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| Job | Actress |
| Top Roles | The Stars Above the Title, The Ritz Brothers, Themselves, The Ritz Brothers, Cleaning Women |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Musical, Horror, Romance, Mystery |
| Top Topics | Monster, Animals, Detectives |
| Top Collaborators | Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz, Al Ritz, Alice Faye |
| Shares birthday with | Jim Handley, James Woolf, Michael Holden see more.. |
Overview:
Actress, The Ritz Brothers, was born on {birthday} in {birth_city}, {birth_state}. As of December 2025, The Ritz Brothers was years old.
HONORS and AWARDS:
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The Ritz Brothers was nominated for 99 Academy Awards, winning 93 for Best Music - Scoring for One Night of Love, The Informer, Anthony Adverse and One Hundred Men and a Girl in 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1937 respectively for Best Art Direction for Blossoms in the Dust, How Green Was My Valley, This above All, My Gal Sal, The Song of Bernadette, Gaslight, Wilson, Blood on the Sun, Frenchman's Creek, Anna and the King of Siam, The Yearling, Great Expectations, Black Narcissus, Hamlet, The Red Shoes, The Heiress, Little Women, Sunset Blvd., Samson and Delilah, A Streetcar Named Desire, An American in Paris, The Bad and the Beautiful, Moulin Rouge, Julius Caesar, The Robe, 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, The Rose Tattoo, Picnic, Somebody Up There Likes Me, The King and I, Sayonara, Gigi, The Diary of Anne Frank, Ben-Hur, The Apartment, Spartacus, The Hustler, West Side Story, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lawrence of Arabia, Cleopatra, My Fair Lady, Doctor Zhivago, Ship of Fools, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Fantastic Voyage, Camelot, Oliver!, Hello, Dolly!, Patton, Nicholas and Alexandra, Cabaret, The Sting, The Godfather Part II, All the President's Men, Star Wars, Star Wars, Heaven Can Wait, All That Jazz, Tess, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Gandhi, Amadeus, Out of Africa, A Room with a View, The Last Emperor, Dangerous Liaisons, Batman, Dick Tracy, Howards End, Schindler's List, The Madness of King George, The English Patient, Titanic, Shakespeare in Love, Sleepy Hollow, Moulin Rouge, Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha and Pan's Labyrinth in 1941, 1941, 1942, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1944, 1945, 1945, 1946, 1946, 1947, 1947, 1948, 1948, 1949, 1949, 1950, 1950, 1951, 1951, 1952, 1952, 1953, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1955, 1956, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1959, 1960, 1960, 1961, 1961, 1962, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1965, 1966, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2006 respectively for Best Live Action Short for Stairway to Light in 1945 for Best Writing for Pillow Talk, Father Goose, A Man and a Woman, Coming Home, Witness, Rain Man and Pulp Fiction in 1959, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1985, 1988 and 1994 respectively for Best Picture for The Godfather Part II in 1974. He also won five Honorary Awards in 1937, 1984, 1995, 1996 and 2001 : Actor, director, producer, creator of Sundance, inspiration to independent and innovative filmmakers everywhere .
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1934 | Best Music - Scoring | The Gay Divorcee (1934) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1935 | Best Writing | The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1935 | Best Music - Scoring | Captain Blood (1935) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1936 | Best Music - Scoring | Anthony Adverse (1936) | N/A | Won |
| 1937 | Best Music - Scoring | In Old Chicago (1937) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1941 | Best Art Direction | Citizen Kane (1941) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1942 | Best Art Direction | George Washington Slept Here (1942) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1943 | Best Art Direction | Five Graves to Cairo (1943) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1944 | Best Art Direction | Address Unknown (1944) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1945 | Best Art Direction | Blood on the Sun (1945) | N/A | Won |
| 1945 | Best Live Action Short | Stairway to Light (1945) | N/A | Won |
| 1946 | Best Art Direction | Anna and the King of Siam (1946) | N/A | Won |
| 1947 | Best Art Direction | The Foxes of Harrow (1947) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1948 | Best Art Direction | Hamlet (1948) | N/A | Won |
| 1949 | Best Art Direction | Come to the Stable (1949) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1950 | Best Art Direction | All about Eve (1950) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1951 | Best Art Direction | Fourteen Hours (1951) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1952 | Best Art Direction | The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) | N/A | Won |
| 1953 | Best Art Direction | Julius Caesar (1953) | N/A | Won |
| 1954 | Best Art Direction | The Country Girl (1954) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1955 | Best Art Direction | Blackboard Jungle (1955) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1956 | Best Art Direction | The Proud and Profane (1956) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1957 | Best Writing | Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1957 | Best Art Direction | Funny Face (1957) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1958 | Best Writing | The Sheepman (1958) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1958 | Best Art Direction | Auntie Mame (1958) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1959 | Best Writing | Operation Petticoat (1959) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1959 | Best Art Direction | Career (1959) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1960 | Best Writing | The Angry Silence (1960) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1960 | Best Art Direction | The Apartment (1960) | N/A | Won |
| 1961 | Best Art Direction | The Absent Minded Professor | N/A | Nominated |
| 1962 | Best Writing | Freud | N/A | Nominated |
| 1962 | Best Art Direction | Days of Wine and Roses (1962) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1963 | Best Writing | The Four Days of Naples (1962) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1963 | Best Art Direction | Hud (1963) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1964 | Best Writing | Father Goose (1964) | N/A | Won |
| 1964 | Best Art Direction | The Americanization of Emily (1964) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1965 | Best Art Direction | King Rat (1965) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1966 | Best Writing | Blow-Up | N/A | Nominated |
| 1966 | Best Art Direction | The Fortune Cookie (1966) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1967 | Best Writing | Divorce American Style (1967) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1967 | Best Art Direction | Camelot (1967) | N/A | Won |
| 1968 | Best Art Direction | Oliver! (1968) | N/A | Won |
| 1969 | Best Writing | Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1969 | Best Art Direction | Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1970 | Best Writing | Five Easy Pieces (1970) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1970 | Best Art Direction | Airport (1970) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1971 | Best Art Direction | The Andromeda Strain (1971) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1972 | Best Writing | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1972 | Best Art Direction | Cabaret (1972) | N/A | Won |
| 1973 | Best Picture | American Graffiti (1973) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1973 | Best Art Direction | Brother Sun Sister Moon | N/A | Nominated |
| 1974 | Best Picture | The Conversation (1974) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1974 | Best Writing | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1974 | Best Art Direction | Chinatown (1974) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1976 | Best Writing | Cousin, Cousine | N/A | Nominated |
| 1976 | Best Art Direction | All the President's Men (1976) | N/A | Won |
| 1977 | Best Art Direction | Airport '77 (1977) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1978 | Best Writing | Coming Home (1978) | N/A | Won |
| 1978 | Best Art Direction | The Brink's Job (1978) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1979 | Best Picture | Apocalypse Now (1979) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1979 | Best Art Direction | Alien (1979) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1980 | Best Picture | Tess (1979) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1980 | Best Writing | The Stunt Man (1980) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1980 | Best Art Direction | Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1981 | Best Art Direction | The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1982 | Best Art Direction | Annie (1982) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1983 | Best Art Direction | Return of the Jedi | N/A | Nominated |
| 1984 | Best Writing | Beverly Hills Cop (1984) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1984 | Best Art Direction | Amadeus (1984) | N/A | Won |
| 1985 | Best Writing | Witness (1985) | N/A | Won |
| 1985 | Best Art Direction | Brazil | N/A | Nominated |
| 1986 | Best Writing | 'Crocodile' Dundee | N/A | Nominated |
| 1986 | Best Art Direction | Aliens (1986) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1987 | Best Art Direction | Empire of the Sun (1987) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1988 | Best Writing | Gorillas in the Mist | N/A | Nominated |
| 1988 | Best Art Direction | Beaches (1988) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1989 | Best Art Direction | The Abyss (1989) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1990 | Best Art Direction | Cyrano de Bergerac | N/A | Nominated |
| 1991 | Best Art Direction | Barton Fink (1991) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1992 | Best Art Direction | Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1993 | Best Writing | Sleepless in Seattle (1993) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1993 | Best Art Direction | Addams Family Values (1993) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1994 | Best Writing | Pulp Fiction (1994) | N/A | Won |
| 1994 | Best Art Direction | Bullets over Broadway (1994) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1995 | Best Writing | Toy Story (1995) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1995 | Best Art Direction | Apollo 13 (1995) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1996 | Best Writing | Shine (1996) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1996 | Best Art Direction | The Birdcage (1996) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1997 | Best Writing | As Good as It Gets (1997) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1997 | Best Art Direction | Gattaca (1997) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1998 | Best Art Direction | Elizabeth (1998) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1999 | Best Art Direction | Anna and the King (1999) | N/A | Nominated |
| 2000 | Best Writing | Gladiator (2000) | N/A | Nominated |
| 2000 | Best Art Direction | Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas | N/A | Nominated |
| 2001 | Best Art Direction | Amélie (2001) | N/A | Nominated |
| 2002 | Best Art Direction | Chicago | N/A | Won |
| 2005 | Best Art Direction | Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) | N/A | Nominated |
| 2006 | Best Art Direction | Dreamgirls (2006) | N/A | Nominated |
Academy Awards (Honorary Oscars)
| Year | Award | Description |
| 1937 | Special Award | for the color photography of A Star Is Born. (This Award was recommended by a committee of leading cinematographers after viewing all the color pictures made during the year.) |
| 1984 | Honorary Award | for his fifty years of memorable performances. For his high ideals both on and off the screen. With the respect and affection of his colleagues |
| 1995 | SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD | To John Lasseter, for his inspired leadership of the Pixar team, resulting in the first feature-length computer-animated film. |
| 1996 | AWARD OF COMMENDATION | To Joe Lombardi in celebration of 50 years in the motion picture industry. His knowledge and leadership in the field of pyrotechnics and special effects along with his uncompromising promotion of safety on the set have established the standard for today's special effects technicians. |
| 2001 | Honorary Award | : Actor, director, producer, creator of Sundance, inspiration to independent and innovative filmmakers everywhere |
The Ritz Brothers's handprints and footprints were 'set in stone' at Grauman's Chinese Theater during imprint ceremony #39 on Sep 22, 1937.




