Barry Fitzgerald), Screenplay, Original Motion Picture Story, Original Song (“Swinging on a Star”), Editing, Black-and-White Cinematography Oscar Wins: Picture, Directing (Leo McCarey), Actor (Bing Crosby), Supporting Actor (Barry Fitzgerald), Screenplay, Original Motion Picture Story, Original Song (“Swinging on a Star”)
	1945: The Valley of Decision (78) {2 Noms, 0 Wins @ 1945 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Actress (Greer Garson), Dramatic or Comedy Score
	1979: The Tin Drum (44) {1 Nom, 1 Win @ 1979 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Foreign Language Film Oscar Win: Foreign Language Film
	2002: Spider-Man (21) {2 Noms, 0 Wins @ 2002 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Sound, Visual Effects
	2013: Iron Man 3 (10) {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 2013 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Visual Effects