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The Academy Awards 1983
 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 9 April 1984

 

THE ACADEMY AWARDS 1983

 

 

BEST ACTOR

ROBERT DUVALL for TENDER MERCIES
  MICHAEL CAINE for EDUCATING RITA
  TOM CONTI for REUBEN, REUBEN
  TOM COURTENAY for THE DRESSER
  ALBERT FINNEY for THE DRESSER

 

BEST ACTRESS

SHIRLEY MacLAINE for TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
 

JANE ALEXANDER for TESTAMENT
  MERYL STREEP for SILKWOOD
 

JULIE WALTERS for EDUCATING RITA
  DEBRA WINGER for TERMS OF ENDEARMENT

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

JACK NICHOLSON for TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
 

CHARLES DURNING for TO BE OR NOT TO BE
 

JOHN LITHGOW for TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
 

SAM SHEPARD for THE RIGHT STUFF
  RIP TORN for CROSS CREEK

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

LINDA HUNT for THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY
  CHER for SILKWOOD
  GLENN CLOSE for THE BIG CHILL
  AMY IRVING for YENTL
  ALFRE WOODARD for CROSS CREEK

 

BEST DIRECTION

JAMES L. BROOKS for TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
  PETER YATES for THE DRESSER
  INGMAR BERGMAN for FANNY OCH ALEXANDER
 

MIKE NICHOLS for SILKWOOD
  BRUCE BERESFORD for TENDER MERCIES

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT

HORTON FOOTE for TENDER MERCIES
  LAWRENCE KASDAN and BARBARA BENEDEK for THE BIG CHILL
  INGMAR BERGMAN for FANNY OCH ALEXANDER
 

NORA EPHRON and ALICE ARLEN for SILKWOOD
  LAWRENCE LASKER and WALTER PARKES for WARGAMES

 

BEST ADAPTED SCRIPT

JAMES L. BROOKS for TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
 

HAROLD PINTER for BETRAYAL
  RONALD HARWOOD for THE DRESSER
 

WILLY RUSSELL for EDUCATING RITA
  JULIUS J. EPSTEIN for REUBEN, REUBEN