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Year: 1968 (41st) Academy Awards
Category: Actress in a Supporting Role
Film Title: Rosemary's Baby
Winner: Ruth Gordon
Presenter: Tony Curtis
Date & Venue: April 14, 1969; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
RUTH GORDON: I can't tell you how encouragin' a thing like this is. The first film that I was ever in was in 1915 and here we are and it's 1969. Actually, I don't know why it took me so long; though I don't think, you know, that I'm backward. Anyway. Thank you, Bill. Thank you, Bob. Thank you, Roman. And thank you, Mia. And thank all of you who voted for me. And all of you who didn't, please excuse me.
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