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Year: 1939 (12th) Academy Awards

Category: Actress

Film Title: Gone with the Wind

Winner: Vivien Leigh

Presenter: Spencer Tracy

Date & Venue: February 29, 1940; Ambassador Hotel, Cocoanut Grove (banquet)


VIVIEN LEIGH:
Ladies and gentlemen, please forgive me if my words are inadequate in thanking you for your very great kindness. If I were to mention all those who have shown me such wonderful generosity through "Gone with the Wind" I should have to entertain you with an oration as long as "Gone with the Wind" itself. So if I may, I should like to devote my thanks on this occasion to that composite figure of energy, courage, and very great kindness, in whom all points of "Gone with the Wind" meet -- Mr. David Selznick.

© Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
[Note: All winners are present except where noted; NOT all winners may have spoken.]

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