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Can you name the recipients of the Academy Award for Best Actor and Best Actress in a Leading Role?

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1928
Gen. Dolgorucki and Grand Duke Sergius Alexander in 'The Last Command'/August Schilling in 'The Way of All Flesh' 
Diane in 'Seventh Heaven'/Angela in 'Street Angel'/The Wife (Indre) in 'Sunrise' 
1929
The Cisco Kid in 'In Old Arizona' 
Norma Besant in 'Coquette' 
1930
Benjamin Disraeli in 'Disraeli' 
Jerry Bernard Martin in 'The Divorcee' 
1931
Stephen Ashe in 'A Free Soul' 
Min Divot in 'Min and Bill' 
1932
TIE: 1st answer - Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde in 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'/2nd answer - Andy 'Champ' Purcell in 'The Champ' 
Madelon Claudet in 'The Sin of Madelon Claudet' 
1933
King Henry VIII in 'The Private Life of Henry VIII' 
Eva Lovelace in 'Morning Glory' 
1934
Peter Warne in 'It Happened One Night' 
Ellie Andrews in 'It Happened One Night' 
1935
Gypo Nolan in 'The Informer 
Joyce Heath in 'Dangerous' 
1936
Louis Pasteur in 'The Story of Louis Pasteur' 
Anna Held in 'The Great Ziegfeld' 
1937
Manuel in 'Captain Courageous' 
O-Lan in 'The Good Earth' 
1938
Father Flanagan in 'Boys Town' 
Julie Mardsen in 'Jezebel' 
1939
Arthur Chipping in 'Goodbye, Mr. Chips' 
Scarlett O'Hara in 'Gone with the Wind' 
1940
Macauly Connor in 'The Philadelphia Story' 
Kitty Foyle in 'Kitty Foyle' 
1941
Alvin C. York in 'Sergeant York' 
Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth in 'Suspicion' 
1942
George M. Cohan in 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' 
Mrs. Miniver in 'Mrs. Miniver' 
1943
Kurt Muller in 'Watch on the Rhine' 
Bernadette Soubirous in 'The Song of Bernadette' 
1944
Father Chuck O'Malley in 'Going My Way' 
Paula Alquist Anton in 'Gaslight' 
1945
Dan Birnam in 'The Lost Weekend' 
Mildred Pierce in 'Mildred Pierce' 
1946
Al Stephenson in 'The Best Years of Our Lives' 
Miss Josephine 'Jody' Norris in 'To Each His Own' 
1947
Anthony John in 'A Double Life' 
Katrin Holstrom in 'The Farmer's Daughter' 
1948
Prince Hamlet in 'Hamlet' 
Belinda McDonald in 'Johnny Belinda' 
1949
Willie Stark in 'All the King's Men' 
Catherine Sloper in 'The Heiress' 
1950
Cyrano de Bergerac in 'Cyrano de Bergerac' 
Emma 'Billie' Dawn in 'Born Yesterday' 
1951
Charlie Allnut in 'The African Queen' 
Blanche DuBois in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' 
1952
Marshall Will Kane in 'High Noon' 
Lola Delaney in 'Come Back, Little Sheba' 
1953
Sgt. J.J. Sefton in 'Stalag 17' 
Princess Ann in 'Roman Holiday' 
1954
Terry Malloy in 'On the Waterfront' 
Georgie Elgin in 'The Country Girl' 
1955
Marty Piletti in 'Marty' 
Serafina Della Rose in 'The Rose Tattoo' 
1956
King Mongkut of Siam in 'The King and I' 
Anna Koreff/Anastasia in 'Anastasia' 
1957
Colonel Nicholson in 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' 
Eve White/Eve Black/Jane in 'The Three Faces of Eve' 
1958
Major Angus Pollock in 'Seperate Tables' 
Barbara Graham in 'I Want to Live!' 
1959
Judah Ben-Hur in 'Ben-Hur' 
Alice Aisgill in 'Room at the Top' 
1960
Elmer Gantry in 'Elmer Gantry' 
Gloria Wandrous in 'BUtterfield 8' 
1961
Hans Rolfe in 'Judgement in Nuremberg' 
Cesira in 'Two Women' 
1962
Atticus Finch in 'To Kill A Mockingbird' 
Annie Sullivan in 'The Miracle Worker' 
1963
Homer Smith in 'Lilies on the Field' 
Alma Brown in 'Hud' 
1964
Professor Henry Higgins in 'My Fair Lady' 
Mary Poppins in 'Mary Poppins' 
1965
Kid Shelleen/Tim Strawn in 'Cat Ballou' 
Diana Scott in 'Darling' 
1966
Sir Thomas More in 'A Man for All Seasons' 
Martha in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' 
1967
Police Chief Bill Gillespie in 'In the Heat of the Night' 
Christina Drayton in 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' 
1968
Charly Gordan in 'Charly' 
TIE: 1st answer - Eleanor of Aquitaine in 'The Lion in Winter'/2nd answer - Fanny Brice in 'Funny Girl' 
1969
Rooster Cogburn in 'True Grit' 
Jean Brodie in 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' 
1970
General George S. Patton in 'Patton' 
Gudrum Brangwen in 'Women in Love' 
1971
Det. Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle in 'The French Connection' 
Bree Daniels in 'Klute' 
1972
Vito Corleone in 'The Godfather' 
Sally Bowles in 'Cabaret' 
1973
Harry Stoner in 'Save the Tiger' 
Vicki Allessio in 'A Touch of Class' 
1974
Harry Coombes in 'Harry and Tonto' 
Alice Hyatt in 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore' 
1975
Randle Patrick McMurphy in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' 
Nurse Ratched in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' 
1976
Howard Beale in 'The Network' (awarded posthumously) 
Diane Christensen in 'The Network' 
1977
Elliott Garfield in 'The Goodbye Girl' 
Annie Hall in 'Annie Hall' 
1978
Luke Martin in 'Coming Home' 
Sally Hyde in 'Coming Home' 
1979
Ted Kramer in 'Kramer vs. Kramer' 
Norma Rae Webster in 'Norma Rae' 
1980
Jake LaMotta in 'Raging Bull' 
Loretta Lynn in 'Coal Miner's Daughter' 
1981
Norman Thayer in 'On Golden Pond' 
Ethel Thayer in 'On Golden Pond' 
1982
Mohandas Karmachand Gandhi in 'Gandhi' 
Sophie Zawistowski in 'Sophie's Choice' 
1983
Mac Sledge in 'Tender Mercies' 
Aurora Greenway in 'Terms of Endearment' 
1984
Antonio Salieri in 'Amadeus' 
Edna Spalding in 'Places in the Heart' 
1985
Luis Molina in 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' 
Carrie Watts in 'The Trip to Bountiful' 
1986
Fast Eddie Felson in 'The Color of Money' 
Sarah Norman in 'Children of a Lesser God' 
1987
Gordan Gekko in 'Wall Street' 
Loretta Castorini in 'Moonstruck' 
1988
Raymond Babbitt in 'Rain Man' 
Sarah Tobias in 'The Accused' 
1989
Christy Brown in 'My Left Foot' 
Daisy Werthan in 'Driving Miss Dasiy' 
1990
Claus von Bulow in 'Reversal of Fortune' 
Annie Wilkes in 'Misery' 
1991
Hannibal Lector in 'Silence of the Lambs' 
Clarice Starling in 'Silence of the Lambs' 
1992
Lt. Col. Frank Slade in 'Scent of a Woman' 
Margaret Schlegel in 'Howards End' 
1993
Andrew Beckett in 'Philadelphia' 
Ada McGrath in 'The Piano' 
1994
Forrest Gump in 'Forrest Gump' 
Carly Marshall in 'Blue Sky' 
1995
Ben Sanderson in 'Leaving Las Vegas' 
Helen Prejean in 'Dead Man Walking' 
1996
David Helfgott in 'Shine' 
Marge Olmstead-Gunderson in 'Fargo' 
1997
Melvin Udall in 'As Good as it Gets' 
Carol Connelly in 'As Good as it Gets' 
1998
Guido Orefice in 'La Vita e' Bella' ('Life is Beautiful') 
Viola de Lesseps/Thomas Kent in 'Shakespeare in Love' 
1999
Lester Burnham in 'American Beauty' 
Brandon Teena in 'Boys Don't Cry' 
2000
Maximus Decimus Meridius in 'Gladiator' 
Erin Brockovich in 'Erin Brockovich' 
2001
Alonzo Harris in 'Training Day' 
Leticia Musgrove in 'Monster's Ball' 
2002
Wladyslaw Szpilman in 'The Pianist' 
Virginia Wolf in 'The Hours' 
2003
Jimmy Markum in 'Mystic River' 
Aileen Wuornos in 'Monster' 
2004
Ray Charles in 'Ray' 
Maggie Fitzgerald in 'Million Dollar Baby' 
2005
Truman Capote in 'Capote' 
June Carter Cash in 'Walk the Line' 
2006
Idi Amin in 'The Last King of Scotland' 
Queen Elizabeth II in 'The Queen' 
2007
Daniel Plainview in 'There Will Be Blood' 
Edith Piaf in 'La Vie en Rose' 
2008
Harvey Milk in 'Milk' 
Hanna Schmitz in 'The Reader' 
2009
Bad Blake in 'Crazy Heart' 
Leigh AnneTuohy in 'The Blind Side' 
2010
George VI in 'The King's Speech' 
Nina Sayers in 'Black Swan' 
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