Best Motion Picture

• The Best Years of Our Lives
• Henry V
• It's a Wonderful Life
• The Razor's Edge
• The Yearling

Best Actor

• Fredric March, The Best Years of Our Lives
• Laurence Olivier, Henry V
• Larry Parks, The Jolson Story
• Gregory Peck, The Yearling
• James Stewart, It's a Wonderful Life

Best Actress

• Olivia de Havilland, To Each His Own
• Celia Johnson, Brief Encounter
• Jennifer Jones, Duel in the Sun
• Rosalind Russell, Sister Kenny
• Jane Wyman, The Yearling

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Charles Coburn, The Green Years
• William Demarest, The Jolson Story
• Claude Rains, Notorious
• Harold Russell, The Best Years of Our Lives
• Clifton Webb, The Razor's Edge

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Ethel Barrymore, The Spiral Staircase
• Anne Baxter, The Razor's Edge
• Lilian Gish, Duel in the Sun
• Flora Robson, Saratoga Trunk
• Gale Sondergaard, Anna and the King of Siam

Directing

• Clarence Brown, The Yearling
• Frank Capra, It's a Wonderful Life
• David Lean, Brief Encounter
• Robert Siodmak, The Killers
• William Wyler, The Best Years of Our Lives

Writing

• Original Motion Picture Story
  • Charles Brackett, To Each His Own
  • Clemence Dane, Vacation From Marriage
  • Jack Patrick, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
  • Vladimir Pozner, The Dark Mirror
  • Victor Trivas, The Stranger
• Original Screenplay
  • Muriel Box and Sydney Box, The Seventh Veil
  • Raymond Chandler, The Blue Dahlia
  • Ben Hecht, Notorious
  • Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, Road to Utopia
  • Jacques Prévert, Children of Paradise
• Screenplay
  • Sergio Amidei and Federico Fellini, Open City
  • Sally Benson and Talbot Jennings, Anna and the King of Siam
  • Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean and Ronald Neame, Brief Encounter
  • Robert E. Sherwood, The Best Years of Our Lives
  • Anthony Veiller, The Killers

Cinematography

• Black-and-White
  • George Folsey, The Green Years
  • Arthur Miller, Anna and the King of Siam
• Color
  • Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith and Arthur Arling, The Yearling
  • Joseph Walker, The Jolson Story

Art Direction

• Black-and-White
  • Richard Day and Nathan Juran, art direction; Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox, interior decoration, The Razor's Edge
  • Hans Dreier and Walter Tyler, art direction; Sam Comer and Ray Moyer, interior decoration, Kitty
  • Lyle Wheeler and William Darling, art direction; Thomas Little and Frank E. Hughes, interior decoration, Anna and the King of Siam
• Color
  • John Bryan, art direction, Caesar and Cleopatra
  • Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse, art direction; Edwin B. Willis, interior decoration, The Yearling
  • Paul Sheriff and Carmen Dillon, art direction, Henry V

Sound Recording

• Columbia Studio Sound Dept., The Jolson Story
• RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., It's a Wonderful Life
• Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept., The Best Years of Our Lives

Music

• Song
  • "All Through the Day", Centennial Summer, Jerome Kern, music; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyrics
  • "I Can't Begin to Tell You", The Dolly Sisters, James Monaco, music; Mack Gordon, lyrics
  • "Ole Buttermilk Sky", Canyon Passage, Hoagy Carmichael, music; Jack Brooks, lyrics
  • "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe", The Harvey Girls, Harry Warren, music; Johnny Mercer, lyrics
  • "You Keep Coming Back Like a Song", Blue Skies, Irving Berlin, music and lyrics
• Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
  • Hugo Friedhofer, The Best Years of Our Lives
  • Bernard Herrmann, Anna and the King of Siam
  • Miklos Rozsa, The Killers
  • William Walton, Henry V
  • Franz Waxman, Humoresque
• Scoring of a Musical Picture
  • Robert Emmett Dolan, Blue Skies
  • Lennie Hayton, The Harvey Girls
  • Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner, Night and Day
  • Alfred Newman, Centennial Summer
  • Morris Stoloff, The Jolson Story

Film Editing

• Arthur Hilton, The Killers
• William Hornbeck, It's a Wonderful Life
• Harold Kress, The Yearling
• William Lyon, The Jolson Story
• Daniel Mandell, The Best Years of Our Lives

Special Effects

• Thomas Howard, visual, Blithe Spirit
• William McGann, visual; Nathan Levinson, audible, A Stolen Life

Short Subjects

• Cartoon
  • The Cat Concerto (Tom and Jerry Series) (Frederick Quimby, producer; MGM)
  • Chopin's Musical Moments (Musical Miniatures Series) (Walter Lantz, producer; Universal)
  • John Henry and the Inky Poo (George Pal Puppetoon Series) (George Pal, producer; Paramount)
  • Squatter's Rights (Mickey Mouse Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
  • Walky Talky Hawky (Merrie Melodies Series) (Edward Selzer, producer; Warner Bros.)
• One-Reel
  • Dive-Hi Champs (Grantland Rice Spotlights Series) (Jack Eaton, producer; Paramount)
  • Facing Your Danger (Sports Parade Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
  • Golden Horses (Ed Thorgerson's Sports Review Series) (Edmund Reek, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
  • Smart as a Fox (Vitaphone Varieties Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
  • Sure Cures (Pete Smith Specialty Series) (Pete Smith, producer; MGM)
• Two-Reel
  • A Boy and His Dog (Featurettes Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
  • College Queen (Musical Parade Series) (George B. Templeton, producer; Paramount)
  • Hiss and Yell (All Star Comedies Series) (Jules White, producer; Columbia)
  • The Luckiest Guy in the World (Crime Doesn't Pay Series) (Jerry Bresler, producer; MGM)

Documentary

• Short Subject
  • Atomic Power (March of Time Series) (Twentieth Century-Fox)
  • Life at the Zoo (Artkino; Artkino Pictures)
  • Paramount News Issue #37 (Twentieth Anniversary Issue! 1927-1947) (Paramount)
  • Seeds of Destiny (U.S. War Department)
  • Traffic With the Devil (Theatre of Life Series) (Herbert Morgan, producer; MGM)

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

• Samuel Goldwyn

Special Awards

• To Laurence Olivier for his outstanding achievement as actor, producer and director in bringing Henry V to the screen
• To Harold Russell for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance in The Best Years of Our Lives
• To Ernst Lubitsch for his distinguished contributions to the art of the motion picture
• To Claude Jarman, Jr., outstanding child actor of 1946

Facts:

• Winners Announced: March 13, 1947
• Held at: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
• Host: Jack Benny
• Eligibility Year: 1946