This Day in Oscar History: May 4 (2023)

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

Born


	1886: Valles (83 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Costume Design (Color) Oscar Win: Costume Design (Color)
	1890: Percy Ikerd (64 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing
	1896: Robert Odell (87 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design
	1914: Hugo Butler (53 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Story
	1929: Audrey Hepburn (63 at death) {5 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actress Oscar Wins: Actress, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
	1931: G. Rozhdestvensky (92) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Musical Score
	1946: Allen Hall (77) {4 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Visual Effects Oscar Wins: Visual Effects
	1947: Richard Jenkins (76) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actor, Supporting Actor
	1968: Frank Kruse (55) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Sound/Sound Mixing
	1970: Gregg Alexander (53) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song

Died

	1975: Edward Doherty (Doherty) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story
	1977: Sol Halprin (Halprin) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects Oscar Win: Sci-Tech Award – Type I (Statuette)
	1981: Paul Green (Green) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adaptation
	1987: Paul Groesse (Groesse) {11 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Wins: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color)
	2002: Robert Bertrand (Bertrand) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Sound/Sound Mixing
	2002: John Kohn (Kohn) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay
	2008: Fred Haines (Haines) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay

Released

	1934: Manhattan Melodrama (89) {1 Nom, 1 Win @ 1934 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Original Story Oscar Win: Original Story
	1935: G-Men (88) {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 1935 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Original Story
	1944: Gaslight (79) {7 Noms, 2 Wins @ 1944 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Actor (Charles Boyer), Actress (Ingrid Bergman), Supporting Actress (Angela Lansbury), Screenplay, Black-and-White Cinematography, Black-and-White Art Direction/Production Design Oscar Wins: Actress (Ingrid Bergman), Black-and-White Art Direction/Production Design
	1947: Miracle on 34th Street (76) {4 Noms, 3 Wins @ 1947 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Supporting Actor (Edmund Gwenn), Screenplay, Motion Picture Story Oscar Wins: Supporting Actor (Edmund Gwenn), Screenplay, Motion Picture Story
	1949: The Barkleys of Broadway (74) {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 1949 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Color)
	1955: Heartbreak Ridge (68) {2 Noms, 0 Wins @ 1955 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Documentary Feature, Sound
	2007: Away from Her (16) {2 Noms, 0 Wins @ 2007 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Actress (Julie Christie), Adapted Screenplay
	2012: Marvel’s The Avengers (11) {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 2012 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Visual Effects
	2018: RBG (5) {3 Noms, 0 Wins @ 2018 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Original Song (“I’ll Fight”), Documentary Feature