Memorable Moments From The Oscars

The first Academy Awards ceremony was held at the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel on May 16, 1929. Janet Gaynor was the Best Actress winner that night. Since then the annual Oscars ceremony has become the most glamorous and talked about event in Hollywood. Here are some unforgettable moments from the Academy Awards ....

1930 ~ Mary Pickford wins Best Actress for Coquette

1932 ~ Norma Shearer congratulates Best Actress winner Marie Dressler

1935 ~ Jeanette MacDonald and Louis B. Mayer attend the ceremony

1939 ~ Spencer Tracy wins Best Actor and Bette Davis wins her second Best Actress Oscar

1940 ~ Fay Banter presents the Best Supporting Actress Oscar to Hattie McDaniel, the first African American actress to win

1946 ~ Joan Crawford, who was too sick to attend the ceremony, received her Best Actress Oscar in her bedroom

1947 ~ Olivia de Havilland refuses to shake her sister Joan Fontaine's hand after winning Best Actress

1947 ~ Anne Baxter posed with her Best Supporting Actress trophy

1951 ~ Marilyn Monroe presents an award


1956 ~ Blonde bombshells Cleo Moore and Jayne Mansfield attend the ceremony

1962 ~ Nominee Natalie Wood arrives with her date Warren Beatty