Can you name the actor or actress with first billing in the Best Picture winners?

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Year/MovieActor/ActressCharacter Name
1928 – WingsSylvia Lewis
1929 – The Broadway MelodyQueenie Mahoney
1930 – All Quiet on the Western FrontKat Katczinsky
1931 – CimarronYancey Cravat
1932 – Grand HotelGrusinskaya
1933 – CavalcadeJane Marryot
1934 – It Happened One NightPeter Warne
1935 – Mutiny on the BountyWilliam Bligh
1936 – The Great ZiegfeldFlorenz Ziegfeld, Jr.
1937 – The Life of Emile ZolaEmile Zola
1938 – You Can’t Take it With YouAlice Sycamore
1939 – Gone With the WindScarlett O'Hara
1940 – RebeccaMaximilian de Winter
1941 – How Green Was My ValleyHuw Morgan
1942 – Mrs. MiniverKay Miniver
1943 – CasablancaRick Blaine
1944 – Going My WayFather Charles O'Malley
1945 – The Lost WeekendDon Birnam
1946 – The Best Years of Our LivesAl Stephenson
1947 – Gentleman’s AgreementPhilip Schuyler Green
1948 – HamletPrince Hamlet
1949 – All the King’s MenWillie Stark
1950 – All About EveMargo Channing
1951 – An American in ParisJerry Mulligan
1952 – The Greatest Show on EarthBrad Braden
1953 – From Here to EternitySgt. Milton Warden
1954 – On the WaterfrontTerry Malloy
1955 – MartyMarty Piletti
Year/MovieActor/ActressCharacter Name
1956 – Around the World in 80 DaysPhileas Fogg
1957 – The Bridge on the River KwaiCommander Shears
1958 – GigiGigi
1959 – Ben-HurJudah Ben-Hur
1960 – The ApartmentC.C. Baxter
1961 – West Side StoryMaria
1962 – Lawrence of ArabiaT.E. Lawrence
1963 – Tom JonesTom Jones
1964 – My Fair LadyEliza Doolittle
1965 – The Sound of MusicMaria Von Trapp
1966 – A Man For All SeasonsSir Thomas More
1967 – In the Heat of the NightVirgil Tibbs
1968 – Oliver!Oliver Twist
1969 – Midnight CowboyEnrico 'Ratso' Rizzo
1970 – PattonGeneral George S. Patton
1971 – The French ConnectionJimmy Doyle
1972 – The GodfatherVito Corleone
1973 – The StingHenry Gondorff
1974 – The Godfather Part IIMichael Corleone
1975 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s NestRandle Patrick McMurphy
1976 – RockyRocky Balboa
1977 – Annie HallAnnie Hall
1978 – The Deer HunterMichael
1979 – Kramer vs. KramerTed Kramer
1980 – Ordinary PeopleCalvin Jarrett
1981 – Chariots of FireHarold Abrahams
1982 – GandhiMahatma Gandhi
1983 – Terms of EndearmentEmma Greenway Horton
Year/MovieActor/ActressCharacter Name
1984 – AmadeusSalieri
1985 – Out of AfricaDenys Finch Hatton
1986 – PlatoonChris Taylor
1987 – The Last EmperorPǔyí
1988 – Rain ManRaymond Babbitt
1989 – Driving Miss DaisyHoke Colburn
1990 – Dances With WolvesLt. John J. Dunbar
1991 – The Silence of the LambsClarice Starling
1992 – UnforgivenWilliam Munny
1993 – Schindler’s ListOskar Schindler
1994 – Forrest GumpForrest Gump
1995 – BraveheartWilliam Wallace
1996 – The English PatientCount László de Almásy
1997 – TitanicJack Dawson
1998 – Shakespeare in LoveViola de Lesseps
1999 – American BeautyLester Burnham
2000 – GladiatorMaximus Decimus Meridius
2001 – A Beautiful MindJohn Nash
2002 – ChicagoRoxie Hart
2003 – The Return of the KingFrodo Baggins
2004 – Million Dollar BabyFrankie Dunn
2005 – CrashJean Cabot
2006 – The DepartedWilliam Costigan, Jr.
2007 – No Country for Old MenLlewelyn Moss
2008 – Slumdog MillionaireJamal Malik
2009 – The Hurt LockerStaff Sgt. William James
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First Billing in Best Pictures Quiz

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Created by: glanzerr
Contributed: December 4th, 2009
Category: Movies
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