Through the Years

Film / Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles

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    Albert Finney

    Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
    Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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    Rita Tushingham

    A Taste Of Honey
    Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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    Tom Courtenay

    The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner
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    James Fox

    The Servant
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    Julie Andrews

    Mary Poppins
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    Judi Dench

    Four In The Morning
    Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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    Vivien Merchant

    Alfie
    Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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    Faye Dunaway

    Bonnie And Clyde/Hurry Sundown
    Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles

Through The Years

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      Ben Kingsley

      Gandhi
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Kathleen Turner

      Body Heat
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Henry Thomas

      ET: The Extra-Terrestrial
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Drew Barrymore

      ET: The Extra-Terrestrial
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Joe Pesci

      Raging Bull
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Timothy Hutton

      Ordinary People
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Cathy Moriarty

      Raging Bull
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Klaus Maria Brandauer

      Mephisto
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Judy Davis

      My Brilliant Career
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Debra Winger

      Urban Cowboy
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Gordon Sinclair

      Gregory's Girl
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Sonia Braga

      Dona Flor And Her Two Husbands (Dona Flor E Seus Dois Maridos)
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Dennis Christopher

      Breaking Away
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Ray Winstone

      That Summer
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Sigourney Weaver

      Alien
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Gary Busey

      The Buddy Holly Story
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Christopher Reeve

      Superman
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Marybeth Hurt

      Interiors
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Melanie Mayron

      Girlfriends
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Brad Davis

      Midnight Express
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Isabelle Huppert

      The Lacemaker (La Dentellière)
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Saverio Marconi

      Padre Padrone
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Jeannette Clift

      The Hiding Place
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Olimpia Carlisi

      Middle Of The World (Le Milieu Du Monde)
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Jodie Foster

      Bugsy Malone/Taxi Driver
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Valerie Perrine

      Lenny
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Lily Tomlin

      Nashville
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Alfred Lutter

      Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Robert De Niro

      The Godfather Part II
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Georgina Hale

      Mahler
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Cleavon Little

      Blazing Saddles
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Sissy Spacek

      Badlands
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Peter Egan

      The Hireling
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Kris Kristofferson

      Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      David Essex

      That'll Be The Day
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Jim Dale

      Adolf Hitler, My Part In His Downfall
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Joel Grey

      Cabaret
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Simon Ward

      Young Winston
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Al Pacino

      The Godfather
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Bud Cort

      Harold And Maude
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Dominic Guard

      The Go-Between
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Janet Suzman

      Nicholas And Alexandra
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Carrie Snodgress

      Diary Of A Mad Housewife
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Gary Grimes

      Summer Of '42
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      David Bradley

      Kes
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Sally Thomsett

      The Railway Children
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Michael Sarrazin

      They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Liza Minnelli

      Pookie
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Jon Voight

      Midnight Cowboy
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Jennie Linden

      Women In Love
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Ali McGraw

      Goodbye, Columbus
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Kim Darby

      True Grit
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Dustin Hoffman

      The Graduate
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Jack Wild

      Oliver!
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Katharine Ross

      The Graduate
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Pia Degermark

      Elvira Madigan
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Faye Dunaway

      Bonnie And Clyde/Hurry Sundown
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Michael J Pollard

      Bonnie And Clyde
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Milo O'Shea

      Ulysses
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Peter Kastner

      You're A Big Boy Now
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Vivien Merchant

      Alfie
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Frank Finlay

      Othello
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Jeremy Kemp

      The Blue Max
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Alan Arkin

      The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Judi Dench

      Four In The Morning
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Tom Nardini

      Cat Ballou
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Barbara Ferris

      Catch Us If You Can
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Michael Crawford

      The Knack
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Julie Andrews

      Mary Poppins
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Lynn Redgrave

      Girl With Green Eyes
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      The Beatles

      A Hard Day's Night
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Elizabeth Ashley

      The Carpetbaggers
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      James Fox

      The Servant
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Janet Margolin

      David And Lisa
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Keir Dullea

      David And Lisa
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Wendy Craig

      The Servant
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
    • Winner

      Tom Courtenay

      The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Terence Stamp

      Billy Budd
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Sarah Miles

      Term Of Trial
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Ian Hendry

      Live Now, Pay Later
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Mariette Hartley

      Guns In The Afternoon
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Rita Tushingham

      A Taste Of Honey
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Murray Melvin

      A Taste Of Honey
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Anthony Hancock

      The Rebel
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
    • Winner

      Albert Finney

      Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Billie Whitelaw

      Hell Is A City
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Anthony Ray

      Shadows
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Joan Plowright

      The Entertainer
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      George Peppard

      Home From The Hill
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Jean-Pierre Léaud

      The Four Hundred Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups)
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
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      Lelia Goldoni

      Shadows
      Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles