This Day in Oscar History: May 7 (2023)

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This Day in Oscar History: May 7 (2023)

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May 7, 2023

This Day in Oscar History

Wesley Lovell

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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

Born


	1887: Benjamin Glazer (68 at death) {2 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Adaptation, Original Story Oscar Wins: Writing, Original Story
	1897: Otto Siegel (65 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color)
	1901: Gary Cooper (60 at death) {5 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actor Oscar Wins: Actor, Special/Honorary
	1905: George E. Stoll (79 at death) {8 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Scoring, Musical Score, Adaptation or Treatment Score Oscar Win: Musical Score
	1908: John Cox (64 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing Oscar Win: Sound/Sound Mixing
	1914: Jack Elliott (87 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adaptation or Treatment Score
	1923: Anne Baxter (62 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Actress, Supporting Actress Oscar Win: Supporting Actress
	1927: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (85 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Adapted Screenplay Oscar Wins: Adapted Screenplay
	1950: Cheryl McCall (55 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Documentary Feature
	1951: David Bradbury (72) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Documentary Feature
	1956: Anne Dudley (67) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Comedy/Musical Score Oscar Win: Comedy/Musical Score
	1956: Dariusz Wolski (67) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography
	1967: Mac Ruth (56) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing Oscar Win: Sound/Sound Mixing
	1972: Jennifer Yuh Nelson (51) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Animated Feature

Died

	1951: Warner Baxter (Baxter) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Actor Oscar Win: Actor
	1967: Anne Bauchens (Bauchens) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Win: Editing
	2013: Ray Harryhausen (Harryhausen) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Gordon E. Sawyer Award

Released

	1943: This Land Is Mine (80) {1 Nom, 1 Win @ 1943 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Sound Recording Oscar Win: Sound Recording
	1958: The Sheepman (65) {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 1958 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Original Story and Screenplay
	1975: The Day of the Locust (48) {2 Noms, 0 Wins @ 1975 Academy Awards} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor (Burgess Meredith), Cinematography
	1993: Dave (30) {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 1993 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay
	1999: The Mummy (24) {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 1999 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Sound
	2010: Iron Man 2 (13) {1 Nom, 0 Wins @ 2010 Academy Awards} Oscar Nomination: Visual Effects